THE J VAN MARS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1131389 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General Charitable Purposes. Trustees Do Not accept any unsolicited applications

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£4.4m

Latest spending

£4.7m

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves were £59,663, with total funds of £4,245,301. The trustees note that due to the existence of an expendable endowment fund, they do not consider it necessary to maintain significant free reserves. The charity's activities are funded primarily by donations and endowment income, with charitable expenditure totaling £4,707,947.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Additions from settlors

“During the year under review, additions received from the settlors amounted to £6,077,008 (2024: £3,047,317) with £645,483 (2024: £1,307,591) gift aids claimed.” — page 16

“The charity's corporate trustee, Ludlow Trust Company Limited, invoiced administrative service fees totalling £15,423 (2024: £13,060).” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Corporate trustee fees

“During the year under review, additions received from the settlors amounted to £6,077,008 (2024: £3,047,317) with £645,483 (2024: £1,307,591) gift aids claimed.” — page 16

“The charity's corporate trustee, Ludlow Trust Company Limited, invoiced administrative service fees totalling £15,423 (2024: £13,060).” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Blue Spire Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Total income

£11.1m

Total spending

£4.7m

Reserves (reported)

£60k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/11/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY JOHN MARTIN
GUY RUPERT BERRYMAN
JONATHAN MARK BUCKLAND
Ludlow Trust Company Ltd · trustee of 44 other charities
PAUL DARREN MAKIN
WILLIAM CHAMPION

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£4.4m	£4.7m
31/05/2024	£5.9m	£5.6m
31/05/2023	£3k	£362k
31/05/2022	£378k	£616k
31/05/2021	£1.6m	£2.1m

Common questions

Is THE J VAN MARS FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves were £59,663, with total funds of £4,245,301. The trustees note that due to the existence of an expendable endowment fund, they do not consider it necessary to maintain significant free reserves. The charity's activities are funded primarily by donations and endowment income, with charitable expenditure totaling £4,707,947. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Blue Spire Limited.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED	1	£1.1m
4 CHARITY FOUNDATION	1	£290k
THE UKI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£157k
THE BARROW CADBURY TRUST	1	£38k
THE PRIORY FOUNDATION	1	£33k

Charities like this

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

M AND M FOUNDATION income £217k
THE MILES MORLAND FOUNDATION income £235k
THE PHILIP MARSDEN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST income £118k
JOSEPH ETTEDGUI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £174k
THE MARQUE FOUNDATION income £472k
MOSTAFAVI FOUNDATION income £144k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE J VAN MARS FOUNDATION	£4.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
M AND M FOUNDATION FY2025	£217k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MILES MORLAND FOUNDATION FY2025	£235k	—	—	within	—	no doubt
THE PHILIP MARSDEN FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£118k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
JOSEPH ETTEDGUI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£174k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MARQUE FOUNDATION FY2025	£472k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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