The Jonathan Joels Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Jonathan Joels Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Herts. It was registered in October 1979, 47 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 October 2025, The Jonathan Joels Charitable Trust reported income of £11k and spending of £22k, spending 200% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £7 to £11k (+154386%), an average of +527% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2024, when income rose by 145650%. Over the whole period it spent 592% 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 Jonathan Joels Charitable Trust sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christchurch Harbour Ornithological Group (£11k), The Aldborough Village Trust (£11k) and The Culverwell Foundation (£11k).

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.