Rees Jeffreys Road Fund

Analysis

Rees Jeffreys Road Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Rees Jeffreys Road Fund reported income of £189k and spending of £319k, spending 169% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £521k to £189k (-64%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 136% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Rees Jeffreys Road Fund sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wild Survivors (£188k), Institute of Demolition Engineers (£189k) and British Commercial Vehicle Museum Trust (£188k).

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.