C E K STERN CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1049157 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide and distribute grants and donations to Orthodox Jewish Charities.

Objects

INCOME AND CAPITAL TO SUCH CHARITIES OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE

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: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Gateshead, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£220k
Latest spending
£318k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £2,634,958, with net assets of £2,677,000. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £177,738 for the year, driven by investment income of £219,876 against total expenditure of £317,707. The trustees consider the financial position of the charity to be satisfactory.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level, which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity and the likely administrative costs of the charity for the next year (reserves figure: £2.6m)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level, which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity and the likely administrative costs of the charity for the next year.” — page 5
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 31/08/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • 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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2022 (received 28/07/2023, 28 days after the 30/06/2023 due date); year ending 31/08/2021 (received 28/07/2022, 28 days after the 30/06/2022 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 · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£220k£318k
31/08/2024£178k£187k
31/08/2023£152k£161k
31/08/2022£153k£159k
31/08/2021£176k£185k

Common questions

Is C E K STERN CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £2,634,958, with net assets of £2,677,000. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £177,738 for the year, driven by investment income of £219,876 against total expenditure of £317,707. The trustees consider the financial position of the charity to be satisfactory. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
BRITISH FRIENDS OF TIFERES CHAIM1£135k
RINA CHARITABLE TRUST1£45k
HAROFEH DONATIONS LIMITED1£15k
BORBAT LIMITED1£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with S C K CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
C E K STERN CHARITABLE TRUST£220k—0unclear—no doubt
S C K CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£260k—0unclear—no doubt
C AND F CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£127k—0unclear—no doubt
CECIL ROSEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£65k—0unclear—no doubt
KTRUST LIMITED FY2025£240kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
THE STANLEY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£29k—0within—no doubt

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