Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: -7
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -9 ?

THE INITIATION SOCIETY 

To promote advancement of the Jewish religion by facilitating the initiation of male Jewish children into the Covenant of Abraham
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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • There are only 3 trustees
  • The Board is completely male

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
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£74£73£1n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/12/21£39£83£-44n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/12/20£59£83£-25n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/12/19£83£73£9n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/12/18£68£76£-8£0£0£0n/a08
31/12/17£49£53£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16*£68£54£14£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15*£55£49£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£38£47£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£40£47£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£47£46£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£36£46£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£47£43£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£32£42£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08£36£64£-28£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£43£45£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£33£42£-9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£23£41£-18£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£21£32£-11£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 62 years
Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Jewish congregations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 7 volunteers

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 22/09/1962, number: 207404
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR16: 27 days late, AR15: 39 days late,
Main office

22 WENTWORTH ROAD
LONDON
NW11 0RP

Objectives

TO TRAIN MOHELIM AND TO SUPPLY MOHELIM. TO INITIATE A JEWISH CHILD INTO THE COVENANT OF ABRAHAM (UPON AN APPLICATION BEING MADE FOR THAT PURPOSE). TO GRANT RELIEF WHEN NECESSARY ON SUCH OCCASION. TO COMPILE AND MAINTAIN A REGISTER OF QUALIFIED MOHELIM.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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