MW (CL) FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1134917 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as M W FOUNDATION, MW (HO) FOUNDATION

To pursue the objects of the charity with all the resources available to the charity.

Objects

(1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AROUND THE WORLD IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT,INCLUDING AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS, OR BY GRANTS TO CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONSWORLD-WIDE THAT PROVIDE EDUCATION(2) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING GRANTS OR LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS M NEEDAND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP(3) TO ADVANCE THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION WORLD-WIDE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CODE OF JEWISH LAW (SHULCHAN ARUCH)

Area of benefit: THE WORLD

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £25,958 for the year, driven primarily by investment income of £287,031 which offset charitable expenditure of £208,050. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves (net current assets) increased significantly to £368,500, and the trustees confirm 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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07069161 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• SHARMAN, Avi — director, appointed 04/03/2025on trustee list
• LEWIN, Gerald — director, appointed 13/01/2022on trustee list
• LEWIN, Vivienne Chaya — director, appointed 01/12/2009on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2022)

Reported reserves equal ~157.6 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (60% 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: 13.5% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Avi Sharman
• GERALD LEWIN · trustee of 5 other charities
• VIVIENNE LEWIN · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MW (HO) FOUNDATION.

• MW (HO) FOUNDATION income £131k
• MW (RH) FOUNDATION income £490k
• MW (GK) FOUNDATION income £261k
• MWL NHS Charity income £321k
• THE I S A CHARITY income £52k
• THE A W LYMN CENTENARY FOUNDATION income £29k

Side by side with its peers

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