The Charity of Joseph Harrison

Analysis

The Charity of Joseph Harrison is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wakefield. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Charity of Joseph Harrison reported income of £17k and spending of £66k, spending 379% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3,834 to £17k (+355%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 622% 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 Charity of Joseph Harrison sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 35% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Tom Henson Charity (£17k), The Society for Companion Animal Studies Ltd (£17k) and The a H Lynall Foundation (£17k).

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.