The British Friends of the Jaffa Institute

Analysis

The British Friends of the Jaffa Institute is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01543797). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The British Friends of the Jaffa Institute reported income of £361k and spending of £386k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £275k to £361k (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The British Friends of the Jaffa Institute sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Redeemed Christian Church of God Praise Embassy Basingstoke (£360k), British Alevi Federation (£361k) and Together We Learn (£360k).