JACKSON'S LANE

Registered charity 1119318 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of a centre for arts & community & an arts education resource. In addition to the theatre activities, other services provided include classes and courses, daily activities for senior citizens, workshops for adults and a strong, year-round provision for children and young people

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Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £176,840 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,366,226 and total expenditure of £1,543,066. Per the trustees' report, general unrestricted reserves stood at £319,369, which falls within the stated policy target range of £200,000 to £400,000, and the trustees consider the going concern basis of accounting to be appropriate.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Arts Council England NPO funding (19% of income)
“ACE - NPO funding 132,135” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Breckman & Company Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £25k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£2k
Reserves (reported)
£319k
Employees
52

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (77% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.4m£1.5m
31/03/2024£1.1m£1.3m
31/03/2023£1.5m£1.3m
31/03/2022£4.2m£1.1m
31/03/2021£2.0m£914k

Common questions

Is JACKSON'S LANE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £176,840 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,366,226 and total expenditure of £1,543,066. Per the trustees' report, general unrestricted reserves stood at £319,369, which falls within the stated policy target range of £200,000 to £400,000, and the trustees consider the going concern basis of accounting to be appropriate. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Breckman & Company Limited.

Who funds JACKSON'S LANE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name JACKSON'S LANE as a grant recipient include AKO FOUNDATION, THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
AKO FOUNDATIONFY2022£35kNot specified
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£7k
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/08/2024£18kFeeling Good
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/06/2024£207k"50 years of Jacksons Lane"
City Bridge Foundation05/01/2021£92kGrant to Jacksons Lane
UK government01/04/2019£130kNational portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
UK government01/04/2019£46kJacksons Lane
The National Lottery Community Fund14/09/2018£3kCommon Ground!
The National Lottery Heritage Fund05/04/2018£65k"Haringey Has Pride"
UK government01/04/2018£130kNational portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
UK government01/04/2018£38kJacksons Lane
UK government01/04/2018£32kNational portfolio organisation 2018 - 2022
City Bridge Foundation15/06/2017£128kGrant to Jacksons Lane
The National Lottery Heritage Fund04/04/2017£43k"The 'Heritage' Horror Show!"
The National Lottery Community Fund21/10/2015£8kJL Women Rise
Greater London Authority12/01/2015£2kGrant to Jacksons Lane
The National Lottery Heritage Fund06/11/2013£10k"One Night Only!"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund25/10/2012£9k"A Borough United"
The National Lottery Community Fund09/11/2011£288kJL Community Focus
City Bridge Foundation02/10/2008£10kGrant to Jacksons Lane
UK government—£32kJacksons Lane

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 BURY METROPOLITAN ARTS ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
JACKSON'S LANE£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
BURY METROPOLITAN ARTS ASSOCIATION FY2025£1.2m—0below—no doubt
CONTAINS ART CIO FY2025£330kUnder £60,0000above—no doubt
ST JAMES' CENTRE (DERBY) FY2025£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
MARVELS LANE COMMUNITY PLAYGROUP FY2025£107k—0unclear—no doubt
FIFTY THREE TWO FY2025£139k—0unclear—no doubt

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