Finance Score: -5

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 3

Fundraising costs high: -5

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 4

JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION LIMITED

JDRF is part of an international network with a vision of a world without type 1 diabetes. To achieve this in the UK we fund research to cure, treat and prevent type 1 diabetes, work to accelerate the pace of research and the delivery of treatments and give support and a voice to children and adults living with type 1, and their families.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

Fundraising costs are extremely high relative to funds raised

Established: 37 years

www.jdrf.org.uk

info@jdrf.org.uk

02077132030

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
30/06/23	£6,115	£6,163	£-48	£2,234	£2,570	£1,775	3.5	55	500
30/06/22	£5,909	£5,514	£394	£2,017	£2,618	£1,847	4	55	500
30/06/21	£6,376	£5,532	£844	£1,671	£2,224	£1,817	3.9	56	350
30/06/20	£6,055	£5,899	£155	£2,244	£1,380	£985	2	63	600
30/06/19	£5,898	£6,095	£-198	£2,579	£1,235	£1,118	2.2	64	650
30/06/18	£6,025	£6,239	£-214	£2,702	£1,433	£1,120	2.2	64	0
30/06/17	£6,085	£5,970	£114	£2,428	£1,647	£1,266	2.5	66	0
30/06/16	£6,101	£5,806	£294	£2,532	£1,533	£1,216	2.5	64	0
30/06/15	£5,182	£5,076	£106	£2,209	£1,286	£1,190	2.8	49	0
30/06/14	£4,713	£4,699	£14	£2,079	£1,180	£969	2.5	48	0
30/06/13	£4,172	£4,414	£-242	£1,945	£1,165	£933	2.5	48	0
30/06/12	£4,206	£4,498	£-292	£863	£1,407	£939	2.5	43	0
30/06/11	£4,476	£3,965	£511	£1,720	£1,700	£1,496	4.5	41	0
30/06/10	£3,445	£3,461	£-16	£1,586	£1,189	£947	3.3	37	0
30/06/09	£3,288	£3,152	£136	£1,551	£1,205	£1,026	3.9	36	0
30/06/08	£2,980	£2,764	£215	£1,294	£1,069	£504	2.2	31	0
30/06/07	£2,703	£2,262	£442	£1,133	£854	£595	3.2	32	0
30/06/06	£2,066	£1,753	£313	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/05	£1,857	£1,809	£48	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/06/04	£1,724	£1,724	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 55.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 36.3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 6%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 16%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 69%
Reserves/Spending: 3.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 5.2

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Disability
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

How it operates

Makes Grants to Organisations
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Scotland,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

55 employees
500 volunteers

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

Garfield Weston Foundation	£75,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
Steve Morgan Foundation	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Insight & Experience Panel for people with type 1 diabetes
£10,000	20/05/2022	The funding will be used to improve representation on the user experience panel for this research foundation. The project aims to recruit a broad range of young people with lived experience of type ....more The funding will be used to improve representation on the user experience panel for this research foundation. The project aims to recruit a broad range of young people with lived experience of type 1 diabetes to help shape the work of this national research foundation.
Steve Morgan Foundation - Grant to JDRF
£1,000	27/09/2021	Discretionary grant awarded
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£75,000	21/08/2019	Accelerating Adoption of Type 1 Diabetes Treatments
Masonic Trust - Evaluating whether enterovirus infections in the pancreas trigger the immune system response that causes type 1 diabetes.
£50,000	20/04/2016	Identifying how low level but persistent viral infections in the pancreas affect the functioning of the insulin-producing beta cells and whether they directly trigger the immune system attack that ....more Identifying how low level but persistent viral infections in the pancreas affect the functioning of the insulin-producing beta cells and whether they directly trigger the immune system attack that leads to the development of type 1 diabetes.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 41-62

BARRIE CHRISTOPHER BRIEN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Director

DR PER LUNDIN Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Board Director

JAMES LURIE Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Attorney

JARED CHEBIB Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Associate Partner

NADIA LEE LAFFERTY SWANN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Not Applicable

PHILLIP JOHN AIRD-MASH Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chairman

SARAH ELIZABETH JOHNSON Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Head Of Patient Advocacy

WILSON LEECH Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Vice President

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 14/05/1987, number: 295716
Registered at Companies House on 06/11/1986, number: 02071638

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

11/07/2019 - Asset transfer in from INPUT PATIENT ADVOCACY
07/04/2021 - Asset transfer in from THE GLEAMS TRUST
06/03/2024 - Asset transfer in from SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD (E) TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from INPUT PATIENT ADVOCACY on 11/07/2019
Asset transfer in from THE GLEAMS TRUST on 07/04/2021
Asset transfer in from SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD (E) TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD on 06/03/2024

Main office

17/18 ANGEL GATE
CITY ROAD
LONDON
EC1V 2PT

Objectives

A) TO PROMOTE RESEARCH TOWARDS FINDING A CURE FOR TYPE 1 (JUVENILE) DIABETES, INCLUDING ITS PREVENTION AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; B) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AMONGST PERSONS WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM TYPE 1 (JUVENILE) DIABETES; C) TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT DIABETES AND PARTICULARLY TYPE 1 (JUVENILE) DIABETES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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