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Joseph Rowntree Foundation

Registered charity 1184957, on the register since 19 August 2019. The 447th largest charity in England and Wales by income.

What it says it does

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.

In the charity's own words, as filed with the Charity Commission.

Its causes

DisabilityEducation/trainingRecreationThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Where it works

It names no single council area: it works across England and Wales, or further.

Check it yourself

Its entry on the Charity Commission register · its own website

Figures are the latest the charity has reported to the Charity Commission, current to 27 September 2026. How this site works.