The Ruth and Lionel Jacobson Charitable Trust (Second Fund) No 2

Analysis

The Ruth and Lionel Jacobson Charitable Trust (Second Fund) No 2 is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in September 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Ruth and Lionel Jacobson Charitable Trust (Second Fund) No 2 reported income of £70k and spending of £45k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £67k to £70k (+3.5%), an average of +0.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Ruth and Lionel Jacobson Charitable Trust (Second Fund) No 2 sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Soroptimist International Foundation (£70k), Cystic Fibrosis Comfort Fund (£70k) and The Assembly of the Brethren in Christ's Church Limited (£70k).