The Joy Community School Zambia Trust

Analysis

The Joy Community School Zambia Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dorking. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Joy Community School Zambia Trust reported income of £14k and spending of £15k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7,250 to £14k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Joy Community School Zambia Trust sits at the 27th percentile: it is larger than about 27% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Revesby Village Hall (£14k), Merseyside Jewish Representative Council (£14k) and The Christian Evidence Society (Incorporated) (£14k).

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.