THE ABC TRUST

Registered charity 1126661 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASSOCIATION OF THE BOBOV COMMUNITY, BRITISH FRIENDS OF TZIDKAS ERETZHAKODESH ISRAEL (TEH), FRIENDS OF TZIDKAS ERETZ HAKODESHISRAEL (TEH), ICHUD CHASIDIM LIMITED

THE CHARITY HOLDS ITS PROPERTY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT, PRIMARILY FOR USE AS A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND A SYNAGOGUE AND FOR PROVIDING JEWISH EDUCATION. IT ALSO MAKES GRANTS AND DONATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS OBJECTIVES TO INSTITUTIONS WHICH UTILISE FUNDS IN A MANNER WHICH ACCORDS WITH THE CHARITY'S OBJECTIVES.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£3.9m

Latest spending

£4.1m

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £1,426,608 to £1,191,712 due to a net expenditure of £234,896, largely driven by charitable grants of £3,892,308. The charity holds significant long-term liabilities of £1,371,811 secured against its freehold property, while maintaining positive net current assets of £298,963. Per the trustees' report, the charity has received further donations after the period end to continue its activities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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 costs of the charity for the next year (held: £1.2m)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain Unrestricted Funds at a level which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity and the likely costs of the charity for the next year.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations received include amounts aggregating £122,500 from The Netzach Charitable Trust, a charity which has a trustee in common with the charity.

“Donations received include amounts aggregating £122,500 from The Netzach Charitable Trust, a charity which has a trustee in common with the charity.” — page 25

“Expenditure on charitable activities includes a donation of £6,100 paid to The Union Of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations which has a trustee in common with the charity.” — page 25

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Expenditure on charitable activities includes a donation of £6,100 paid to The Union Of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations which has a trustee in common with the charity.

“Donations received include amounts aggregating £122,500 from The Netzach Charitable Trust, a charity which has a trustee in common with the charity.” — page 25

“Expenditure on charitable activities includes a donation of £6,100 paid to The Union Of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations which has a trustee in common with the charity.” — page 25

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Governance costs includes expenses of £3,126 paid to a company whose director is also a trustee of the company.

“Donations received include amounts aggregating £122,500 from The Netzach Charitable Trust, a charity which has a trustee in common with the charity.” — page 25

“Expenditure on charitable activities includes a donation of £6,100 paid to The Union Of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations which has a trustee in common with the charity.” — page 25

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£3.9m

Total spending

£4.1m

Cost of raising funds

£32k

Reserves (reported)

£1.2m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

JACOB JAKOBOVITS · trustee of 2 other charities
JOSEPH PANETH
MR CHAIM SOLOMON GOLDMAN · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hackney · Haringey · Israel · Salford City · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£3.9m	£4.1m
31/12/2023	£4.6m	£4.6m
31/12/2022	£5.1m	£5.1m
30/06/2021	£2.4m	£2.1m
30/06/2020	£3.3m	£3.4m

Common questions

Is THE ABC TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £1,426,608 to £1,191,712 due to a net expenditure of £234,896, largely driven by charitable grants of £3,892,308. The charity holds significant long-term liabilities of £1,371,811 secured against its freehold property, while maintaining positive net current assets of £298,963. Per the trustees' report, the charity has received further donations after the period end to continue its activities. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Cohen Arnold.

Who funds THE ABC TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE ABC TRUST as a grant recipient include GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED, WYCHDALE LIMITED, NUCHEM AND REISEL SCHLAFF MEMORIAL FUND LIMITED, THE MUTUAL TRUST GROUP, CHARITWORTH LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED	FY2025	£1.7m
WYCHDALE LIMITED	FY2023	£555k	Advancement of religion
WYCHDALE LIMITED	FY2024	£525k
NUCHEM AND REISEL SCHLAFF MEMORIAL FUND LIMITED	FY2022	£518k	Advancement of religion
NUCHEM AND REISEL SCHLAFF MEMORIAL FUND LIMITED	FY2025	£394k	Advancement of religion
NUCHEM AND REISEL SCHLAFF MEMORIAL FUND LIMITED	FY2024	£368k	Advancement of religion
NUCHEM AND REISEL SCHLAFF MEMORIAL FUND LIMITED	FY2023	£338k	Advancement of religion
WYCHDALE LIMITED	FY2025	£317k	Advancement of religion
THE MUTUAL TRUST GROUP	FY2025	£258k	further education and to relieve poverty
WYCHDALE LIMITED	FY2022	£255k	Advancement of religion
CHARITWORTH LIMITED	FY2022	£190k	Support of education and relief of poverty
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED	FY2024	£180k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	FY2022	£157k
CHARITWORTH LIMITED	FY2023	£100k	Support of education and relief of poverty
CHARITWORTH LIMITED	FY2025	£90k	Support of education and relief of poverty
MAYHEIGHTS LIMITED	FY2025	£67k	Social welfare
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED	FY2023	£67k
THE MUTUAL TRUST GROUP	FY2024	£60k	further education and to relieve poverty
FOUNTAIN OF CHESSED LIMITED	FY2022	£46k
H P CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£45k
THE MUTUAL TRUST GROUP	FY2022	£45k	further education and to relieve poverty
ARDINA LIMITED	FY2023	£43k	Advancement of religion and the Orthodox Jewish faith
CHASEHAWK LIMITED	FY2023	£36k
CHASEHAWK LIMITED	FY2025	£30k
ADENFIRST LIMITED	FY2025	£30k
M B FOUNDATION (ALSO KNOWN AS MOSSAD HORAV MOSHE ARYEH HALEVY)	FY2024	£25k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED	FY2022	£25k
H P CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£20k
E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITED	FY2022	£20k
FOUNTAIN OF CHESSED LIMITED	FY2023	£20k
HAROFEH DONATIONS LIMITED	FY2023	£20k
CHASEHAWK LIMITED	FY2024	£12k
MOISHE AND ESTHER ITZINGER FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2023	£12k	Relief of poverty
THE BLUZHOV CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£10k
TRUEDENE CO LIMITED	FY2022	£10k
E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITED	FY2025	£10k
CHASDEI ESTHER	FY2022	£7k
THE BLUZHOV CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£6k
ZLOTCHIV	FY2022	£5k
DOMEPRIDE LIMITED	FY2022	£3k	relief 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
M B FOUNDATION (ALSO KNOWN AS MOSSAD HORAV MOSHE ARYEH HALEVY)	FY2025	£3k	Advancement of the Jewish Faith - community projects
RICHMOND TRUST FUND	FY2023	£2k
RICHMOND TRUST FUND	FY2022	£1k
YBP LIMITED	FY2023	—	Advancement of education, relief of poverty, sickness, hardship and distress

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
SAMJO LIMITED	1	£1.1m
KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£188k
MOLE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£95k
CARLEE LTD	1	£50k
SIVA CHARITABLE FUND	1	£33k
BRUSHMILL LIMITED	1	£5k

Charities like this

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

REGALCREST TRUST LTD income £346k
LINGATE CHARITABLE TRUST income £122k
B E PERL CHARITABLE TRUST income £3.0m
UTRY income £998k
THE BERSAM TRUST income £234k
SHEMTOV CHARITABLE TRUST income £738k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE ABC TRUST	£3.9m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
REGALCREST TRUST LTD FY2025	£346k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LINGATE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£122k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
B E PERL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£3.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UTRY FY2025	£998k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BERSAM TRUST FY2025	£234k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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