MAYANOT FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1071277 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides financial support to the Mayanot Foundation and other institutions as the charity may deem fit and other charitable causes in the UK and Israel.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£119k

Latest spending

£73k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £11,572 to £56,918 during the year, driven by donations of £118,514 against administrative expenditure of £73,168. The trustees report that systems are in place to mitigate major risks and that they do not anticipate significant changes in the forthcoming year. No employees were present during the year, and the charity held no funds as custodian.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to cover management and administration costs and to respond to emergency applications for grants that arise from time to time (held: £57k)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds at a level sufficient to cover management and administration costs and to respond to emergency applications for grants that arise from time to time.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

RABBI SOLOMON GESTETNERchair
CHAIM RAPOPORT
Kasriel Shemtov
STEVEN VOGEL
Shimon Kessler

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

Operates in: Barnet · Israel

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£119k	£73k
31/12/2024	£88k	£112k
31/12/2023	£111k	£170k
31/12/2022	£102k	£26k
31/12/2021	£80k	£72k

Common questions

Is MAYANOT FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £11,572 to £56,918 during the year, driven by donations of £118,514 against administrative expenditure of £73,168. The trustees report that systems are in place to mitigate major risks and that they do not anticipate significant changes in the forthcoming year. No employees were present during the year, and the charity held no funds as custodian. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MAYANOT FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MAYANOT FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include MAYANOT FOUNDATION, M AND L COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

CHAIM RAPOPORT — trustee here and at MAYANOT FOUNDATION
Kasriel Shemtov — trustee here and at MAYANOT FOUNDATION
RABBI SOLOMON GESTETNER — trustee here and at MAYANOT FOUNDATION
STEVEN VOGEL — trustee here and at MAYANOT FOUNDATION
Shimon Kessler — trustee here and at MAYANOT FOUNDATION

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
MAYANOT FOUNDATION	FY2023	£168k	null
MAYANOT FOUNDATION	FY2025	£72k
MAYANOT FOUNDATION	FY2022	£20k
M AND L COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k
M AND L COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£2k
M AND L COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k
M AND L COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£0