ROOKWOOD FOUNDATION LTD

Registered charity 1116094 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of advancement of education and religious practice in accordance with the teachings of the Orthodox Jewish faith and relief of poverty.

Objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION.(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND EDUCATION GENERALLY.(C) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, OLD AGE, ILLNESS, BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL AND THE RELIEF OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY DISABILITY.(D) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE ASSOCIATION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME AUTHORISE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased slightly from £5,513,155 to £5,415,060, while total net assets increased significantly to £14,957,362 due to property revaluation gains. The trustees report that 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 audited by Glazers. 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
• Complaints 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting 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)

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.

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, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 28/02/2023 (received 29/12/2023, 1 day after the 28/12/2023 due date); year ending 28/02/2022 (received 05/04/2023, 98 days after the 28/12/2022 due date); year ending 28/02/2021 (received 21/07/2022, 205 days after the 28/12/2021 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05672258 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BRINNER, Avigdor Ezrial — director, appointed 26/08/2024not on trustee list
• BLUM, Benzion — director, appointed 11/01/2006on trustee list
• BRINNER, Avigdor Ezrail — secretary, appointed 26/08/2024

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £4.3m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~43.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (78% 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: 98.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• RABBI BENZION BLUM
• SHULEM AKSLER

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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