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

BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE RABBI MEIR BAAL HANESS CHARITY (KOLLEL SHOMREI HACHOMOS) 

the relief of poverty and the advancement of jewish education and the jewish religion, in particular by assisting poor persons with all necessary relief and medical assistance, housing, old age care facilities and providing financial help for schools and colleges, run by Kollel Shomrei Hachomos in Israel
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • Fundraising costs are unusually 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
31/03/23£2,549£2,769£-220£40£24£240.130
31/03/22£1,242£1,003£239£17£244£2442.930
31/03/21*£1,876£1,925£-50£31£5£5030
31/03/20£2,050£2,055£-5£37£54£540.330
31/03/19£921£905£16£34£60£600.830
31/03/18*£1,592£1,606£-14£46£44£440.340
31/03/17*£1,539£1,900£-361£20£58£580.410
31/03/16*£1,263£887£376£23£419£4195.700
31/03/15£1,636£1,588£47£53£43£430.300
31/03/14£981£924£56£39£-5£-5-0.130
31/03/13*£1,286£1,308£-22£53£-61£-61-0.620
31/03/12£1,181£1,325£-144£34£-37£-37-0.320
31/03/11*£1,141£1,021£120£52£107£1071.320
31/03/10£1,328£1,480£-152£36£-13£-13-0.120
31/03/09*£1,095£990£104£33£139£1391.700
31/03/08*£1,123£1,227£-103£37£35£350.310
31/03/07*£1,160£1,102£57£32£138£1381.510
31/03/06*£1,312£1,331£-20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05*£968£925£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04*£1,119£1,234£-115£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 1.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 1.4%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 71%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0.1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7
Asset Split ?
Established: 41 years

mrb@swartons.co.uk

02088027862

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Other charitable activities
Where it operates
  • Israel,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • 3 employees

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/10/1983, number: 288023
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
  • Risk management
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR21: 1 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 1 days late, AR13: 173 days late, AR11: 0 days late, AR09: 233 days late, AR08: 51 days late, AR07: 412 days late, AR06: 219 days late, AR05: 22 days late, AR04: 114 days late,
Main office

88 QUEEN ELIZABETHS WALK
LONDON
N16 5UQ

Objectives

FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF JEWISH EDUCATION AND THE JEWISH RELIGION IN PARTICULAR BY ASSISTING POOR PERSONS WITH ALL NECESSARY RELIEF AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE HOUSING AND OLD AGE CARE FACILITIES AND PROVIDING FINANCIAL HELP FOR THE SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES RUN BY THE ORIGINAL CHARITY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

ISRAEL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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