TOV VCHESED

Registered charity 1071066 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHEVEL LIBRARY CHARITABLE TRUST

The charity collects funds in order to distribute to the needy and to promote Orthodox Jewish religion and education

Objects

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Salford, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£952k
Latest spending
£541k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £1,623,208, with net income for the year reaching £411,062. The trustees confirm that funds are sufficient to permit the Trust to continue in operation. Governance costs were reported at £8,056.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 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.

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 30/06/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2021 (received 20/11/2022, 293 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income
£952k
Total spending
£541k
Reserves (reported)
£1.6m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~36.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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

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

Operates in: Manchester City · Salford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£952k£541k
31/03/2024£308k£194k
31/03/2023£390k£374k
31/03/2022£448k£259k
31/03/2021£438k£257k

Common questions

Is TOV VCHESED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £1,623,208, with net income for the year reaching £411,062. The trustees confirm that funds are sufficient to permit the Trust to continue in operation. Governance costs were reported at £8,056. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TOV VCHESED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TOV VCHESED as a grant recipient include SF FOUNDATION, ZICHRON MORDECHAI TRUST, FRANKGIVING LIMITED, BHATZLOCHO TRUST LTD.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SF FOUNDATIONFY2025£53k
ZICHRON MORDECHAI TRUSTFY2024£10kRelief of poverty
FRANKGIVING LIMITEDFY2025£9k
FRANKGIVING LIMITEDFY2024£8k
BHATZLOCHO TRUST LTDFY2025£5k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund13/09/2024£20kBrunch2Bond
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2021£10kPP - Preventing Poverty

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TORATH CHESED YESHIVA TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
TOV VCHESED£952k——unclear—no doubt
THE TORATH CHESED YESHIVA TRUST FY2025£325k—0unclear—no doubt
TZEDOKAH VCHESED FY2025£44k—0unclear—no doubt
TOIMCHEI YOM TOV MANCHESTER FY2025£394k—0unclear—no doubt
AHAVAS SHALOM TRUST FY2025£367k—0below—no doubt
KUPAT CHAIM V'CHESED FY2025£974k—0unclear—no doubt

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