YAD VASHEM UK FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1099659 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH FRIENDS OF YAD VASHEM, YAD VASHEM - UK FOUNDATION, YAD VASHEM UK

The principal activities of the Charity are that of initiate, develop and maintain research and educational programmes into the underlying causes of the treatment of Jewish people in Europe and a study of the phenomenon of the Holocaust.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD IN RELATION TO ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF THE TREATMENT OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE INCLUDING THE LESSONS OF THE HOLOCAUST AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£515k

Latest spending

£468k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £46,981 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in unrestricted net funds of £269,537. The trustees reviewed the sufficiency of these reserves and concluded they are sufficient to fund continuing operations, with no material uncertainties regarding going concern identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to fund continuing operations (reserves figure: £270k)

“The sufficiency of reserves, of £269,537 at 31 July 2025, has been reviewed. Allowing for expected future ongoing financial support, the conclusion is that it will be sufficient to fund continuing operations.” — page 9

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Simon Bentley and a company of which he is shareholder and sole director received reimbursed expenses. Esther Bentley (trustee's wife) received wages.

“Reimbursed expenses relating to travel of £902.37, meetings of £1,027.60 and other expenses of £225 were paid to Simon Bentley and a company of which they are shareholder and sole director in the period. Esther Bentley, the Holocaust Educator, (Simon Bentley's wife) was paid £350 in casual wages for services provided to Yad Vashem UK Foundation and was reimbursed £31.99 of travel expenses.” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Simon Bentley and a company of which they are shareholder and sole director received reimbursed expenses for travel, meetings, and other costs.

“Reimbursed expenses relating to travel of £902.37, meetings of £1,027.60 and other expenses of £225 were paid to Simon Bentley and a company of which they are shareholder and sole director in the period.” — page 23

“Esther Bentley, the Holocaust Educator, (Simon Bentley's wife) was paid £350 in casual wages for services provided to Yad Vashem UK Foundation and was reimbursed £31.99 of travel expenses.” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Esther Bentley, the Holocaust Educator and Simon Bentley's wife, received casual wages and travel reimbursement.

“Reimbursed expenses relating to travel of £902.37, meetings of £1,027.60 and other expenses of £225 were paid to Simon Bentley and a company of which they are shareholder and sole director in the period.” — page 23

“Esther Bentley, the Holocaust Educator, (Simon Bentley's wife) was paid £350 in casual wages for services provided to Yad Vashem UK Foundation and was reimbursed £31.99 of travel expenses.” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/07/2023

Volunteers: 1

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Yad Vashem UK Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income

£515k

Total spending

£468k

Cost of raising funds

£166k

Reserves (reported)

£270k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~6.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 32.2% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

GEOFFREY HUGH MELAMET · trustee of 1 other charity
Harriet Morris-Sloane
MR JACQUES WEISSER
Marc Ovits

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/07/2025	£515k	£468k
31/07/2024	£399k	£352k
31/07/2023	£579k	£644k
31/07/2022	£444k	£571k
31/07/2021	£473k	£398k

Common questions

Is YAD VASHEM UK FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £46,981 for the year ended 31 July 2025, resulting in unrestricted net funds of £269,537. The trustees reviewed the sufficiency of these reserves and concluded they are sufficient to fund continuing operations, with no material uncertainties regarding going concern identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds YAD VASHEM UK FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YAD VASHEM UK FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CARDIFF FOUNDATION, THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE JORDAN MAX GOODMAN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GOLDHILL FAMILY 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 CARDIFF FOUNDATION	FY2023	£13k	Overseas aid
THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£4k
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£3k	General charitable purposes
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	Unverified read£3k	Charitable Donations
THE JORDAN MAX GOODMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£2k
THE JORDAN MAX GOODMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k
THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£2k	Education and training
THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k	Education and training
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£2k	General charitable purposes
THE GOLDHILL FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CARDIFF FOUNDATION	FY2022	£200	Community
THE MICHAEL AND ILSE KATZ FOUNDATION	FY2022	amount not stated
THE JORDAN MAX GOODMAN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	amount not stated

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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
BEIS AHARON CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED	1	£444k
LATATE LIMITED	1	£400k
THE MELOW CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£309k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£296k
ADAR CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£196k
THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS	1	£139k
MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED	1	£133k
BEAULAND LIMITED	1	£107k

Charities like this

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

YAD MOSHE LIMITED income £2.0m
DAVID SIMON LEVIN FOUNDATION income £95k
YAD VOCHESSED ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £998k
YAVNEH FOUNDATION TRUST income £1.1m
YEMIN CHARITABLE TRUST LTD income £1.7m
THE YAMEN EDWARD NISSIM FOUNDATION income £87k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
YAD VASHEM UK FOUNDATION	£515k	—	above	—	no doubt
YAD MOSHE LIMITED FY2025	£2.0m	—	below	—	no doubt
DAVID SIMON LEVIN FOUNDATION FY2025	£95k	—	above	—	no doubt
YAD VOCHESSED ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£998k	—	below	—	noted
YAVNEH FOUNDATION TRUST FY2025	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YEMIN CHARITABLE TRUST LTD FY2025	£1.7m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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