JCD Foundation

Analysis

JCD Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stanmore. It was registered in June 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, JCD Foundation reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.6m, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £3.1m to £1.8m (-41%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, JCD Foundation sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The London Playing Fields Society (£1.8m), Wates Family Enterprise Trust (£1.8m) and Care for Children (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 62% and investments 38%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.5m. Reserves of £18.5m would cover about 140 months of spending at that rate.