MEAD CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 1112692 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE CHARITY MAKES GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE CHARITABLE OBJECTS;I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH.(II) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF JEWISH PEOPLE.(III) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNIZED BY ENGLISH LAW AS CHARITABLE

Objects

(I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH.(II) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF JEWISH PEOPLE.(III) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNIZED BY ENGLISH LAW AS CHARITABLE

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£31k
Latest spending
£49k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £122,523 to £104,560 due to charitable expenditure exceeding income. The trustees report that current income levels are sufficient to permit the charity to continue its activities for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“During the financial year, the charity received donations from trustees or companies directed and managed by the trustees amounting to £25,000 (2024: £10,000).” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The charity aims to maintain reserves in order that it is in a position to continue its grant making activities at a consistent level and to cover contingencies of additional calls being made upon the charity for support of organisations or institutions in times of need.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees or companies directed and managed by the trustees
“During the financial year, the charity received donations from trustees or companies directed and managed by the trustees amounting to £25,000 (2024: £10,000). These donations were freely given and were made without conditions attached. No other related party transactions occurred during the year. The trustees received no remuneration or other benefits during the financial year, and no expenses were reimbursed.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2022

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet · Gateshead · Hackney · Salford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£31k£49k
05/04/2024£10k£42k
05/04/2023£20k£43k
05/04/2022£20k£35k
05/04/2021£10k£18k

Common questions

Is MEAD CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £122,523 to £104,560 due to charitable expenditure exceeding income. The trustees report that current income levels are sufficient to permit the charity to continue its activities for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MEAD CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MEAD CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include TESLAKE LIMITED.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TESLAKE LIMITEDFY2022£40k
TESLAKE LIMITEDFY2023£20k

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
THE HELPING FOUNDATION1£10.0m
AMABRILL LTD1£50k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MEAD CHARITABLE TRUST£31k—0below—no doubt
A W CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£17.6m—0unclear—no doubt
C AND F CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£127k—0unclear—no doubt
BAY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£193k—0unclear—no doubt
4 CHARITY FOUNDATION FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE M Y A CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£88k—0unclear—no doubt

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