Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 2

Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 1

KEREN

To act as a resource for Jewish girls and women between the ages of 12-24 living in Manchester, Salford and Bury to help them through leisure time activities in the interests of social welfare and with a view to improving their quality of life in society.

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Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending since inception

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity
There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23	£374,476	£153,890	£220,586	0
31/03/22	£56,824	£91,255	£-34,431	0
31/03/21	£56,827	£68,691	£-11,864	0
31/03/20	£78,905	£57,044	£21,861	15
31/03/19	£70,002	£52,681	£17,321	15

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 6 years

admin@kerengirls.org

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Practical support, advice & companionship

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Bury, Manchester City, Salford City,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities

Who supports 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
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Health Body Healthy Mind
£9,838	12/05/2022	This project will provide an in-house gym and run a programme of 12 trainer led sessions a week for 100 females aged 12 to 24 from the Orthodox Jewish community for 28 weeks.
National Lottery Community Fund - Keren Moving On
£9,900	28/01/2022	The funding will be used to provide staff training and self-harm and safe relationship support to young women in the Orthodox Jewish community. The project aims to work within cultural and ....more The funding will be used to provide staff training and self-harm and safe relationship support to young women in the Orthodox Jewish community. The project aims to work within cultural and ethnically appropriate requirements to empower the women to work through mental health challenges.
National Lottery Community Fund - Keeping connected
£9,950	20/01/2021 6	The funding will be used to provide emotional wellbeing support to teenage girls from the Orthodox Jewish community during Covid 19. The project aims to use virtual activities so the girls can ....more The funding will be used to provide emotional wellbeing support to teenage girls from the Orthodox Jewish community during Covid 19. The project aims to use virtual activities so the girls can socially connect with each other safely and reduce isolation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mental Health
£10,000	04/02/2020 12	The project will train volunteers, especially in suicide intervention to support Jewish young women. The young women will also be able to participate in a range of social activities and receive ....more The project will train volunteers, especially in suicide intervention to support Jewish young women. The young women will also be able to participate in a range of social activities and receive counselling from trained professionals.
National Lottery Community Fund - Launching "Keren"
£10,000	23/08/2018 12	The funding will be used to offer personalised practical, emotional and therapeutic support to girls from the Orthodox Jewish community, providing them with opportunities to access mentoring, work ....more The funding will be used to offer personalised practical, emotional and therapeutic support to girls from the Orthodox Jewish community, providing them with opportunities to access mentoring, work placements, vocational training and a range of therapies. The project aims to support them to increase their self-esteem and lead healthy lives.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

DR ADAM PAUL GAVRIEL ABELES Appointed: 2018

JANE MECHLOWITZ Appointed: 2018

REBECCA SARAH ABELES Appointed: 2018, Other trusteeship: THE HELPLINE,

YONA EMANUEL Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeships: MANCHESTER JUNIOR GIRLS SCHOOL, THE MOTHERS COMMITTEE, EMES FOUNDATION, BEIS HATALMUD MANCHESTER,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/03/2018, number: 1177554

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

179 BURY OLD ROAD
SALFORD
M7 4PZ

Objectives

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CIO ARE TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR JEWISH GIRLS AND WOMEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 12-24 LIVING IN MANCHESTER, SALFORD AND BURY TO HELP THEM ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE IN SOCIETY

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