BNEI ZION COMMUNITY NURSERY

Registered charity 1135287 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of Education and training, the relief of poverty, sickness and distress, promotion of good health and provision ofrecreational facilities in the interest of social welfare with the object of improving their conditions of life

Objects

THE OBJECT FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED IS TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF HACKNEY, HARINGEY, AND SALFORD AND IN ISRAEL AND IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY:A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING; B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS;C) THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH; ANDD) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;

Area of benefit: HACKNEY, HARINGEY, AND SALFORD AND IN ISRAEL AND IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had negative unrestricted funds of £494,924 at 31 December 2025, with net current liabilities of £389,198. The trustees acknowledge that the present level of reserves is below their desired level and are taking steps to improve financial stability. However, the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, supported by confirmations from creditors that they will not demand immediate repayment.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“The trustees acknowledge that the present level of reserves is below their desired level.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“At 31 December 2025, the charity had net current liabilities of £389,198 and accumulated unrestricted fund deficits of £494,924. The trustees have considered the charity's financial position and its ability to continue operating for the foreseeable future. BC Trust and the charity's other creditors have confirmed that they will not demand immediate repayment of the amounts owed to them.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity paid rent of £111,890 to BC Trust, which shares a common trustee with the charity.
“During the period the charity paid rent that amounted to £111,890 (2024: £153,700) to BC Trust. The charity and BC Trust share a common trustee.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Venitt and Greaves. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Charity Commission inquiry

The inquiry was opened following HMRC findings that 105 charities had cashed cheques worth £22 million, leading to the extension of the investigation to include 12 additional charities. The regulator has issued an immediate order to temporarily stop the charities from issuing cheques without prior consent while it investigates fund transfers and trustee oversight.
The report states the inquiry was opened following HMRC findings regarding 105 charities cashing cheques for £22 million. It details the extension to 12 new charities and the regulator's intent to investigate fund transfers and trustee oversight. No final outcome or conclusion of wrongdoing is stated.
“Following an unannounced visit by HMRC to a company in Hackney, 105 charities were found to have cashed cheques with it to a value of £22 million between December 2021 and March 2023.”
The report outlines the specific regulatory powers being used, including determining facts about fund transfers and investigating trustee oversight of financial transactions.
“Using powers available to the Commission during an inquiry, the regulator will determine the facts around how these charities have transferred funds. It will also investigate how trustees had oversight of what happened to funds exchanged for the cheques, and if this cash has been used properly to support what the charities were set up to do.”
The report confirms the issuance of an immediate order to stop charities from issuing cheques without consent, a protective measure taken during the investigation.
“The regulator has issued an immediate order to temporarily stop any of the charities under inquiry from issuing cheques without its prior consent.”
Per the Commission’s published report. Summary is automated; the official report is authoritative.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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: 3

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

  • Volunteers: 3

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

  • Volunteers: 3
  • 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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/10/2024 (received 05/03/2026, 186 days after the 31/08/2025 due date); year ending 31/10/2023 (received 28/11/2025, 454 days after the 31/08/2024 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). 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
£1.6m
Total spending
£1.8m
Reserves (reported)
£100k
Employees
52

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hackney · Haringey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.6m£1.8m
31/10/2024£964k£1.3m
31/10/2023£857k£880k
31/10/2022£724k£832k
31/10/2021£738k£680k

Common questions

Is BNEI ZION COMMUNITY NURSERY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had negative unrestricted funds of £494,924 at 31 December 2025, with net current liabilities of £389,198. The trustees acknowledge that the present level of reserves is below their desired level and are taking steps to improve financial stability. However, the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis, supported by confirmations from creditors that they will not demand immediate repayment. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Venitt and Greaves.

Who funds BNEI ZION COMMUNITY NURSERY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BNEI ZION COMMUNITY NURSERY as a grant recipient include HURDALE CHARITY LIMITED, CHASDEI MEIR.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
HURDALE CHARITY LIMITEDFY2024£50k
CHASDEI MEIRFY2024£4k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund06/05/2015£10kCone Climbing for Creative Children
The National Lottery Community Fund20/12/2012£10kA Case of Space- an extra classroom.
The National Lottery Community Fund18/12/2009£10kBnei Zion Community Nursery Start Up

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
LOCAL TRUST1£386k
GREATER LONDON VOLUNTEERING1£121k
Moto Foundation1£150

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BARKANTINE COMMUNITY NURSERY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BNEI ZION COMMUNITY NURSERY£1.6m—0below—noted
BARKANTINE COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025£1.0m—0unclear—no doubt
SELSEY COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025£737k—0unclear—no doubt
BLYTHWOOD COMMUNITY NURSERY LIMITED FY2026£209k——below—noted
HIGHBURY COMMUNITY NURSERY FY2025£947k—0above—no doubt
COMMUNITY BARNET FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt

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