THE CENTRE FOR JEWISH LIFE LTD

Registered charity 1119949 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GAON CLUB LIMITED

The Charity's purpose is to connect and inspire Jews about the beauty and joy of Jewish experience and the richness of our common heritage.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM TO AS WIDE AN AUDIENCE AS POSSIBLE.

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.

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Latest income
£316k
Latest spending
£291k
Registered
2007

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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 31/12/2021

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2020

  • Volunteers: 25
  • Government income: £27,218 — grants £27,218 (1); 7% of the £394,760 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£80,001–£90,000: 1)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2019

  • Volunteers: 120
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

3 annual returns are past their due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2019)

Total income
£592k
Total spending
£526k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025——
30/06/2024——
30/06/2023——
31/12/2021£316k£291k
31/12/2020£395k£429k

Common questions

Who funds THE CENTRE FOR JEWISH LIFE LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE CENTRE FOR JEWISH LIFE LTD as a grant recipient include THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION, THE WIGODER FAMILY FOUNDATION, THE MURIEL AND GERSHON COREN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATIONFY2022£100kCommunity development
THE WIGODER FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2022£6k
THE WIGODER FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2021£6k
THE MURIEL AND GERSHON COREN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£5k