THE FRIENDS OF ALEXANDER INSTITUTIONS TRUST

Registered charity 1055077 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE (F.A.T)

During the year, the company's principal activity was the provision and distribution of grants tocharities.

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.1m

Latest spending

£1.1m

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £1,905 at the year-end, a significant increase from the previous year's deficit of £53,296. The trustees identified financial sustainability as the major financial risk but confirmed that adequate resources exist to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity generated total income of £1,105,926, primarily from donations, and distributed £1,043,022 in grants and donations to other charitable institutions.

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 (held: £2k)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserve 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.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations received from related parties totalled £621,648 (2024: 493,197).

“During the year, donations received from related parties totalled £621,648 (2024: 493,197). Other debtors include £3,800 (2024: £3,800) due from Zedoko Vochessed Ltd, a charity with a common trustee. Other creditors include £15,900 (2024: £8,400) due to Dina Perelman Trust Limited, a charity with a common trustee. Also included in other creditors is £31,550 (2024: £31,550) due to Mr A Perelman, a trustee of the charity and £9,900 (2024: £Nil) due to Tollshunt Ltd, a company in which a trustees also serves as director.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cohen Arnold. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.1m

Total spending

£1.1m

Reserves (reported)

£73k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ASHER I PERELMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
Aryeh Piekarski
Isaac Freylich

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

Operates in: Israel · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.1m	£1.1m
31/03/2024	£1.0m	£1.1m
31/03/2023	£1.4m	£1.3m
31/03/2022	£957k	£1.0m
31/03/2021	£708k	£766k

Common questions

Is THE FRIENDS OF ALEXANDER INSTITUTIONS TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £1,905 at the year-end, a significant increase from the previous year's deficit of £53,296. The trustees identified financial sustainability as the major financial risk but confirmed that adequate resources exist to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future. The charity generated total income of £1,105,926, primarily from donations, and distributed £1,043,022 in grants and donations to other charitable institutions. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cohen Arnold.

Who funds THE FRIENDS OF ALEXANDER INSTITUTIONS TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FRIENDS OF ALEXANDER INSTITUTIONS TRUST as a grant recipient include DINA PERELMAN TRUST LIMITED, KEREN AMHA LIMITED, E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITED, STRAWBERRY CARE FOUNDATION LIMITED, MOSDOS HATORAH PNEI MENACHEM LTD.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
DINA PERELMAN TRUST LIMITED	FY2023	£715k
DINA PERELMAN TRUST LIMITED	FY2025	£500k
DINA PERELMAN TRUST LIMITED	FY2022	£498k
DINA PERELMAN TRUST LIMITED	FY2024	£447k
KEREN AMHA LIMITED	FY2025	£30k
KEREN AMHA LIMITED	FY2024	£15k
E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITED	FY2023	£10k
STRAWBERRY CARE FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2023	£5k	Relief of Poverty
MOSDOS HATORAH PNEI MENACHEM LTD	FY2023	£5k
MOSDOS HATORAH PNEI MENACHEM LTD	FY2022	£5k
STRAWBERRY CARE FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2025	£5k
STRAWBERRY CARE FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2022	£3k	Other general charitable purposes

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
MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED	1	£21k
SOLEV CO LIMITED	1	£17k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALEX HOGG MEMORIAL TRUST LIMITED.

ALEX HOGG MEMORIAL TRUST LIMITED income £847k
BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE CHAZON ISH INSTITUTIONS income £110k
THE GRANT FOUNDATION income £185k
THE ALEXANDER MOSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST income £5.8m
FRIENDS OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING income £493k
CHARITWORTH LIMITED income £3.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE FRIENDS OF ALEXANDER INSTITUTIONS TRUST	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ALEX HOGG MEMORIAL TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£847k	—	within	—	no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE CHAZON ISH INSTITUTIONS FY2025	£110k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE GRANT FOUNDATION FY2024	£185k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE ALEXANDER MOSLEY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£5.8m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF THE INSTITUTE OF CHRIST THE KING FY2025	£493k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt

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