The Jones 1986 Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Jones 1986 Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in June 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Jones 1986 Charitable Trust reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.2m, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.6m (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Jones 1986 Charitable Trust sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include One Community Foundation Limited (£1.5m), St David's Children Society (£1.6m) and Childline (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 100%. Charitable activities took 66% of spending and raising funds 25%. Grants to other organisations totalled £786k. Reserves of £1.8m would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate.