The Joy Foundation

Analysis

The Joy Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in December 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06876199). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Joy Foundation reported income of £46k and spending of £52k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £51k to £46k (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Joy Foundation sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include House of Power Ministry International (£46k), Celestial Church of Christ , Mountain of New Glory Parish (Ori Oke Ogo Titun) (£46k) and Y Coleg Gwyn (The North Wales Baptist College) (£46k).