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Registered charity · York

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

  • 13 trustees
  • Income £35m (2024)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Recreation
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.jrf.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£35m£57m
  • 2023£36m£49m
  • 2022£37m£45m
Earlier years
  • 2021£34m£45m
  • 2020£29m£43m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government contracts 6% · Government grants 7%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

1.1 TO PREVENT AND TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND OTHER NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES1.2 TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED BECAUSE OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH (WHETHER MENTAL OR PHYSICAL), DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE1.3 TO UNDERTAKE AND CARRY ON SUCH ACTIVITIES AS ARE CALCULATED TO AMELIORATE UNSATISFACTORY LIVING CONDITIONS, SOCIAL UNREST OR DISHARMONY AMONGST THE PUBLIC 1.4 TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND/OR SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

Grants received

13 grants · £2,187,789 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities · £1,985,000 (8 grants)
  • Lankelly Chase Foundation · £161,000 (3 grants)
  • SHAREGIFT · £35,000
  • Department for Science, Innovation and Technology · £6,789

Most recent

  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £200,0002024-03-27
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £330,0002024-03-11
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £100,0002024-03-11
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £300,0002024-01-24
  • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities £330,0002023-12-13
Board analysis for researchers

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

3.2y median 5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

14y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (1)

12
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 13Education/training 13The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 13

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 16Finance 10Business services 7

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£35.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 120.0 in 2020

628 from 713 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
13%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1184957
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 31 JUL 2019 as amended on 08 Oct 2019 as amended on 22 Mar 2022
Companies House
Company number 12132713 · Active
Contact on the register
01904629241 · christine.frame@jrf.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
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