SHAREI CHESED (LONDON)

Registered charity 1128099 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of poverty, sickness and infirmity amongst members of the Jewish faith.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £44,896 for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £122,989. The trustees' report indicates that the charity receives funding principally from the wider Jewish community and does not anticipate significant changes in the forthcoming year. Per the independent auditors, there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 considering the future commitments of the Charity and the likely administrative costs of the charity next year (held: £123k)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are free reserve of the Charity, at a level which the Trustees think appropriate considering the future commitments of the Charity and the likely administrative costs of the charity next year.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Venitt and Greaves. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£9k
Reserves (reported)
£150k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£1.5m£1.5m
31/01/2024£753k£879k
31/01/2023£422k£718k
31/01/2022£158k£282k
31/01/2021£1.4m£797k

Common questions

Is SHAREI CHESED (LONDON) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £44,896 for the year ended 31 January 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £122,989. The trustees' report indicates that the charity receives funding principally from the wider Jewish community and does not anticipate significant changes in the forthcoming year. Per the independent auditors, there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Venitt and Greaves.

Who funds SHAREI CHESED (LONDON)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SHAREI CHESED (LONDON) as a grant recipient include THE MELOW CHARITABLE TRUST, KOLLEL AND CO LIMITED, GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED, STARLOW CHARITIES LIMITED, O&G SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MELOW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£171k
KOLLEL AND CO LIMITEDFY2025£68kAdvancement of the Jewish Religion and Education
KOLLEL AND CO LIMITEDFY2024£53kAdvancement of the Jewish Religion and Education
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITEDFY2025£50kGrant to institution
STARLOW CHARITIES LIMITEDFY2024£42k
STARLOW CHARITIES LIMITEDFY2025£38k
O&G SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£37k
MELCREN LIMITEDFY2025£37k
NASOD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£36kAdvancement of the Jewish Religion
O&G SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£26k
CML - CHEVRAS MO'OZ LADOLFY2025£23k
BOROUGHLEA LIMITEDFY2023£22kSocial Welfare
REIFER MEMORIAL LIMITEDFY2022£20kGrants to other charitable institutions
NASOD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£15kAdvancement of the Jewish Religion
THE BENZI DUNNER SCHOOLS TRUSTFY2024£7k
RINA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£6k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/09/2023£10kMental Meadows
UK government08/07/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund19/12/2016£10kKINDER-TRANSPORT to yesteryear

Funders of similar charities

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MERCAZ TORAH VECHESED LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SHAREI CHESED (LONDON)£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
MERCAZ TORAH VECHESED LIMITED FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
SABENO LIMITED FY2024£675k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SHAAREI CHESED TRUST FY2025£161k—0unclear—no doubt
J E JOSEPH CHARITABLE FUND FY2026£130k—0below—no doubt
SHAAREI TZEDAKAH FY2024£168k—0unclear—no doubt

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