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Jamaica Basic Schools Foundation (UK)

Jamaica Basic Schools Foundation (UK) is a registered charity (number 1057624) based in London, governed by 4 trustees. Latest income £147k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Jbsf(UK) (Charity Commission)

The charity?s objects are:-(1) to relieve children attending basic schools in Jamaica and to advance the education of such children in particular by: (1) to promote the development of the basic school sector in Jamaica through the provision of...

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £147k (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training
Where
Jamaica
Linked company
Jamaica Basic Schools Foundation (UK)
Registered
1996

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£147k£149k
  • 2024£84k£84k
  • 2023£124k£122k
Earlier years
  • 2022£65k£64k
  • 2021£34k£34k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 0%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The charity?s objects are:-(1) to relieve children attending basic schools in Jamaica and to advance the education of such children in particular by: (1) to promote the development of the basic school sector in Jamaica through the provision of facilities for the education at the schools; (2) to assist the training and development of teachers in this sector; (3) to generate and access the funding necessary to facilitate the objects.(2) for the public benefit, to provide relief and assistance to the black and ethnic minority communities of adults and families in Croydon and South East London who are in need, by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or discrimination, in particular but not exclusively by: (1) providing a food provision service for such persons which they could not otherwise afford through lack of means;(2) providing befriending and support to vulnerable people in need, and help to access other support services; (3) operating a division of the charity to provide specific services to facilitate the objects; (4) generating and accessing the funding necessary to facilitate the objects.

Grants received

3 grants · £40,000 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £30,000 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £10,000

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £20,0002024-05-09
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002022-08-05
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £10,0002020-08-25
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4 trustees on the board

12y median 12y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

23y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

3
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 4

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£147k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1057624
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 8TH AUGUST 1996 as amended on 28 Sep 2020
Companies House
Company number 03235410 · Active
Contact on the register
02084061914 · jbsfuk@hotmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
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