About us

JMFT is a small, UK-based charitable trust established in 2010.  It awards small grants (typically £1,000–£3,000) to registered charities for whom relatively small grants of this size can make a material difference.  In practice, grants are likely to be made to charities with annual income below £2m.  Please note that, for the time being, grants are being directly solely to programmes operating within the UK.

The objects of the Trust are:

1. To prevent or relieve poverty or financial hardship, with particular emphasis on socially and economically disadvantaged communities in the UK North West, by providing grants to organisations that assist with education, training and other forms of support needed for the generation of sustainable income and self-sufficiency.

2. To prevent or improve the treatment of mental or physical illness through public education and, by conducting research, to improve the effectiveness of public education in preventing illness and in improving potential outcomes through early diagnosis.

3. (a) To further the religious and other charitable works of the Church of England for the benefit of the public particularly, but not exclusively, in the Diocese of      Chester

(b) To support organisations that promote religious harmony.

Examples of recent awards are shown below.