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

Objects

(A) PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE OR WORK IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HARINGEY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX OR POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS; AND(B) TO ESTABLISH OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE, OR TO CO-OPERATE WITH ANY LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITY IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF SUCH A CENTRE FOR ACTIVITIES PROMOTED BY THE ASSOCIATION AND ITS CONSTITUENT BODIES IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HARINGEY

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

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.

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.

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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 200
  • Government income: £127,121 — grants £127,121 (2); 9% of the £1,366,226 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 176
  • Government income: £248,948 — grants £248,948 (7); 24% of the £1,052,932 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 170
  • Government income: £717,760 — grants £717,760 (7); 49% of the £1,465,767 total gross income on the same return

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

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 4.7 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 (5.3%) (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.

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 FRONT LANE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
JACKSON'S LANE£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
FRONT LANE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£30k—0above—no doubt
JESMOND COMMUNITY LEISURE FY2025£1.1m——unclear—no doubt
THE BARN THEATRE PROJECT FY2025£2.5m—0unclear—no doubt
UNITY THEATRE FY2025£630k—0unclear—no doubt
LEEDS THEATRE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£9.7m——unclear—no doubt

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