--- title: "The Jessie May Trust rating & legitimacy | CharityCompare" description: "Is The Jessie May Trust a legitimate UK charity? Clarity Score 70/100. Accounts 2025: income £1.9m · 65% on charitable activities. Reg 1086048." source: https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/the-jessie-may-trust retrieved: 2026-08-18T06:13:58.549Z license: "Charity data © Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0" --- Quick answer ## Is The Jessie May Trust a good charity? The Jessie May Trust scores 70/100 (3 stars, Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2025 (£1.9m total income, 65% of spending on charitable activities). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown. Bristol · BS48 1PE | Reg [1086048](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/the-jessie-may-trust) | Registered charity | [Official website](https://www.jessiemay.org.uk/) | [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1086048) Donate ## How can you give to THE JESSIE MAY TRUST? You leave CharityCompare to complete a donation on the official THE JESSIE MAY TRUST form. We do not process payments or take commission. Opens their official online donation form. [Donate](https://www.jessiemay.org.uk/?utm_source=charitycompare&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=donate&utm_content=1086048) ## What does The Jessie May Trust do? The Jessie May Trust is a registered charity (no. 1086048) working in disability in Bristol · BS48 1PE. Its latest Charity Commission filing directs 65% of spending to charitable activities, holding roughly 4 months of reserves, though its recent accounts were filed late. Reported income has been broadly stable over recent years. CharityCompare's Clarity Score rates the organisation only from public Charity Commission accounts — accountability, financial health, efficiency and community support — not the quality or impact of its programmes. Summarised from public filings — The Jessie May Trust hasn't added its own description yet. [Work here? Add it free →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/claim?charity=the-jessie-may-trust) **In short:** THE JESSIE MAY TRUST scores 70 out of 100 (3 stars). 65% average program spend (3-year average). Review the pillar breakdown below. ## What is The Jessie May Trust? The Jessie May Trust has a Clarity Score of 70 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars, Needs improvement). Charity Commission registration number 1086048. Status: Registered. Primary cause area: Disability. Latest accounts year 2025: total income £1.9m, with 65% of expenditure on charitable activities. Accounts filing: late. Reserves: approximately 4 months of operating costs. 2 filing concern(s) noted on this profile. Scores are independent and based on official filings — not a donation recommendation. Data from [Charity Commission register](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), last updated 17 July 2026. Overall score 70/100 3★ · Needs improvement Cause spend 65% 3-yr avg · charitable activities Accountability 75/100 Finance beacon Income £1.9m Latest year 2025 Reserves 4 mo Months of running costs Accounts filing Late Check register £3.3 raised per £1 fundraising (3-yr avg) · 36% overhead · Website on register · Confidence: medium ## How does THE JESSIE MAY TRUST compare? Clarity Score percentile against similar UK charities — the share of peers THE JESSIE MAY TRUST scores higher than. Income band (£1m–£5m)26thpercentile **Scores higher than 26% of 2,776 charities in its income band** · 70/100 vs 78 peer average (marker). Disability charities24thpercentile **Scores higher than 24% of 711 charities in this cause** · 70/100 vs 79 peer average (marker). ## How reliable is The Jessie May Trust's data? Source Charity Commission (England & Wales) Accounts year 2025 Filing date 24 June 2026 Profile reviewed 17 July 2026 Medium confidence — some data missing or late Scores reflect the latest annual accounts on the register. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: [Charity Commission for England and Wales](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/), [Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator](https://www.oscr.org.uk/) and [Charity Commission for Northern Ireland](https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/). [Open Government Licence v3.0](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/). ## What is The Jessie May Trust's Beacon report? Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report. ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 75/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Filing history (5 years) 100% on-time over five years = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more = 0 pts. | 33% | 5/15 pts | | Trustee oversight Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three). | 100% | 8 trustees · 15/15 pts | | Declared policies Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return. | 100% | 10/10 pts | ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 90/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Reserves (months of cash) 3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years (hoarding) = 0 pts. | 100% | 4 months · 15/15 pts | | Income stability / growth +20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between. | 90% | 9/10 pts · 3-year average | | Liabilities to assets 0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt. | 60% | 22% · 3/5 pts | ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 35/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Program expense ratio 90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below. | 40% | 65% · 4/10 pts (3-year average) | | Fundraising efficiency ≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income). | 30% | 30p per £1 income · 3/10 pts (3-year average) | ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 60/100 | Metric | Score | Value | | --- | --- | --- | | Volunteer-to-staff ratio Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between. | 60% | 45 volunteers / 38 staff · 6/10 pts | [How we calculate beacon scores →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ## What is The Jessie May Trust's Clarity Score? 70/100 total · Needs improvement · 3 of 5 stars Four pillars (40 + 30 + 20 + 10 points) from Charity Commission filings — see methodology for full weightings. 