BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH

Registered charity 1046309 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEIS MENACHEM

FURTHERENCE OF ORTHODOX JEWISH EDUCATION, RELIEF OF POVERTY AND ANY OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITY

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£705k

Latest spending

£710k

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £4,573 for the period, resulting in net current liabilities of £65,791. The trustees consider the current reserves acceptable given the nature of revenue receipts and have resolved to maintain minimum reserves equal to net current assets. The going concern basis is maintained based on the trustees' intention to raise funds to pay outstanding invoices.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)

“No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2024: Nil).” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: net current assets of the charity (held: £-66k)

“In considering the financial obligations of the charity, the trustees have resolved to maintain a minimum reserve, being the net current assets of the charity.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Although the charity has net current liabilities the trustees are of the opinion that the accounts should be prepared on a going concern basis as the trustees will be fundraising in earnest to ensure these invoices are paid in the next accounting period.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Trustees are also trustees of OYY Lubavitch Boys School; charity donated £126,582 to the school.

“Rabbi Y A Cohen and D Hickson, trustees of the charity, are also trustees of OYY Lubavitch Boys School. During the year, the charity donated £126,582 to OYY Lubavitch Boys School.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£705k

Total spending

£710k

Cost of raising funds

£16k

Reserves (reported)

£852k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~14.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% 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: 2.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID HICKSON
GARY GLICKMAN · trustee of 3 other charities
RABBI JOSEF AKIVA COHEN · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Wigan

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£705k	£710k
31/05/2024	£403k	£489k
31/05/2023	£438k	£191k
31/05/2022	£141k	£145k
31/05/2021	£86k	£85k

Common questions

Is BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £4,573 for the period, resulting in net current liabilities of £65,791. The trustees consider the current reserves acceptable given the nature of revenue receipts and have resolved to maintain minimum reserves equal to net current assets. The going concern basis is maintained based on the trustees' intention to raise funds to pay outstanding invoices. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH as a grant recipient include OYY LUBAVITCH BOYS SCHOOL, YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM, M AND L COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST, JEWISH CHILD'S DAY.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

RABBI JOSEF AKIVA COHEN — trustee here and at OYY LUBAVITCH BOYS SCHOOL
RABBI JOSEF AKIVA COHEN — trustee here and at YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
OYY LUBAVITCH BOYS SCHOOL	FY2025	£77k
OYY LUBAVITCH BOYS SCHOOL	FY2024	£44k
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM	FY2022	£22k
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM	FY2025	£19k
M AND L COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£18k
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM	FY2023	£12k
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM	FY2024	£10k
JEWISH CHILD'S DAY	FY2022	£5k
M AND L COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Sport England	14/01/2026	£11k	StrongHER
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/02/2024	£20k	Community Accessibility; Safety and Opportunity Online Hub
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/05/2022	£9k	Connections
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/12/2020	£7k	COVID support for girls
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	18/12/2019	£10k	"Bal Shem Tov Hasidic Heritage"
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/03/2019	£8k	Here 4 u

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
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	3	£2.3m
LUBAVITCH EDUCATION TRUST	2	£20k
THE KASNER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	—
COMET CHARITIES LTD	1	£5.5m
DELAPAGE LIMITED	1	£1.1m
AMABRILL LTD	1	£241k
SF FOUNDATION	1	£235k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED	1	£217k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BEIS CHINUCH LEBONOS LIMITED.

BEIS CHINUCH LEBONOS LIMITED income £4.6m
SHULEM B. ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £5.1m
CHABAD LUBAVITCH UK income £6.6m
COMET CHARITIES LTD income £3.2m
OYY LUBAVITCH BOYS SCHOOL income £383k
KEHAL CHASIDEI WIZNITZ LIMITED income £642k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	£705k	Under £60,000	0	unclear	—	noted
BEIS CHINUCH LEBONOS LIMITED FY2025	£4.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SHULEM B. ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£5.1m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
CHABAD LUBAVITCH UK FY2024	£6.6m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
COMET CHARITIES LTD FY2025	£3.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
OYY LUBAVITCH BOYS SCHOOL FY2025	£383k	—	0	unclear	—	noted

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