CHABAD RETREAT CENTRE

Registered charity 1096405 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Retreat in North Wales

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE JEWISH RELIGION, PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A RETREAT, INCLUDING FACILITIES FOR PRAYER, MEDITATION AND COUNSELLING AND THE PROVISION OF SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE IN LLANDUDNO

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Salford, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£31k

Latest spending

£57k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £26,678 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds from £779,608 to £752,930. Per the trustees' report, the charity aims to maintain funds sufficient for day-to-day operations, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were found during the examination. The trustees have confirmed the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Rental income (94% of income)

“Charitable activities Rental income 29,053”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient to enable it to continue to operate and meet day to day running costs (reserves figure: £753k)

“It is the aim of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds at a level sufficient to enable it to continue to operate and meet day to day running costs.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations received from a charity where a trustee is also a trustee

“During the year, donations amounting to £1,760 were received from a charity in which one of the trustees is also a trustee of this charity.” — page 12

“At the year end, loans amounting to £10,588 were due to one of the trustees of the charity.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Loan due to one of the trustees

“During the year, donations amounting to £1,760 were received from a charity in which one of the trustees is also a trustee of this charity.” — page 12

“At the year end, loans amounting to £10,588 were due to one of the trustees of the charity.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Loan due to a charity where a trustee is also a trustee

“During the year, donations amounting to £1,760 were received from a charity in which one of the trustees is also a trustee of this charity.” — page 12

“At the year end, loans amounting to £10,588 were due to one of the trustees of the charity.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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 31/12/2023

Government income: £720 — grants £720 (2); 3% of the £22,343 total gross income on the same return

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

Trustees · trustee networks

GAVRIEL COHEN
MAX COHEN · trustee of 3 other charities
RABBI ANTHONY JOEL JAFFE · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Conwy

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£31k	£57k
31/12/2024	£49k	£34k
31/12/2023	£22k	£42k
31/12/2022	£40k	£30k
31/12/2021	£33k	£48k

Common questions

Is CHABAD RETREAT CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net deficit of £26,678 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds from £779,608 to £752,930. Per the trustees' report, the charity aims to maintain funds sufficient for day-to-day operations, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were found during the examination. The trustees have confirmed the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis with adequate resources for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CHABAD RETREAT CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHABAD RETREAT CENTRE as a grant recipient include M AND L COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

MAX COHEN — trustee here and at M AND L COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
M AND L COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£15k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/05/2026	£20k	Restoring Respite
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/11/2024	£20k	Creating a Calmer Environment
The National Lottery Community Fund	31/07/2020	£10k	COVID-19 Reopen Chabad Retreat Centre safely
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/09/2019	£10k	THE FUTURE Chabad Retreat Centre
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/10/2016	£5k	Upgrading the Retreat Centre

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 HELPING FOUNDATION	1	£1.0m
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	1	£62k
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CONVALESCENT RETREAT LIMITED.

CONVALESCENT RETREAT LIMITED income £965k
QUIET WATERS CHRISTIAN RETREAT HOUSE income £102k
CHABAD ON CAMPUS MANCHESTER income £71k
THE WHITWORTH CENTRE income £140k
WALES QUALITY CENTRE income £228k
PERSONAL WHOLENESS TRUST income £29k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHABAD RETREAT CENTRE	£31k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CONVALESCENT RETREAT LIMITED FY2025	£965k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
QUIET WATERS CHRISTIAN RETREAT HOUSE FY2025	£102k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHABAD ON CAMPUS MANCHESTER FY2025	£71k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
THE WHITWORTH CENTRE FY2025	£140k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WALES QUALITY CENTRE FY2025	£228k	£100,000 - £109,999	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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