Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 10
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +10
Overall GiG Score: 22 ?

THE JIGSAW TRUST 

To provide facilities, services and resources for the education, integration, guidance, assessment, outreach and support of people affected by an autism spectrum disorder.To promote a greater knowledge and understanding of autism.To invite and receive grants, donations, public funding, gifts and contributions to support the primary objective of the Trust.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
Established: 25 years

www.jigsawtrust.co.uk

info@jigsawtrust.co.uk

01483273874

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
UN SDGs
?

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/08/22£5,146£5,125£21£242£862£7191.71250
31/08/21£5,064£5,055£9£253£841£8031.91420
31/08/20£4,553£4,466£87£225£832£7942.11310
31/08/19£4,257£4,080£177£230£745£7362.21180
31/08/18£3,819£3,798£21£212£568£5591.81010
31/08/17£3,477£3,467£10£238£547£5471.91070
31/08/16£3,386£3,372£14£99£537£5371.91050
31/08/15£3,302£3,262£40£129£523£5231.9970
31/08/14£3,073£3,094£-21£141£483£4831.9930
31/08/13£2,727£2,668£59£153£504£5042.3800
31/08/12£2,422£2,325£96£122£444£4412.3720
31/08/11£2,182£2,233£-51£122£348£3481.9630
31/08/10*£1,952£1,938£14£90£399£3982.5560
31/08/09£1,720£1,655£65£84£385£3682.7490
31/08/08£1,487£1,479£8£119£320£3182.6460
31/08/07£1,261£1,200£61£46£312£2963440
31/08/06*£1,071£996£75£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/05*£984£869£115£0£0£0n/a00
31/08/04£739£668£70£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 43%
Liabilities/Income: 13%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 83%
Reserves/Spending: 1.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 1
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Croydon, Ealing, Hammersmith And Fulham, Hampshire, Kingston Upon Thames, Portsmouth City, Richmond Upon Thames, Surrey, Sutton, West Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 125 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Foyle Foundation£50,000
The Clothworkers Foundation£50,000
Community Foundation for Surrey£21,418
Garfield Weston Foundation£10,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Jigsaw Trust
£3,880 21/10/2023
We would like a range of extra-curricular early years and primary resources to broaden the educational opportunities and outcomes of our vulnerable autistic children.
The Foyle Foundation - Learning (MGS)
£50,000 28/04/2023
towards upgrading the IT infrastructure at this school and day service supporting children and adults on the autistic spectrum
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£10,000 01/04/2022
Creation of two new training kitchens, therapeutic, medical and wellbeing areas within Jigsaw School for autistic children.
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Jigsaw Trust
£50,000 02/02/2022
refurbishment of building for a charity supporting people with disabilties in Surrey
Community Foundation for Surrey - School Link Way
£6,150 10/01/2022
1
Funding towards the capital cost of having an indoor walkway placed between two buildings, for a charity that supports children and young people with autism.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Jigsaw Trust
£3,825 23/10/2021
We'd like to buy equipment for gardening sessions that will promote skill development, mental wellbeing and social inclusion for children and adults with autism.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£4,200 18/09/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
Community Foundation for Surrey - COVID19 - People with Disabilities
£15,268 03/09/2020
3
Funding to install a temporary building to allow for social-distancing in a school specialising in supporting children with Autism amid the Coronavirus pandemic
Community Foundation for Surrey - Teaching & Learning Room
£2,500 11/12/2017
12
Equipping a Teaching and Learning room for adults with Autism
Masonic Trust - Core funding
£5,000 19/10/2016
Educational, vocational and wellbeing services for children and adults with autism.
Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 46-70
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 13/05/1999, number: 1075464
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/03/1999, number: 03734127
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Other Regulators
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR10: 27 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 11 days late,
Main office

BUILDING 21
DUNSFOLD PARK
STOVOLDS HILL
CRANLEIGH
SURREY
GU6 8TB

Objectives

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND WELL BEING OF THOSE AFFECTED BY AN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

Tips for Selecting Charities

Which areas of philanthropy are most effective?
The text of this post is taken from an article on the Effective Altruism forum. It suggests that you can achieve the most impact by supporting causes that fight extreme poverty, improving animal welfare....more
Our Top Tips for Philanthropy
Here are some ideas to help you gain more satisfaction from your philanthropy and confidence that the causes you have selected are impactful. Engage your brain, as well as your heart You....more
How to become a Philanthropist
In this Blog we outline a strategy to help people who are new to philanthropy and for those who feel dissatisfied with the impact they are having. Effective philanthropy is immensely rewarding for donors,....more

Giving is Great