S C K CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1049159 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity applies its income in the provision and distribution of 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: Education/training · 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

£260k

Latest spending

£313k

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted funds of £2,702,427 at the year end, with £170,092 freely available. The trustees consider the position of the charity to be satisfactory and report no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operating.

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: £2.7m)

“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 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Note 4

“Donations received includes £18,950 received from the trustees and entities with which they are connected.” — page 11

“Included within donations made during the year are amounts totalling £6,250 paid to charities whose trustees include trustees of this charity.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Note 9

“Donations received includes £18,950 received from the trustees and entities with which they are connected.” — page 11

“Included within donations made during the year are amounts totalling £6,250 paid to charities whose trustees include trustees of this charity.” — page 12

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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

MRS NAOMI KAUFMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
SIMON KAUFMAN · trustee of 10 other charities

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

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£260k	£313k
05/04/2024	£248k	£368k
05/04/2023	£249k	£296k
05/04/2022	£250k	£195k
05/04/2021	£242k	£207k

Common questions

Is S C K CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted funds of £2,702,427 at the year end, with £170,092 freely available. The trustees consider the position of the charity to be satisfactory and report no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operating. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
C E K STERN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£35k

Charities like this

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

C E K STERN CHARITABLE TRUST income £220k
C AND F CHARITABLE TRUST income £127k
S K CHARITABLE TRUST income £232k
S O CHARITABLE TRUST income £149k
S & J CHARITABLE TRUST income £67k
KTRUST LIMITED income £240k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
S C K CHARITABLE TRUST	£260k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
C E K STERN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£220k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
C AND F CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£127k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
S K CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£232k	—	above	—	no doubt
S O CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£149k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
S & J CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£67k	—	above	—	no doubt

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