Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Limited

Analysis

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02071638). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending June 2025, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Limited reported income of £8.0m and spending of £8.4m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £6.4m to £8.0m (+26%), an average of +5.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sands (£8.0m), St Michael's Hospice Hastings and Rother (£8.0m) and The Injured Jockeys Fund (£8.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 36%, charitable activities 36% and trading 27%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £181k. Charitable activities took 66% of spending and raising funds 32%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.2m. Reserves of £910k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 66 people.

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.