THE CSJ FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1211095 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£2.1m
Latest spending
£2.0m
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £292,841, which is below the charity's stated policy target of £302,000 (equivalent to four months of running costs). The trustees consider this level acceptable for an organization in its infancy and confirm the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months of future running costs (excluding any grant awards) (held: £293k)
The CSJ Foundation aim to maintain unrestricted reserves equivalent to at least four months of future running costs (excluding any grant awards). This equates to £302k — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees
During the year, the charity received unrestricted income totalling £85,500 from two trustees. These donations were made without conditions and on normal charitable terms. — page 27
During the year, the entity charged recharges of £15,000 (2024: £25,000) to Smith Square Trading (an entity with directors in common). — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Recharges to Smith Square Trading
During the year, the charity received unrestricted income totalling £85,500 from two trustees. These donations were made without conditions and on normal charitable terms. — page 27
During the year, the entity charged recharges of £15,000 (2024: £25,000) to Smith Square Trading (an entity with directors in common). — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Recharges and grant to Centre for Social Justice
During the year, the charity received unrestricted income totalling £85,500 from two trustees. These donations were made without conditions and on normal charitable terms. — page 27
During the year, the entity charged recharges of £15,000 (2024: £25,000) to Smith Square Trading (an entity with directors in common). — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by UHY Hacker Young.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

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 31/05/2025)

Total income
£2.1m
Total spending
£2.0m
Cost of raising funds
£51k
Reserves (reported)
£293k
Employees
6

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£2.1m£2.0m

Common questions

Is THE CSJ FOUNDATION financially healthy?

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves were £292,841, which is below the charity's stated policy target of £302,000 (equivalent to four months of running costs). The trustees consider this level acceptable for an organization in its infancy and confirm the charity remains a going concern with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by UHY Hacker Young.

Who funds THE CSJ FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CSJ FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BORROWS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmount
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£323k
THE BORROWS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k

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