THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST

Registered charity 326358 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST, JEAN SAINSBURY CHARITABLE TRUST

Following the death of the Benefactor the Charity's objects are to benefit animal welfare charities.

Objects

ANY OBJECT OR PURPOSE OF OBJECTS OR PURPOSE WHOLLY AND EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN SUCH MANNER AS THE BENEFACTOR SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME APPROVE AND AFTER THE DEATH BENEFACTOR (SUBJECT TO ANY PRIOR APPOINTMENT BY HER) PRIMARILY FOR ANIMAL WELFARE RELIEVE ANIMALS FROM SUFFERING OR TO CONSERVE WILDLIFE.

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: Animals · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's free reserves were £206,666,130 at the end of the financial year. The trustees report that resources are adequate to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. No specific reserves policy target or fundraising cost ratio is explicitly stated in the provided text.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by none. 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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

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: 42.2% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR SPURDENSchair
• Jacqui Sharp
• Jill Inglis
• MR KELIHER
• MRS ALLEN
• VALERIE MARIA PIKE
• Werner Kerschl

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

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

Income and spending

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