The Joseph Collier Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Joseph Collier Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stanmore. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Joseph Collier Charitable Trust reported income of £45k and spending of £43k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £38k to £45k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Joseph Collier Charitable Trust sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southbourne and District Age Concern (£45k), The Elizabeth Jackson Charitable Trust (£45k) and Filleigh Village Hall (£45k).