Joyce Wilkinson Charitable Trust

Analysis

Joyce Wilkinson Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carlisle. It was registered in August 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Joyce Wilkinson Charitable Trust reported income of £82k and spending of £159k, spending 195% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £73k to £82k (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 157% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Joyce Wilkinson Charitable Trust sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Penguin Sports Foundation (£82k), The Royal Life Saving Society (£82k) and British Earthquake and Tsunami Support (£81k).

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.