James' Place Charity

Registered charity 1121891 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE JAMES WENTWORTH-STANLEY MEMORIAL FUND

James' Place works to save the lives of men in suicidal crisis. The charity offers free, life-saving treatment to suicidal men.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.5m
Latest spending
£2.6m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income reached £3,547,809, a record year for fundraising, while total expenditure was £2,560,709. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3.92 million, with a general reserves policy to maintain sufficient funds to cover nine months of operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and fundraising (96% of income)
“96% of 2025 income was received from donations and fundraising (2024:97%).”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: nine months Charity operations (held: £1.6m)
“The Trustees consider that the designated reserves of £1.64m are appropriate and that the general funds of £1.63m are in-line with the Trustees policy to maintain sufficient reserves to cover nine months Charity operations.” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — James' Place Charity (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Total income
£3.5m
Total spending
£2.6m
Cost of raising funds
£372k
Reserves (reported)
£1.6m
Employees
41

Reported reserves equal ~7.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 10.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.5m£2.6m
31/03/2024£2.6m£2.0m
31/03/2023£2.8m£1.4m
31/03/2022£1.2m£980k
31/03/2021£1.3m£751k

Common questions

Is James' Place Charity financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income reached £3,547,809, a record year for fundraising, while total expenditure was £2,560,709. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3.92 million, with a general reserves policy to maintain sufficient funds to cover nine months of operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited.

Who funds James' Place Charity?

Funders whose own accounts filings name James' Place Charity as a grant recipient include DAVID RIDDELL MEMORIAL CIO, THE GEORG AND EMILY VON OPEL FOUNDATION, CHK Foundation, THE BLOOM FOUNDATION, FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
DAVID RIDDELL MEMORIAL CIOFY2023£500kSuicide Awareness and Prevention
THE GEORG AND EMILY VON OPEL FOUNDATIONFY2023£100k
CHK FoundationFY2024£75k
THE BLOOM FOUNDATIONFY2025£60k
FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£50kMental Health grants
THE LOCKWOOD CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£50k
THE JAGCLIF CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£50k
FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£50kHealth and wellbeing grants
H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£46k
Army Benevolent FundFY2026£28kWellbeing
H M SASSOON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£28k
THE UNDERWOOD TRUSTFY2026£25kMedicine and Health
THE UNDERWOOD TRUSTFY2025£25k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUSTFY2024£25kTheme of the Year
FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20kHealth and wellbeing grants
Army Benevolent FundFY2025£20kWellbeing
CHK FoundationFY2023£20k
THE NOEL SWEENEY FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
FISHMONGERS' COMPANY'S CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10kHealth and wellbeing grants to organisations
DAVID RIDDELL MEMORIAL CIOFY2024£10kSuicide Awareness and Prevention
ARDONAGH COMMUNITY TRUSTFY2022£10kMental health
THE PRUDENCE TRUSTFY2022£10kDevelopment of UKTC animation on trauma for CYP affected by conflict and war
THE SLAUGHTER AND MAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
JOSEPH ETTEDGUI CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
JEREMY ALEXANDER SETTLEMENTFY2025£5k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITYFY2023£5k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
G M C TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUNDFY2022£4k
THE COSTA FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITYFY2024£0

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Community Foundation North East15/05/2025£2kGrant to James' Place Charity
Community Foundation North East10/10/2024£2kGrant to James' Place Charity

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE JAMES CHARITIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
James' Place Charity£3.5m—0above—no doubt
THE JAMES CHARITIES FY2025£519k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MARTIN JAMES FOUNDATION FY2025£87.8m£110,001 - £120,000—below—no doubt
St James, PCC Bream FY2024£174k—0unclear—noted
THE LISTENING PLACE FY2025£2.7m£70,001 - £80,0002unclear—no doubt
The Places Foundation FY2025£996k—0above—no doubt

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