JIGSAW +

Registered charity 1151727 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PROVIDE FACILITIES, SERVICES AND RESOURCES FOR THE EDUCATION, INTEGRATION, GUIDANCE, ASSESSMENT, OUTREACH AND SUPPORT OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY AN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER.TO PROMOTE A GREATER KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF AUTISM.TO INVITE AND RECEIVE GRANTS, DONATIONS, PUBLIC FUNDING, GIFTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUPPORT THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE TRUST.

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Latest income
£2.7m
Latest spending
£2.7m
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Jigsaw + achieved a modest operating profit for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds increasing to £580,506. However, unrestricted free reserves of £180,014 are significantly below the trustees' stated policy target of three months' running costs, estimated at £669,621. The trustees acknowledge this shortfall and are exploring a revised reserves policy while noting challenges in staff recruitment and retention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (100% of income)
“Income from Charitable activities amounted to £2,707,825” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £180k; policy: three months running costs)
“For the year ended 31 August 2025, three months running costs are estimated at £669,621 and the total free reserves as at 31 August 2025 were £180,014.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Note 20
“At the balance sheet date, the charity owed £231,944 (2024 - £152,189) to The Jigsaw Trust, a sister charity.” — page 25
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

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

Total income
£2.7m
Total spending
£2.7m
Reserves (reported)
£180k
Employees
55

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£2.7m£2.7m
31/08/2024£2.4m£2.5m
31/08/2023£2.2m£2.3m
31/08/2022£2.1m£2.2m
31/08/2021£2.2m£2.1m

Common questions

Is JIGSAW + financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Jigsaw + achieved a modest operating profit for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total funds increasing to £580,506. However, unrestricted free reserves of £180,014 are significantly below the trustees' stated policy target of three months' running costs, estimated at £669,621. The trustees acknowledge this shortfall and are exploring a revised reserves policy while noting challenges in staff recruitment and retention. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund02/04/2026£20kReliable assistive IT Equipment
UK government23/07/2020£47kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund19/12/2018£88kGARDENworks

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 THE JIGSAW TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
JIGSAW +£2.7m——below—no doubt
THE JIGSAW TRUST FY2025£6.4m£110,001 - £120,000—unclear—no doubt
JIGSAW CHARITY FY2024£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
JIGSAW4U LIMITED FY2025£1.5m——above—no doubt
JIGSAW (BURY) FY2025£108k—0below—noted
THE JIGSAW NETWORK C.I.O. FY2025£2.8m—0unclear—no doubt

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