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The Jonas Foundation UK

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1148414LondonArts, culture, heritage and science
Income£40k2025-12-31
Spending£35ksame year
Spent / received79%5-year average
Size in its cause65th pctArts, culture, heritage and science
Registered2012Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Jonas Foundation UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Jonas Foundation UK reported income of £40k and spending of £35k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £38k to £40k (+4.4%), an average of +1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, The Jonas Foundation UK sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Experience Oxfordshire Charitable Trust (£40k), Stoke Bishop Community Association (£40k) and Lakeland Arts Support Trust (£40k).

Income and spending

£0£15k£29k£44k£59k2021 Income: £38,4052021 Spending: £33,52420212022 Income: £58,6902022 Spending: £31,80420222023 Income: £44,5962023 Spending: £32,64720232024 Income: £31,2092024 Spending: £34,95520242025 Income: £40,1002025 Spending: £35,3422025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONGST CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED THROUGH THE MEDIA OF MUSIC, DRAMA, DANCE AND ART WITH THE AIM OF ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, AND PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Experience Oxfordshire Charitable TrustOxfordshire£40k
Stoke Bishop Community AssociationBristol£40k
Lakeland Arts Support TrustWindermere£40k
Ninth Heywood (St Michaels) Scout GroupLancashire£40k