LIBERTY JAMBOREE

Registered charity 1185819 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Liberty Jamboree support young people and young adults with special educational needs to engage in positive activities and engage in fulfilling experience within their community. Liberty Jamboree offer social and educational opportunities which supports the emotional and social development of the people involved

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE/ADULTS IN STAFFORDSHIRE AND THE WEST MIDLANDS WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, DISABILITIES (SEND) AND MENTAL ILL HEALTH FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THESE PEOPLE AND FAMILIES BY ASSISTING THEM TO BE INTEGRATED INTO SOCIETY.

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

Causes: Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.2m
Latest spending
£627k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £1,555,037 for the year ended 31 October 2025, driven primarily by exceptional capital and revenue funding from the Youth Investment Fund. The trustees note that these figures do not represent the normal operating position and that a substantial proportion of resources are restricted. Unrestricted reserves stood at £262,858, which the trustees monitor against a policy target of six months of core operating expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of core operating expenditure (held: £263k)
“Liberty Jamboree maintains a reserves policy designed to ensure unrestricted reserves are sufficient to support approximately six months of core operating expenditure.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Total income
£2.2m
Total spending
£627k
Cost of raising funds
£4k
Reserves (reported)
£263k
Employees
21

Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (67% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Dudley · Sandwell · Shropshire · Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City · Telford & Wrekin · Walsall · Warwickshire · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£2.2m£627k
31/10/2024£991k£535k
31/10/2023£432k£386k
31/10/2022£305k£296k
31/10/2021£236k£188k

Common questions

Is LIBERTY JAMBOREE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £1,555,037 for the year ended 31 October 2025, driven primarily by exceptional capital and revenue funding from the Youth Investment Fund. The trustees note that these figures do not represent the normal operating position and that a substantial proportion of resources are restricted. Unrestricted reserves stood at £262,858, which the trustees monitor against a policy target of six months of core operating expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LIBERTY JAMBOREE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LIBERTY JAMBOREE as a grant recipient include PETER HARRISON FOUNDATION, THE NOEL SWEENEY FOUNDATION, THE NORTON FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PETER HARRISON FOUNDATIONFY2022£20ktowards the employment of an Inclusive Sports Coach to develop, deliver and lead sports opportunities for young people and young adults with special education n
THE NOEL SWEENEY FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
THE NORTON FOUNDATIONFY2022£2kSocial activity

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England30/01/2024£14kLiberty's Sporting Jamboree!
Sport England13/02/2023£10kThats Dance @Liberty
The National Lottery Community Fund30/09/2021£246kInspired @ Liberty
Sport England25/06/2021£5kCOVID19 Return to Play
The National Lottery Community Fund28/01/2021£30kLiberty Jamboree

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.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIBERDADE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LIBERTY JAMBOREE£2.2m—0unclear—no doubt
LIBERDADE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
Berkshire Youth LTD FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
KEEN LONDON FY2025£397k—0unclear—no doubt
LIVE AND LEARN FY2024£984k—0unclear—no doubt
THE JIM JACKSON EDUCATIONAL AND ENABLING FOUNDATION CIO FY2024£187k—0below2.2%no doubt

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