Jtl

Registered charity 1080254 · since 2000jtltraining.com·England·Updated 31 October 2026

At a glance

Open to applications
Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

  • JTL's work centres on training people in building services engineering, mainly through apprenticeships in electrotechnical and plumbing and mechanical engineering services, so a request fits best if it is closely tied to that training.
  • The only single grant it names is an Adoption Grant of up to £1,500 for a new employer that takes on a redundant JTL apprentice and completes the training contract, and the annual report gives no total giving figure or typical grant size, so size any request around that stated amount.
  • Its hardship support and learning support are for JTL's own apprentices only, so organisations that do not train JTL apprentices should not apply for those, and an employer may only seek the Adoption Grant if it meets the criteria.
  • Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, and employers are directed to contact JTL for information about the Adoption Grant before applying.

Overview

JTL is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1080254).

JTL is a charity registered in England and Wales (charity number 1080254) that exists to encourage the training of people employed in the electrical installation engineering industry and in other industries its directors may decide from time to time. It aims to help people employed in, or wishing to enter, the building services engineering sector gain qualifications for life. Alongside its training work, it runs employer grant schemes, including an adoption grant for employers who take on apprentices made redundant during their apprenticeship, so they can complete it successfully.

What they fund

Priority Areas

JTL focuses on training people employed in, or wishing to enter, the building services engineering sector, particularly through apprenticeships in electrotechnical and plumbing and mechanical engineering services. Its work helps learners gain qualifications and supports an appropriately trained workforce. The employer support package covers specified apprenticeship training, assessment and certification costs and includes an Adoption Grant for a new employer taking on a redundant JTL apprentice (or, in exceptional circumstances, at the directors’ discretion) and completing the training contract. JTL also considers limited charitable-fund hardship support for its own apprentices where difficult personal circumstances negatively affect their progression or achievement.

Themes

  • Apprenticeship training
  • Employer adoption grants
  • Apprentice hardship support

Geographic Focus

England.

What they don't fund

  • Additional Learning Support only: Learning support must not be used to deal with everyday difficulties that are not directly associated with an apprenticeship
  • Hardship Support Grant only: JTL apprentices who do not find themselves in difficult personal circumstances through no fault of their own which may have a negative impact on the progression or achievement of their apprenticeship
  • Adoption Grant only: Apprentices who are not JTL apprentices made redundant (or, in exceptional circumstances, at the discretion of the JTL directors) and taken on by a new employer

How to apply

Employers are directed to contact JTL for further information about the Adoption Grant.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

  • The new employer must fulfil the criteria and undertake to complete the apprentice’s contract of training with JTL.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

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Five years of accounts

Financial yearIncomeExpenditureGrants paidAccounts document
year to 31 July 2021£35,961,162£40,301,109—Accounts for year to 31 July 2021
year to 31 July 2022£40,611,641£43,618,448—Accounts for year to 31 July 2022
year to 31 July 2023£44,392,739£48,619,022—Accounts for year to 31 July 2023
year to 31 July 2024£46,804,079£48,758,732—Accounts for year to 31 July 2024
year to 31 July 2025£38,701,547£38,697,927—Accounts for year to 31 July 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

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.

Sources

This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.

Sources last checked on 31 October 2026.

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