Joseph Nutter's Foundation

Analysis

Joseph Nutter's Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in April 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Joseph Nutter's Foundation reported income of £13k and spending of £65k, spending 512% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £16k to £13k (-20%), an average of -5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income dropped by 16%. Over the whole period it spent 426% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Joseph Nutter's Foundation sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Poors Land Charity (Excluding Poors Land Educational Foundation) (£13k), Parson Drove United Charities (£13k) and Largsmount Ltd (£13k).

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.