The Jo Benson Day Centre

Analysis

The Jo Benson Day Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salisbury. It was registered in July 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Jo Benson Day Centre reported income of £43k and spending of £86k, spending 199% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £172k to £43k (-75%), an average of -29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Jo Benson Day Centre sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Parson Drove Amenities 95 Management Committee (£43k), STS & Ms Foundation (£43k) and Wendover Memorial Hall (£43k).

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.