THE PETER JONES FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1110288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FORGOTTEN CHILDREN

The advancement of education, in particular through the teaching of enterprise and entrepreneurial skills.Identify forgotten children, who for whatever reason, fall outside of the vast network of support and offered by other charities and organisations in the UK.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (THE 'OBJECTS') FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE:A) THE RELIEF FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS SERVICES OR FACILITIES;B) THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE;C) THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE VICTIMS OF WAR OR NATURAL DISASTER, TROUBLE, CATASTROPHE OR ABUSE BY THE PROVISION OF MONEY (OR OTHER MEANS SUITABLE) INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL AND FOOD AID;D) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND CARE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF MONEY (OR OTHER MEANS SUITABLE) INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES AND SERVICES; TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HEALTH CARE OF CHILDREN;E) THE PROMOTION AND PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR HEALTHY RECREATION SPORT OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;F) THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE THROUGH CONCILIATION FOR COUPLES WHOSE RELATIONSHIPS APPEAR TO BE BREAKING DOWN, AND WHERE SUCH RELATIONSHIPS HAVE ALREADY BROKEN DOWN, TO ADVISE AND HELP IN THE SETTLEMENT OF DIFFERENCES OR POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES OVER ASSOCIATED MATTERS SUCH AS CUSTODY OF AND ACCESS TO CHILDREN AND FINANCIAL MATTERS;G) THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION;H) SUCH OTHER ACTIVITIES OF AN EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE NATURE AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The Peter Jones Foundation reported a consolidated surplus of £169,626 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven largely by successful fundraising events including an inaugural gala ball. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £169,605, which exceeds its stated policy target of covering three months of core costs (£105,671). The Trustees have confirmed that sufficient resources are available to continue operations for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Peter Jones Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (72% 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: 27.1% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ami Patterson-Higgins
• Ayham Ayche
• PROFESSOR RALPH EDWIN TABBERER

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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 Jones Community and Education Trust.

• The Jones Community and Education Trust income £365k
• THE PETER JOST CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £87k
• The St Peter's College Foundation income £519k
• ST JOSEPH FOUNDATION UK income £474k
• PRIME EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £558k
• THE PETER PAN CENTRE income £435k

Side by side with its peers

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