ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPE

Registered charity 1083262 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HANADIV CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (EUROPE), THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION EUROPE

The Foundation is established to advance any charitable purpose and to benefit any charity as the trustees in their discretion think fit, primarily by the provision of grants and loans for such charitable purposes which are for the benefit of the Jewish community either in Israel or elsewhere in the world.

Objects

TO ADVANCE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE AND TO BENEFIT ANY CHARITY AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT, PRIMARILY, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND LOANS FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR CHARITIES WHICH ARE FOR THE CHARITABLE BENEFIT OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY EITHER IN ISRAEL OR ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD.

Area of benefit: ISRAEL OR ESLEWHERE IN THE WORLD.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£350k
Latest spending
£8.8m
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintains a nil level of free reserves, relying on its expendable endowment to cover deficits on the unrestricted income fund. The total reserves at year-end were £143,187,275, reflecting a significant increase from the previous year due to investment gains. The Trustees consider there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain a level of reserves which will provide a stable base for the Foundation’s continuing activities while at the same time ensuring excessive funds are not accumulated.
“The Trustees’ policy is to review reserves levels on a regular basis and to maintain a level of reserves which will provide a stable base for the Foundation’s continuing activities while at the same time ensuring excessive funds are not accumulated.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Rent paid to entities of which the President was a trustee
“The Foundation rents the office premises at 14 St James’s Place, London, from entities of which the President was a trustee. In 2025 the rent, rates and service charges amounted to £119,214”
“During the year, six trustees received payments in reimbursement of travel expenses totaling £6,363” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Reimbursement of travel expenses to six trustees
“The Foundation rents the office premises at 14 St James’s Place, London, from entities of which the President was a trustee. In 2025 the rent, rates and service charges amounted to £119,214”
“During the year, six trustees received payments in reimbursement of travel expenses totaling £6,363” — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery 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.

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 31/12/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£80,001–£90,000: 1; £200,001–£250,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£80,001–£90,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£70,001–£80,000: 1; £150,001–£200,000: 1)
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£562k
Total spending
£8.5m
Cost of raising funds
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
6

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Austria · Belgium · Bulgaria · Czech Republic · Finland · France · Georgia · Germany · Hungary · Ireland · Israel · Italy

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£350k£8.8m
31/12/2024£562k£8.5m
31/12/2023£205k£8.4m
31/12/2022£1.0m£8.9m
31/12/2021£486k£7.6m

Common questions

Is ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintains a nil level of free reserves, relying on its expendable endowment to cover deficits on the unrestricted income fund. The total reserves at year-end were £143,187,275, reflecting a significant increase from the previous year due to investment gains. The Trustees consider there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with S K CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPE£350k——unclear—no doubt
S K CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£232k—0above—no doubt
CHASDEI YITZOK CHARITIES LIMITED FY2025£203k—0unclear—no doubt
HOLMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£350k—0unclear—no doubt
REMODIFYZ TRUST FY2025£971k—0unclear—no doubt
SPRINGFIELD TRUST LIMITED FY2025£1.2m—0above—no doubt

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