JACK'S JOURNEY

Registered charity 1171182 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Jack's Journey supports Cumbrian families who have received a cancer diagnosis and are currently, or have recently finished, cancer treatment. This is through financial grant making, but also through smaller gifts to aid their time in hospital.In addition, Jack's Journey provides holiday accommodation for families from across the north who are currently, or recently finished, cancer treatment.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER, AND THEIR FAMILIES, WITHIN CUMBRIA BY:1) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT; AND2) THE PROVISION OF HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION.

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 maintained strong financial performance with income considerably outstripping every previous year of operation. The trustees report that reserves were rebuilt appropriately to ensure stability, and there is no reason to doubt the management of finances or grant-making policies. The charity employs no permanent staff and relies on volunteers, with cash funds ending the period at £6,669.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Jack's Journey (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (26/09/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (20/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (08/02/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW THOMAS GIBSONchair
• CAROL REID
• JESSICA SOUTHWELL
• JOHN GLYN COWARD
• KENNETH HODGSON
• SAMANTHA LOUISE GIBSON

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

Operates in: Cumbria · Darlington · Durham · Gateshead · Hartlepool · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · Northumberland

Income and spending

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