St Jude's Trust

Analysis

St Jude's Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, St Jude's Trust reported income of £46k and spending of £65k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £41k to £46k (+13%), an average of +3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, St Jude's Trust sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% 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 The Mid-Derbyshire Association for Mobile Physiotherapy (£46k), Ruth Wolfe Charitable Settlement C (£46k) and Middlesex Mark Benevolent Fund (£46k).

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.