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.

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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 (held: £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.

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 4.8 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 (5.2%) (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 SACKLER TRUST, 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 TRUSTFY2021£250k
THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2022£20k
THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2025£15k
JW3 DEVELOPMENTFY2022£4kUkraine appeal / Restricted programming

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
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN'S WOOD, LONDON FY2024£340k—0above—no doubt
J & J CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2024£127k—0unclear—no doubt
MANCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2024£492k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH WEST LONDON COMMUNAL MIKVAH LIMITED FY2025£283k—0above—no doubt

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