GITTER FOUNDATION LTD

Registered charity 1129108 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Raise funds and support Jewish education

Objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY AMONGST THE ELDERLY OR PERSONS IN CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS WITHIN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS SERVICES OR FACILITIES. TO ADVANCE THE JEWISH RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF JEWISH PUPILS ACCORDING TO THE TENETS OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE FACILITIES NEEDED FOR SUCH PURPOSES.TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE ENGLAND AND OVERSEAS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£835k
Latest spending
£312k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £522,475 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £4,756,928. The trustees confirmed that the present level of funding is adequate to support the continuation of its objects and identified no material uncertainties regarding the going concern basis of accounting. The charity does not maintain a formal reserves policy, distributing reserves at the trustees' discretion.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Brindley Goldstein Limited. Discloses 3 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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 1

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 20/03/2023, 140 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31 December 2025)

    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.

    Property (HM Land Registry)

    1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £6.3m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

    Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

    Total income
    £835k
    Total spending
    £312k
    Reserves (reported)
    £9k
    Employees
    0

    Reported reserves equal ~0.3 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 (59% 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: Barnet

    Income and spending

    Financial year endIncomeSpending
    31/12/2025£835k£312k
    31/12/2024£460k£446k
    31/12/2023£676k£308k
    31/12/2022£351k£177k
    31/12/2021£545k£156k

    Common questions

    Is GITTER FOUNDATION LTD financially healthy?

    Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £522,475 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £4,756,928. The trustees confirmed that the present level of funding is adequate to support the continuation of its objects and identified no material uncertainties regarding the going concern basis of accounting. The charity does not maintain a formal reserves policy, distributing reserves at the trustees' discretion. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Brindley Goldstein Limited.

    Who funds GITTER FOUNDATION LTD?

    Funders whose own accounts filings name GITTER FOUNDATION LTD as a grant recipient include THE RAPHAEL FRESHWATER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION, CHARITWORTH LIMITED, MOISHE AND ESTHER ITZINGER FOUNDATION LIMITED, TRUEMART LIMITED, BEIS HAMEDRASH NISHMAS YISROEL LIMITED.

    Known funders

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

    FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
    THE RAPHAEL FRESHWATER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATIONFY2024£250knull
    THE RAPHAEL FRESHWATER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATIONFY2025£36kAdvancement of religion and education
    CHARITWORTH LIMITEDFY2022£25kSupport of education and relief of poverty
    MOISHE AND ESTHER ITZINGER FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2022£20kSocial Welfare
    TRUEMART LIMITEDFY2025£18k
    BEIS HAMEDRASH NISHMAS YISROEL LIMITEDFY2023£14k
    BEIS HAMEDRASH NISHMAS YISROEL LIMITEDFY2022£12k
    MOISHE AND ESTHER ITZINGER FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2021£10kRelief of poverty
    BEIS HAMEDRASH NISHMAS YISROEL LIMITEDFY2021£9k
    TRUEMART LIMITEDFY2024£3k

    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
    OUR KIDS1£8k
    J & J CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED1£7k

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

    Side by side with its peers

    CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
    GITTER FOUNDATION LTD£835k—0unclear—no doubt
    THE STROH GESTETNER FOUNDATION LTD FY2025£331k—0unclear—no doubt
    MAZKERETH GITTEL LIMITED FY2025£59k—0unclear—no doubt
    J & J CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£156k—0unclear—no doubt
    TIFERETH BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED FY2025£434k—0unclear—no doubt
    GERER SHTIEBEL SYNAGOGUE FY2025£189k—0unclear—no doubt

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