CHEVRAS MACHZIKEI MESIFTA

Registered charity 1104022 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

GRANTS TO OVERSEAS EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR BY SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE INSTITUTE

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

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

Latest income
£501k
Latest spending
£546k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted funds of £57,296, a decrease from £169,210 the previous year, driven by a net movement in funds of £(226,506). Per the trustees' report, the charity continued to receive donations and make grants to The Mesifta Academy, but total expenditure exceeded incoming resources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The charity held shares in a Company, Karnos Property Co Ltd, valued at £182,199. Upon the disposal of the company’s assets, the proceeds were donated rather than distributed to the charity by way of dividend.
“The charity held shares in a Company, Karnos Property Co Ltd, valued at £182,199. Upon the disposal of the company’s assets, the proceeds were donated rather than distributed to the charity by way of dividend.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 3

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 31/03/2023 (received 14/07/2024, 165 days after the 31/01/2024 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£501k
Total spending
£546k
Cost of raising funds
£7k
Reserves (reported)
£7k
Employees
0

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: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hackney · Israel

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£501k£546k
31/03/2024£458k£447k
31/03/2023£598k£581k
31/03/2022£522k£565k
31/03/2021£807k£795k

Common questions

Is CHEVRAS MACHZIKEI MESIFTA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted funds of £57,296, a decrease from £169,210 the previous year, driven by a net movement in funds of £(226,506). Per the trustees' report, the charity continued to receive donations and make grants to The Mesifta Academy, but total expenditure exceeded incoming resources. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CHEVRAS MACHZIKEI MESIFTA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHEVRAS MACHZIKEI MESIFTA as a grant recipient include CANNON CHARITABLE TRUST, CROWNHOST LIMITED, MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED, SELLATA LIMITED, E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CANNON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£51k
CROWNHOST LIMITEDFY2024£33k
MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITEDFY2023£31k
CANNON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£28k
CANNON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£28k
CROWNHOST LIMITEDFY2023£26k
CROWNHOST LIMITEDFY2022£22k
SELLATA LIMITEDFY2023£20k
E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITEDFY2022£20k
SELLATA LIMITEDFY2026£18k
SELLATA LIMITEDFY2025£18k
SELLATA LIMITEDFY2024£17k
THE BLUZHOV CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£16k
SELLATA LIMITEDFY2022£10k
VENDQUOT LIMITEDFY2023£10k
JAY EDUCATION TRUSTFY2021amount not stated

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.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CHEDVA CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHEVRAS MACHZIKEI MESIFTA£501k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHEDVA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£206k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MEREPHDI FOUNDATION FY2025£232k—0unclear—no doubt
MARY ALICE HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£38k—0unclear—no doubt
KARAVIOTIS FOUNDATION FY2025£73k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHEVRAS EZRAS NITZROCHIM TRUST FY2025£210k——unclear—no doubt

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