BEREST CHARITIES

Registered charity 1123148 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of the orthodox jewish faithThe advancement of orthodox jewish religious educationThe relief of poverty, sickness and infirmity amongst members of the jewish faithOther charitable activities

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

Latest income

£214k

Latest spending

£213k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £6,548 at the year end, having spent £212,801 against incoming resources of £213,548. The trustees reviewed the charity's needs for reserves and concluded that the general reserves are sufficient to maintain day-to-day running and achieve objectives. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to maintain the day to day running of the charity and to achieving its objectives (held: £7k)

“The trustees have reviewed the charity's needs for reserves in line with the guidance issued by the Charity Commission and have concluded that the general reserves are sufficient to maintain the day to day running of the charity and to achieving its objectives.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "within" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Trustees · trustee networks

MR B FELDMANchair · trustee of 4 other charities
Ephraim GOTTESFELD · trustee of 4 other charities
MALCOLM STERN · trustee of 1 other charity
MS E FELDMAN · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£214k	£213k
05/04/2024	£80k	£105k
05/04/2023	£150k	£161k
05/04/2022	£145k	£114k
05/04/2021	£86k	£77k

Common questions

Is BEREST CHARITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £6,548 at the year end, having spent £212,801 against incoming resources of £213,548. The trustees reviewed the charity's needs for reserves and concluded that the general reserves are sufficient to maintain day-to-day running and achieve objectives. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BEREST CHARITIES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BEREST CHARITIES as a grant recipient include AHAVATH CHESSED CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
AHAVATH CHESSED CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	FY2025	£25k
AHAVATH CHESSED CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	FY2024	£20k
AHAVATH CHESSED CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	FY2023	£13k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SF FOUNDATION	2	£595k
COSMON (BELZ) LIMITED	2	£360k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED	2	£352k
CHARITWORTH LIMITED	2	£285k
BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£282k
CML - CHEVRAS MO'OZ LADOL	2	£263k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	2	£242k
REIFER MEMORIAL LIMITED	2	£86k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ELSTREE SHTIEBEL TRUST.

THE ELSTREE SHTIEBEL TRUST income £347k
FRIENDS OF BOYAN TRUST income £974k
MORESHET HATORAH LTD income £5.6m
BINYEN TORAH LIMITED income £984k
MERCAZ TORAH VECHESED LIMITED income £1.9m
DEBMAR BENEVOLENT TRUST LIMITED income £396k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BEREST CHARITIES	£214k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ELSTREE SHTIEBEL TRUST FY2024	£347k	—	within	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF BOYAN TRUST FY2024	£974k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MORESHET HATORAH LTD FY2025	£5.6m	—	below	—	no doubt
BINYEN TORAH LIMITED FY2025	£984k	—	below	—	no doubt
MERCAZ TORAH VECHESED LIMITED FY2025	£1.9m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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