Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 5

Fundraising costs low: +3

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 8

COMMUNITY SECURITY TRUST

CST seeks to protect Britain's diverse and vibrant Jewish community from the external threats of bigotry, antisemitism and terrorism. CST provides physical security, training and advice for the protection of British Jews, assists victims of antisemitism, monitors antisemitic activities and incidents and represents British Jewry to Police, Government and media on antisemitism and security.

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Positives:

There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Financial issues to consider:

There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine

Established: 29 years

02084579999

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/22	£22,252	£21,075	£1,177	£632	£22,822	£22,466	12.8	96	2,000
31/12/21	£23,534	£21,889	£1,644	£582	£22,564	£22,317	12.2	93	1,700
31/12/20?	£11,314	£11,848	£-534	£246	£19,294	£18,884	19.1	93	2,000
31/03/19	£20,923	£20,487	£437	£0	£17,942	£17,831	10.4	92	1,500
31/03/18	£20,198	£19,764	£434	£843	£17,422	£17,304	10.5	87	0
31/03/17?	£30,373	£28,133	£2,239	£977	£16,764	£15,330	6.5	79	0
31/12/15	£16,363	£14,181	£2,182	£709	£12,333	£12,246	10.4	68	0
31/12/14	£8,343	£7,141	£1,202	£612	£9,824	£9,490	15.9	60	0
31/12/13	£7,177	£7,227	£-50	£695	£8,288	£8,207	13.6	61	0
31/12/12	£7,339	£7,267	£71	£525	£8,285	£8,275	13.7	63	0
31/12/11	£7,788	£8,247	£-459	£783	£8,258	£8,186	11.9	64	0
31/12/10	£5,275	£5,344	£-70	£615	£9,863	£9,863	22.1	64	0
31/12/09	£5,299	£5,234	£66	£639	£9,834	£9,834	22.5	64	0
31/12/08	£5,878	£5,870	£8	£1,114	£9,961	£8,450	17.3	69	0
31/12/07	£6,626	£5,240	£1,386	£790	£10,799	£9,276	21.2	64	0
31/12/06	£5,674	£4,585	£1,089	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/05	£5,019	£3,899	£1,120	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/04	£4,524	£3,127	£1,397	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.9%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 3%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 8%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 16%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 98%
Reserves/Spending: 12.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

