THE FRANK JACKSON FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1007600 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JACKSON FOUNDATION

Benefit, through education, for the disadvantaged and support of world class research, particularly in the environmental field

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£619k

Latest spending

£940k

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased by 3.3% to £25,830,941 due to net realised and unrealised investment losses of £550,764. The charity reported a net expenditure of £940,118 against incoming resources of £618,755, resulting in a net movement in funds of £(872,127). The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £25.8m)

“Total funds at 5 April 2025 were £25,830,941, which is 3.3% lower than at 5 April 2024.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Key management personnel were paid fees of £37,312. Five trustees received £2,939 reimbursement of travel expenses. No trustee received remuneration or benefits in kind.

“Key management personnel were paid fees of £37,312 (2024: £35,362) for their services managing the Foundation on a day to day basis. During the year, no Trustee received any remuneration or benefits in kind (2024: £nil). Five (5) trustees received £2,939 reimbursement of travel expenses in the year” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Payment to VULA programme where a trustee's sister is employed

“The Foundation paid £25,480 (2024: £21,620) to the VULA programme at which, Mr Tim Seymour's sister, Mrs Susan Southwood, is employed as a co-ordinator.” — page 19

“The Foundation also paid £50,000 (2024 £30,000) to Physics Partners of which Isabelle Haigh is a trustee.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Payment to Physics Partners where a trustee is a trustee of the recipient

“The Foundation paid £25,480 (2024: £21,620) to the VULA programme at which, Mr Tim Seymour's sister, Mrs Susan Southwood, is employed as a co-ordinator.” — page 19

“The Foundation also paid £50,000 (2024 £30,000) to Physics Partners of which Isabelle Haigh is a trustee.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Begbies Chartered Accountants. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£619k

Total spending

£940k

Reserves (reported)

£25.8m

Employees

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (99% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID HUGH TENNANTchair
Esther Blackburn
Isabelle Haigh
MARY-ANNE GRIBBON · trustee of 1 other charity
Mark Sargeantson
ROBERT HARPER

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

Operates in: South Africa · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£619k	£940k
05/04/2024	£476k	£952k
05/04/2023	£460k	£854k
05/04/2022	£454k	£845k
05/04/2021	£497k	£1.1m

Common questions

Is THE FRANK JACKSON FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds decreased by 3.3% to £25,830,941 due to net realised and unrealised investment losses of £550,764. The charity reported a net expenditure of £940,118 against incoming resources of £618,755, resulting in a net movement in funds of £(872,127). The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Begbies Chartered Accountants.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
DEBMAR BENEVOLENT TRUST LIMITED	1	£314k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k
YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER	1	£20k
MOYNITRUST	1	£15k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£12k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE JIM JACKSON EDUCATIONAL AND ENABLING FOUNDATION CIO.

THE JIM JACKSON EDUCATIONAL AND ENABLING FOUNDATION CIO income £187k
FRANKS FAMILY FOUNDATION income £102k
THE INJUSTICE FOUNDATION income £609k
THE READING FOUNDATION income £517k
THE FOCUS FOUNDATION income £1.6m
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE FRANK JACKSON FOUNDATION	£619k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE JIM JACKSON EDUCATIONAL AND ENABLING FOUNDATION CIO FY2024	£187k	—	below	2.2%	no doubt
FRANKS FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2024	£102k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE INJUSTICE FOUNDATION FY2026	£609k	—	unclear	55000.0%	no doubt
THE READING FOUNDATION FY2025	£517k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FOCUS FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.6m	—	unclear	4.0%	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.