The Daphne Jackson Memorial Fellowships Trust

Analysis

The Daphne Jackson Memorial Fellowships Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in September 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06621472). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Daphne Jackson Memorial Fellowships Trust reported income of £2.6m and spending of £2.0m, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from November 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £2.6m (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, The Daphne Jackson Memorial Fellowships Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Volunteer Cornwall (£2.4m), The Involve Foundation (£2.7m) and Birmingham Citizens Advice Bureau Service Ltd (£2.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 87%, investments 7.8% and donations and legacies 5.1%. Charitable activities took 72% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £618k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 11 people.