SAMJO LIMITED

Registered charity 1094397 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The support of educational and religious activities relating to the Jewish faith including medical and sickness organisations. In the case of individuals the company will assist where there is poverty or disability.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£4.1m

Latest spending

£3.4m

Registered

2002

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £37,197,013, with no formal policy to maintain a set level of reserves, though trustees prefer high cash levels for investment opportunities. The charity reported a net increase in funds of £648,181 for the year, driven by investment income of £4,064,152 and donations of £8,000, against charitable expenditure of £3,423,971. The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The charity is limited by guarantee and is controlled by its trustees. During the year the charity made charitable donations of £371,500 (2024 - £210,500) to other charities in which Mr S Halpern is a Trustee and £371,500 (2024 - £210,500) to other charities in which Mr J Halpern is a Trustee.

“During the year the charity made charitable donations of £371,500 (2024 - £210,500) to other charities in which Mr S Halpern is a Trustee and £371,500 (2024 - £210,500) to other charities in which Mr J Halpern is a Trustee. There were no further related party transactions in the year.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Goldenhunter Limited, Century Plaza Management Company Limited

“The subsidiary is a dormant company called Goldenhunter Limited. Goldenhunter Ltd 100% owns a subsidiary called Century Plaza Management Company Limited a UK property management company. There are three other UK dormant company subsidiaries. Samjo Limited owns 100% of the ordinary share capital.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Lopian Gross Barnett & Co. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£4.1m

Total spending

£3.4m

Reserves (reported)

£37.2m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~130.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

JOSHUA HALPERN · trustee of 5 other charities
RABBI YISROEL FRIEDMAN
SAMUEL HALPERN · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Bolton · Bury · Manchester City · Oldham · Rochdale · Salford City · Stockport · Tameside · Trafford · Wigan

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£4.1m	£3.4m
31/03/2024	£4.1m	£2.8m
31/03/2023	£3.7m	£2.1m
31/03/2022	£3.4m	£1.2m
31/03/2021	£2.6m	£1.2m

Common questions

Is SAMJO LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £37,197,013, with no formal policy to maintain a set level of reserves, though trustees prefer high cash levels for investment opportunities. The charity reported a net increase in funds of £648,181 for the year, driven by investment income of £4,064,152 and donations of £8,000, against charitable expenditure of £3,423,971. The auditor confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Lopian Gross Barnett & Co.

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
THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS	2	£130k
NES FOUNDATION LTD	2	£96k
YAD SHLOMO TRUST	2	£71k
MOISHE AND ESTHER ITZINGER FOUNDATION LIMITED	2	£10k
UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTD	1	£660k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£364k
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITED	1	£284k
MOUNDFIELD CHARITIES LIMITED	1	£139k

Charities like this

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

SANBRI LTD income £2.9m
GEMACH LTD income £7.1m
SABENO LIMITED income £675k
BEN AMRAM CHARITABLE TRUST income £993k
J E JOSEPH CHARITABLE FUND income £130k
BRITISH FRIENDS OF IGUD HAKOLELIM B'YERUSHALAYIM income £445k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SAMJO LIMITED	£4.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SANBRI LTD FY2025	£2.9m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GEMACH LTD FY2025	£7.1m	—	above	—	no doubt
SABENO LIMITED FY2024	£675k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BEN AMRAM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£993k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
J E JOSEPH CHARITABLE FUND FY2026	£130k	—	below	—	no doubt

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