Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -12
Support Score: 2
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Very static board: -5
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: -9 ?

CHASDEI AHARON LIMITED 

The prevention or relief of poverty in the UK and Israel by providing grants, items and services to individuals in need/ or charities or other orgnisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.The advancement of Jewish religion mainly, but not exclusively, through operating a synagogue, running regular lectures alongside other community services.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male
  • The Board composition appears to be very static and has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
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
28/02/23£7,333£6,794£539£0£939£9391.700
28/02/22£6,073£5,742£331£0£400£4000.800
28/02/21£3,383£3,322£61£0£69£690.300
29/02/20£2,648£2,691£-43£0£8£8000
28/02/19£3,011£3,047£-36£0£51£510.200
28/02/18£896£811£85£0£88£881.300
28/02/17£735£752£-18£0£3£3000
28/02/16£517£517£0£0£21£210.500
28/02/15£400£394£6£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/14£248£242£5£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/13£98£99£-1£0£0£0n/a00
28/02/12£119£109£9£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 1.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 79.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 13 years

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Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other individual and family services
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Argentina, Belgium, Hungary, Israel, Throughout England And Wales, United States,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

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
National Lottery Community Fund - Repurposed and Repackaged
£9,900 05/05/2023
The funding will be used to distribute surplus food items to families from BAME backgrounds who are experiencing poverty. The project aims to enable families to access their basic needs during the ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 36-50
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 24/06/2011, number: 1142565
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/02/2011, number: 07512346
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; all on time
Main office

29 PORTLAND AVENUE
LONDON
N16 6HD

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OF RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE UK AND ISRAEL BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH RELIGION MAINLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH OPERATING A SYNAGOGUE, RUNNING REGULAR LECTURES ALONGSIDE OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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