The Jewish Youth Fund

Analysis

The Jewish Youth Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00329379). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Jewish Youth Fund reported income of £50k and spending of £129k, spending 259% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £75k to £50k (-34%), an average of -9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 242% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Jewish Youth Fund sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Michael and All Angels, Brighton (£50k), Albaraka Islamic Resources Centre (Airc) (£50k) and People First International (£50k).

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.