Mrs Jane Cart's Trust

Analysis

Mrs Jane Cart's Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedfordshire. It was registered in September 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mrs Jane Cart's Trust reported income of £193k and spending of £223k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £233k to £193k (-17%), an average of -4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Mrs Jane Cart's Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Uttlesford Foodbank (£193k), Christ Apostolic Church International(Mount Zion)u.k (£193k) and Raising Futures Kenya (£193k).

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.