FRIENDS OF MERCAZ HATORAH BELZ MACNIVKA

Registered charity 1126075 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The primary purpose of the charity is to support the charitable activities of the Mercaz Hatorah Belz Mcnivka in Jerusalem, Israel. Other charitable activities include the relief of poverty, hardship and distress amongst residents of Israel and the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish education.

Objects

a) The prevention and relief of poverty, hardship or distress within the United Kingdom and abroad, to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty in need by making grants of money.b) The advancement of Jewish education within the United Kingdom and abroad, by assisting organisations supporting the work of education establishments or associated with them by making grants to educational institutions to cover a financial shortfall.c) The advancement of the Orthodox Jewish religion within the United Kingdom and abroad, by raising awareness and understanding of religious beliefs and practices. It will support organisations such as synagogues and organisations which enable Jewish people to observe the requirements of their faith by making grants of money. The trustees shall hold the capital income of the trust fund upon trust to apply the income and all or such part or parts of the capital as such time or times and in such manner as the trustees may in their absolute discretion think fit for or towards such of the objects of the charity as the trustees may from time to time at their absolute discretion determine including payments by way of give or loan (with or without interest) to individual persons in any part of the world provided that such persons qualify as objects of the charity as determined by English Law including payment to the organisation for its charitable activities.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED, IN PRACTICE

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 · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's bankers withdrew banking facilities in January 2026, causing the charity to pause its activities while seeking alternative funding. Despite this material uncertainty regarding going concern, the trustees maintain confidence that suitable banking facilities will be secured and activities will resume. The charity reported a net increase in funds of £54,743, bringing total unrestricted reserves to £209,726.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Charity Commission inquiry

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.

• Complaints handling
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 2.3% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ELOZER YONAH BRANDERchair
• CHAYE GITEL KRAUTWIRT · trustee of 1 other charity
• MENACHEM LIEBER

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

Operates in: Belgium · Israel · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UK FRIENDS OF MERKAZ HATORAH V'HATEFILLAH HAR NOF.

• UK FRIENDS OF MERKAZ HATORAH V'HATEFILLAH HAR NOF income £61k
• BRITISH FRIENDS OF MERCAZ HATORAH income £63k
• MERCAZ HATORAH NETZACH YISROEL income £1.4m
• KOLEL BELZ MACHNOVKEH LIMITED income £79k
• MERKAZ HATORAH LIMITED income £237k
• KEREN EZRA MIMTZIKA income £591k

Side by side with its peers

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