The Jean Shanks Foundation

Registered charity 293108 Registered since 1985

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

10.5y median 5y

average tenure

37y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

8.5y

average years in governance

10 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

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

Commercial experience

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

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Contact

Website	www.jeanshanksfoundation.org
Email	ADMINISTRATOR@JEANSHANKSFOUNDATION.ORG
Phone	01491628232
Address	PEPPARD COTTAGE, PEPPARD COMMON, HENLEY-ON-THAMES, RG9 5LB

Finances

£609,405 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
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+

Eric Walter Rothbarth Chair
Alistair Taylor Jonesage 72
Dr Julian Colin AXE
Eric Rothbarth since 1989
Helen Louise Munn OBE since 2026
Professor Adrienne Flanagan since 2012
Professor SIR James Cressee Elphinstone Underwood
Professor SIR Nicholas Wright
Professor Elizabeth Macgregor since 2024
Professor Humphrey Hodgson since 2024
Professor Mark Johan Arends since 2018

Connected charities (2)

Chester Civic Trust 1 shared trustee
Theatre in the Quarter 1 shared trustee

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