The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Jean Shanks Foundation

Registered charity 293108 Registered since 1985

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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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.

10.5y median 5y
average tenure
37y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.5y
average years in governance
1
company-linked trustees

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

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 11Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 1

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

Arts and leisure 1Health and social care 1Retail and trade 1

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£609k latest income
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.

120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

0
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.jeanshanksfoundation.org
EmailADMINISTRATOR@JEANSHANKSFOUNDATION.ORG
Phone01491628232
AddressPEPPARD COTTAGE, PEPPARD COMMON, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, RG9 5LB

Finances

£609,405 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£357,084£952,446
2022£467,086£643,291
2023£493,526£663,572
2024£666,320£1,150,069
2025£609,405£576,819

What it does

What

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

(I) THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; (II) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF SCHOLARSHIPS GRANTS AND PRIZES TO BE AWARDED TO SCIENTISTS AND OTHER PERSONS ENGAGED IN RESEARCH IN ANY BRANCH OR BRANCHES OF MEDICAL AND RELATED SCIENCES; (III) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE FOR THE USE OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN MEDICAL RESEARCH AND EDUCATION LIBRARIES AND COLLECTIONS OF BOOKS ON MEDICAL SUBJECTS AND FILMS AND SOUND RECORDINGS AND OTHER SIMILAR MATERIAL RELATING TO SUCH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION. (IV) THE PROMOTION AND AID OF SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE RECONGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW TO BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 11TH NOVEMBER 1985

Trustees (11)

11trustees
72median age
1aged 70+

Connected charities (2)

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