Joy Home for Children

Analysis

Joy Home for Children is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in August 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Joy Home for Children reported income of £19k and spending of £17k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £27k to £19k (-31%), an average of -8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Joy Home for Children sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oasis Cancer Trust (£19k), Rushwick Village Hall (£19k) and The Katherine Allport Foundation (£19k).