The Jabbs Foundation

Analysis

The Jabbs Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in March 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Jabbs Foundation reported income of £5.9m and spending of £7.6m, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £6.0m to £5.9m (-2.8%), an average of -0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 448%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Jabbs Foundation sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jane Tomlinson Appeal (£5.9m), Girls Not Brides: the Global Partnership to End Child Marriage (£5.9m) and Preston Youth Zone Ltd (£5.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 86% and investments 14%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £6.7m. Reserves of £6.9m would cover about 11 months of spending at that rate. It employed 5 people.