JW3 TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 1117644 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CDF PROJECTS LIMITED, JCC VENTURES LIMITED

The operation of the Jewish Community Centre known as JW3 on Finchley Road, London NW3.

Objects

TO BENEFIT SUCH CHARITIES AND SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE DIRECTORS MAY DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE NATIONAL

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 · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£4.4m
Latest spending
£4.7m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group incurred a net expenditure deficit of £320,282 for the year, which was materially lower than the budgeted deficit of £361k. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2.38m, which exceeds the stated policy target of four months' gross expenditure excluding non-salary programming and marketing costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: four months’ gross expenditure excluding non-salary costs relating to programming and marketing activities (reserves figure: £2.4m)
“The trustees consider that a reasonable level of free reserves, being general unrestricted funds, is four months’ gross expenditure excluding non-salary costs relating to programming and marketing activities” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: London Krav Maga Limited Rental
“M Nohr is a Director of London Krav Maga Limited (LKM). LKM provide Krav Maga classes at JW3 and paya rental based on a split of turnover less finance costs. During 2025, JW3 Trading billed LKM £33,569 (2024: £53,861) excluding VAT.” — page 37
“The aggregate amount of donations made to JW3 Development by trustees of JW3 Trust was £104,830 in 2025, all of which was unrestricted (2024: £112,225).” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee Donations to JW3 Development
“M Nohr is a Director of London Krav Maga Limited (LKM). LKM provide Krav Maga classes at JW3 and paya rental based on a split of turnover less finance costs. During 2025, JW3 Trading billed LKM £33,569 (2024: £53,861) excluding VAT.” — page 37
“The aggregate amount of donations made to JW3 Development by trustees of JW3 Trust was £104,830 in 2025, all of which was unrestricted (2024: £112,225).” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Intercompany Management and Service Charges
“M Nohr is a Director of London Krav Maga Limited (LKM). LKM provide Krav Maga classes at JW3 and paya rental based on a split of turnover less finance costs. During 2025, JW3 Trading billed LKM £33,569 (2024: £53,861) excluding VAT.” — page 37
“The aggregate amount of donations made to JW3 Development by trustees of JW3 Trust was £104,830 in 2025, all of which was unrestricted (2024: £112,225).” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Intercompany Rent and Grant
“M Nohr is a Director of London Krav Maga Limited (LKM). LKM provide Krav Maga classes at JW3 and paya rental based on a split of turnover less finance costs. During 2025, JW3 Trading billed LKM £33,569 (2024: £53,861) excluding VAT.” — page 37
“The aggregate amount of donations made to JW3 Development by trustees of JW3 Trust was £104,830 in 2025, all of which was unrestricted (2024: £112,225).” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: JW3 Trading Ltd, Hampstead Slope Developments Ltd
“The charity has two wholly owned trading subsidiaries, JW3 Trading and Hampstead Slope Developments Limited (“HSD”).” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. 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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 300
  • Government income: £257,070 — grants £257,070 (1); 6% of the £4,358,110 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 5 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 2; £130,001–£140,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 300
  • Government income: £191,698 — grants £191,698 (1); 5% of the £4,187,743 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 5 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 120
  • Government income: £196,134 — grants £196,134 (1); 4% of the £4,399,874 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 5 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £80,001–£90,000: 1; £90,001–£100,000: 1; £110,001–£120,000: 1)
  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£4.4m
Total spending
£4.7m
Cost of raising funds
£510k
Reserves (reported)
£2.4m
Employees
48

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (55% 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: 11.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£4.4m£4.7m
31/12/2024£4.2m£4.6m
31/12/2023£4.4m£4.3m
31/12/2022£3.3m£3.9m
31/12/2021£3.6m£3.6m

Common questions

Is JW3 TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group incurred a net expenditure deficit of £320,282 for the year, which was materially lower than the budgeted deficit of £361k. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2.38m, which exceeds the stated policy target of four months' gross expenditure excluding non-salary programming and marketing costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

Who funds JW3 TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name JW3 TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include JW3 DEVELOPMENT, THE BLOOM FOUNDATION, THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUST.

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)
JW3 DEVELOPMENTFY2023£2.8m
JW3 DEVELOPMENTFY2021£2.3m
JW3 DEVELOPMENTFY2025£2.3mSupport charitable activities carried out in the advancement of its mission
JW3 DEVELOPMENTFY2022£2.2mGeneral charitable activities
JW3 DEVELOPMENTFY2024£2.2mSupport charitable activities
THE SACKLER TRUSTFY2021Unverified read£250k
THE BLOOM FOUNDATIONFY2021£25kGrant
THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2022£20k
THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2025£15k
JW3 DEVELOPMENTFY2022£4kUkraine appeal / Restricted programming

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/10/2025£20kJW3 Foodbank
The National Lottery Community Fund31/10/2024£20kJW3 Foodbank

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JW3 DEVELOPMENT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
JW3 TRUST LIMITED£4.4m——unclear—no doubt
JW3 DEVELOPMENT FY2025£2.8m—0unclear—no doubt
LONDON JEWISH FORUM FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt
JEWISH LEGACY GIVING FY2025£47k—0unclear—no doubt
C3 NEWCASTLE FY2025£102k—0unclear—no doubt
THE INSTITUTE FOR JEWISH POLICY RESEARCH FY2025£897k£120,001 - £130,0005below—no doubt

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