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UNIVERSITY JEWISH CHAPLAINCY

Registered charity 1126031 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC045950 (OSCR)

UJC is an independent charity that exists solely to provide all Jewish students across the UK with chaplains. These carefully selected husband and wife teams are available 24/7 to offer practical, welfare, spiritual, educational support, guidance and encouragement to all Jewish students irrespective of background and affiliation. Whatever your need our chaplains are there for you.

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Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2008
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,314 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £1,403,174. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £436,194, which is above the stated policy target of retaining sufficient funds for two months of operating costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months operating costs (held: £436k)
“The trustees have reviewed the reserves of the charity whose policy is to try and retain sufficient funds for two months operating costs.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations received from trustees and connected entities
“Donations totalling £8,380 were received from the trustees and entities connected with the trustees. No conditions were attached to any of these donations.” — page 28
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cohen Arnold. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£459k
Employees
26

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.4m£1.4m
31/08/2024£1.2m£1.3m
31/08/2023£1.0m£1.2m
31/08/2022£787k£1.0m
31/08/2021£1.5m£796k

Common questions

Is UNIVERSITY JEWISH CHAPLAINCY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,314 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £1,403,174. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £436,194, which is above the stated policy target of retaining sufficient funds for two months of operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cohen Arnold.

Who funds UNIVERSITY JEWISH CHAPLAINCY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name UNIVERSITY JEWISH CHAPLAINCY as a grant recipient include THE BLOOM FOUNDATION, PRISM THE GIFT FUND, THE MUTLEY FOUNDATION, SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT), THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BLOOM FOUNDATIONFY2022£86k
THE BLOOM FOUNDATIONFY2023£85k
THE BLOOM FOUNDATIONFY2024£60k
PRISM THE GIFT FUNDFY2024£55kReligion
THE BLOOM FOUNDATIONFY2025£30k
THE MUTLEY FOUNDATIONFY2023£9k
THE MUTLEY FOUNDATIONFY2024£9k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)FY2025£9kfunding support for of smaller Jewish student communities and isolated Jewish students across the UK
THE EXILARCH'S FOUNDATIONFY2022£8kCommunity development
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£7kEducation
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£7k
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5k
SOLEV CO LIMITEDFY2023£5k
THE MUTLEY FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)FY2023£3kfunding support for of smaller Jewish student communities
THE ROBERT GAVRON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)FY2022£1kfunding support for smaller Jewish student communities
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE ARDWICK TRUSTFY2024£200
YESHURUN HEBREW CONGREGATIONFY2023£145
YESHURUN HEBREW CONGREGATIONFY2024£145

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/08/2018£10kEmpowering All Students: Diversity and Inclusion in action on Campus

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE STEINBERG FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST2£135k
THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS1£1.3m
THE AIMWELL CHARITABLE TRUST1£720k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED1£307k
THE WIGODER FAMILY FOUNDATION1£299k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£200k
JNF CHARITABLE TRUST1£195k
DELAPAGE LIMITED1£160k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
UNIVERSITY JEWISH CHAPLAINCY£1.4m——above—no doubt
UOHC FOUNDATION LTD FY2024£11.9m—0above—no doubt
UNITED JEWISH ISRAEL APPEAL FY2025£12.5m——unclear—no doubt
KUPAT CHAIM V'CHESED FY2025£974k—0unclear—no doubt
The Jewish Students Aid Trust FY2026£186k—0above—no doubt
FRIENDS OF BNEI AKIVA (BACHAD) FY2025£142k—0above—no doubt

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