96 employees
2,000 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Joseph Levy Foundation - Unrestricted funding
£10,000	03/11/2023	To support the charity's work in keeping the Jewish community safe at a time of heightened tensions
Joseph Levy Foundation - Core funding contribution
£1,500	11/01/2022	To support the organisation's work to protect Britain's Jewish community
Home Office - Jewish Community Protective Security Grant 2020/2021
£14,000,000	01/04/2020	To fund additional security measures (primarily security guarding) at a number of Jewish locations in addition to the extensive and ongoing work of the police.This aligns with UK National Security ....more To fund additional security measures (primarily security guarding) at a number of Jewish locations in addition to the extensive and ongoing work of the police.This aligns with UK National Security Objective one to protect our people and way of life and,Home office objectives:Reducing and preventing crime, and ensuring that people feel safe in their homes and communities.Keeping the United Kingdom safe from the threat of terrorismGovernment manifesto commitment:We will protect people from physical attack or harassment whether for their sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion or disability, and expand funding for and protect places of worship. We will vigorously combat harassment and violence against all religious groups, and against LGBT people.
Home Office - Jewish Community Protective Security Grant 2019-20
£14,000,000	01/04/2019	The funding was proposed following the terrorist attacks against individuals and Jewish community sites in recent years, including in Paris, Copenhagen Toulouse, Brussels and most recently ....more The funding was proposed following the terrorist attacks against individuals and Jewish community sites in recent years, including in Paris, Copenhagen Toulouse, Brussels and most recently Pittsburgh, and the need to consider how the safety and security of the Jewish community in the UK can be enhanced. It also recognises the recent very high levels of anti-Semitic incidents, and the need to take co-ordinated action to combat anti-Semitism and hate crime.It supports the Home Office priorities to protect our citizens from terrorism, to reduce crime and to ensure that communities feel safe. The OSCT Protective Security Team leads on policy to ensure the safety and security of Royalty and VIPs, critical national infrastructure, and the safety of the public including at transport sites and crowded places. This work also considers terrorism threats to communities and mitigating activity to combat these. The Unit works closely with the Counter Extremism Directorate who lead on hate crime and provide Home Office representation on cross Government work to combat hate crime including anti-Semitism.This grant stream will provide for a range of measures to improve protective security and preparedness at community sites, with the ultimate aim to deter, detect and mitigate a terrorist attack, with the consequential benefits of reducing crime, anti-social behaviour and anti-Semitic incidents.Measures to achieve these aims include, for example, the cost of providing private security guards or other security measures such as fences, gates, access control systems and monitored CCTV systems.
Home Office - Jewish Community Protective Security Grant 2018/2019
£13,400,000	01/04/2018	The funding was proposed following the attacks against individuals and Jewish community sites in recent years, including in Paris, Copenhagen Toulouse and Brussels, and the need to consider how the ....more The funding was proposed following the attacks against individuals and Jewish community sites in recent years, including in Paris, Copenhagen Toulouse and Brussels, and the need to consider how the safety and security of the Jewish community in the UK can be enhanced. It also recognises the recent very high levels of anti-Semitic incidents, and the need to take co-ordinated action to combat anti-Semitism and hate crime.It supports the Home Office priorities to protect our citizens from terrorism, and to reduce crime. The OSCT Protective Security Team leads on policy to ensure the safety and security of Royalty and VIPs, critical national infrastructure, and the safety of the public including at transport sites and crowded places. This work also considers terrorism threats to communities and mitigating activity to combat these. The Unit works closely with the Counter Extremism Directorate who lead on hate crime and provide Home Office representation on cross Government work to combat hate crime including anti-Semitism.This grant stream will provide for a range of measures to improve protective security and preparedness at community sites, with the ultimate aim to deter, detect and mitigate a terrorist attack, with the consequential benefits of reducing crime, anti-social behaviour and anti-Semitic incidents.Measures to achieve these aims include, for example, the cost of providing private security guards or other security measures such as fences, gates, access control systems and monitored CCTV systems.

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How is it governed?

Trustees

Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/11/1994, number: 1042391

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

04/01/2021 - Asset transfer in from THE GROUP RELATIONS EDUCATIONAL TRUST
25/08/2022 - Asset transfer in from THE MOSS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

18 returns made; all on time

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from THE GROUP RELATIONS EDUCATIONAL TRUST on 04/01/2021
Asset transfer in from THE MOSS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST on 25/08/2022

Main office

COMMUNITY SECURITY TRUST
SHIELD HOUSE
HARMONY WAY
LONDON
NW4 2BZ

Objectives

1.1.1 TO PROMOTE GOOD RACE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND OTHER MEMBERS OF SOCIETY BY WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF RACISM IN THE FORM OF ANTISEMITISM. 1.1.2 TO RELIEVE THE VICTIMS OF RACIAL OR RELIGIOUS PREJUDICE AND ESPECIALLY ANTISEMITISM WHO ARE IN NEED OR WHO HAVE SUFFERED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS. 1.1.3 TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO RACISM, ANTISEMITISM AND EXTREMISM AND TO PUBLISH THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH AND OTHERWISE TO PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT RACISM, ANTISEMITISM AND EXTREMISM. 1.1.4 TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE POLICE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND THE PROMOTION OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE PREVENTION OF CRIME WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO: (A) PROVIDING SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY; (B) THE MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER, SAFETY AND SECURITY; (C) MITIGATION, SECURITY AND PROTECTION AGAINST ANTISEMITISM AND TERRORISM; (D) PROMOTING THE SAFETY OF OR SAFEGUARDING HUMAN LIFE IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY; AND (E) RACIALLY MOTIVATED ESPECIALLY ANTISEMITIC CRIME. 1.1.6 SUBJECT TO CLAUSE 1.3 TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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