Twilight Kindness

Registered charity 1123747 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FRIENDS OF ZICHRON DOVID

1) Advocating to improve social well-being and connections among elderly people and their carers; and promoting intergenerational interactions thereby strengthening families and communities.2) Alleviating poverty among elderly people and carers with a focus on increasing access to food and financial crises support.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND INFIRMITY AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH FAITH AND2 SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, 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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£553k
Latest spending
£539k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £13,348 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted funds of £39,517. The trustees have adopted a reserves policy to maintain free reserves at a level they consider appropriate for future commitments and administrative costs, rather than adhering to a fixed monetary or time-based target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity and the likely administrative costs of the charity for the next year (held: £31k)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity and the likely administrative costs of the charity for the next year.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Government income: £69,050 — grants £69,050 (2); 12% of the £552,591 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Government income: £31,910 — grants £31,910 (31,910); 6% of the £520,412 total gross income on the same return
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 3
  • Government income: £5,000 — grants £5,000 (1); under 1% of the £553,252 total gross income on the same return

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£553k
Total spending
£539k
Reserves (reported)
£50k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (88% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£553k£539k
31/03/2024£520k£524k
31/03/2023£553k£531k
31/03/2022£195k£188k
31/03/2021£540k£625k

Common questions

Is Twilight Kindness financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £13,348 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted funds of £39,517. The trustees have adopted a reserves policy to maintain free reserves at a level they consider appropriate for future commitments and administrative costs, rather than adhering to a fixed monetary or time-based target. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Twilight Kindness?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Twilight Kindness as a grant recipient include GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED, UOHC SUPERVISION LTD, STERVON LTD, NEXTGRANT LIMITED, O&G SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITEDFY2025£55kGrant to institution
UOHC SUPERVISION LTDFY2025£32k
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITEDFY2023£25k
UOHC SUPERVISION LTDFY2024£22k
STERVON LTDFY2024£15krelief of poverty, relief of those in need by reason of ill health or disability, the advancement of Jewish religion and the advancement of Jewish religious edu
STERVON LTDFY2025£15k
NEXTGRANT LIMITEDFY2021£13kAdvancement of religion
O&G SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£11k
O&G SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£11k
YEITEV LEV ERETZ ISRAEL LTDFY2022£10kSocial welfare
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2026Unverified read£10k
THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONSFY2025£8k
THE REGAL TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£6k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE FRANCIS WINHAM FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k
BRUSHMILL LIMITEDFY2022£3k
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
FORD BRITAIN TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
THE REGAL TRUST LIMITEDFY2025£2k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATIONFY2025£2k
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUNDFY2025£2k
W G EDWARDS CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£1k
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONFY2025£1kHorticultural programme for 30 older people supported by this charity focused on improving lives for the elderly.
BARCHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONFY2022£1kClick & Connect project helping this charity address loneliness in the elderly.
MOSDOS HATORAH PNEI MENACHEM LTDFY2025amount not stated

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
Sport England03/12/2024£9kRegenerate
The National Lottery Community Fund27/09/2024£20kLoaves of Love Improved
The National Lottery Community Fund12/05/2023£10kOn your Own; But Not Alone
Postcode Lottery03/04/2023£22kProject Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund04/02/2022£10kCaregivers Coffee Club
The National Lottery Community Fund19/12/2016£8kGranny, Papa and Me

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 LIGHTHOUSE FUTURES TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Twilight Kindness£553k—0unclear—no doubt
LIGHTHOUSE FUTURES TRUST FY2025£1.8m——below—no doubt
A LIGHT IN THE DARK FY2026£81k——unclear—no doubt
WALNEY COMMUNITY TRUST FY2025£180k—0unclear—noted
YOUR ONE WISH FY2025£87k—0unclear—no doubt
MERCIFUL GIVING FY2025£87k——unclear—no doubt

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