JACOB'S WELL APPEAL

Registered charity 1192373 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JACOB'S WELL, JACOBS WELL APPEAL

Jacob's Well Appeal works to help those in need by reason of ill-health or sickness, financial hardship or social disadvantage; to advance the Christian faith; to support the education of children and young people and to protect and preserve the environment. We have a world wide vision.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£4.8m

Latest spending

£4.9m

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £17,489 for the year, resulting in total funds of £1,470,840. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of £30,000, with actual unrestricted reserves standing at approximately £35,000, which is above the stated policy. The independent auditors issued a qualified opinion due to an inability to verify stock valuations carried forward from the previous year, but confirmed the going concern basis is appropriate.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £30,000 (held: £35k)

“The Trustees’ policy is to hold sufficient funds (£30,000) to enable the charity to run efficiently for a period of approximately 3 months.” — page 12

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Smailes Goldie. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£4.8m

Total spending

£4.9m

Cost of raising funds

£77k

Reserves (reported)

£35k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Barbara Ribey
Bridget Lesley Conroy · trustee of 1 other charity
Christopher William Blackburn · trustee of 1 other charity
DR BERYL BEYNON OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
Elizabeth Margaret Lyle
John Robert William Burnham Byass
Leonie Kate Webster · trustee of 1 other charity
Wendy Moore

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

Operates in: Burkina Faso · Cameroon · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Cuba · East Riding Of Yorkshire · Eswatini · Ghana · Kenya · Madagascar · Moldova · Morocco · Sierra Leone

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£4.8m	£4.9m
31/03/2024	£4.7m	£4.7m
31/03/2023	£5.7m	£5.2m
31/03/2022	£0	£0

Common questions

Is JACOB'S WELL APPEAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £17,489 for the year, resulting in total funds of £1,470,840. The trustees maintain a reserves policy target of £30,000, with actual unrestricted reserves standing at approximately £35,000, which is above the stated policy. The independent auditors issued a qualified opinion due to an inability to verify stock valuations carried forward from the previous year, but confirmed the going concern basis is appropriate. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Smailes Goldie.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/04/2025	£9k	Joseph's Storehouse

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
RACHEL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£50k
ZURICH COMMUNITY TRUST (UK) LIMITED	1	£30k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, LEAMINGTON PRIORS	1	£14k
GRAFF FOUNDATION	1	£10k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARYS LEAMINGTON PRIORS	1	£7k
THE IAN & NATALIE LIVINGSTONE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
CLARK FOUNDATION	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JACOB'S WELL CARE CENTRE.

JACOB'S WELL CARE CENTRE income £411k
THE WELL, CHRISTIAN HEALING CENTRE income £192k
JACOB ABRAHAM FOUNDATION income £301k
THE JACOB FOUNDATION income £1.1m
THE BETH JACOB FOUNDATION income £393k
Wellsprings Community Church income £127k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
JACOB'S WELL APPEAL	£4.8m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
JACOB'S WELL CARE CENTRE FY2024	£411k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WELL, CHRISTIAN HEALING CENTRE FY2025	£192k	£41,766	0	above	—	no doubt
JACOB ABRAHAM FOUNDATION FY2025	£301k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE JACOB FOUNDATION FY2024	£1.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BETH JACOB FOUNDATION FY2025	£393k	—	0	unclear	—	noted

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