The JBG Housing Trust

Analysis

The JBG Housing Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under housing and shelter. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The JBG Housing Trust reported income of £19k and spending of £4,370, leaving 77% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £2,575 to £19k (+633%), an average of +64% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 182%. Over the whole period it spent 246% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The JBG Housing Trust sits at the 28th percentile: it is larger than about 28% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Charity of Eliza Gardiner (£19k), Buddhist Essential Support Trust (£19k) and William Portman Almshouses (£19k).