KOLLEL AND CO LIMITED

Registered charity 1077180 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity is constituted as a company limited by guarantee, and is therefore governed by a memorandum and articles of association. The objects of the charity are;1. The advancement of education and religion in accordance with the doctrines of the Jewish Religion.2. The relief of poverty.3. Any other purpose considered charitable under the Charities Act.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.4m

Latest spending

£1.6m

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds £3.76m in reserves but is currently in a position of net current liabilities. The trustees consider that adequate resources continue to be available to fund activities for the foreseeable future, noting that donations are paid on a discretionary basis.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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 next year (held: £3.8m)

“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 next year.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The Trustees recognise that they have the ability to exercise control over the charity's grant making charitable activities due to the absence of any legally binding obligations.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from companies with directors who are family members of trustees

“£370,250 (2024: £346,800) of the donation income was received from Companies whose directors are family members with the trustees of this charity.” — page 27

“£100,000 (2024: £105,000) of the donation income was received from Charities whose trustees are family members with the trustees of this charity.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from charities with trustees who are family members of trustees

“£370,250 (2024: £346,800) of the donation income was received from Companies whose directors are family members with the trustees of this charity.” — page 27

“£100,000 (2024: £105,000) of the donation income was received from Charities whose trustees are family members with the trustees of this charity.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Management fees paid to companies with directors who are family members or trustees

“£370,250 (2024: £346,800) of the donation income was received from Companies whose directors are family members with the trustees of this charity.” — page 27

“£100,000 (2024: £105,000) of the donation income was received from Charities whose trustees are family members with the trustees of this charity.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cohen Arnold. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).
Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Total income

£1.4m

Total spending

£1.6m

Cost of raising funds

£164k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 11.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Judith Weiss
Rachel Kalish
SIMON LOW
Sam Low · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Barnet · Gateshead · Hackney · Haringey · Salford City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2025	£1.4m	£1.6m
31/01/2024	£1.1m	£2.0m
31/01/2023	£883k	£788k
31/01/2022	£1.4m	£1.4m
31/01/2021	£863k	£1.8m

Common questions

Is KOLLEL AND CO LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds £3.76m in reserves but is currently in a position of net current liabilities. The trustees consider that adequate resources continue to be available to fund activities for the foreseeable future, noting that donations are paid on a discretionary basis. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cohen Arnold.

Who funds KOLLEL AND CO LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KOLLEL AND CO LIMITED as a grant recipient include GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED, NASOD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED	FY2024	£108k
NASOD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£65k	Advancement of the Jewish Education
NASOD CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£65k
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED	FY2023	£50k

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
UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTD	2	£1.4m
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	2	£658k
MOUNDFIELD CHARITIES LIMITED	2	£412k
UTRY	2	£150k
REIFER MEMORIAL LIMITED	2	£67k
SF FOUNDATION	2	£58k
ELPOLD CHARITIES LIMITED	2	£38k
TRUEMART LIMITED	2	£13k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KOLLEL TORAH VE YIRAH LIMITED.

KOLLEL TORAH VE YIRAH LIMITED income £926k
KOLLEL HACHODOSH income £121k
THE KOLEL LIMITED income £136k
KOLLEL VEYOEL MOSHE income £988k
KOLLEL KINYAN HASHAS LTD income £636k
FRIENDS OF WMSBG-KOLEL DAMESEK ELIEZER income £414k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KOLLEL AND CO LIMITED	£1.4m	—	0	above	—	noted
KOLLEL TORAH VE YIRAH LIMITED FY2025	£926k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
KOLLEL HACHODOSH FY2025	£121k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE KOLEL LIMITED FY2025	£136k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
KOLLEL VEYOEL MOSHE FY2025	£988k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
KOLLEL KINYAN HASHAS LTD FY2025	£636k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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