The J L Charity Trust

Analysis

The J L Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in January 1964, 62 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The J L Charity Trust reported income of £15k and spending of £3,810, leaving 74% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2025, income grew from £10k to £15k (+46%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 20% 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 J L Charity Trust sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lee on the Solent Voluntary Care Group (£15k), Bedgrove Residents' and Community Association (£15k) and Brendon Charitable Trust (£15k).