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BRITISH FRIENDS OF BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM

Registered charity 1100332 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We raise funds through events, appeals and legacies to send to Boys Town Jerusalem in Israel, a school for Jewish boys who mainly come from disadvantaged backgrounds.

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

Latest income
£703k
Latest spending
£712k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £8,152 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £15,382. Per the trustees' report, this reserve level is considered appropriate against a policy target of one quarter of budgeted operating expenditure. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one quarter of budgeted operating expenditure (held: £15k)
“The policy is to maintain the equivalent of at least one quarter of budgeted operating expenditure as unrestricted reserves” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£703k
Total spending
£712k
Cost of raising funds
£40k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 5.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£703k£712k
31/08/2024£387k£386k
31/08/2023£160k£252k
31/08/2022£254k£266k
31/08/2021£227k£197k

Common questions

Is BRITISH FRIENDS OF BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £8,152 for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £15,382. Per the trustees' report, this reserve level is considered appropriate against a policy target of one quarter of budgeted operating expenditure. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BRITISH FRIENDS OF BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRITISH FRIENDS OF BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM as a grant recipient include REUBEN FOUNDATION, COL-RENO LIMITED, YESHURUN HEBREW CONGREGATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
REUBEN FOUNDATIONFY2022£120k
REUBEN FOUNDATIONFY2021£23k
COL-RENO LIMITEDFY2022£360
YESHURUN HEBREW CONGREGATIONFY2022£150

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED1£466k
SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUST1£388k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND1£185k
JNF CHARITABLE TRUST1£93k
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED1£82k
THE GERTNER CHARITABLE TRUST1£69k
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST1£27k
THE BUTTON FOUNDATION1£21k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRITISH FRIENDS OF BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM£703k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF JERUSALEM COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY FY2025£334k—0unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF EIDAH CHAREIDIS ORTHODOX COUNCIL OF JERUSALEM FY2024£215k—0unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF BNEI AKIVA (BACHAD) FY2025£142k—0above—no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH ISRAEL FY2024£2.6m——above—no doubt
FRIENDS OF THE RABBINICAL COLLEGE KOL TORA JERUSALEM FY2025£148k—0below—no doubt

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