J O Charitable Trust

Analysis

J O Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gateshead. It was registered in March 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, J O Charitable Trust reported income of £195k and spending of £198k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £294k to £195k (-34%), an average of -9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 216%. Over the whole period it spent 60% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, J O Charitable Trust sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Allegra Foundation Limited (£195k), Grace Church Milton Keynes (£196k) and C R and I Trust Limited (£195k).

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.