Jessie's Fund

Analysis

Jessie's Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in York. It was registered in April 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Jessie's Fund reported income of £337k and spending of £367k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £252k to £337k (+33%), an average of +7.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Jessie's Fund sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Carpenters' and Dockland Community Centre (£336k), Children of the Mekong (£337k) and Music for Everyone (£336k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.