NEW ISRAEL FUND

Registered charity 1060081 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

NEW ISRAEL FUND IS THE LEADING ORGANISATION STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY AND EQUALITY IN ISRAEL. NIF HELPS DEVELOP ISRAEL'S CIVIL SOCIETY ON ISSUES INCLUDING SHARED SOCIETY, SOCIAL JUSTICE, MINORITY RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS. THIS IS ACHIEVED THROUGH GRANT-MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY-BUILDING, AND DELIVERING PROJECTS. IN THE UK WE RUN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON THESE ISSUES.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£3.5m

Latest spending

£3.6m

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an underlying surplus of £309,000 for the year, adjusted for a one-off transfer of funds allocated in early 2024. Total unrestricted funds stood at £963,723, which exceeds the board's stated minimum reserves target of £426,350, providing sufficient liquidity to meet the six-month fixed operating costs policy.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £120,001 - £130,000 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)

“One employee received emoluments (including benefits in kind) between £70,000 and £80,000 and one employee received emoluments between £120,000 and £130,000” — page 31

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 2

“One employee received emoluments (including benefits in kind) between £70,000 and £80,000 and one employee received emoluments between £120,000 and £130,000” — page 31

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Fundraising cost ratio: 7.7% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“The cost of raising funds was £261,000 (compared with£228,000 in 2023).” — page 12

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months fixed operating costs (held: £964k)

“The board’s reserves policy, reviewed annually, is to maintain a minimum level of six months fixed operating costs. The minimum unrestricted reserve goal for 2024 was set at £426,350.” — page 12

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Top pay band moved from £100,001 - £110,000 (FY2023) to £120,001 - £130,000 (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — New Israel Fund (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

—

Total spending

£3.6m

Cost of raising funds

£261k

Reserves (reported)

£964k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 5.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (11/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Noeleen Cohenchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Alex Marcuson
Andrew Leek
Anna Roiser
Edward Millett
Elizabeth Harris-Sawczenko OBE
Joel Rosen
Karen Kaufman
Paul Amit
Suzanne Caroline Jacobs

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

Operates in: Israel · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£3.5m	£3.6m
31/12/2023	£4.1m	£4.1m
31/12/2022	£3.8m	£3.1m
31/12/2021	£2.5m	£2.8m
31/12/2020	£2.8m	£2.6m

Common questions

Is NEW ISRAEL FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an underlying surplus of £309,000 for the year, adjusted for a one-off transfer of funds allocated in early 2024. Total unrestricted funds stood at £963,723, which exceeds the board's stated minimum reserves target of £426,350, providing sufficient liquidity to meet the six-month fixed operating costs policy. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by HaysMac LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of NEW ISRAEL FUND earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £120,001 - £130,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds NEW ISRAEL FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NEW ISRAEL FUND as a grant recipient include THE JUSACA CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, PRISM THE GIFT FUND, THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUST, THE CAROLE AND GEOFFREY LAWSON FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JUSACA CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£225k
THE JUSACA CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£140k	humanitarian purposes
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£120k	Core Funding
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	FY2024	£104k	Gender Equality and Human Rights
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£85k	Core funding
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£73k	Shared society emergency grant
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£71k	Sheli fund micro grants pool
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2021	£69k	Shared Society programme and Core Funding
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£67k	Core funding
THE JUSACA CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£66k	humanitarian purposes
THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2022	£57k
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£56k	Project
THE CAROLE AND GEOFFREY LAWSON FOUNDATION	FY2025	£50k
THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£50k
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£45k	Responses for emergency grants
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2021	£44k	Sheli fund micro grants pool
THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST	FY2025	£40k	Social Service
SOLEV CO LIMITED	FY2023	£37k
CHOOSE LOVE	FY2025	£32k
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2021	£28k	Support for Joint public transportation project
THE MARQUE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£25k
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£22k	Core funding
THE CAROLE AND GEOFFREY LAWSON FOUNDATION	FY2024	£21k
THE HARBOUR FOUNDATION	FY2024	£20k	Social Organisations
THE ALAN AND BABETTE SAINSBURY CHARITABLE FUND	FY2023	£20k	Towards its Gender Equality Programme.
THE JIGSAW NETWORK C.I.O.	FY2024	£20k
THE KATHLEEN HANNAY MEMORIAL CHARITY	FY2025	£20k
THE SIR SIGMUND STERNBERG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£18k
THE HARBOUR FOUNDATION	FY2022	£18k	Social Organisations
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2021	£17k	New shared society initiatives
THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2025	£15k
THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2024	£15k
THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST	FY2023	£15k	Social Service
CRAPS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£15k
CRAPS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£13k
THE SIR SIGMUND STERNBERG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£13k	Grant
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£12k	Core Funding
THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST	FY2022	£10k
THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10k
THE MARQUE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£8k
THE HARBOUR FOUNDATION	FY2023	£8k	Social Organisations
Thomas Waley-Cohen Charitable Trust	FY2025	£5k
THE SIR SIGMUND STERNBERG CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k	Interfaith Activities
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)	FY2022	£5k	contribution towards the Kelim online learning programme
CRAPS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k
THE PHILLIPS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k
THE CASCIA TRUST	FY2024	£3k
THE PHILLIPS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k
THE CASCIA TRUST	FY2023	£2k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)	FY2023	£2k	contribution towards expanding and empowering 'New Gen' young adult community in the UK

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
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	2	£748k
THE DYNA AND FALA WEINSTOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£148k
THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£67k
THE MANNY AND BRIGITTA DAVIDSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£45k
THE BERTIE BLACK FOUNDATION	2	£20k
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£17k
THE J AND H ORLANDER TRUST	2	£13k
THE MURIEL AND GERSHON COREN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£1.8m

Charities like this

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

NER YISROEL EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £997k
ISRAELI CHARITY FOUNDATION income £124k
THE JEWISH PHILANTHROPIC ASSOCIATION FOR ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST income £135k
BRITISH EMUNAH FUND income £1.0m
JNF CHARITABLE TRUST income £21.6m
CFI CHARITABLE TRUST income £735k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NEW ISRAEL FUND	£3.5m	£120,001 - £130,000	2	unclear	7.7%	no doubt
NER YISROEL EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£997k	£100,001 - £110,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
ISRAELI CHARITY FOUNDATION FY2024	£124k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JEWISH PHILANTHROPIC ASSOCIATION FOR ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST FY2025	£135k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH EMUNAH FUND FY2025	£1.0m	—	1	above	—	no doubt
JNF CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£21.6m	—	—	above	0.0%	no doubt

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