REES JEFFREYS ROAD FUND

Registered charity 217771 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund is a grant making charity, founded by William Rees Jeffreys, a lifelong campaigner for roads. Its three main activities are the provision of support for academic posts and studentships; contributions to physical projects on land adjoining highways: and support for highway-related research projects.

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Latest income

£189k

Latest spending

£319k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity relies entirely on investment income to fund its activities and does not undertake fundraising. Total reserves stood at £7,400,241 at year-end, with unrestricted reserves explicitly stated as £56,433 if investments are excluded. The charity reported a net gain for the year of £200,776, contributing to its reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Grant to HSC; S. Percy and S. Gooding are HSC members.

“A grant was made of £20,000 to Highways Sector Council (HSC). S Percy and S. Gooding are members of the Highways Sector Council.” — page 16

“A grant was made of £27,900 to West Midlands Combined Authority for the ITS World Conference 2027 Stem Box project. A Graham is on the organising Committee of ITS World Conference 2027 and J White sits on the Advisory Group.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant to West Midlands Combined Authority; A. Graham on ITS World Conference 2027 Organising Committee; J. White on Advisory Group.

“A grant was made of £20,000 to Highways Sector Council (HSC). S Percy and S. Gooding are members of the Highways Sector Council.” — page 16

“A grant was made of £27,900 to West Midlands Combined Authority for the ITS World Conference 2027 Stem Box project. A Graham is on the organising Committee of ITS World Conference 2027 and J White sits on the Advisory Group.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Total income

£521k

Total spending

£372k

Cost of raising funds

£45k

Reserves (reported)

£7.9m

Employees

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (67% 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: 8.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew William Graham MBE
Anthony Charles Dean Ferguson
Dr Neil Hoose · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Suzanne Green
Dr. Joanne Kate Freeman
Hilary Jane Chipping · trustee of 1 other charity
Mohammed Al-Sharif
Professor Gregory Richard Marsden
Susan Mary Elizabeth Percy
Thomas Mark John Kemp

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£189k	£319k
31/12/2024	£186k	£263k
31/12/2023	£197k	£349k
31/12/2022	£245k	£521k
31/12/2021	£521k	£372k

Common questions

Is REES JEFFREYS ROAD FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity relies entirely on investment income to fund its activities and does not undertake fundraising. Total reserves stood at £7,400,241 at year-end, with unrestricted reserves explicitly stated as £56,433 if investments are excluded. The charity reported a net gain for the year of £200,776, contributing to its reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST	1	£231k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST.

THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST income £102.1m
RICHARD REEVE'S FOUNDATION income £1.7m
ROAD SAFETY FOUNDATION income £977k
ROADSAFE income £889k
ROAD TO FREEDOM income £118k
THE REED FOUNDATION income £2.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
REES JEFFREYS ROAD FUND	£189k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE ROAD SAFETY TRUST FY2025	£102.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RICHARD REEVE'S FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.7m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ROAD SAFETY FOUNDATION FY2025	£977k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ROADSAFE FY2025	£889k	—	0	unclear	—	not going concern
ROAD TO FREEDOM FY2025	£118k	—	0	within	—	no doubt

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