Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Analysis

Joseph Rowntree Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in August 2019, 7 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and recreation, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 12132713). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides other finance and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Joseph Rowntree Foundation reported income of £36.5m and spending of £79.2m, spending 217% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £34.2m to £36.5m (+6.7%), an average of +1.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 154% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Joseph Rowntree Foundation sits at the 100th 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 100th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Royal School for the Blind (£36.5m), North East Autism Society (£36.7m) and Norwood Ravenswood (£34.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88% and investments 12%. Charitable activities took 82% of spending and raising funds 2.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £28.3m. Reserves of £402.8m would cover about 51 months of spending at that rate. It employed 597 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.