THE MARGARET JACKSON TRUST

Registered charity 290240 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MARGARET JACKSON TRUST, THE MARGARET JACKSON CENTRE, TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNECTION WITH THE FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION

The Margaret Jackson Trust supports The Margaret Jackson Centre in providing low cost, self-referral, short or long-term counselling to people over the age of 18 who are residents of Devon.

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Latest income

£106k

Latest spending

£103k

Registered

1984

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £2,747, increasing its total funds to £478,571. The trustees report that the charity aims to hold reserves equal to a minimum of 50% of annual income, and free reserves increased from £33,011 to £38,601, remaining above the stated policy target. The filing confirms no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 50% of annual income (held: £39k)

“To adhere to best practice, the Trust aims to hold a reserve equal to a minimum of 50% of annual income.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

SUSAN ANN TONG
Stephen Melville Criddle OBE
TRACEY JANE PEARCE

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

Operates in: Devon · Plymouth City · Torbay

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£106k	£103k
31/03/2024	£82k	£116k
31/03/2023	£85k	£89k
31/03/2022	£87k	£88k
31/03/2021	£59k	£88k

Common questions

Is THE MARGARET JACKSON TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £2,747, increasing its total funds to £478,571. The trustees report that the charity aims to hold reserves equal to a minimum of 50% of annual income, and free reserves increased from £33,011 to £38,601, remaining above the stated policy target. The filing confirms no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. 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
AKO FOUNDATION	1	£35k
CORAM LIFE EDUCATION	1	£20k
THE CYRIL AND EVE JUMBO CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
CHAPMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
The Dentons UK and Middle East LLP Charitable Trust	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JACKSON'S LANE.

JACKSON'S LANE income £1.4m
ST MARGARET'S HOUSE income £1.3m
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST income £557k
MARGARET MCMILLAN CHILDREN'S CENTRE income £525k
THE JESSICA MATHERS TRUST income £111k
THE JIM JACKSON EDUCATIONAL AND ENABLING FOUNDATION CIO income £187k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE MARGARET JACKSON TRUST	£106k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
JACKSON'S LANE FY2025	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ST MARGARET'S HOUSE FY2025	£1.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
JOHN JACKSON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£557k	—	above	—	no doubt
MARGARET MCMILLAN CHILDREN'S CENTRE FY2025	£525k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE JESSICA MATHERS TRUST FY2024	£111k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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