Joy Mead Charity Trust

Analysis

Joy Mead Charity Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northamptonshire. It was registered in January 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, amateur sport and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Joy Mead Charity Trust reported income of £21k and spending of £1,943, leaving 91% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £29k to £21k (-30%), an average of -8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 372%. Over the whole period it spent 40% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Joy Mead Charity Trust sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pilgrims Sport and Recreation Youth Trust (£21k), Vale Judo Club (£21k) and Waresley Village Hall (£21k).