JROOTS LIMITED

Registered charity 1136532 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

JRoots: Jewish journeys connecting generations.JRoots was set up to provide tailor-made, exciting and high impact Jewish journeys to destinations of historic and educational importance, particularly to sites in Poland, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Spain, Morocco and Israel.70 Faces, a division of Jroots, specialises in producing biographical documentary films and books.

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Latest income

£4.3m

Latest spending

£4.4m

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that JRoots Limited generated a loss of £107,534 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a profit in the prior year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £669,619, which the trustees consider adequate to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Participant payments (96% of income)

“Participant payments 4,100,891” — page 17

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: not less than 6 months of normal running costs, approximately £450,000 (held: £670k)

“The Trustees aim for the Charity to hold free reserves equal to not less than 6 months of normal running costs, approximately £450,000.” — page 7

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£4.3m

Total spending

£4.4m

Cost of raising funds

£615

Reserves (reported)

£635k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

MR D GOLDBERGchair
Daniel Kay
EDWARD MICHAEL LEE · trustee of 5 other charities
NEIL ZEEV SCHIFF · trustee of 2 other charities
PHILIP VECHT

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

Operates in: Poland · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£4.3m	£4.4m
31/12/2023	£5.1m	£5.0m
31/12/2022	£3.1m	£2.8m
31/12/2021	£632k	£796k
31/12/2020	£1.7m	£1.4m

Common questions

Is JROOTS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that JRoots Limited generated a loss of £107,534 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a profit in the prior year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £669,619, which the trustees consider adequate to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE JERUSALEM FOUNDATION	1	£842k
The Leathersellers' Foundation	1	£225k
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£200k
THE PRUDENCE TRUST	1	£200k
BELRON RONNIE LUBNER CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£176k
THE KURT AND MAGDA STERN FOUNDATION	1	£130k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£62k
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST	1	£40k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUNG ROOTS.

YOUNG ROOTS income £1.4m
INTERCULTURAL ROOTS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH income £247k
UK JEWISH FILM LTD income £486k
M AND R GROSS CHARITIES LIMITED income £4.1m
THE JEWISH PHILANTHROPIC ASSOCIATION FOR ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST income £135k
THE BETH JACOB FOUNDATION income £393k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
JROOTS LIMITED	£4.3m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
YOUNG ROOTS FY2024	£1.4m	£60,001 - £70,000	1	above	11.4%	noted
INTERCULTURAL ROOTS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH FY2025	£247k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
UK JEWISH FILM LTD FY2025	£486k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
M AND R GROSS CHARITIES LIMITED FY2025	£4.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JEWISH PHILANTHROPIC ASSOCIATION FOR ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST FY2025	£135k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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