The Jacobs Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Jacobs Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 1972, 54 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 makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Jacobs Charitable Trust reported income of £1.1m and spending of £305k, leaving 71% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £9 to £1.1m (+11854511%), an average of +1756% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 555533%. Over the whole period it spent 35% 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 Jacobs Charitable Trust sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The KPMG Foundation (£1.1m), The Good Luck Charitable Trust (£1.1m) and The Amb Charitable Trust (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 94% and investments 6.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £1.0m. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 0.1%.