BOARD OF DEPUTIES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Registered charity 1058107 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOARD OF DEPUTIES OF BRITISH JEWS, THE BOARD OF DEPUTIES
Relating to any part of world:--advancement of the education of the public & the knowledge & understanding of Judaism & Jewish history & culture; the promotion of research into those disciplines; the promotion of good race relations between the Jewish community & the rest of society; the promotion of the efficiency of the police within the community at large & the promotion of good citizenship
Objects
(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH RELIGION IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD; (B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, NEED OR HARDSHIP AMONG JEWISH PEOPLE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD; (C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD) IN THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF JUDAISM AND JEWISH HISTORY AND CULTURE; (D) THE PROMOTION, IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, OF RESEARCH INTO THOSE DISCIPLINES COMPRISED IN THE SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES WHICH RELATE TO THE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND FUNCTIONING OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND THE SOCIAL RELATIONS OF INDIVIDUALS AS MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; (E) THE PROMOTION, IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, OF GOOD RACE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND OTHER MEMBERS OF SOCIETY BY WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF RACISM IN THE FORM OF ANTI-SEMITISM; (F) THE PROMOTION OF THE EFFICIENCY OF THE POLICE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND THE PROMOTION OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND THE MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO RACIALLY MOTIVATED, ESPECIALLY ANTI-SEMITIC, CRIME
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 · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a consolidated net surplus of £457,684 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by a core operating surplus and investment gains. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted and undesignated reserves of £1,290,000 are equivalent to 10 months of budgeted unrestricted expenditure, which is consistent with the charity's stated reserves policy of maintaining between 6 and 12 months' expenditure. The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence on a going concern basis.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: between 6 and 12 months’ budgeted unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £1.3m)
“The Trustees consider that, under normal circumstances and given the nature of the Board's work, this should be between 6 and 12 months’ budgeted unrestricted expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Management fee paid to related company
“The Charity charged a management fee of £57,132 (2024: £44,982) in respect of staff time and overheads provided by the Charity to the Board of Deputies of British Jews Limited.” — page 5
“In 2025 the Charity incurred £16,003 of costs on behalf of the London Jewish Forum (“LJF”), of which £15,000 was expensed as a grant in the year, and £1,003 was due to the Charity at the year-end.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Costs incurred on behalf of London Jewish Forum
“The Charity charged a management fee of £57,132 (2024: £44,982) in respect of staff time and overheads provided by the Charity to the Board of Deputies of British Jews Limited.” — page 5
“In 2025 the Charity incurred £16,003 of costs on behalf of the London Jewish Forum (“LJF”), of which £15,000 was expensed as a grant in the year, and £1,003 was due to the Charity at the year-end.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees and related parties
“The Charity charged a management fee of £57,132 (2024: £44,982) in respect of staff time and overheads provided by the Charity to the Board of Deputies of British Jews Limited.” — page 5
“In 2025 the Charity incurred £16,003 of costs on behalf of the London Jewish Forum (“LJF”), of which £15,000 was expensed as a grant in the year, and £1,003 was due to the Charity at the year-end.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Board of Deputies of British Jews Limited, Board of Deputies Jewish Heritage
“The financial statements therefore consolidate the results of the Charity, Board of Deputies Jewish Heritage and the Board of Deputies of British Jews Limited on the basis of common control.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Year-over-year changes
- Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).
Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed 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.
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- 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
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
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 31/12/2025
- Volunteers: 500
- Government income: £43,100 — contracts £15,600 (1), grants £27,500 (2); 2% of the £1,905,899 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£70,001–£80,000: 1; £130,001–£140,000: 1)
- Has a trading subsidiary
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024
- Government income: £7,900 — grants £7,900 (1); under 1% of the £1,318,359 total gross income on the same return
- Employees paid over £60,000: 3 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 1)
- Has a trading subsidiary
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023
- Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £120,001–£130,000: 1)
- Has a trading subsidiary
Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Michael Wegier — Chief Executive (source)
- Phil Rosenberg — President (source)
- Dame Louise Ellman — Independent Chair (source)
- Adrian Cohen — Senior Vice-President (source)
- Ben Crowne — Treasurer (source)
- Jeremy Michelson — Vice President (source)
- Karen Newman — Vice President (source)
- Dr Toby Greene — Director of Public Affairs (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Public-sector contracts awarded
From the official Contracts Finder and Find a Tender notices (supplier matched by exact registered name). Contract income is distinct from grants.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£54k
Reported reserves equal ~9.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (27/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (12/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Hertfordshire · Throughout London
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BOARD OF DEPUTIES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a consolidated net surplus of £457,684 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by a core operating surplus and investment gains. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted and undesignated reserves of £1,290,000 are equivalent to 10 months of budgeted unrestricted expenditure, which is consistent with the charity's stated reserves policy of maintaining between 6 and 12 months' expenditure. The trustees and auditors confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.
Who funds BOARD OF DEPUTIES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION?
Funders whose own accounts filings name BOARD OF DEPUTIES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPE, The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation, NER YISROEL EDUCATIONAL TRUST, WALTERS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE SIR SIGMUND STERNBERG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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