BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1083890 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Education and Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid

Objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION; AND 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION 3. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR AMONGST PERSONS OF THE JEWISH FAITH 4. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES TRUSTS AND ORGANISATIONS WHICH THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£755k
Latest spending
£662k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £108,379, while the charity's reserves policy is to maintain funds at a level the trustees deem appropriate based on future commitments. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 costs of the charity for the next year (reserves figure: £108k)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain Unrestricted Funds, which include 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 costs of the charity for the next year.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£755k
Total spending
£662k
Cost of raising funds
£70k
Reserves (reported)
£127k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~2.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 9.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hackney · Israel

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£755k£662k
31/12/2024£402k£397k
31/12/2023£272k£301k
31/12/2022£120k£69k
31/12/2021£7k£7k

Common questions

Is BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased significantly to £108,379, while the charity's reserves policy is to maintain funds at a level the trustees deem appropriate based on future commitments. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include CML - CHEVRAS MO'OZ LADOL, BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED, SONGDALE LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CML - CHEVRAS MO'OZ LADOLFY2025£22k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITEDFY2024£10k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITEDFY2023£10k
SONGDALE LIMITEDFY2025£4k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund03/10/2025£20kStep Forward: Skills for Success
Sport England21/10/2024£15kFit for Life
The National Lottery Community Fund21/03/2024£20kPathways to Professional Success
The National Lottery Community Fund07/10/2022£10kPreparation for work

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 SHAAREI CHESED TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST£755k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SHAAREI CHESED TRUST FY2025£161k—0unclear—no doubt
YESHIVAH L'ZEIRIM FY2025£1.7mUnder £60,0000within—no doubt
OIZER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£955k—0unclear—no doubt
REMODIFYZ TRUST FY2025£971k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ISRAEL LAZARUS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£34k—0above—no doubt

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