JIGSAW VISITORS CENTRE

Registered charity 1113759 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARMLEY PRISON VISITORS' CENTRE

To provide a range of services at our prison sites and in the community, offering emotional support, advice and guidance, rehabilitation and family time. Enabling offenders and their loved ones to sustain meaningful relationships to benefit them during time in custody and beyond.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£303k
Latest spending
£298k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains in a stable financial position with secure funding and prudent reserves management. Per the trustees' report, free reserves totalled £97,842, which is above the stated policy target of £40,000. The charity reported a net income of £5,388 for the year ended 31 March 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £40,000 (held: £98k)
The policy of the charity is to maintain a level of reserves at least sufficient to cover liabilities in the event of closure of the charity. This figure is currently set at £40,000 — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Bradford City · Calderdale · City Of Wakefield · Doncaster · Kirklees · Leeds City · North Yorkshire · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£303k£298k
31/03/2024£305k£299k
31/03/2023£390k£330k
31/03/2022£293k£289k
31/03/2021£247k£215k

Common questions

Is JIGSAW VISITORS CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity remains in a stable financial position with secure funding and prudent reserves management. Per the trustees' report, free reserves totalled £97,842, which is above the stated policy target of £40,000. The charity reported a net income of £5,388 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/02/2020£9kFamily Interventions Programme - HMP Leeds and HMP Wealstun
The National Lottery Community Fund06/12/2018£9kFamily Unity
The National Lottery Community Fund14/08/2006£74kQuality Play Provision
The National Lottery Community Fund06/07/2004£73kQuality Play Provision
Northern Rock Foundation07/08/2001£58kGrant awarded to Armley Prison Visitors' Centre (Yorkshire)

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
JIGSAW VISITORS CENTRE£303k0unclearno doubt
JIGSAW + FY2023£2.7mbelowno doubt
JIGSAW4U LIMITED FY2025£1.5maboveno doubt
OUT THERE SUPPORTING FAMILIES OF PRISONERS LIMITED FY2025£256k0belowno doubt
THE JIGSAW NETWORK C.I.O. FY2024£3.4m0unclearno doubt
JIGSAW CHARITY FY2024£2.0m0unclearno doubt

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