The Abraham Initiatives

Registered charity 1119571 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UK FRIENDS OF THE ABRAHAM FUND INITIATIVES

The charity supports the work of the Abraham Fund Initiatives in Israel. We view coexistance as the ability of people of different backgrounds and beliefs to live side-by-side in mutual respect.

Objects

ARE TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ELIMINATING DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE, GENDER OR RELIGION IN ISRAEL BY:(I) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;(II) PROMOTING ACTIVITIES THAT FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS:(III) CONDUCTING AND COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC;(IV) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£321k
Latest spending
£327k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity raised £321,248 in income for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total expenditure of £326,639, resulting in a net expenditure of £5,391. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds decreased from £43,746 to £38,355, while the charity maintains a reserves policy to hold sufficient funds to meet running costs for 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months of running costs (reserves figure: £38k)
“the intention is to pass all surplus resources to the parent charity subject to reserves being maintained at a level deemed prudent and such as enable the running costs of the charity to be met for 12 months.”
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)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Corporate structure

The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31 December 2025)
  • Average employees: 0.01

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Abraham Initiatives (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Official officers record.

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£321k£327k
31/12/2024£270k£281k
31/12/2023£274k£247k
31/12/2022£431k£432k
31/12/2021£316k£325k

Common questions

Is The Abraham Initiatives financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity raised £321,248 in income for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total expenditure of £326,639, resulting in a net expenditure of £5,391. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds decreased from £43,746 to £38,355, while the charity maintains a reserves policy to hold sufficient funds to meet running costs for 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds The Abraham Initiatives?

Funders whose own accounts filings name The Abraham Initiatives as a grant recipient include The Abraham Initiatives, THE MOSU CHARITABLE TRUST, THE RAYNE TRUST, THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

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)
The Abraham InitiativesFY2025£285kDonations to Israel
THE MOSU CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£100k
THE RAYNE TRUSTFY2023£100kTowards improving the delivery of Welfare services to arab residents in mixed cities
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£65kCore funding
THE RAYNE TRUSTFY2025£50kTowards a pilot to develop a model for organizational intervention in the health system and provide strategic guidance for policy changes and practices in mixed
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£45kProject
THE SAM AND BELLA SEBBA CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£45kSupporting a new Social Cohesion Coordinator for Mixed Cities
THE RAYNE TRUSTFY2024£25kTowards continuation funding : ensuring advancements made towards a shared Jewish Arab society are protected.
THE RAYNE TRUSTFY2023£22kTowards ensuring advancements made towards a shared Jewish Arab society are protected
THE VIRGIN FOUNDATIONFY2025£15kCore programming and policy engagement
THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATIONFY2025£12k
THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATIONFY2021£5k
NEW ISRAEL FUNDFY2022amount not statedListed as part of NIF Israel's supported organisations.

Funders of similar charities

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ISRAELI CHARITY FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
The Abraham Initiatives£321k—0unclear—no doubt
ISRAELI CHARITY FOUNDATION FY2025£160k—0unclear—no doubt
FOCUS ON ISRAEL FY2025£51k—0unclear—no doubt
IBRAAZ FY2025£3.9m—0below—no doubt
THE ABRAHAM EFFECT FY2025£222k—0unclear—no doubt
THE INITIATION SOCIETY FY2025£239k——unclear—no doubt

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