The Joseph Nickerson Charitable Foundation

Analysis

The Joseph Nickerson Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincs. It was registered in September 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Joseph Nickerson Charitable Foundation reported income of £76k and spending of £53k, leaving 30% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £81k to £76k (-6.1%), an average of -1.6% a year. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Joseph Nickerson Charitable Foundation sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Derwent and Wye Valley Railway Trust Limited (£76k), The Cornwall Sustainable Building Trust (£76k) and The Ancient Monuments Society (£75k).