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THE JIGSAW NETWORK C.I.O.

Registered charity 1186409 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity provides grants to support its charity objectives

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.4m
Latest spending
£987k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £2,421,311 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in unrestricted free reserves of £2,664,550. The trustees have assessed that there are no major risks to which the charity is exposed and confirmed adequate resources to continue activities for the foreseeable future. No reserves policy is currently in place as the trustees do not consider it necessary given their oversight of income and expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Neil Schiff is a trustee of the charity and Jewish Futures Trust. The charity made a grant to Jewish Futures Trust.
“During the year the Charity made grants to Jewish Futures Trust, a charity of which Neil Schiff is a trustee, of £360,000 (2023 £324,000)” — page 15
“During the year the Trustees made donations to the Charity of £2,814,242 (2023 £1,023,291).” — page 15
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees made donations to the charity.
“During the year the Charity made grants to Jewish Futures Trust, a charity of which Neil Schiff is a trustee, of £360,000 (2023 £324,000)” — page 15
“During the year the Trustees made donations to the Charity of £2,814,242 (2023 £1,023,291).” — page 15
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£3.4m
Total spending
£987k
Reserves (reported)
£2.7m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~32.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% 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: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£3.4m£987k
31/12/2023£1.2m£1.1m
31/12/2022£500k£504k
31/12/2021£489k£371k
31/12/2020£100k£95k

Common questions

Is THE JIGSAW NETWORK C.I.O. financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £2,421,311 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in unrestricted free reserves of £2,664,550. The trustees have assessed that there are no major risks to which the charity is exposed and confirmed adequate resources to continue activities for the foreseeable future. No reserves policy is currently in place as the trustees do not consider it necessary given their oversight of income and expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE THALES CHARITABLE TRUST1—
GUILDFORD LIONS CLUB (CIO)1—
THE MOHN WESTLAKE FOUNDATION1£1.0m
THE HEALTH FOUNDATION1£496k
THE NUFFIELD FOUNDATION1£382k
THE PRUDENCE TRUST1£310k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£300k
JOHN ELLERMAN FOUNDATION1£150k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JIGSAW4U LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE JIGSAW NETWORK C.I.O.£3.4m—0unclear—no doubt
JIGSAW4U LIMITED FY2025£1.5m——above—no doubt
JIGSAW + FY2025£2.7m——below—no doubt
THE JIGSAW TRUST FY2025£6.4m£110,001 - £120,000—unclear—no doubt
JIGSAW CHARITY FY2024£2.0m—0unclear—no doubt
FULL FACT FY2024£2.9m——within—no doubt

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