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JIGSAW YOUTH GROUP

Registered charity 1154380 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Jigsaw works with young people on the Autistic Spectrum who would like to develop social and lifeskills. This is done in a variety of environments that are aimed to provide opportunities for lifelong learning. We run youth club sessions, trips out and residential experiences. We provide a comfortable environment where young people can be themselves without fear of isolation, judgement and abuse.

Objects

TO ADVANCE IN LIFE, RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF, AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE WITH ASPERGER'S SYNDROME AND HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM THROUGH THE PROVISION OF:(A) RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;(B) SUPPORT, ACTIVITIES AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Gedling, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£55k
Latest spending
£61k
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £6,418.12 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £27,383.46 to £20,965.34. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records, with no material matters requiring further attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 27
  • Government income: £16,266 — contracts £16,266 (2); 30% of the £54,672 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £21,797 — contracts £21,797 (2); 57% of the £38,051 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 40
  • Government income: £28,693 — contracts £28,693 (2); 60% of the £47,479 total gross income on the same return
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Derby City · Derbyshire · Leicester City · Leicestershire · Lincolnshire · Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£55k£61k
31/03/2024£38k£40k
31/03/2023£47k£43k
31/03/2022£42k£44k
31/03/2021£23k£34k

Common questions

Is JIGSAW YOUTH GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £6,418.12 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £27,383.46 to £20,965.34. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records, with no material matters requiring further attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund22/01/2016£10k"Heritage Jigsaw: working together to explore how young adults with autism can experience community archaeology"

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 PRUDENCE TRUST1£310k
THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION1£136k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON1£104k
THE GENERATIONS FOUNDATION1£71k
THE CHARLES LEWIS FOUNDATION1£67k
THE BARBARA WARD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION1£33k
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED1£30k
THE LAWSON TRUST CIO1£29k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JIGSAW (BURY).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
JIGSAW YOUTH GROUP£55k—0unclear—no doubt
JIGSAW (BURY) FY2025£108k—0below—noted
JIGSAW SUPPORT SCHEME FY2025£80k—0unclear—no doubt
JIGSAW + FY2025£2.7m——below—no doubt
JIGSAW4U LIMITED FY2025£1.5m——above—no doubt
JIGSAW(SOUTHEAST) FY2025£276k—0below22.8%no doubt

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