THE JESSIE SPENCER TRUST

Registered charity 219289 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The sole activity of the trust is the giving of grants

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Latest income

£148k

Latest spending

£120k

Registered

1961

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust holds unrestricted reserves of £5,114,780, comprising a capital fund of £5,137,329 and an income fund deficit of £22,549. The Trustees' reserves policy is to achieve a zero balance on the income account, a target which the current income fund deficit indicates has been met or exceeded. The charity is funded entirely by investment income and has no fundraising costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: zero balance on the income account (held: £5.1m)

“The Trustees’ reserves policy is to achieve a zero balance on the income account.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Lemans. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID WILLIAM WILDchair · trustee of 1 other charity
ANDREW DAVID ROSS TIPLADY
Helen Agnes Lee
PETER JONATHAN ELLIS

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£148k	£120k
05/04/2024	£141k	£122k
05/04/2023	£140k	£145k
05/04/2022	£164k	£105k
05/04/2021	£131k	£184k

Common questions

Is THE JESSIE SPENCER TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust holds unrestricted reserves of £5,114,780, comprising a capital fund of £5,137,329 and an income fund deficit of £22,549. The Trustees' reserves policy is to achieve a zero balance on the income account, a target which the current income fund deficit indicates has been met or exceeded. The charity is funded entirely by investment income and has no fundraising costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Lemans.

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
DILLHAVEN LIMITED	1	£92k
CORAM LIFE EDUCATION	1	£20k
J & J CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	1	£17k
KTRUST LIMITED	1	£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with T & S TRUST FUND.

T & S TRUST FUND income £334k
INVESTREAM CHARITABLE TRUST income £153k
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST income £184k
Tinsley Charitable Trust income £467k
THE CASCIA TRUST income £312k
BRIAN WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST income £126k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE JESSIE SPENCER TRUST	£148k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
T & S TRUST FUND FY2025	£334k	—	above	—	no doubt
INVESTREAM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£153k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE CHARLES LITTLEWOOD HILL TRUST FY2025	£184k	—	above	—	no doubt
Tinsley Charitable Trust FY2025	£467k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CASCIA TRUST FY2024	£312k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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