Joffe Charitable Trust CIO

Analysis

Joffe Charitable Trust CIO is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2018, 8 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Joffe Charitable Trust CIO reported income of £2.4m and spending of £2.8m, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £232k to £2.4m (+943%), an average of +80% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 306%. Over the whole period it spent 200% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Joffe Charitable Trust CIO sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. 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 R L Glasspool Charity Trust (£2.4m), Coulthard Continental (£2.4m) and Kerith Community Church (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 93% and investments 7.2%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Grants to other organisations totalled £2.5m. Reserves of £7.0m would cover about 29 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.

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.