THE KNIGHTLAND FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1143110 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Receives income from investments and donations and makes grants to charitable organisations

Objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, AMONGST THE ELDERLY OR IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY WITHIN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS SERVICES OR FACILITIES OR PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH GOODS OR SERVICES WHICH THEY COULOD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS. TO ADVANCE THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE HOLDING OF PRAYER MEETINGS, STUDY SESSIONS,LECTURES, PUBLIC CELEBRATION OF RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF JEWISH PUPILS ACCORDING TO THE TENETS OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE FACILITIES NEEDED FOR SUCH PURPOSES TO PROMOTE ANY PURPOSE THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE AND THAT IS LEGALLY CONSIDERED CHARITABLE.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £1,251,212 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £4,125,322 to £2,874,110. Free reserves stood at £610,725, which the trustees consider sufficient to support anticipated expenditure. The charity remains solvent with no current liabilities exceeding current assets, and the going concern basis of accounting has been adopted.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Charity Commission inquiry

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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

Regulator actions

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £154k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~9.9 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (97% 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: 53.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JACOB KERNKRAUT · trustee of 3 other charities
• Joseph Weissman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Moses Benedikt · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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