UK Friends of Herzog Hospital

Registered charity 1024814 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH FRIENDS OF HERZOG HOSPITAL, BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE SARAH HERZOG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Promote and provide financial assistance for the Herzog Hospital in Jerusalem

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£297k

Latest spending

£149k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had total funds of £339,968 at the year end, representing a net increase from the previous year. The trustees report that the charity continues to support innovative therapy programs and treatments, with no material uncertainties affecting its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to cover annual operating costs (held: £340k)

“The policy of the board is to maintain sufficient reserves to cover annual operating costs.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Total income

£508k

Total spending

£203k

Reserves (reported)

£426k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~25.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

JONATHAN LAUFFERchair
Dr Michael Barry Fertleman
Rachelle Goldberg · trustee of 3 other charities
STEPHEN JOHN FORMAN · trustee of 3 other charities
Sandra Ruth Dangoor · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£297k	£149k
31/12/2023	£409k	£336k
31/12/2022	£474k	£781k
31/12/2021	£508k	£203k
31/12/2020	£204k	£149k

Common questions

Is UK Friends of Herzog Hospital financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had total funds of £339,968 at the year end, representing a net increase from the previous year. The trustees report that the charity continues to support innovative therapy programs and treatments, with no material uncertainties affecting its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds UK Friends of Herzog Hospital?

Funders whose own accounts filings name UK Friends of Herzog Hospital as a grant recipient include THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION, LOFTUS CHARITABLE TRUST, CRAPS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION	FY2025	£278k
LOFTUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£65k	Relief of poverty and ill-health
CRAPS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£25k
CRAPS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£25k
CRAPS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£4k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	2	£292k
JNF CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£93k
UOHC FOUNDATION LTD	1	£60k
THE WIGODER FAMILY FOUNDATION	1	£35k
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£27k
THE IAN & NATALIE LIVINGSTONE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
THE STEINBERG FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k
THE RICHARD HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£11k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRIENDS OF ALYN ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, JERUSALEM.

THE FRIENDS OF ALYN ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, JERUSALEM income £208k
BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE SHEBA MEDICAL CENTRE AT TEL HASHOMER income £359k
BRITISH FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH ISRAEL income £2.6m
BRITISH FRIENDS OF YAD EZRA VESHULAMIT income £121k
HADASSAH MEDICAL RELIEF ASSOCIATION U.K. income £1.1m
FRIENDS OF THE HOLY LAND income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
UK Friends of Herzog Hospital	£297k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF ALYN ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, JERUSALEM FY2025	£208k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE SHEBA MEDICAL CENTRE AT TEL HASHOMER FY2025	£359k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH ISRAEL FY2024	£2.6m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF YAD EZRA VESHULAMIT FY2025	£121k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HADASSAH MEDICAL RELIEF ASSOCIATION U.K. FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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