Joan Cullen Charitable Trust

Analysis

Joan Cullen Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Eastbourne. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover animals and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under animals. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Joan Cullen Charitable Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £17k, spending 159% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £7,639 to £11k (+42%), an average of +9.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 226% of the income it received.

Among 2,161 England and Wales charities whose main cause is animals and that reported income, Joan Cullen Charitable Trust sits at the 21st percentile: it is larger than about 21% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Reach Sled Dog Rescue (£11k), Kitty in the City (£11k) and The Enfield Charitable Trust (£11k).

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.