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.

Objects

(1) THE PRINCIPAL OBJECT OF THE CIO 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) ("EDWARD JENNER") LIVED AND DIED:(A) AS A PERMANENT MEMORIAL TO EDWARD JENNER HIS LIFE AND HIS WORK (BOTH IN LOCAL COMMUNITY AFFAIRS AND IN IMMUNOLOGY) AND HIS MEMORY; AND ALSO(B) AS A CENTRE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE STUDY OF IMMUNOLOGY AND INCLUDING THE ERADICATION OF DISEASE BY IMMUNOLOGICAL MEANS; AND(C) FOR CHARITABLE OTHER PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OF BERKELEY AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.(2) THE FURTHER OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:(A) THE MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT AND ENDOWMENT OF THE CHANTRY OR OTHER SUITABLE PROPERTY FOR THE HOUSING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF A MUSEUM LIBRARY HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS PAPERS OBJECTS AND MEMORABILIA ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIFE OF EDWARD JENNER AND AS A CENTRE FOR THE FURTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS DETAILED IN THIS CLAUSE 3 (OBJECTS) AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SEE FIT; AND(B) TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE AND CO-OPERATE WITH OTHER PERSONS OR BODY OF PERSONS IN THE MAINTENANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE CHANTRY OR SUCH OTHER PROPERTY SO PURCHASED FOR SUCH PURPOSES DETAILED IN THIS CLAUSE 3 (OBJECTS) AND AS A CENTRE FOR EDUCATION WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO IMMUNOLOGY AND ALSO FOR OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF BERKELEY (WITHOUT REFERENCE TO AGE SEX RELIGION OR POLITICAL PERSUASION) AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.

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

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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

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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

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

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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 1 other charity
• 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

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Berkshire Healthcare Charity.

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• CHELTENHAM TOWN COMMUNITY TRUST income £442k
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• THE OWEN JENKINS TRUST income £122k
• THE SARGENT CHARITABLE TRUST income £682k

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