75/100 Accountability & Transparency 90/100 Financial Health 35/100 Financial Efficiency 60/100 Community Support ### Accountability & Transparency Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies. 75/100 Filing history (5 years)5/15 pts Trustee oversight8 trustees · 15/15 pts Declared policies10/10 pts ### Financial Health Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts. 90/100 Reserves (months of cash)4 months · 15/15 pts Income stability / growth9/10 pts · 3-year average Liabilities to assets22% · 3/5 pts ### Financial Efficiency How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios. 35/100 Program expense ratio65% · 4/10 pts (3-year average) Fundraising efficiency30p per £1 income · 3/10 pts (3-year average) ### Community Support Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff. 60/100 Volunteer-to-staff ratio45 volunteers / 38 staff · 6/10 pts ## How much does The Jessie May Trust raise and spend? Latest filed year 2025 · Source: Charity Commission filings | Category | Amount | % of spend | | --- | --- | --- | | Total income | £1.9m | — | | Total expenditure | £1.9m | — | | Charitable activities | £1.3m | 69% | | Fundraising | £589k | 31% | | Governance & admin | £8k | 0% | 69%On charitable activities ## Where does the money go? Latest accounts (2025) · £1.9m spent - Charitable activities69% · £1.3m - Fundraising31% · £589k - Governance0% · £8k ## What trust indicators does The Jessie May Trust have? Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported. - — Accounts filed on time Filing status: late - ✓ Trustee board size (3–12) 8 trustees on the Charity Commission register - ✓ Workforce on register 38 employees · 45 volunteers (1:1 volunteer-to-staff) Fundraising Regulator Not listed as member Separate from our financial scores — shows whether the charity follows the Code of Fundraising Practice. [Check Fundraising Regulator →](https://www.fundraisingregulator.org.uk/members/) Official register Reg 1086048 Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission. [View on Charity Commission →](https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1086048) ### Trustees & officers - Miranda McGinn since 2020 - Michael Legge since 2020 - Alan Broughton since 2026 - Andrew Gould since 2026 - Samuel Bedford since 2026 - David Turner since 2026 - Caroline Tilley since 2026 - Daniel Cheesman since 2026 100 How we score charities +The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically. [Full methodology →](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) Accountability & Transparency Scored from filings 40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10). Financial Health Scored from filings 30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises). Financial Efficiency Scored from filings 20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below). Community Support Scored from filings 10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio. Overall score Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated. ## How have The Jessie May Trust's finances changed over five years? - Income - Spending - Cause spend Values in £ thousands · Cause spend plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission accounts ## What are the key facts about The Jessie May Trust? Overall score 70/100 (3★) Income £1.9m Cause spend 65% of expenditure Reg number 1086048 Scope Local (bristol) Reserves 4 months Trustees 8 Accounts year 2025 Filing late ## How does THE JESSIE MAY TRUST compare, and where else can you look? [Compare THE JESSIE MAY TRUST with others](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/compare-charities?ids=the-jessie-may-trust) [More disability charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/disability) [How we score charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/methodology) ### Where THE JESSIE MAY TRUST sits The causes this charity is classified under, and other charities working nearby. - [disability charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/disability) - [health charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/health) - [children charities](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/children) - [Charities in Bristol](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/cities/bristol) - [disability charities in Bristol](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/browse/disability/bristol) ### Similar disability charities Top-rated peers by CharityCompare score - [POLKA CHILDREN'S THEATRE LIMITED](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/polka-children-s-theatre-limited) 100/100 · £3.6m - [TREWEN MEADOWS](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/trewen-meadows) 100/100 · £1.4m - [CAMBRIDGE RAPE CRISIS CENTRE](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/cambridge-rape-crisis-centre) 100/100 · £916k - [Kent Neuro Therapy Centre Limited](https://www.charitycompare.org.uk/charity/kent-neuro-therapy-centre-limited) 100/100 · £858k ## How can you share The Jessie May Trust's rating? 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That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate. Is The Jessie May Trust a legitimate charity? + Yes — The Jessie May Trust is a legitimate registered charity (charity number 1086048). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1086048. Registration proves status; Clarity Score then summarises filing transparency on paper, not programme impact. What is The Jessie May Trust's charity number? + The Jessie May Trust's charity number is 1086048. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals. What is The Jessie May Trust's charity rating? + The Jessie May Trust scores 70 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). The Clarity Score V1 sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking. Does The Jessie May Trust have reviews and complaints? + CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The Jessie May Trust. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (2 filing concern(s) noted on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate. How much of my donation reaches The Jessie May Trust? + According to its 2025 regulator filing, 65% of The Jessie May Trust's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift. What are The Jessie May Trust's overheads? + According to its 2025 regulator filing, fundraising costs were about 35% of total expenditure and combined overheads (fundraising plus governance) were about 36% of total expenditure at The Jessie May Trust. The filings CharityCompare uses do not publish CEO or senior-staff pay, so we cannot say what The Jessie May Trust's chief executive is paid — where disclosure rules apply, senior pay appears in the trustees' annual report on the Charity Commission register. How much income does The Jessie May Trust receive? + The Jessie May Trust reported £1.9m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable. Are The Jessie May Trust's accounts up to date? + Filing status: late (last filing 2026-06-24). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score. Where is The Jessie May Trust based? + The Jessie May Trust is listed at Bristol · BS48 1PE, focused on disability. How does CharityCompare score The Jessie May Trust? + We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The Jessie May Trust's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought. How often is this page updated? + This profile was last updated on 17 July 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and The Jessie May Trust's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.