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.

Objects

TO SUPPORT THE INSTITUTION IN ISRAEL KNOWN AS "BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM" IN PROVIDING CARE, EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL AND OTHER TRAINING AND FACILITIES FOR ITS PUPILS.

Area of benefit: ISRAEL

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

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

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• 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)

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2022 (received 28/08/2023, 59 days after the 30/06/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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)

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

• David Garbaczchair
• DANIEL IAN BAUM · trustee of 1 other charity
• His Honour Nigel Lloyd Lithman QC
• Robert Joseph Lazarus

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

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Side by side with its peers

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