JFS Charitable Trust Limited

Analysis

JFS Charitable Trust Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harrow. It was registered in June 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03942126). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, JFS Charitable Trust Limited reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.9m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £1.8m (+5.1%), an average of +1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 64%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, JFS Charitable Trust Limited sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Switchback Initiative (£1.7m), The Shanly Foundation (£2.0m) and The F Glenister Woodger Trust CIO (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 81%, trading 14% and investments 4.7%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 2.6%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.8m. Reserves of £241k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.