FRIENDS OF NACHALAS BNEI SHIMON

Registered charity 1009564 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF YESHIVAS NACHLAS BNEI SAIMON, NACHLAS BNEI SHIMON

Furtherance of religious education and research.

Objects

TO MAINTAIN SUPPORT AND FURTHER SUCH OF THE PURPOSES AND ACTIVITIES OF THE COLLEGE AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£194k
Latest spending
£172k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £47,855, supported by a 32% rise in donation income to £194,398. The charity reported a net income surplus of £21,966 after reducing grantmaking expenditure. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The trustees do not seek to maintain reserves, other than to ensure that they can continue the activities of the charity. (reserves figure: £48k)
“The trustees do not seek to maintain reserves, other than to ensure that they can continue the activities of the charity.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2021 (received 02/03/2022, 25 days after the 05/02/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£194k£172k
05/04/2024£147k£191k
05/04/2023£190k£124k
05/04/2022£102k£135k
05/04/2021£203k£178k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF NACHALAS BNEI SHIMON financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £47,855, supported by a 32% rise in donation income to £194,398. The charity reported a net income surplus of £21,966 after reducing grantmaking expenditure. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FRIENDS OF NACHALAS BNEI SHIMON?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FRIENDS OF NACHALAS BNEI SHIMON as a grant recipient include THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£11k
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024Unverified read£6kCharitable Donations
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2kGeneral charitable purposes
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kEducation
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023Unverified read£1kGeneral charitable purposes

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF NACHALAT OSHER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FRIENDS OF NACHALAS BNEI SHIMON£194k—0above—no doubt
FRIENDS OF NACHALAT OSHER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£153k—0above—no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF NISHMAS YISROEL FY2024£21k—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE CHAZON ISH INSTITUTIONS FY2025£110k—0unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF GALANTA FY2025£727k—0unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF YESHIVAS CHAYEI MOISHE FY2025£213k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.