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Registered charity · Henley-on-Thames

The Jean Shanks Foundation

The Jean Shanks Foundation is a registered charity (number 293108) based in Henley-on-Thames, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Eric Walter Rothbarth. Latest income £639k (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.

  • 11 trustees
  • Income £639k (2026)
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About

What it does
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website
www.jeanshanksfoundation.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1985

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£639k£596k
  • 2025£609k£577k
  • 2024£666k£1.2m
Earlier years
  • 2023£494k£664k
  • 2022£467k£643k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

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.

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.

10.5y median 5y
average tenure
37y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.6y
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
293108
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 11TH NOVEMBER 1985
Contact on the register
01491628232 · ADMINISTRATOR@JEANSHANKSFOUNDATION.ORG
Edition
Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
Labels
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