THE JENNER TRUST

Registered charity 1158316 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DR JENNER'S HOUSE AND GARDEN

The principal object of the charity is to preserve the property known as The Chantry at Berkeley in the County of Gloucestershire being the property wherein the late Dr Edward Jenner (1749-1823) lived and died as a permanent memorial to Edward Jenner his life and his work (both in local community affairs and in Immunology) and his memory.

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Latest income

£103k

Latest spending

£115k

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reduced its annual loss to £6,473 for the year ended 31 March 2025, showing significant financial improvement. The trustees' report notes that ticket sales increased slightly, but staff wages and essential repairs accounted for most of the overspend. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £80,986 against a policy target of approximately three months of unrestricted expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately 3 months unrestricted expenditure (held: £81k)

“The Trust’s reserve policy is to hold approximately 3 months unrestricted expenditure.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Saskawa Foundation — “Our Funders and Supporters Saskawa Foundation” (source page)

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (26/02/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

CARL PETER JENNER · trustee of 2 other charities
Catherine Denise Statham
Diane Margaret Budden
Dominic Peter Linsfort Mellon
Dr Jonathan Steel
Elizabeth Johannson-Hartley
Isobel Milne
Stephen Rhys Burgess

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£103k	£115k
31/03/2024	£53k	£102k
31/03/2023	£45k	£80k
31/03/2022	£131k	£90k
31/03/2021	£177k	£79k

Common questions

Is THE JENNER TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reduced its annual loss to £6,473 for the year ended 31 March 2025, showing significant financial improvement. The trustees' report notes that ticket sales increased slightly, but staff wages and essential repairs accounted for most of the overspend. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £80,986 against a policy target of approximately three months of unrestricted expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	04/06/2025	£222k	"Re-Jenner-ation - Regenerating Dr Jenner's House Phase 1"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	13/03/2019	£33k	"Safeguarding the future of the birthplace of vaccination"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	07/02/1996	£59k	"Jenner Museum, Berkeley"