The Junior Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Junior Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in July 1968, 58 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 organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Junior Charitable Trust reported income of £12k and spending of £3,943, leaving 68% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £8,456 to £12k (+46%), an average of +9.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 78% 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 Junior Charitable Trust sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Worsley Mesnes South Community Action Group (£12k), Aid2gambia (£12k) and Redhill & Reigate Round Table No. 119 (£12k).