BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE SHEBA MEDICAL CENTRE AT TEL HASHOMER

Registered charity 1108623 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BFOS, FRIENDS OF SHEBA

The support of the medical work carried out at the Sheba Medical Centre in the Tal Hashomer Hospital.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH OF PATIENTS OF THE SHEBA MEDICAL CENTRE AT TEL HASHOMER, IN ISRAEL (PARTICULARLY THOSE PATIENTS WHO ARE IN FINANCIAL NEED) BY PROVIDING, INTER ALIA, MEDICAL CARE AND TREATMENT FOR PERSONS IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR NATIONALITY, RACE OR RELIGION AND FUNDING RESEARCH (PROVIDING AT ALL TIMES THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC FOR THEIR BENEFIT).

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: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Kensington and Chelsea, 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 £21,289 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds from £76,567 to £55,278. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds cash funds of £69,709 and maintains a reserves policy to pay funds to the Sheba Medical Centre as soon as practicable, keeping only a minimum level of reserves. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the financial statements were materially non-compliant.

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 4 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
• 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
• 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 31/03/2025 (received 12/02/2026, 12 days after the 31/01/2026 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 31/03/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caroline Haim
• EVA REMBISZEWSKI
• Jennine Cooper
• LESLEY KHALASTCHI · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH ISRAEL.

• BRITISH FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH ISRAEL income £2.0m
• FRIENDS OF TASHBAR CHAZON ISH income £28k
• THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF MIDRASH SHMUEL income £240k
• BRITISH FRIENDS OF YESHIVAS SHAAREI CHOCHMO income £661k
• BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE CHAZON ISH INSTITUTIONS income £110k
• BRITISH FRIENDS OF TIFERES CHAIM income £588k

Side by side with its peers

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