THE JEAN SHANKS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 293108 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement and promotion of medical research, education and the dissemination of results. The establishment, maintenance of scholarship grants, fellowships, research grants and prizes awarded to scientists and other persons engaged in medical research or related sciences.

Objects

(I) THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; (II) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF SCHOLARSHIPS GRANTS AND PRIZES TO BE AWARDED TO SCIENTISTS AND OTHER PERSONS ENGAGED IN RESEARCH IN ANY BRANCH OR BRANCHES OF MEDICAL AND RELATED SCIENCES; (III) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE USE OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION LIBRARIES AND COLLECTIONS OF BOOKS ON MEDICAL SUBJECTS AND FILMS AND SOUND RECORDINGS AND OTHER SIMILAR MATERIAL RELATING TO SUCH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. (IV) THE PROMOTION AND AID OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE RECONGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW TO BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Oxfordshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £33,220,874, which is above its stated policy target of a minimum £15 million. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for the foreseeable future, supported by a significant investment portfolio.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HW Fisher Audit. Discloses 6 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 15.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ERIC WALTER ROTHBARTHchair
• ALISTAIR TAYLOR JONES · trustee of 2 other charities
• Dr Helen Louise Munn OBE
• Dr JULIAN COLIN AXE
• ERIC ROTHBARTH
• PROFESSOR ADRIENNE FLANAGAN
• PROFESSOR SIR JAMES CRESSEE ELPHINSTONE UNDERWOOD
• PROFESSOR SIR NICHOLAS WRIGHT
• Professor Elizabeth Anne MacGregor
• Professor Humphrey Hodgson
• Professor Mark jOHAN ArenDs

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

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

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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