THE SCHONFELD SQUARE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1049179 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEIS PINCHOS, FRADEL LODGE, HOMES FOR FRAIL AND ELDERLY AND MENTALLY ILL, IRENE BALINT CENTRE

The Schonfeld Square Foundation has a wide range of therapeutic and recreational activities for the elderly and infirm and has specialist provision for people with dementia.

Objects

(1) THE RELIEF OF THE AGED, INFIRM AND DISABLED BY: (A) THE PROVISION OF ACCOMODATION, CARE, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND OTHER BENEFITS; (B) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE AGED, INFIRM AND DISABLED AND THEIR CARERS; (C) THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO OTHER REGISTERED CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS WITH OBJECTS SIMILAR TO THOSE REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPHS (A), (B) AND (C) ABOVE. (11) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY. (111) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH EDUCATION. (IV) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE RELIGION OF THE JEWISH FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORTHODOX PRACTICE INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE AS TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE SYNAGOGUE SITUATE WITHIN THE SCHONFELD SQUARE HOME, SCHONFELD SQUARE, LONDON N16 . (V) TOWARDS SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS CHARITABLE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE HACKNEY

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£51k
Latest spending
£94k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £43,211 for the year, which was funded by reserves, reducing total funds from £220,112 to £176,901. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue, and the independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention. Reserves at year-end were £176,901, with £172,188 being unrestricted.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The Trustees intend to use the reserves towards major refurbishments and improvements in Schonfeld Square. (reserves figure: £172k)
“The Trustees intend to use the reserves towards major refurbishments and improvements in Schonfeld Square.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Care Quality Commission. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £5,000 — grants £5,000 (1); 10% of the £50,681 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £200 — grants £200 (1); under 1% of the £20,597 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £9,996 — grants £9,996 (1); 6% of the £171,528 total gross income on the same return

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: Hackney

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£51k£94k
31/03/2024£21k£54k
31/03/2023£172k£77k
31/03/2022£62k£109k
31/03/2021£37k£42k

Common questions

Is THE SCHONFELD SQUARE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £43,211 for the year, which was funded by reserves, reducing total funds from £220,112 to £176,901. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue, and the independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention. Reserves at year-end were £176,901, with £172,188 being unrestricted. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE SCHONFELD SQUARE FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SCHONFELD SQUARE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022Unverified read£1.5mAdvancement of education
THE JOHN R. MURRAY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£5kAdvancement of education

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.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund18/06/2026£20kKeeping Us Young
The National Lottery Community Fund01/07/2022£10kUnited in Talent
The National Lottery Community Fund15/02/2019£10kCommunity Elderly Entertained
The National Lottery Community Fund15/10/2014£10kSummer Respite Getaway

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WYMONDHAM DEMENTIA SUPPORT GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SCHONFELD SQUARE FOUNDATION£51k—0unclear—no doubt
WYMONDHAM DEMENTIA SUPPORT GROUP FY2025£33k—0above—no doubt
SERVICE TO THE AGED FY2025£5.1m——unclear—no doubt
Understanding Dementia FY2025£83k—0unclear—no doubt
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF DEMENTIA FOR SANDWELL FY2025£256k—0unclear—no doubt
THE LINCOLNSFIELDS CENTRE LTD FY2025£534k—0unclear—no doubt

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