The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Jacob's Well Appeal

Registered charity 1192373 CIO Registered since 2020

Operates: East Riding Of Yorkshire, Syria, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Madagascar, Morocco, Moldova, Ukraine

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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.

7 trustees on the board

3.4y median 4y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure
2
trustees past 6 years
3.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (4)

0
company-linked trustees

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

Disability 7Education/training 7The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on 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 4 years.
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£4.8m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

7 from 7 in 2023
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

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Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.jacobswellappeal.org
Emailoffice@jacobswellappeal.org
Phone01482881162
AddressJACOB'S WELL APPEAL, SWINEMOOR LANE, BEVERLEY, HU17 0JX

Finances

£4,835,690 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2022£0£0
2023£5,706,832£5,197,850
2024£4,728,539£4,746,028
2025£4,835,690£4,939,924

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-4.1. TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, UNEMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION (OR LACK THEREOF), ILL-HEALTH, SICKNESS AND SUCH OTHER ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE;4.2. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH;4.3. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT; AND4.4. TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PROMOTION OF WASTE REDUCTION, RE-USE, RECLAMATION, RECYCLING AND THE USE OF SURPLUS.

Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 17 Nov 2020

Trustees (7)

7trustees
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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