UK FRIENDS OF MACHON YAAKOV

Registered charity 1133401 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity provides funding to students studying jewish religious education in the United Kingdom and Israel

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A THE PROVISION OF FUNDING AND ASSISTANCE TO MACHON YAAKOV, A JERUSALEM BASED JEWISH OUTREACH PROGRAMME WHICH CATERS TO POST UNIVERSITY ENGLISH SPEAKING STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE.B THE OFFERING OF EDUCATION CASES IN THE UK FOR JEWISH EDUCATION/HERITAGE FOR STUDENTS AND WORKING INDIVIDUALS.C THE PROVISION OF ACTIVITIES AND OUTREACH PROGRAMMES TO ENHANCE JEWISH OBSERVANCE IN THE UK.

Area of benefit: JERUSALEM AND UNITED KINGDOM

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £50,294 at the end of the period, which the trustees consider appropriate given the scale of operations. The charity's policy is to maintain reserves equivalent to approximately 6–12 months of anticipated expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• JACOB DAVID GREENBERGchair
• ANDREW GERTNER · trustee of 1 other charity
• GARY BLOCH

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

Operates in: Israel · United States

Income and spending

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