JIGSAW CHARITY

Registered charity 1192402 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JIGSAW

Jigsaw is an entirely volunteer run charity that aims to alleviate the suffering of the world's poorest people. As well as responding to disasters and emergencies, it promotes sustainable economic and social development by working with local communities - regardless of race, religion or gender.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£2.0m

Latest spending

£1.9m

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £2,036,393 from £2,323,629 in the prior year, resulting in a net movement in funds of £155,453. The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £82,436, with £51,868 classified as free reserves. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to bridge the gap between the spending and receiving of income and to cover unplanned emergencies or crisis (held: £52k)

“The Trustees aim to build and maintain a level of reserves that is needed to bridge the gap between the spending and receiving of income and to cover unplanned emergencies or crisis in the future which the Chairty may support.” — page 10

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Dains Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

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

Total income

£2.0m

Total spending

£1.9m

Cost of raising funds

£34k

Reserves (reported)

£52k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 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 (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: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Ishfaq Ahmedchair
Farhan Umar Rashid
Iftiaz Hussain
Imran Majid
Omar Farooq Shah

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

Operates in: Lebanon · Occupied Palestinian Territories · Pakistan · Syria · Throughout England And Wales · Turkey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£2.0m	£1.9m
31/12/2023	£2.3m	£2.4m
31/12/2022	£2.6m	£2.4m
31/12/2021	£1.1m	£902k

Common questions

Is JIGSAW CHARITY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased to £2,036,393 from £2,323,629 in the prior year, resulting in a net movement in funds of £155,453. The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £82,436, with £51,868 classified as free reserves. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Dains Audit Limited.

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
THE THALES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	—
GUILDFORD LIONS CLUB (CIO)	1	—
THE PRUDENCE TRUST	1	£310k
THE TAYLOR FAMILY FOUNDATION	1	£111k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	1	£104k
THE STEVEN BLOCH IMAGE OF DISABILITY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£91k
THE GENERATIONS FOUNDATION	1	£56k
LANDAID CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	1	£30k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JIGSAW (BURY).

JIGSAW (BURY) income £108k
JIGSAW + income £2.7m
JIGSAW KIDS MINISTRIES income £168k
THE JIGSAW NETWORK C.I.O. income £3.4m
THE JIGSAW TRUST income £6.4m
JIGSAW4U LIMITED income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
JIGSAW CHARITY	£2.0m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
JIGSAW (BURY) FY2025	£108k	—	0	below	—	noted
JIGSAW + FY2025	£2.7m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
JIGSAW KIDS MINISTRIES FY2025	£168k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
THE JIGSAW NETWORK C.I.O. FY2024	£3.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JIGSAW TRUST FY2025	£6.4m	£110,001 - £120,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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