KOSHER OUTLET ASSISTANCE LTD

Registered charity 1135484 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing relief of financial hardship among the people of the Jewish community in London by providing such persons with goods which they could not otherwise afford.

Objects

'THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY INLONDON BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH GOODS WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISEAFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS

Area of benefit: LONDON

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 · 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
£12.2m
Latest spending
£12.3m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £1,573,528, which the trustees consider appropriate given future commitments and potential emergency expenditure. Despite facing inflationary pressures on grocery costs, the group generated significant trading income of £12,131,692, resulting in a net current asset position of £1,573,528. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserve of the charity, at a level, which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity, unplanned emergency expenditure and the likely administrative costs of the charity for the next year. (reserves figure: £1.6m)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserve of the charity, at a level, which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity, unplanned emergency expenditure and the likely administrative costs of the charity for the next year.” — page 6
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Kosher Outlet Ltd
“The charity owns the entire share capital of an operating subsidiary Kosher Outlet Ltd, a grocery retailer, incorporated in England and Wales, and its company registration number is 06791792.” — page 4
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cohen Arnold. Discloses 4 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)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2026

  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2025

  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/01/2024

  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2026)

Total income
£12.2m
Total spending
£12.3m
Cost of raising funds
£12.1m
Reserves (reported)
£1.6m
Employees
34

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (99% 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: 99.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2026£12.2m£12.3m
31/01/2025£11.5m£11.4m
31/01/2024£10.2m£9.9m
31/01/2023£8.2m£8.1m
31/01/2022£6.3m£6.4m

Common questions

Is KOSHER OUTLET ASSISTANCE LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £1,573,528, which the trustees consider appropriate given future commitments and potential emergency expenditure. Despite facing inflationary pressures on grocery costs, the group generated significant trading income of £12,131,692, resulting in a net current asset position of £1,573,528. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2026 accounts were audited by Cohen Arnold.

Who funds KOSHER OUTLET ASSISTANCE LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KOSHER OUTLET ASSISTANCE LTD as a grant recipient include MYRDLE CHARITIES.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MYRDLE CHARITIESFY2025£4k

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KESHER LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KOSHER OUTLET ASSISTANCE LTD£12.2m—0unclear—no doubt
KESHER LIMITED FY2025£271k—0below—no doubt
BOREHAMWOOD KOSHER FOOD GROUP LIMITED FY2026£45k——below—no doubt
KEREN AMHA LIMITED FY2025£112k—0unclear—no doubt
KTRUST LIMITED FY2025£240kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
MORESHET HATORAH LTD FY2025£5.6m—0below—no doubt

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