Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -5
Support Score: 0
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

FRIENDS OF MIR 

Raising financial support for the Mir Yeshiva
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male

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
30/04/23£1,367£1,439£-72£121£50£500.400
30/04/22£1,403£1,387£15£93£121£121100
30/04/21£558£452£106£0£106£1062.800
Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 8.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 9%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 9.1
Asset Split ?
Established: 4 years

mbordon@themir.org.uk

07785306670

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and voluntarism promotion
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Israel,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/02/2020, number: 1187814
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
  • Risk management
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from FRIENDS OF MIR on 23/06/2022
Main office

30 GRESHAM GARDENS
LONDON
NW11 8PB

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING THE TALMUDICAL COLLEGE KNOWN AS 'MIR YESHIVA' IN JERUSALEM, ISRAEL.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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