THE VARRIER-JONES FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1064595 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE VARRIER JONES FOUNDATION

The charity's objective is to provide financial support for the work of the Papworth Trust, whose mission is for disabled people to have equality, choice and independence. The charity meets this commitment through the development and investment of its assets.The charity also makes financial contributions towards the work of other charities providing services for people with disabilities.

Causes: Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net movement in funds surplus of £226,983 for the year ended 31 March 2025, following an operating deficit of £429,637 before investment gains. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £59,018,264, with the Income Fund designated at £1,654,778, which the trustees note is slightly above their policy target of 6 to 12 months of charitable expenditure. The charity maintains a total return investment strategy to preserve capital value while generating sufficient returns to fund its charitable grants.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03377965

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SHERRATT, Lesley Rowena, Dr — director, appointed 11/04/2025on trustee list
• BALDASARE, Carli Maree — director, appointed 23/11/2023on trustee list
• CROUCH, Stuart — director, appointed 23/02/2023on trustee list
• LYNCH, Alan Kevin — director, appointed 23/02/2023on trustee list
• BROWNE, Daniel Harry Rate — director, appointed 27/05/2021on trustee list
• LOWTHER, Deborah — director, appointed 14/02/2019on trustee list
• BEACH, Steven William — director, appointed 09/11/2017on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

13 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (13 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

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: 53.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Kevin Lynch
• Carli Maree Baldasare
• Daniel Browne
• Deborah Lowther · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Lesley Rowena Sherratt · trustee of 1 other charity
• Steven Beach
• Stuart Crouch

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

Charities like this

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

• THE PAPWORTH TRUST income £14.5m
• STRODE PARK FOUNDATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES income £13.0m
• THE PAVIORS' CHARITY income £193k
• CARETECH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £1.1m
• ISSA FOUNDATION income £9.9m
• PADWA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £244k

Side by side with its peers

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