Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 1

Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
Fundraising costs low: +3

No volunteer policy: -2
Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +1

Overall GiG Score: 3

UNIVERSITY JEWISH CHAPLAINCY

UJC is an independent charity that exists solely to provide all Jewish students across the UK with chaplains. These carefully selected husband and wife teams are available 24/7 to offer practical, welfare, spiritual, educational support, guidance and encouragement to all Jewish students irrespective of background and affiliation. Whatever your need our chaplains are there for you.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years 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
31/08/23		£1,040	£1,211	£-171	£66	£507	£463	4.6	24	50
31/08/22		£787	£1,012	£-225	£0	£678	£644	7.6	11	50
31/08/21		£1,470	£796	£674	£49	£903	£884	13.3	22	20
31/08/20		£961	£788	£173	£0	£229	£205	3.1	9	20
31/08/19		£1,529	£883	£646	£0	£56	£49	0.7	21	20
31/08/18		£640	£870	£-229	£0	£-590	£-605	-8.4	18	0
31/08/17		£661	£824	£-162	£0	£-360	£-386	-5.6	13	0
31/08/16		£756	£774	£-18	£0	£-198	£-230	-3.6	13	0
31/08/15		£667	£666	£2	£4	£-180	£-192	-3.5	13	0
31/08/14		£610	£625	£-15	£4	£-182	£-185	-3.5	13	0
31/08/13		£596	£615	£-18	£3	£-167	£-169	-3.3	12	0
31/08/12		£745	£859	£-114	£2	£-149	£-149	-2.1	16	0
31/08/11	*	£696	£844	£-148	£4	£-35	£-35	-0.5	20	0
31/08/10		£753	£773	£-20	£3	£113	£100	1.5	16	0
31/08/09		£651	£518	£133	£3	£133	£81	1.9	14	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 6.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 5.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 14%
Highest pay band: £70,000-£80,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 91%
Reserves/Spending: 4.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 11.2

Asset Split ?

Established: 16 years

www.mychaplaincy.co.uk

office@mychaplaincy.co.uk

02083435678

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Education/Training
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Jewish religious associations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Scotland, Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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
National Lottery Community Fund - Empowering All Students: Diversity and Inclusion in action on Campus
£10,000	17/08/2018 12	The organisation will use the funding to run training sessions for chaplains and help them provide ongoing support for Jewish people at university. There will be a particular focus on developing ....more The organisation will use the funding to run training sessions for chaplains and help them provide ongoing support for Jewish people at university. There will be a particular focus on developing better tools to support LGBTQ+ students.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:

CATHERINE LOUISE LENSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Managing Partner

JEMMA LEVENE Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Charity Worker

MR J LEWIS, Other trusteeship: DELTA TRUST,

MR U GOLDBERG (Chair), Other trusteeships: CHANA CHARITABLE TRUST, CHANA CHARITY LTD,

NEVILLE SOLOMON LEVY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: None

NICOLA LOUISE LIVINGSTON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Retired

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 23/09/2008, number: 1126031
Registered at Companies House on 25/03/2008, number: 06543595

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Event History

17/04/2013 - Asset transfer in from UNIVERSITY JEWISH CHAPLAINCY BOARD
07/04/2022 - Asset transfer in from ACHIEZER
15/02/2024 - Asset transfer in from MIDLAND REGION CHAPLAINCY BOARD
12/04/2024 - Asset transfer in from ENSIX CHARITABLE TRUST

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Filing Record

15 returns made; AR11: 16 days late,

Recent reorganisation events:

Asset transfer in from ACHIEZER on 07/04/2022
Asset transfer in from MIDLAND REGION CHAPLAINCY BOARD on 15/02/2024
Asset transfer in from ENSIX CHARITABLE TRUST on 12/04/2024

Main office

305 BALLARDS LANE
LONDON
N12 8GB

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE SOCIAL WELFARE, SPIRITUAL AND EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF JEWISH STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND TO PROMOTE, IMPROVE AND DEVELOP JEWISH EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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