THE JACOBS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 264942 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The activities of the charity are to carry out such legally charitable purposes and in such manner in all respects as the trustees may in their absolute discretion think fit.

Objects

TO CARRY OUT SUCH LEGALLY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND IN SUCH MANNER IN ALL RESPECTS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £1,461,017 following substantial distributions from the Estate of Lord Jacobs. The trustees consider these freely expendable funds to be appropriate and adequate for future grant-making plans, with no specific reserves policy currently in place. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Rawlinson & Hunter Audit LLP. Discloses 3 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Denys Hine
• Richard Benjamin Grosse · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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