JACARI

Registered charity 1177211 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Jacari's mission is to improve the confidence and English language skills of young people through our free tuition scheme. We work with those who have English as an additional language and are at risk of not achieving their full potential. We recruit and train volunteers tutors from the universities in Bristol and Oxford to provide this free 1:1 tuition to the young people referred to us.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE VICINITY OF OXFORD AND BRISTOL WHO DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH AS THIR FIRST LANGUAGE AND ARE AT RISK OF FAILING TO ACHIEVE THEIR ACADEMIC POTENTIAL. TO DO THIS BY INCREASING THEIR:LANGUAGE ABILITY AND OTHER ACADEMIC SKILLS;GENERAL CONFIDENCE AND MOTIVATION; ANDABILITY TO ENGAGE AND CONTRIBUTE TO SCHOOL LIFE AND WIDER COMMUNITY/SOCIETY AND THEREFORE IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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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Registered contact address: Bristol, City of, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity closed the year within budget with a net income of £43,563, resulting in an increase in total net assets to £117,590. The trustees confirm that unrestricted and restricted reserves stood at £77,795 and £39,795 respectively, with no stated reserves policy target to compare against. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Jacari (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• People's Postcode Lottery — “We've also been delighted by the extra support we've had this year, especially as part of our Big Give campaign in June, where match funding…” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/11/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Matthew Listerchair
• Dr Sofia Latif
• Ilan Elson-Schwab
• Jennifer Benson
• Rameez Madeppadi Sydeek
• Suzanne Louise Sykes · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bristol City · Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CASPARI FOUNDATION.

• CASPARI FOUNDATION income £172k
• JCOCI EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION LTD income £916k
• THE YAKAR EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION income £111k
• ENGLISH UK LIMITED income £1.5m
• JACARANDA UK FOUNDATION income £86k
• BECOME CHARITY income £2.0m

Side by side with its peers

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