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joseph rowntree foundation

The charity supports other charities or voluntary bodies and the general public. Joseph Rowntree Foundation is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by making grants to organisations. The charity is based in York and operates in England And Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

JRF is an independent social change organisation working to solve UK poverty. It aims to inspire action andchange that will create a prosperous UK without poverty and it principally does this by undertakingresearch, producing or inputting into policy on poverty, collaborating with others working to the samepurpose and otherwise providing practical solutions.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£35,057,000
Latest Expenditure
£57,115,000

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 156.0%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 95.8%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 4.5%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £0
Charitable Activities £30,095,000
Other Trading £0
Investments £4,807,000
Other Income £155,000

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £54,704,000
Raising Funds £2,411,000
Governance £172,000
Grants to Institutions £9,670,000
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£35,057,000£57,115,000£54,704,000£566,061,000£566,061628 / 0
2023£35,981,000£49,179,000£46,711,000£547,416,000£547,416,000605 / 0
2022£37,363,000£45,467,000£43,915,000£533,477,000£533,477,000622 / 0
2021£34,225,000£45,207,000£39,785,000£596,517,000£596,517,000737 / 0
2020£29,241,000£42,536,000£39,055,000£542,450,000£542,450,000713 / 0

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers