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DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST

Registered charity 1138710 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHILDREN AHEAD

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH,ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.2m
Latest spending
£3.4m
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with net liabilities of £193,818, having incurred a net expenditure of £143,447 against incoming resources of £3,212,183. The trustees' report confirms there are no current plans to change activities, and the auditors reported no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donations received from The Talmud Torah Machzikei Hadass Trust during the year amounted to £34,120.
“Mr M J Wind is also a trustee of The Talmud Torah Machzikei Hadass Trust. Donations received from The Talmud Torah Machzikei Hadass Trust during the year amounted to £34,120.” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Martin+Heller. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Charity Commission inquiry

The Charity Commission opened a statutory class inquiry after evidence emerged that 105 charities had exchanged cheques for cash totaling £22 million. The regulator has extended the inquiry to include ten additional charities and issued an immediate order to temporarily stop them from issuing cheques without prior consent.
The report states that 105 charities were found to have cashed cheques with a specific company.
“105 charities were found to have cashed cheques with it to a value of £22 million between December 2021 and March 2023.”
The regulator will investigate the facts of fund transfers and trustee oversight.
“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”
The inquiry aims to establish if cash was used properly for charitable purposes.
“if this cash has been used properly to support what the charities were set up to do.”
Per the Commission’s published report. Summary is automated; the official report is authoritative.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£3.2m
Total spending
£3.4m
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
0

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 (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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hackney · Haringey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.2m£3.4m
31/03/2024£2.1m£2.1m
31/03/2023£2.5m£2.5m
31/03/2022£2.5m£2.5m
31/03/2021£1.8m£1.7m

Common questions

Is DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with net liabilities of £193,818, having incurred a net expenditure of £143,447 against incoming resources of £3,212,183. The trustees' report confirms there are no current plans to change activities, and the auditors reported no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Martin+Heller.

Who funds DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST as a grant recipient include Grand Belz Ltd., YEDIDIM ASSOCIATION LTD, BELZ FOUNDATION LTD, BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED, DELAPAGE LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
Grand Belz Ltd.FY2025£402k
YEDIDIM ASSOCIATION LTDFY2023£209k
BELZ FOUNDATION LTDFY2022£195k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITEDFY2023£135k
DELAPAGE LIMITEDFY2023£125k
DELAPAGE LIMITEDFY2022£100kTorah
AMABRILL LTDFY2024£100kEducational grants
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITEDFY2025£90kGrant to institution
CML - CHEVRAS MO'OZ LADOLFY2025£85k
BELZ FOUNDATION LTDFY2025£79k
THE TALMUD TORAH MACHZIKEI HADASS TRUSTFY2022£64k
BELZ FOUNDATION LTDFY2024£60k
BELZ FOUNDATION LTDFY2023£56k
THE TALMUD TORAH MACHZIKEI HADASS TRUSTFY2024£52k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITEDFY2021£51k
ZICHRON MEIR LIMITEDFY2022£50kRelief of poverty
AMABRILL LTDFY2025£50k
ZICHRON MEIR LIMITEDFY2024£50kGeneral purposes
THE TALMUD TORAH MACHZIKEI HADASS TRUSTFY2023£50k
THE CHILDHOOD TRUSTFY2025£50k
REMODIFYZ TRUSTFY2025£42k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITEDFY2022£37k
CML - CHEVRAS MO'OZ LADOLFY2023£33k
BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£32k
YEDIDIM ASSOCIATION LTDFY2025£32k
THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2021£20kJewish Education
NEWPIER CHARITY LIMITEDFY2025£20k
THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£20kJewish Education
YEDIDIM ASSOCIATION LTDFY2024£19k
THE SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND HEARING FOUNDATIONFY2024£17k
BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£15k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITEDFY2024£10k
THE GERTNER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k
COSMON (BELZ) LIMITEDFY2023£10k
BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£8k
BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£8k
BRITISH HUMANE ASSOCIATIONFY2024£5k
NATLAS TRUSTFY2025£5k
PAGET C.I.O.FY2023£5kAdvancement of Jewish religion and education, and for the prevention or relief of poverty
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
Grand Belz Ltd.FY2022£3k
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATIONFY2025£3k
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATIONFY2023£3k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)FY2022£2kfunding towards sessions for children presenting a range of emotional difficulties
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATIONFY2021£2k
THE SIR BERNARD & LADY SCHREIER FOUNDATIONFY2024£2k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF CUTLERS GENERAL CHARITABLE FUNDFY2023£2kPromotion of Social Cohesion
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATIONFY2022£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/07/2023£10kMH - Summer Stormers programme (MH-SS)
The National Lottery Community Fund07/01/2022£10kLead the Way (LtW)
UK government01/10/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund29/11/2018£10kReaching Higher
The National Lottery Community Fund22/07/2015£10kSummer Playscheme Spirits!
The National Lottery Community Fund17/03/2011£10kI Can!

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
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED3£396k
SF FOUNDATION2£595k
SABENO LIMITED2£46k
EZER VIZNITZ FOUNDATION1£2.7m
CHARITWORTH LIMITED1£230k
JEG TRUST LIMITED1£197k
INVESTREAM CHARITABLE TRUST1£184k
BROOM FOUNDATION1£59k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST£3.2m—0unclear—no doubt
CHASDEI DOV TRUST FY2025£403k—0unclear—no doubt
SHULOM ROV CHARITIES FY2025£144k—0unclear—no doubt
DEBMAR BENEVOLENT TRUST LIMITED FY2025£396k—0within—no doubt
THE DOUGHTY CHARITY TRUST FY2024£534k—0unclear—no doubt
AHAVAS SHALOM TRUST FY2025£367k—0below—no doubt

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