Junction 42

Registered charity 1149813 · since 2012junction42.org·England, Scotland·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

Junction 42's annual report gives no readable grants figure, and its register entry shows no grants to institutions in the year it covers, so there is little evidence of how much it gives or to whom.
Its published work centres on employability, creative education, faith support and through-the-gate mentoring for people with convictions or at risk of offending, so check first whether your project sits close to one of these themes.
No grant range or application process is published, so start with a short enquiry through the contact shown for getting in touch rather than a full application, and keep any request modest.
Its registered area of operation is throughout England and Scotland, but no geographic focus for grants is stated, so do not assume a local link is needed or ruled out.
Its annual report and website do not show how competitive or relationship-led its giving is.

Overview

Junction 42 is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1149813).

Junction 42 is a charity registered in England and Wales that exists to see the lives of offenders and their communities visibly transformed through employability and entrepreneurial training, creative education and engagement, and through-the-gate mentoring and faith support. Its founding team had over 45 years of collective experience working with offenders in prisons and communities. Its charitable objects also cover grants or services to people in need and to organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty, homelessness and sickness. It supports prison chaplaincies and partners with local churches. Its annual giving and how it divides that giving between programmes are not stated.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Junction 42 aims to see offenders and their communities visibly transformed through support, empowerment and opportunity. Its charitable objects address the needs of people with current or previous convictions, or considered at risk of offending, through employment, housing, education, training and community projects. They also provide for grants or services to individuals in need and to charities or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty, homelessness and sickness. Its work centres on employability and entrepreneurship, creative education and engagement, faith support and through-the-gate mentoring. It supports prison chaplaincies and partners with local churches to develop communities, combining practical support, rehabilitation and community involvement.

Themes

Offender rehabilitation
Employability
Creative education
Faith support
Poverty relief
Homelessness relief
Sickness relief

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Junction 42.

The Christopher and Henry Oldfield TrustRollingGave £1.8M The Cedar House Charitable TrustInvitation onlyGave £92,784 The Jecda FoundationInvitation onlyGave £96,000 Jill and Norman Franklin TrustRollingGave £367k Jesuits in BritainFixed deadlinesGave £7.2M Clapton Support and AdviceNo public processGave £219k The Weavers' Company Benevolent FundFixed deadlinesGave £584k Forman Hardy Charitable TrustInvitation onlyGave £99,569 Highfields Trust CioInvitation only Misses Barrie Charitable TrustRollingGave £183k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£883,097	£732,387	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£963,063	£912,787	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£685,982	£874,352	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£711,256	£698,698	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£920,685	£754,430	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 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.