Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -7

Support Score: 4

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Narrow trustee age band: -2
All male board: -3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: -2

THE GATESHEAD KEHILLA (G.H.C) LIMITED

Advance Orthodox Judaism in particular but not exclusively by:(a)building, supporting and maintaining synagogues, supporting and maintaining educational institutions. The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardships and other activities as described int he Objects of the Charity

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees
The Board is completely male
The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/01/23	*	£422,556	£365,367	£57,189	5
31/01/22		£469,989	£333,121	£136,868	3
31/01/21		£338,883	£337,434	£1,449	3
31/01/20		£254,691	£239,949	£14,742	3
31/01/19		£169,383	£136,633	£32,750	3

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

office@gatesheadkehilla.co.uk

01919087094

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Religious Activities
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Other individual and family services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Gateshead,

Who it helps

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

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000
DCMS	£9,000
Department for Work and Pensions	£5,209

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Social and parenting support
£10,000	27/05/2022	The funding will be used to refurbish the kitchen of their hall and deliver a drop-in weekend social support group for adults at risk of social isolation from the Orthodox Jewish community. They will ....more The funding will be used to refurbish the kitchen of their hall and deliver a drop-in weekend social support group for adults at risk of social isolation from the Orthodox Jewish community. They will also run parenting sessions and provide counselling emotional practical and peer support for families with children affected by issues of isolation stress and depression. The aim of the project is to help improve participants coping mechanisms reduce isolation and improve wellbeing which has been impacted by the pandemic.
Department for Work and Pensions - GRILL 33 LIMMITED
£2,209	01/04/2022	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Department for Work and Pensions - GRILL 33
£3,000	01/04/2021	The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,000	29/09/2020	"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

BERNARD DAVIS Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeships: THE I KAUFMAN CHARITABLE TRUST, FRIENDS OF LEV ARYEH YESHIVA, GATESHEAD KEHILLA BUILDING FOUNDATION, RAVENSIDE TRUST,

JEREMY ROBERT BERNSTEIN (Chair) Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Book Keeper

MICHAEL BODNER Appointed: 2024, Other trusteeships: THE GROVE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BETH HA-TALMUD SCHOLARSHIP FUND, NESIVOS HATORAH LTD,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/02/2018, number: 1177090
Registered at Companies House on 05/05/2017, number: 10756278

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
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 policy and procedures
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

5 returns made; AR23: 103 days late,

Main office

HEBREW CONGREGATIONAL SYNAGOGUE
180 BEWICK ROAD
GATESHEAD
NE8 1UF

Objectives

TO ADVANCE ORTHODOX JUDAISM IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) BUILDING, SUPPORTING AND MAINTAINING SYNAGOGUES, UNDER THE RELIGIOUS AUSPICES OF THE GHC, IN WHICH PRAYER SERVICES ARE HELD AND RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND LIFE CYCLE EVENTS ARE CELEBRATED;(B) BUILDING, SUPPORTING AND MAINTAINING ALL AND ANY FACILITIES AND SERVICES AS MAY BE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO FACILITATE AND ASSIST THE COMMUNAL AND INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM;(C) SUPPORTING AND MAINTAINING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, EVENTS AND PROGRAMMES WHICH EDUCATE THE ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY, THE WIDER JEWISH COMMUNITY AND MEMBERS OF GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE TEACHINGS AND PRACTICES OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM; ANDTHE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND BY PROVIDING: GRANTS OR LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.

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