Jesus Hospital Charity

Registered charity 1075889 · since 1999jesushospitalcharity.org.uk·Barnet·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£38,420

Annual giving, year to 31 December 2025

From filed accounts

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

The charity's main work is almshouse housing for women over 50 who live alone and can care for themselves, and its grants are an extra use of surplus income, so a request should fit its Relief in Need grants and should not ask for help with housing.
Relief in Need is open to individuals and organisations in High Barnet, New Barnet, East Barnet and Friern Barnet, and it will not pay bills, arrears or salaries, or support pets or overnight guests.
The annual report shows £38,420 paid in total and £6,122 of that to individuals, but no grant range is stated, so ask the charity what size of request is realistic before you write.
Applications are accepted at any time, but the charity visits applicants and puts each one to trustees at their meetings, so send a fully completed form, a covering letter, up-to-date accounts and a budget forecast, be specific about the project, and answer queries quickly.

Overview

Jesus Hospital Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1075889).

The Jesus Hospital Charity was set up by its founders, who agreed to support and maintain the lady residents, known as Sisters, living in Ravenscroft Cottages in Wood Street, Barnet. Its main purpose is to provide almshouse accommodation for ladies aged 50 plus who live alone and are fit and able to care for themselves. It has sixty-three (63) almshouses on six (6) estates in Barnet, and it provides Relief In Need grants when it has a surplus of funds during the financial year.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Jesus Hospital Charity provides almshouse accommodation for women aged over 50 who meet its criteria, and uses surplus funds for Relief in Need grants to individuals and organisations resident or operating in its area of benefit. Its grants support local charities and other qualifying organisations, as well as people in need; almshouse residents may also benefit from this support. It gives qualifying requests careful consideration through a committee and trustee meetings, and usually visits applicants and checks financial details. The charity's main work remains the provision of subsidised housing for women who qualify, while grants are an additional use of surplus income.

Geographic Focus

High Barnet; New Barnet; East Barnet; Friern Barnet.

What they don't fund

Paying Bills
Arrears
Salaries
No Pets
No Overnight Guests

How to apply

Applicants download or request an application form, then return it with a covering letter, accounts and budget forecast. The charity visits the applicant, prepares a report and puts the application before trustees at their meetings.

Who can apply:

Relief in Need: Trustees will consider grant applications from individuals and organisations from the area of benefit.

What to send:

Relief in Need
- Return with covering letter
- Set of accounts
- Budget forecast

Application success factors

What the charity says:

The charity usually visits applicants and checks their financial details.
Applicants should submit a fully completed application form.
Applicants should enclose up-to-date accounts and a budget forecast.
Applicants should be specific about the project for which they need a grant.
Applicants should answer queries as quickly as possible.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

Barnet

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Jesus Hospital Charity.

The Dulwich Almshouse CharityNo public processGave £9,750 Eleanor Palmer TrustRolling Consolidated Charity of Burton upon TrentFixed deadlinesGave £102k Kingsbury CharityNo public processGave £211k St. Clement Danes Holborn Estate CharityNo public processGave £25,000 Uxbridge United Welfare TrustRollingGave £59,351 Hugh Sexey's HospitalNo public processGave £741 St John’s LichfieldRolling St. Giles Charity EstatesNo public processGave £66,715 The Marie Celeste Samaritan SocietyRollingGave £338k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2021	£1,856,494	£614,193	£28,440	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£874,657	£681,047	£19,239	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£908,531	£879,177	£36,338	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£950,248	£796,020	£38,467	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024
year to 31 December 2025	£1,004,738	£935,827	£38,420	Accounts for year to 31 December 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2021

£28,440 grants

YE 2022

£19,239 grants

YE 2023

£36,338 grants

YE 2024

£38,467 grants

YE 2025

£38,420 paid

Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.

Grants paid, year to 31 December 2021; year to 31 December 2022; year to 31 December 2023; year to 31 December 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
Grants paid, year to 31 December 2025: grants paid out in the year.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.