The Second Joseph Aaron Littman Foundation

Analysis

The Second Joseph Aaron Littman Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerton. It was registered in December 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Second Joseph Aaron Littman Foundation reported income of £387k and spending of £279k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £397k to £387k (-2.5%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Second Joseph Aaron Littman Foundation sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Children's HIV Association Limited (£387k), Visionary - Linking Local Sight Loss Charities (£387k) and Headway Cotswold Trust Limited (£387k).