KEREN SHMUEL

Registered charity 1058334 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · repeated filing default (register status)

Makes grants to organisations (including schools, charities etc)

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£531k

Latest spending

£498k

Registered

1996

Accounts read

FY2022

Financial health, per its FY2022 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total net assets of £170,185 at the end of the financial year, with unrestricted funds amounting to £8,679. The trustees' report indicates that the charity aims to maintain reserves equivalent to twelve months of unrestricted charitable expenditure, a target significantly higher than the current unrestricted balance. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were materially non-compliant.

Automated summary of the FY2022 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £9k; policy: approximately twelve months of unrestricted charitable expenditure)

“The trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately twelve months of unrestricted charitable expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2022 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Charity Commission inquiry

Per the Commission’s published report. Summary is automated; the official report is authoritative.

Regulator actions

Fundraising Regulator: Charity Inquiry: Keren Shmuel (18/10/2024)

inquiry report: Charity Commission Inquiry into Keren Shmuel.

Official record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2022)

Total income

£531k

Total spending

£498k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

AVRAHAM ABA SILBERBERG · trustee of 1 other charity
Meir Yerachmeil Glaser

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

Operates in: Belgium · Canada · France · Israel · Poland · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	—	—
31/03/2024	—	—
31/12/2022	£531k	£498k
31/12/2021	£732k	£724k
31/12/2020	£988k	£1.0m

Common questions

Is KEREN SHMUEL financially healthy?

Per its FY2022 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total net assets of £170,185 at the end of the financial year, with unrestricted funds amounting to £8,679. The trustees' report indicates that the charity aims to maintain reserves equivalent to twelve months of unrestricted charitable expenditure, a target significantly higher than the current unrestricted balance. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were materially non-compliant. Its FY2022 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds KEREN SHMUEL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KEREN SHMUEL as a grant recipient include ANEINU LIMITED, NES FOUNDATION LTD, COL-RENO LIMITED, THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS, PENINIM CHARITY TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ANEINU LIMITED	FY2024	£36k	educational purposes or for the relief of poverty
NES FOUNDATION LTD	FY2024	£33k
COL-RENO LIMITED	FY2022	£24k
THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS	FY2024	£20k	Grant to institution
COL-RENO LIMITED	FY2023	£20k
COL-RENO LIMITED	FY2024	£20k
COL-RENO LIMITED	FY2025	£13k
PENINIM CHARITY TRUST	FY2023	£13k
UOHC SUPERVISION LTD	FY2024	£13k
PENINIM CHARITY TRUST	FY2024	£8k
BORBAT LIMITED	FY2024	£8k
PENINIM CHARITY TRUST	FY2022	£5k

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
SF FOUNDATION	2	£83k
THE AA TRUST	2	£23k
WOODLANDS GREEN LTD	2	£15k
ASHKELON FOUNDATION	1	£438k
CMZ LTD	1	£351k
THREE PILLARS TRUST	1	£343k
LPW LIMITED	1	£291k
YAD SHLOMO TRUST	1	£223k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KEREN TRUST.

KEREN TRUST income £179k
KEREN HATZOLO income £587k
ALLIED SCHOOLS AGENCY LIMITED income £354k
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
MEKADSHEI SHEVEI CHARITABLE TRUST income £156k
BRITISH FRIENDS OF DARCHE NOAM income £139k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KEREN SHMUEL	£531k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
KEREN TRUST FY2025	£179k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KEREN HATZOLO FY2024	£587k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ALLIED SCHOOLS AGENCY LIMITED FY2025	£354k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025	£834k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MEKADSHEI SHEVEI CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£156k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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