The Joint Homes Committee Trust Fund

Analysis

The Joint Homes Committee Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coalville. It was registered in May 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Joint Homes Committee Trust Fund reported income of £20k and spending of £20k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £15k to £20k (+35%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 2,324 England and Wales charities whose main cause is housing and shelter and that reported income, The Joint Homes Committee Trust Fund sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wentworth Almshouses (£20k), The Colman Almshouse Charity (£20k) and The Poor's Houses Charities (£20k).

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.