THE JUSACA CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1012966 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Gives grants to other charities.

Objects

TO APPLY THE TRUST FUND AND THE INCOME THEREOF FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS FOR ALL OR ANY OF THE CHARITABLE OBJECTS OR PURPOSES THEREOF OR TO OR FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES THEREOF OR TO OR FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION 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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Greenwich, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £12,460,372, which are held in an unrestricted fund. The trustees have created this reserve to meet the eventuality of making substantial donations to worthy causes or emergencies, noting that grants paid are expected to exceed grants received in the short term. The charity reports no staff employed and minimal risk, with investments valued at £12,411,578.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unrestricted reserve for the eventuality that substantial donations can be made to a cause deemed especially worthy or for emergencies (reserves figure: £12.5m)
“The trustees have created an unrestricted reserve fo: the eventuality that substantial donations can be made to a cause deemed especially worthy or for emergencies.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Bequest from Estate of R.N. Emanuel.
“During the year ended 31 March 2025, a bequest of £912,230 (2024:£3,408.522) was received by JUSACA Charitable Trust from the Estate of the late Mr R. N. Emanuel.” — page 20
“JUSACA made grants io the following connected parties: - Water for Kids of £60,006 (2024:£60 000) of which Ms S. Emanuel is a trusice.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant to Water for Kids where trustee S. Emanuel is a trustee.
“During the year ended 31 March 2025, a bequest of £912,230 (2024:£3,408.522) was received by JUSACA Charitable Trust from the Estate of the late Mr R. N. Emanuel.” — page 20
“JUSACA made grants io the following connected parties: - Water for Kids of £60,006 (2024:£60 000) of which Ms S. Emanuel is a trusice.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant to Sussex German Jewish Centre where director D. Franklin is a director.
“During the year ended 31 March 2025, a bequest of £912,230 (2024:£3,408.522) was received by JUSACA Charitable Trust from the Estate of the late Mr R. N. Emanuel.” — page 20
“JUSACA made grants io the following connected parties: - Water for Kids of £60,006 (2024:£60 000) of which Ms S. Emanuel is a trusice.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant to New Israel Fund where Donald Franklin is Chair of Trustees.
“During the year ended 31 March 2025, a bequest of £912,230 (2024:£3,408.522) was received by JUSACA Charitable Trust from the Estate of the late Mr R. N. Emanuel.” — page 20
“JUSACA made grants io the following connected parties: - Water for Kids of £60,006 (2024:£60 000) of which Ms S. Emanuel is a trusice.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cooper Adams Ltd. Discloses 4 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£12.5m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~105.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.3m£1.4m
31/03/2024£3.7m£1.1m
31/03/2023£58k£971k
31/03/2022£5.9m£835k
31/03/2021£322k£395k

Common questions

Is THE JUSACA CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £12,460,372, which are held in an unrestricted fund. The trustees have created this reserve to meet the eventuality of making substantial donations to worthy causes or emergencies, noting that grants paid are expected to exceed grants received in the short term. The charity reports no staff employed and minimal risk, with investments valued at £12,411,578. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cooper Adams Ltd.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ROZAC CHARITABLE TRUST1£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CASCIA TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE JUSACA CHARITABLE TRUST£1.3m—0above—no doubt
THE CASCIA TRUST FY2025£60k——unclear—no doubt
THE RELIEF TRUST FY2025£39k—0above—no doubt
THE C J M CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£100k—0unclear—no doubt
SCJM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£54k—0below—noted
THE JOE AND ROSA FRENKEL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£1.6m—0above—no doubt

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