BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE BIBLE LANDS MUSEUM, JERUSALEM

Registered charity 1062357 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's aims are to support the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem. It does this by administering the trust fund and its income and applying them for the furtherance of education. The policies adopted in furtherance of these objects are to distribute the funds as and when the trustees see fit.

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Latest income

£1.3m

Latest spending

£833k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,432,176, a decrease from the previous year's £10,190,090, largely due to a £4,025,000 revaluation loss on investment properties. The trustees report adequate resources to continue operations and confirm no material uncertainties exist regarding going concern. The charity holds no employees and relies on investment income to fund its charitable grants.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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 forthcoming year (held: £6.4m)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves 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 forthcoming year.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: A Noam, a trustee who resigned on 1 November 2024 is a director of Novest Limited which provides property advise to the charity's property investment subsidiary, Gilgamesh (Broxbourne & Portslade) Limited at a cost of £Nil (2023- £6,600).

“Trustees are not remunerated. The trust deed includes a professional charging clause permitting remuneration of trustees who are solicitors, accountants and other professionals. A Noam, a trustee who resigned on 1 November 2024 is a director of Novest Limited which provides property advise to the charity's property investment subsidiary, Gilgamesh (Broxbourne & Portslade) Limited at a cost of £Nil (2023- £6,600).” — page 25

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Harold Everett Wreford LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£1.3m

Total spending

£833k

Cost of raising funds

£50k

Reserves (reported)

£8.5m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~122.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (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: 3.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

BATYA BOROWSKIchair
Dr Daniel Eilon
RICHARD KAUFMAN · trustee of 3 other charities
Zvi Nixon

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

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.3m	£833k
31/03/2024	£1.2m	£971k
31/03/2023	£1.1m	£933k
31/03/2022	£1.1m	£808k
31/03/2021	£1.2m	£782k

Common questions

Is BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE BIBLE LANDS MUSEUM, JERUSALEM financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,432,176, a decrease from the previous year's £10,190,090, largely due to a £4,025,000 revaluation loss on investment properties. The trustees report adequate resources to continue operations and confirm no material uncertainties exist regarding going concern. The charity holds no employees and relies on investment income to fund its charitable grants. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Harold Everett Wreford LLP.

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
COL-RENO LIMITED	2	£42k
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITED	2	£21k
The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation	1	£1.6m
THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£900k
THE MARCUS MARGULIES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£767k
THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION	1	£641k
SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£388k
DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£355k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRIENDS OF NEVE YERUSHALAYIM SEMINARY TRUST.

THE FRIENDS OF NEVE YERUSHALAYIM SEMINARY TRUST income £134k
THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY income £334k
BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE ART MUSEUMS OF ISRAEL income £1.7m
BRITISH FRIENDS OF BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM income £703k
FRIENDS OF EIDAH CHAREIDIS ORTHODOX COUNCIL OF JERUSALEM income £215k
THE JERUSALEM FOUNDATION income £3.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE BIBLE LANDS MUSEUM, JERUSALEM	£1.3m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF NEVE YERUSHALAYIM SEMINARY TRUST FY2024	£134k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY FY2025	£334k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE ART MUSEUMS OF ISRAEL FY2024	£1.7m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FY2025	£703k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF EIDAH CHAREIDIS ORTHODOX COUNCIL OF JERUSALEM FY2024	£215k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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