J Davies Charities Limited

Analysis

J Davies Charities Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Edgware. It was registered in August 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00873136). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, J Davies Charities Limited reported income of £24k and spending of £74k, spending 313% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £26k to £24k (-9.6%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 1828%. Over the whole period it spent 157% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, J Davies Charities Limited sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Cecilia's Christian Spiritualist Church (£24k), The Great Divine Holy Order of the Third Era (£24k) and Wesleyan Reform Union (£24k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.