Cecil Jackson-Cole

Cecil Jackson-Cole
Born
Albert Cecil Cole

1 November 1901
Forest Gate, London, England
Died9 August 1979
Kent, England
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford

Cecil Jackson-Cole (1901-1979) was an English entrepreneur and humanitarian.[1] He was associated with a number of charities including Oxfam, Help the Aged and ActionAid.

A devout Christian, Jackson-Cole set up charitable trusts including the Voluntary and Christian Service Trust that ultimately gave rise to the charities Help the Aged (1961), the Anchor Housing Trust (1968) and Action Aid (1973).[2] He was a co-founder of the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief which became the largest charity of its kind in the British Commonwealth.[3] He was the founder of the Andrews Charitable Trust (formally the Phyllis Trust and World in Need) the first modern Venture Philanthropy organisation.[4]

In 1946, Jackson-Cole founded Andrews and Partners Estate Agents as a business with an ulterior purpose: the development of charities.[5] In 1965 he created Phyllis Trust (later renamed to World in Need, and later to Andrews Charitable Trust), and the Christian Initiative Trust. The Christian Book Promotion Trust was formed in 1967. Andrews & Partners is 100% owned by Andrews Charitable Trust, who are its only shareholder.[6]

  1. ^ "The first 30 of Britain's Top 1,000 Charities Ranked by Donation – Guardian Newspaper, 24 April 2012". whatdid.com. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Cecil Jackson-Cole Blue Plaque". Oxfordshire Blue Plaque Scheme.
  3. ^ "The Montreal Gazette – Nov 16, 1964".
  4. ^ Chen, Te Fu (31 December 2010). Implementing New Business Models in For-Profit and Non-Profit Organizations. Idea Group Inc (IGI). ISBN 978-1-60960-131-7.
  5. ^ Black, Maggie (21 May 1992). A Cause for Our Times: Oxfam – The First Fifty Years. Oxfam. ISBN 978-0-85598-173-0.
  6. ^ Burnett, Ken (21 May 1996). Friends for Life: Relationship Fundraising in Practice. The White Lion Press Limited. ISBN 978-0-9518971-2-6.