Jewish Joint Burial Society

Analysis

Jewish Joint Burial Society is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Waltham cross. It was registered in December 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00937882). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Jewish Joint Burial Society reported income of £2.6m and spending of £2.3m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £3.3m to £2.6m (-21%), an average of -5.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 136%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Jewish Joint Burial Society sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Truro, Cornwall (£2.6m), Bidwell Gospel Hall Trust (£2.6m) and Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland (£2.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 81% and investments 19%. Charitable activities took 94% of spending and raising funds 4.4%. Reserves of £1.7m would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.