The JD Foundation

Analysis

The JD Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bury. It was registered in May 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09808812). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending January 2025, The JD Foundation reported income of £2.5m and spending of £2.9m, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £631k to £2.5m (+297%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 159%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The JD Foundation sits at the 99th percentile: it is one of the largest 1% in its cause. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Inflexion Foundation (£2.5m), The Gitta Tangye Trust (£2.5m) and Avra Foundation (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.5m. Reserves of £180k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.