MIZRACHI (UK) ISRAEL SUPPORT TRUST

Registered charity 1137199 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO FOSTER PROMOTE AND ORGANISE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING EDUCATION IN THE ORTHODOX JEWISH TRADITION AND RELIGION) AND ALSO THE VOCATIONAL TRAINING OF JEWISH YOUTH, JEWISH LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVES, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN ISRAEL.

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Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £142,503 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reversing a deficit from the previous year. However, the balance sheet shows total net assets in deficit of £194,757, with unrestricted funds at a deficit of £232,454. The trustees note that reserves are in a deficit against their three-month policy target, placing reliance on trustee support for going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-232k; policy: three month reserve)
“As of 31 December 2024, the reserves were in a deficit.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees and trustee-owned companies
“During the year, donations totalling £361,500 (2023: £262,504) were received from the trustees and companies owned by the trustees.” — page 23
“Included in other loans is a balance of £150,000 (2023: £150,000) owed to a trustee.” — page 23
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Loan owed to a trustee
“During the year, donations totalling £361,500 (2023: £262,504) were received from the trustees and companies owned by the trustees.” — page 23
“Included in other loans is a balance of £150,000 (2023: £150,000) owed to a trustee.” — page 23
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Charity Commission inquiry

The Commission issued an Official Warning after finding that the charity promoted a fundraising appeal for foreign military equipment that did not further its public benefit objects, failed to document decisions, and neglected risk management procedures. The charity is required to ensure all activities further its objects, implement adequate monitoring policies for grant funding, and review its fundraising procedures.
The report highlights a failure to document decision-making regarding the fundraising appeal.
“The Charity failed to document decision making in relation to the fundraising appeal.”
The report notes the charity failed to follow existing policies for managing fundraising and international fund transfer risks.
“The Charity failed to follow their policies and procedures which were in place to manage the risks of fundraising and sending funds internationally. This was a failure to manage the Charity’s resources responsibly.”
The report concludes that promoting the appeal was not in the charity's best interests and risked its reputation.
“Promoting the appeal was not in the Charity’s best interests, and it risked the Charity’s reputation.”
Per the Commission’s published report. Summary is automated; the official report is authoritative.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.4m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
22

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (87% 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

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

Operates in: Israel · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.5m£1.4m
31/12/2023£897k£1.1m
31/12/2022£740k£1.1m
31/12/2021£922k£723k
31/12/2020£778k£777k

Common questions

Is MIZRACHI (UK) ISRAEL SUPPORT TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £142,503 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reversing a deficit from the previous year. However, the balance sheet shows total net assets in deficit of £194,757, with unrestricted funds at a deficit of £232,454. The trustees note that reserves are in a deficit against their three-month policy target, placing reliance on trustee support for going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.

Who funds MIZRACHI (UK) ISRAEL SUPPORT TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MIZRACHI (UK) ISRAEL SUPPORT TRUST as a grant recipient include PRISM THE GIFT FUND, BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PRISM THE GIFT FUNDFY2024£235kReligion
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITEDFY2023£18k
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITEDFY2024£6k

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 COLLEL CHIBATH YERUSHALAYIM, RABBI MEIR BAAL HANES TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MIZRACHI (UK) ISRAEL SUPPORT TRUST£1.5m——below—no doubt
COLLEL CHIBATH YERUSHALAYIM, RABBI MEIR BAAL HANES TRUST FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
MERCAZ HATORAH NETZACH YISROEL FY2024£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH EMUNAH FUND FY2025£1.0m—1above—no doubt
NER YISROEL EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£997k£100,001 - £110,0001unclear—no doubt
THE BRITISH JEWISH HERITAGE SOCIETY FY2024£339k—0unclear—no doubt

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