JOINING JACK

Registered charity 1148156 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal objective of the charity is to relieve the needs of sufferers of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) by funding research into the methods of treatment and cure of the condition.

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Latest income

£890k

Latest spending

£673k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,840,365, which is significantly above the stated minimum policy target of £10,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £187,136 for the year, driven by strong fundraising event returns and investment income, despite a loss on the revaluation of social investments.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately £10,000 (held: £1.8m)

“The Trustees have determined that a minimum unrestricted reserve of approximately £10,000 is required to ensure the ongoing operations of the charity.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sumer Auditco Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — JOINING JACK (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income

£890k

Total spending

£673k

Cost of raising funds

£167k

Reserves (reported)

£1.8m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~32.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (45% 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: 18.7% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrea Kent
Jonathan Whitworth
Kristian Radlinski

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

Operates in: Wigan

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£890k	£673k
30/04/2024	£504k	£729k
30/04/2023	£174k	£665k
30/04/2022	£174k	£760k
30/04/2021	£187k	£226k

Common questions

Is JOINING JACK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,840,365, which is significantly above the stated minimum policy target of £10,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £187,136 for the year, driven by strong fundraising event returns and investment income, despite a loss on the revaluation of social investments. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sumer Auditco Limited.

Who funds JOINING JACK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name JOINING JACK as a grant recipient include SSP FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
SSP FOUNDATION	FY2025	£1k
SSP FOUNDATION	FY2022	£500
SSP FOUNDATION	FY2024	£0

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
THE REED FOUNDATION	2	£7k
DRAGON CHRISTMAS CHARITY SALE	2	£550
THE BROTHERS TRUST	1	£171k
THE FRANCES AND AUGUSTUS NEWMAN FOUNDATION	1	£75k
HOLLYHOCK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£65k
THE ALBERT GUBAY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£61k
SIR SAMUEL SCOTT OF YEWS TRUST	1	£20k
THE KATHLEEN HANNAY MEMORIAL CHARITY	1	£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HARRISON'S FUND LTD.

HARRISON'S FUND LTD income £97k
MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY SUPPORT GROUP income £136k
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY GROUP OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND income £7.9m
ACTION DUCHENNE LIMITED income £591k
DRAVET SYNDROME UK income £640k
THE FRANK JACKSON FOUNDATION income £619k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
JOINING JACK	£890k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HARRISON'S FUND LTD FY2025	£97k	£55,000	0	above	46.9%	no doubt
MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY SUPPORT GROUP FY2025	£136k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY GROUP OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND FY2025	£7.9m	—	—	unclear	40.4%	no doubt
ACTION DUCHENNE LIMITED FY2025	£591k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DRAVET SYNDROME UK FY2025	£640k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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