UK FRIENDS OF I.D.C.

Registered charity 1096858 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To raise funds to support the Interdisciplinary Centre in Herzliyah, Israel. It is a private college which combines academic study with practical training and where personal achievement and social responsibility go hand-in-hand.

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Latest income

£868k

Latest spending

£909k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported negative unrestricted reserves of £8,736 at year-end due to an overspend in charitable activities. However, the trustees consider this position appropriate and the going concern basis appropriate, citing ongoing donations received after the year end which have replenished the funds.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-9k; policy: maintain no more reserves than are required for the running of the charity)

“At the end of the financial year, the charity had negative reserves of £8,736. Despite the negative reserves at year end, the Trustees consider the position to be appropriate due to ongoing donations received post year end which have replenished the funds”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hazlewoods LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£868k

Total spending

£909k

Reserves (reported)

£9k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 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

ALEXANDER TRAGER-LEWIS · trustee of 3 other charities
GORDON HAUSMANN · trustee of 6 other charities
RUTH HAUSMANN · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£868k	£909k
31/12/2023	£813k	£792k
31/12/2022	£382k	£373k
31/12/2021	£1.0m	£1.1m
31/12/2020	£1.2m	£1.2m

Common questions

Is UK FRIENDS OF I.D.C. financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported negative unrestricted reserves of £8,736 at year-end due to an overspend in charitable activities. However, the trustees consider this position appropriate and the going concern basis appropriate, citing ongoing donations received after the year end which have replenished the funds. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Hazlewoods LLP.

Who funds UK FRIENDS OF I.D.C.?

Funders whose own accounts filings name UK FRIENDS OF I.D.C. as a grant recipient include THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HOLDEN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£22k	Arts and culture and general charitable causes
THE HOLDEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£10k
THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k

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
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£466k
SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£388k
THE DORFMAN FOUNDATION	1	£200k
THE IAN & NATALIE LIVINGSTONE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£100k
THE CHARLES WOLFSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£100k
LATATE LIMITED	1	£100k
THE DYNA AND FALA WEINSTOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£90k
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED	1	£82k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL CANCER ASSOCIATION.

FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL CANCER ASSOCIATION income £159k
THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY income £524k
THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY income £334k
THE FRIENDS OF NEVE YERUSHALAYIM SEMINARY TRUST income £134k
UK FRIENDS OF BNOS YEHUDIS income £176k
FRIENDS OF THE RABBINICAL COLLEGE KOL TORA JERUSALEM income £148k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
UK FRIENDS OF I.D.C.	£868k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL CANCER ASSOCIATION FY2025	£159k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY FY2025	£524k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY FY2025	£334k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF NEVE YERUSHALAYIM SEMINARY TRUST FY2024	£134k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
UK FRIENDS OF BNOS YEHUDIS FY2025	£176k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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