The J & J Benevolent Foundation

Analysis

The J & J Benevolent Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The J & J Benevolent Foundation reported income of £154k and spending of £158k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £147k to £154k (+4.8%), an average of +1.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The J & J Benevolent Foundation sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include M.e.b. (£154k), The Andrew Grene Foundation (UK) (£154k) and New Life Church (Suffolk) (£154k).

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.