BRITISH FRIENDS OF KUPAT HA'IR

Registered charity 1092671 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The primary object of the charity is to raise funds for and make grants to Kupat Ha'ir, Israel. The objects of this charity are the relief of poverty and the relief of the aged, feeble and infirm amongst persons of the Jewish faith in any part of the world, and in particular in the town of Bnei Brak, Israel.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE:1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, AND2. THE RELIEF OF THE AGED, FEEBLE AND INFIRM AMONGST PERSONS OF THE JEWISH FAITH IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE TOWN OF BNEI BRAK, ISRAEL (FOR FULL DETAILS PLEASE SEE A COPY OF THE DEED ON FILE).

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell to £48,602 from £164,698 the previous year, resulting in a net expenditure of £116,096. The charity maintains sufficient cash reserves to meet grant payments for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties affecting its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Lobensteinchair · trustee of 7 other charities
• JIZCHAK DAVID GERSHON KRUSKAL
• MOSHE CHAIM ELZAS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH FRIENDS OF KISHORIT.

• BRITISH FRIENDS OF KISHORIT income £88k
• BRITISH FRIENDS OF AGUDAT BEIT AVRAHAM income £83k
• FRIENDS OF BEIS YISROEL TRUST income £748k
• UK FRIENDS OF TZOHAR income £79k
• BRITISH FRIENDS OF SHEARIT ISRAEL income £56k
• UK FRIENDS OF BEIT ISSIE SHAPIRO income £202k

Side by side with its peers

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