THE JIGSAW TRUST

Registered charity 1075464 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE JIGSAW SCHOOL

To provide facilities, services and resources for the education, integration, guidance, assessment, outreach and support of people affected by an autism spectrum disorder.To promote a greater knowledge and understanding of autism.To invite and receive grants, donations, public funding, gifts and contributions to support the primary objective of the Trust.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£6.4m

Latest spending

£6.3m

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £811,019, which is below the stated policy target of approximately three months' running costs (£1,582,000). The charity reported a net income increase of £87,446 for the year, with the majority of its income generated from school fees paid by local authorities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £110,001 - £120,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)

“In the band £110,001 - £120,000 2” — page 30

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Largest income source: Charitable activities (92% of income)

“The greater part of the Trust's income (92%) is generated by the school which received most of its income from Local Authorities.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months running costs (held: £811k)

“The Trustees have agreed that the charitable company should maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charitable company at a level equivalent to cover approximately three months running costs of The Jigsaw CABAS® School. For the financial year 2024-25 three months running costs are estimated to be £1,582,000” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Loan to sister charity Jigsaw +

“At the balance sheet date, the group was owed £251,944 (2024: £152,189) by Jigsaw +, a sister charity. Jigsaw Trust is the sole member of Jigsaw +.” — page 36

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Jigsaw Trading (2013) Limited, Jigsaw Training Limited

“Xeinadin Audit Limited have undertaken the statutory external audit of The Jigsaw Trust and its subsidiary's Jigsaw Trading (2013) Limited and Jigsaw Training Limited.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 03734127
Trading subsidiary: JIGSAW TRADING (2013) LIMITED Companies House 08594365
Trading subsidiary: JIGSAW TRAINING LIMITED Companies House 14893561

JIGSAW TRADING (2013) LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

The company discloses that it is exempt from disclosing related party transactions with wholly owned subsidiaries within the group.

JIGSAW TRAINING LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Jigsaw Trust , a charity registered (1075464) in England and Wales.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Jigsaw Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Kate Grant — CEO (source)
Dr. Emma Hawkins — Director of Education (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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.

DEAN, Adam — director, appointed 02/02/2026not on trustee list
ROLTON, Linda Mary Swan — director, appointed 02/02/2026not on trustee list
BARBER, Samuel — director, appointed 30/09/2024on trustee list
JEWSBURY, Andrew Mark Charles — director, appointed 10/03/2021on trustee list
KEARNEY, Colin Francis — director, appointed 04/03/2021on trustee list
AMOFA, Rosemond Ama Gyasiwaa — director, appointed 01/02/2021on trustee list
JEWELL, Russell Paul — director, appointed 15/07/2019on trustee list
ASANTE, Mary — director, appointed 10/11/2016on trustee list
PROTHERO, Graham — director, appointed 24/11/2009on trustee list
KIELY, Jillian Annette — director, appointed 17/03/1999on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£6.4m

Total spending

£6.3m

Cost of raising funds

£321k

Reserves (reported)

£811k

Employees

138

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 5.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Jillian Annette Kielychair
Andrew Mark Charles JEWSBURY
Colin Francis Kearney
GRAHAM PROTHERO · trustee of 1 other charity
Mary Asante
Rosemond Ama Gyasiwaa AMOFA
Russell Jewell
Samuel David Barber

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

Operates in: Croydon · Ealing · Hammersmith And Fulham · Hampshire · Kingston Upon Thames · Portsmouth City · Richmond Upon Thames · Surrey · Sutton · West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£6.4m	£6.3m
31/08/2024	£5.8m	£5.9m
31/08/2023	£5.2m	£5.2m
31/08/2022	£5.1m	£5.1m
31/08/2021	£5.1m	£5.1m

Common questions

Is THE JIGSAW TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £811,019, which is below the stated policy target of approximately three months' running costs (£1,582,000). The charity reported a net income increase of £87,446 for the year, with the majority of its income generated from school fees paid by local authorities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE JIGSAW TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £110,001 - £120,000 band.

Who funds THE JIGSAW TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE JIGSAW TRUST as a grant recipient include THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HARAMEAD TRUST, ST FAITH'S TRUST, THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION, THE OLDHURST TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£91k	Grant
THE HARAMEAD TRUST	FY2024	£10k
ST FAITH'S TRUST	FY2023	£10k	fund a dance and yoga programme for autistic children at their Dunsfold Centre
THE HARAMEAD TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE GEOFF & FIONA SQUIRE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£5k
THE OLDHURST TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE OLDHURST TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE HOBSON CHARITY LIMITED	FY2023	£5k	Disability
THE NINEVEH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£2k
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust	FY2022	£1k	Education/Training
THE ROSS WARBURTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£500
THE OLDHURST TRUST	FY2022	£0
GUILDFORD LIONS CLUB (CIO)	FY2025	—
THE THALES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	—

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	03/10/2024	£20k	Reliable assistive technologies
The National Lottery Community Fund	23/01/2020	£1k	Jigsaw Jam
The National Lottery Community Fund	12/07/2012	£9k	Jigsaw+ Lifelong Learning Centre - Computer Suite for Autistic Young Adults

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
THE PRUDENCE TRUST	1	£310k
THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION	1	£111k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	1	£104k
THE GENERATIONS FOUNDATION	1	£56k
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	1	£30k
THE PETER KERSHAW TRUST	1	£13k
MERTON VOLUNTARY SERVICE COUNCIL	1	£8k
THE ELIZABETH FRANKLAND MOORE AND STAR FOUNDATION	1	£6k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JIGSAW +.

JIGSAW + income £2.7m
THE JIGSAW NETWORK C.I.O. income £3.4m
JIGSAW CHARITY income £2.0m
JIGSAW4U LIMITED income £1.5m
MORE EDUCATION income £531k
JIGSAW (BURY) income £108k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE JIGSAW TRUST	£6.4m	£110,001 - £120,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
JIGSAW + FY2025	£2.7m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
THE JIGSAW NETWORK C.I.O. FY2024	£3.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
JIGSAW CHARITY FY2024	£2.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
JIGSAW4U LIMITED FY2025	£1.5m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
MORE EDUCATION FY2025	£531k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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