THE JABBS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1128402 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objectives of the Foundation as set out in the Trust Deed are widely drawn and state that 'the objects are to advance for the public benefit any purpose which is exclusively charitable at law'.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£5.9m
Latest spending
£7.6m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds significant free cash reserves of £7,026,145 against total funds of £11,928,356, with no stated reserves policy target required due to small operating costs. Per the trustees' report, the charity does not actively fundraise, relying instead on donations from a single philanthropic family, and the independent auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Dafferns Audit Limited. Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£5.9m
Total spending
£7.6m
Reserves (reported)
£6.9m
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~10.9 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 (86% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Dudley · Sandwell

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£5.9m£7.6m
31/08/2024£18.0m£8.1m
31/08/2023£7.3m£5.5m
31/08/2022£1.3m£2.1m
31/08/2021£6.0m£5.4m

Common questions

Is THE JABBS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds significant free cash reserves of £7,026,145 against total funds of £11,928,356, with no stated reserves policy target required due to small operating costs. Per the trustees' report, the charity does not actively fundraise, relying instead on donations from a single philanthropic family, and the independent auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Dafferns Audit Limited.

Who funds THE JABBS FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE JABBS FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUSTFY2025£38kCorston Independent Funders' Coalition (CIFC) facilitator

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE WILFRED AND ELSIE ELKES CHARITY FUND1£24k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE JABBS FOUNDATION£5.9m——unclear—no doubt
THE GENERATIONS FOUNDATION FY2025£138k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PURI FOUNDATION FY2025£5.3m—0above—no doubt
THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£95.5m——unclear—no doubt
THE CH FOUNDATION (UK) FY2025£119.3m—0unclear—no doubt
THE FOCUS FOUNDATION FY2025£1.6m—0unclear4.0%no doubt

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