THE JESMOND TRUST

Registered charity 1193725 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Trust is concerned to see the advancement of the Christian Religion by the ministry of the clergy and other members of Jesmond Parish Church in and beyond the parish of Jesmond. It aims to provide physical facilities for such ministry and personnel. It makes payments to facilitate Christian work on Tyneside and beyond, and enables charitable giving to mission work.

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Latest income

£1.4m

Latest spending

£1.4m

Registered

2021

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £34,578 for the year, driven by a restricted deficit of £108,150 which outweighed an unrestricted surplus of £73,572. Total income decreased by 33% to £1,408,611, while total expenditure fell by 20% to £1,448,189. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,915,387, which the trustees state are budgeted to be spent on needed work rather than held as long-term reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.9m; policy: any unrestricted accumulated surplus will be budgeted to be spent on needed work)

“The policy of the trustees on reserves has been that any unrestricted accumulated surplus will be budgeted to be spent on needed work. As a result, there have been no unrestricted long-term reserves apart from the value of the properties held by the Trust.” — page 8

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kinnair Associates Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£1.4m

Total spending

£1.4m

Reserves (reported)

£835k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~6.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (26/01/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr William Sackville Tufton
Fiona Jane Digby
Gordon Macfadyen
Hilary Louise Caisley
Rachel Paula Charlesworth · trustee of 2 other charities
Richard John Frederic Ballard · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£1.4m	£1.4m
31/12/2023	£2.1m	£4.2m
31/12/2022	£0	£0
31/12/2021	£0	£0

Common questions

Is THE JESMOND TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £34,578 for the year, driven by a restricted deficit of £108,150 which outweighed an unrestricted surplus of £73,572. Total income decreased by 33% to £1,408,611, while total expenditure fell by 20% to £1,448,189. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,915,387, which the trustees state are budgeted to be spent on needed work rather than held as long-term reserves. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Kinnair Associates 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
BANBURY CHARITIES	1	£36k
THE UNITED REFORMED CHURCH ( NORTHERN PROVINCE) TRUST LTD.	1	£4k
THE ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITY	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JESMOND UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY.

JESMOND UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY income £192k
Islington Gospel Trust Limited income £240k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE, JESMOND. income £311k
PARISH OF EAST HAM, HOLY TRINITY income £345k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH DORE income £403k
JOHN JAMES CHARITABLE TRUST income £344k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE JESMOND TRUST	£1.4m	—	below	—	no doubt
JESMOND UNITED REFORMED CHURCH CHARITY FY2024	£192k	—	above	—	no doubt
Islington Gospel Trust Limited FY2025	£240k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST GEORGE, JESMOND. FY2025	£311k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PARISH OF EAST HAM, HOLY TRINITY FY2025	£345k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH DORE FY2025	£403k	—	above	—	no doubt

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