JAMAL EDWARDS SELF BELIEF TRUST

Registered charity 1199984 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The organisation will provide one or more properties which will be available to house youngpersons (who are in or around the ages of 16 to 21), who are in, have recently left or are in the process ofleaving the care system. These young people may otherwise be at risk of facing homelessness or evenimprisonment.

Objects

2. OBJECTS2.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO:TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED BETWEEN 16 TO 25, WHO ARE IN, HAVE RECENTLY LEFT OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF LEAVING THE PUBLIC CARE SYSTEM IN ENGLAND AND WALES, OR WHO ARE OTHERWISE VULNERABLE, BY PROVIDING SERVICES, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING SUCH YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) RELIEVING POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF ACCOMMODATION;(C) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(D) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;(E) PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF SUCH YOUNG PEOPLE BY THE PROVISION OF FREE COUNSELLING AND COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY TREATMENT.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £1,077,738, a level the trustees consider sufficient to maintain three months of expenditure as per their reserves policy. The charity reported a net income surplus of £971,971 for the year, driven largely by a new five-year funding partnership with the Chelsea Foundation.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by David Howard. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 14001362

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Jamal Edwards Self Belief Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• GODLING, Bradley — director, appointed 26/03/2026not on trustee list
• PLACID, Reece — director, appointed 24/09/2025on trustee list
• OJO, Theresa — director, appointed 20/03/2024on trustee list
• CAMPBELL, Timothy — director, appointed 20/03/2024on trustee list
• BRENNAN, John — director, appointed 20/03/2024on trustee list
• EDWARDS, Brenda Susan — director, appointed 24/03/2022on trustee list
• ARTMAN, Tanisha — director, appointed 24/03/2022on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £800k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~59.8 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brenda Susan Edwardschair
• Bradley Goding
• Dr Theresa Nkem Ojo
• John Brennan
• Reece Placid
• TIMOTHY CAMPBELL
• Tanisha Artman

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JAMAL EDWARDS DELVE.

• JAMAL EDWARDS DELVE income £237k
• DAME KELLY HOLMES TRUST income £1.0m
• FOR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE income £1.5m
• EDWARD MAYES TRUST income £472k
• CITY OF EXETER YMCA income £2.3m
• W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £154k

Side by side with its peers

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