4 CHARITY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1077143 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LES FRERES CHARITABLE TRUST

Providing grants to charitable institutions and organisations which comply with the objects of the charity which include social welfare, relief of poverty andprovision of education with special emphasis on Jewish needs.

Objects

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC; AND (2) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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

Registered contact address: Barnet, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £2,791,179, while the charity reported a net income of £313,711 for the year. The trustees note that the charity remains reliant on investment income and reserves to fund its grant-making activities, which totaled £989,734. Although the trustees acknowledge global economic pressures, they confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Cohen Arnold. Discloses 3 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting 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 03790215 · Financial health read from its filings
• Trading subsidiary: 4 BRENTWOOD LTD Companies House 10113275 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• SCHIMMEL, Nathaniel Eugene — director, appointed 27/10/2021on trustee list
• SCHIMMEL, Jonathan Benjamin — director, appointed 21/09/2015on trustee list
• SCHIMMEL, Jacob — director, appointed 10/06/1999on trustee list
• SCHIMMEL, Verette — secretary, appointed 21/01/2018

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~32.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (85% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jacob Schimmel · trustee of 4 other charities
• Jonathan Benjamin Schimmel
• Nathaniel Schimmel
• VERETTE SCHIMMEL · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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