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JIM COUSINS TRUST

Registered charity 1002711 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To help young people in the Witney area

Objects

TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£60k
Latest spending
£102k
Registered
1991
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased by £253,303 to £1,720,233 due to investment losses and grants exceeding income. The trustees consider this reserve level adequate for future purposes and report no contingent liabilities or material uncertainties regarding the charity's continuation.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Dividend Income (100% of income)
“Income for the financial year was £59,966 made up of wholly of dividend income” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: adequate funding of assets to enable the Grants to be maintained on the basis that approved grants should as far as possible be matched to the realised income (held: £1.7m)
“It is the policy of the Trustees to maintain Reserves to provide adequate funding of assets to enable the Grants to be maintained on the basis that approved grants should as far as possible be matched to the realised income.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee Mark Drasdo is a partner in John Welch & Stammers, which received £10,302 in professional fees.
“An amount of £10,302.00, inclusive of VAT, is payable to John Welch & Stammers in respect of professional fees for the year to 5 April 2025. Mr Mark Drasdo is a trustee of the Charity and partners of the firm of John Welch & Stammers.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£60k£102k
05/04/2024£56k£74k
05/04/2023£57k£64k
05/04/2022£58k£46k
05/04/2021£36k£45k

Common questions

Is JIM COUSINS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased by £253,303 to £1,720,233 due to investment losses and grants exceeding income. The trustees consider this reserve level adequate for future purposes and report no contingent liabilities or material uncertainties regarding the charity's continuation. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.