THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 210037 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as J R C T

We are a grant-making Quaker trust which supports people who address the root causes of conflict and injustice.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£3.5m

Latest spending

£19.1m

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that net assets increased to £284.9 million, with unrestricted reserves held at £284.9 million, including £37.3 million in liquid cash and equivalents. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing strong liquidity and adequate reserves to cover future commitments.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Income from investments (99% of income)

“Income in 2024 was £3.5 million (2023: £2.9 million). This is primarily the income of £3.504 million from our investments (2023: £2.941 million).”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sayer Vincent LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£3.5m

Total spending

£19.1m

Cost of raising funds

£1.9m

Reserves (reported)

£284.9m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~178.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 52.7% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Alison Breadon
Avila Kilmurray
Caroline Broadhurst Ms
Hannah Elizabeth Darton
Jameela Julea Raymond
Janet Dean
Jonathan Paul Cree Heawood
Kamran Shezad Fazil Mr
Laila Alodaat
Lucy Woodruff Caldicott
Michael Alan Stiasny
Michael Gidney · trustee of 1 other charity
Nicholas Aidan Butler-Watts

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Belgium · Czech Republic · France · Germany · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Switzerland · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£3.5m	£19.1m
31/12/2023	£2.9m	£24.6m
31/12/2022	£1.1m	£17.1m
31/12/2021	£1.9m	£15.7m
31/12/2020	£1.6m	£20.0m

Common questions

Is THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that net assets increased to £284.9 million, with unrestricted reserves held at £284.9 million, including £37.3 million in liquid cash and equivalents. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, citing strong liquidity and adequate reserves to cover future commitments. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Sayer Vincent LLP.

Who funds THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include Rights and Security International, THE CENTRE FOR AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP, HUBBUB FOUNDATION UK.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
Rights and Security International	FY2022	£67k
THE CENTRE FOR AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP	FY2024	£59k	Climate Justice Project
HUBBUB FOUNDATION UK	FY2021	£13k	Love Where You Live

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Northern Rock Foundation	31/03/2009	£3k	Grant awarded to Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (National)

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST income £148k
THE ROWLETT TRUST income £271k
THE GRANT FOUNDATION income £185k
MIDDLE WAY TRUST income £111k
THE JACOBS CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.1m
THE LYNNE AND NIGEL ROSS CHARITABLE TRUST income £284k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST	£3.5m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£148k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE ROWLETT TRUST FY2024	£271k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GRANT FOUNDATION FY2024	£185k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
MIDDLE WAY TRUST FY2025	£111k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JACOBS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£1.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.