JOB CHANGE

Registered charity 1080729 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Assisting people (principally the unemployed) into employment

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF WOLVERHAMPTON IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION ADVICE , COUNSELLING TRAINING AND RETRAINING IN ORDER TO ASSIST THEM IN OBTAINING SUCH SKILLS AS WILL FIT THEM FOR EMPLOYMENT

Area of benefit: WOLVERHAMPTON

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

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Latest income
£172k
Latest spending
£159k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £11,272 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £328,313. The filing notes that the company was entitled to exemption from audit under the small companies regime and that no employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or 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.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Job Change (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Total income
£659k
Total spending
£374k
Reserves (reported)
£300k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~9.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (80% 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 (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Dudley · Walsall · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£172k£159k
31/12/2023£260k£245k
31/12/2022£659k£374k
31/12/2021£351k£446k
31/12/2020£401k£416k

Common questions

Is JOB CHANGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £11,272 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £328,313. The filing notes that the company was entitled to exemption from audit under the small companies regime and that no employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/09/2018£10kThe Lone Parent Network - Wolverhampton