Ask for Jake

Analysis

Ask for Jake is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Braunton. It was registered in April 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ask for Jake reported income of £12k and spending of £19k, spending 156% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £14k to £12k (-11%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ask for Jake sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Medlar Trust (£12k), Romanian Crestin Trust (£12k) and The League of Friends of the Pwllheli Hospitals (£12k).