THE JONGEN CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1203338 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity is an independent grant-making organisation created to benefit the public in general by making grants to selected charitable organisations that work in the broad areas of disadvantaged young people, homelessness, refugees and asylum seekers, education and access to opportunity. Applications for funding are by invitation only and we are unable to respond to unsolicited proposals.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £24,886,901, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet all known or reasonably anticipated commitments. The charity reported a net income before investment gains of £17,155,971 against charitable expenditure of £5,163,674, resulting in a strong financial position with no ongoing multi-year grant obligations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~57.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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 (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Marcel Johannes Maria Theodorus Jongenchair
• Douglas Jonathan Bendle
• Muriel Marie-Cecile Jongen

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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