WOOLF INSTITUTE

Registered charity 1069589 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7775764 · Wikipedia · also known as CENTRE FOR JEWISH CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF JEWISH-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, CJCR, THE WOOLF INSTITUTE OF ABRAHAMIC FAITHS

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Objects

SUCH CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE BOARD SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING:- (1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE PROMOTION OF: (A) STUDY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE BELIEFS, PRACTICES AND HISTORIES OF THE JEWISH CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM FAITHS; AND (B) WAYS OF IMPROVING MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT AMONG JEWS CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS.(2) THE PROMOTION OF GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN THE JEWISH CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIM COMMUNITIES (IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING FACILITIES WHEREBY MEMBERS OF THESE FAITHS CAN WORK TOGETHER IN DISCUSSION AND INVESTIGATE AREAS OF MUTUAL CONCERN).

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: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cambridge, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £269,253 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £8,998,032 to £8,728,779. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds stood at £6,759,219, which is significantly above the stated reserves policy target of £171,000 to £342,000. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to meet financial obligations for the next 12 to 18 months.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Chater Allan LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03540878

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• TATTERSALL, John Hartley, The Reverend Canon — director, appointed 24/03/2026on trustee list
• SOPHER, Rick — director, appointed 24/03/2026not on trustee list
• BICKERTON, Christopher John, Professor — director, appointed 24/03/2026on trustee list
• IRVANI, Roya — director, appointed 02/04/2025on trustee list
• CHERRY, Stephen Arthur, Revd Dr — director, appointed 01/09/2024on trustee list
• RAVAT, Riaz Ismail — director, appointed 01/09/2024on trustee list
• DANGOOR, Simon Richard Maurice — director, appointed 08/06/2021on trustee list
• HALE, Brenda Marjorie, Lady — director, appointed 08/02/2021on trustee list
• CARLILE, Alexander Charles, Lord — director, appointed 29/09/2020on trustee list
• WOOLF, Jeremy Richard George — director, appointed 23/03/2020on trustee list
• YAMANI, Sarah — director, appointed 10/03/2018on trustee list
• STEVENS, Timothy John, Rt Rev — director, appointed 02/02/2017on trustee list
• ADELMAN, Sally Helen — secretary, appointed 10/06/2025

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £1.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Baroness Brenda Marjorie Hale · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr EDWARD DAVID KESSLER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Stephen Arthur Cherry
• Jeremy Richard George Woolf
• Lord Alexander Carlile
• Professor Christopher Bickerton
• RIAZ ISMAIL RAVAT
• RT REVD TIMOTHY STEVENS
• Rev John Tattersall
• Richard Sopher
• Roya Irvani
• Sarah Yamani
• Simon Richard Maurice Dangoor

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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• WOODROFFE BENTON FOUNDATION income £263k
• THE WATFORD FULLER FOUNDATION income £170k
• THE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY RESEARCH income £201k
• THE TROWBRIDGE ISLAMIC TRUST income £35k
• THE FAITH & BELIEF FORUM income £921k
• THE WHITWORTH CENTRE income £140k

Side by side with its peers

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