Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Only 4 Trustees: -1

Grant maker support: +6

Overall GiG Score: 7

THE GESHEREU SUPPORT NETWORK

To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people of all ages who have been raised in or have spent a significant part of their lives in strict closed religious communities (in particular ultraorthodox Jewish communities) and having left their communities, from remaining socially excluded.

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Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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

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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	£58	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/12/21	£30	£41	£-11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/12/20	£44	£23	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/12/19	£27	£24	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/12/18	£17	£16	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	8
31/12/17	£16	£14	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£20	£16	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£37	£30	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£11	£11	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 10 years

www.geshereu.org.uk

admin@geshereu.org.uk

02089522028

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Provides advocacy/advice/information

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 volunteers

Who's supporting 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
Trust for London - GesherEU Support Network
£1,460	29/09/2022	This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-04.02.2020-8449
National Lottery Community Fund - Welfare & communications support
£151,049	25/02/2022	The project is using funding to support ultra-orthodox Jewish people living in Harrow Barnet Hackney and Manchester who are looking to leave or have already left the ultra-orthodox community through ....more The project is using funding to support ultra-orthodox Jewish people living in Harrow Barnet Hackney and Manchester who are looking to leave or have already left the ultra-orthodox community through early-stage support counselling and tutoring. The project aims to improve mental health reduce isolation encourage integration into society and provide crisis support.
Trust for London - GesherEU Support Network
£43,000	10/06/2020 36	The funding is for a three year part-time Community Co-ordinator's post for GesherEU to help disenfranchised ex-Charedi (ultra-orthodox Jewish) service-users to become active and integrated part of ....more The funding is for a three year part-time Community Co-ordinator's post for GesherEU to help disenfranchised ex-Charedi (ultra-orthodox Jewish) service-users to become active and integrated part of modern, multi-cultural Britain by supporting them on their journey and building with them a new “family and community” of similarly affected people.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Development Project
£9,600	25/07/2019 12	The funding will be used to employ a community support worker to deal with increased service demands. The project aims to provide support to people who have recently left the Orthodox Jewish ....more The funding will be used to employ a community support worker to deal with increased service demands. The project aims to provide support to people who have recently left the Orthodox Jewish community.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

MORDECHAY KALIKSHTEIN Appointed: 2024

DAVID MICHAEL LEWIS Appointed: 2021

PETER ANTHONY WEBER Appointed: 2014

ROBERT EDWARD BERNARD Appointed: 2014

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/05/2014, number: 1157062

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

9 returns made; all on time

Main office

1st Floor
Healthaid House
Marlborough Hill
HARROW
Middlesex
HA1 1UD

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE OF ALL AGES WHO HAVE BEEN RAISED IN OR HAVE SPENT A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THEIR LIVES IN STRICT CLOSED RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES (IN PARTICULAR ULTRAORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITIES) AND HAVING LEFT THEIR COMMUNITIES, FROM REMAINING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY AND TO DO ALL SUCH OTHER THINGS AS ARE NECESSARY FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTS.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS:UNEMPLOYMENT;FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER REASSIGNMENT;POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN;POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

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