GIVE US A CHANCE

Registered charity 1087619 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main activity of the Charity is to make grants to organisations whose objectives are the alleviation of poverty amongst the Jewish community and the furtherance of Jewish religious education.

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

Latest income

£567k

Latest spending

£402k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £55,341 at the end of the financial year, a decrease from the previous year's position. The charity reported a net expenditure of £147,570, primarily driven by grants payable of £397,840 against total income of £567,450. The trustees confirm the charity remains viable with no binding commitments for the next year.

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: £55k)

“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 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 15

“Donations received include amounts of £348,350 (2024: £237,000) received from companies which have directors in common with certain trustees of the charity.” — page 13

“Other debtors include an amount of £24,360 (2024: £24,360) due from a charity which has a trustee in common with a trustee of the charity.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 15

“Donations received include amounts of £348,350 (2024: £237,000) received from companies which have directors in common with certain trustees of the charity.” — page 13

“Other debtors include an amount of £24,360 (2024: £24,360) due from a charity which has a trustee in common with a trustee of the charity.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income

£567k

Total spending

£402k

Reserves (reported)

£55k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

TAMARA SOROTZKINchair
Jacob Sorotzkin · trustee of 3 other charities
Joshua Israel

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

Operates in: Barnet · Hackney

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£567k	£402k
30/06/2024	£384k	£531k
30/06/2023	£261k	£287k
30/06/2022	£232k	£219k
30/06/2021	£269k	£253k

Common questions

Is GIVE US A CHANCE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £55,341 at the end of the financial year, a decrease from the previous year's position. The charity reported a net expenditure of £147,570, primarily driven by grants payable of £397,840 against total income of £567,450. The trustees confirm the charity remains viable with no binding commitments for the next year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GIVE US A CHANCE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GIVE US A CHANCE as a grant recipient include NEWPIER CHARITY LIMITED, E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITED, THE GREENBERG FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
NEWPIER CHARITY LIMITED	FY2025	£28k
E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITED	FY2025	£20k
NEWPIER CHARITY LIMITED	FY2024	£10k
THE GREENBERG FOUNDATION	FY2024	£7k

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
CHASEHAWK LIMITED	2	£80k
SHAAREI RACHAMIM LIMITED	2	£22k
KEHAL YETEV LEV	2	£18k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£364k
RONTADES LIMITED	1	£300k
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITED	1	£284k
KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£188k
LATATE LIMITED	1	£90k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UTRY.

UTRY income £998k
CHASDEI UVOIS income £536k
J E JOSEPH CHARITABLE FUND income £130k
BRITISH FRIENDS OF IGUD HAKOLELIM B'YERUSHALAYIM income £445k
REIFER MEMORIAL LIMITED income £536k
CHASDEI YITZOK CHARITIES LIMITED income £203k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GIVE US A CHANCE	£567k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UTRY FY2025	£998k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHASDEI UVOIS FY2025	£536k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
J E JOSEPH CHARITABLE FUND FY2026	£130k	—	below	—	no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF IGUD HAKOLELIM B'YERUSHALAYIM FY2025	£445k	—	within	—	no doubt
REIFER MEMORIAL LIMITED FY2025	£536k	—	below	—	no doubt

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