THE JUNCTION FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1125578 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE JUNCTION FOUNDATION PROVIDES A RANGE OF FREE SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, EDUCATION, INFORMATION, SUPPORT, AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE TEES VALLEY REGION.

Objects

The objects of the charity are such charitable purposes as the Board of Trustees see fit from time to time, for the benefit of children, young people and their families in the Tees Valley region and in particular for the relief of those in need by the provision of facilities in the interest of social welfare for their recreation and leisure time occupation, to enhance the personal development of young people as individuals and members of society and to improve their conditions of life.

Area of benefit: TEES VALLEY REGION

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Redcar and Cleveland, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves grew to £834,289, up from £639,724 in the previous year, while the trustees remain satisfied with the financial position and cash flow. The charity aims to sustain a reserve level of up to 33% of planned future turnover, noting that reserves will be impacted by the use of designated funds to support charitable objectives. The trustees confirm the charity will continue in business and have no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Volunteer management

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 — The Junction (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Beth Major — Chief Executive Officer (source)
• Jamie Noble — Deputy Chief Executive Officer (source)
• Matt Knibbs — Chair of Trustees (source)

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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The National Lottery Community Fund — “Grants from charitable trusts and foundations- ranging from The National Lottery Community Fund to family-run trusts- help fund essential pr…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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)

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (76% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alicia Jeanette KATHERINE Hierons
• Christopher Mark Adams
• Christopher McEwan
• Helen Williams
• Jonathan Micheal Harwood
• Judith Peacock
• Lisa Evans
• Matthew Knibbs
• Robert Andrew Davies

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

Operates in: Darlington · Hartlepool · Middlesbrough · Redcar And Cleveland · Stockton-on-tees

Income and spending

Common questions

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).

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 FUSION FAMILY AND YOUTH PROJECTS.

• FUSION FAMILY AND YOUTH PROJECTS income £68k
• THE JUNCTION CHURCH income £634k
• JUNCTION COMMUNITY TRUST income £982k
• CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD income £133k
• THE NENE VALLEY CARE TRUST income £66k
• FUND FOR ACTION THROUGH EDUCATION income £30k

Side by side with its peers

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