JESUS HOSPITAL IN CHIPPING BARNET

Registered charity 1075889 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of almshouse accommodation for elderly ladies in Barnet.

Objects

PROVISION OF ALMSHOUSES FOR SINGLE LADIES OVER THE AGE OF 50 WHO ARE IN NEED AND WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT. SUPLUS INCOME TO BE APPLIED FOR THE RELIEF IN NEED TO THOSE WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET BUT WITH A PREFERENCE TO THE AREA OF THE FORMER URBAN DISTRICT OF BARNET, EAST BARNET AND FRIERN BARNET AS CONSTITUTED PRIOR TO 1 APRIL 1965.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£1.0m

Latest spending

£936k

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports a strong financial position with total funds of £18,790,679 and unrestricted reserves of £2,792,876. The accounts state that the charity does not fundraise, relying instead on investment income and property rentals to cover its £935,827 in annual expenditure, resulting in a net incoming resource surplus of £68,911 before investment gains. The trustees consider the current accumulated income of £250,000 to be within their desired policy target of 'in the region of £250,000' for working balance and contingencies.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: in the region of £250,000 as a working balance (reserves figure: £250k)

“They consider that it is desirable to maintain a balance of accumulated income in the region of £250,000 as a working balance and also to provide a sum to meet contingencies which might arise during the year.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Keelings Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

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

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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 31/12/2025

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Mrs Barbara Taylor — Chairman (source)
Mr Ryan A Allain — CEO (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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.0m

Total spending

£936k

Cost of raising funds

£140k

Reserves (reported)

£2.8m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~35.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (57% 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: 13.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Barbara Taylorchair · trustee of 3 other charities
Alan McEwan
Cllr Emma Whysall
Felix Aresco
Jacqueline Peacock
Lady JANET HULME · trustee of 2 other charities
Michael Crisp
Patrick Fromant
Philip Cairncross
Revd Samuel James Thomas Rossiter · trustee of 3 other charities
Robert Daniel Julian Teare
Sarah Sowerby

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.0m	£936k
31/12/2024	£950k	£796k
31/12/2023	£909k	£879k
31/12/2022	£875k	£681k
31/12/2021	£1.9m	£614k

Common questions

Is JESUS HOSPITAL IN CHIPPING BARNET financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reports a strong financial position with total funds of £18,790,679 and unrestricted reserves of £2,792,876. The accounts state that the charity does not fundraise, relying instead on investment income and property rentals to cover its £935,827 in annual expenditure, resulting in a net incoming resource surplus of £68,911 before investment gains. The trustees consider the current accumulated income of £250,000 to be within their desired policy target of 'in the region of £250,000' for working balance and contingencies. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Keelings Limited.

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
NICHOLAS CHAMBERLAINE'S SCHOOL FOUNDATION	1	£134k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JESUS HOSPITAL.

JESUS HOSPITAL income £78k
ASHBOURNE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £294k
ST JOHN'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES income £63k
ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL income £352k
NICHOLAS CHAMBERLAINE'S HOSPITAL AND SERMON income £322k
ST MARY MAGDALEN'S HOSPITAL ALMSHOUSE CHARITY income £50k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
JESUS HOSPITAL IN CHIPPING BARNET	£1.0m	—	within	—	no doubt
JESUS HOSPITAL FY2025	£78k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ASHBOURNE ALMSHOUSE CHARITY FY2024	£294k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST JOHN'S ALMSHOUSE CHARITIES FY2025	£63k	—	above	—	no doubt
ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL FY2025	£352k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NICHOLAS CHAMBERLAINE'S HOSPITAL AND SERMON FY2025	£322k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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