THE JOLLY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1209791 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Objects

TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN WAYS WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION THROUGH PROVIDING GRANT FUNDING WHICH PROMOTES THE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS.

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

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Registered contact address: Bury, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £5,105,787, which the Trustees review regularly to ensure the Foundation can meet its objectives and remain a going concern. The auditor confirmed that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity reported a net income of £5,105,787 for the period, derived primarily from donations and investment income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Gortons. Discloses 4 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• John Roberts — Founder (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~214.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN CHARLES ROBERTSchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sally Hays Roberts
• Stephen Paul Wickham

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• TEHILOIS YOEL income £187k
• THE MARJORIE JAYE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £164k
• THE JULIAN TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST income £174k
• THE JAGCLIF CHARITABLE TRUST income £33.0m
• FILEY FOUNDATION LTD income £271k
• THE JG CHARITABLE TRUST income £173k

Side by side with its peers

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