MW (HO) FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1134919 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MEIR WEISZ 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 IN 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: Bury, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net movement in funds of £54,001 for the year, driven by investment gains and donations, despite higher grant expenditures. Total unrestricted funds held at year-end were £1,806,357, with free reserves of £727,806, which the trustees consider an acceptable level given their policy to maintain reserves equal to current assets. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~48.2 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 (84% 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: 4.3% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID OLSBERG · trustee of 1 other charity
• HILARY OLSBERG

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• MW (CL) FOUNDATION income £350k
• MW (RH) FOUNDATION income £490k
• MW (GK) FOUNDATION income £261k
• THE I S A CHARITY income £52k
• BHM CHARITABLE TRUST income £136k
• M I CHARITABLE TRUST income £21k

Side by side with its peers

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