MERCAZ CHASIDEI WIZNITZ TRUST

Registered charity 1143853 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish Faith;the advancement of Orthodox Jewish Religious Education;the relief of poverty, sickness and infirmity amongst members the Jewish Faith in any part of theworld.

Causes: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.4m
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £573, having received £1,417,384 in income and spent £1,408,017. The trustees note that actual free reserves were a deficit, significantly below their stated policy target of approximately £234,000, although they operate with a policy of distributing most income as it arises rather than holding large reserves.

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: £-573; policy: approximately £234,000)
“Actual free reserves at the period end were a deficit of £573” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Audit opinion: qualified
“We do not express an opinion on the financial statements of the company. Because of the significance of the matters described in the Basis for Disclaimer of Opinion section of our report, we have not been able to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence to provide a basis for an audit opinion on these financial statements.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Disclaimer of opinion issued due to inability to obtain sufficient evidence for charitable grants.
“We do not express an opinion on the financial statements of the company. Because of the significance of the matters described in the Basis for Disclaimer of Opinion section of our report, we have not been able to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence to provide a basis for an audit opinion on these financial statements.” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2024)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.4m
Cost of raising funds
£58k
Reserves (reported)
£234k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 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: 4.1% 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: Belgium · Canada · Hackney · Israel · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025——
30/09/2024£1.4m£1.4m
30/09/2023£970k£1.0m
30/09/2022£2.0m£1.8m
31/07/2021£993k£992k

Common questions

Is MERCAZ CHASIDEI WIZNITZ TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £573, having received £1,417,384 in income and spent £1,408,017. The trustees note that actual free reserves were a deficit, significantly below their stated policy target of approximately £234,000, although they operate with a policy of distributing most income as it arises rather than holding large reserves. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

Who funds MERCAZ CHASIDEI WIZNITZ TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MERCAZ CHASIDEI WIZNITZ TRUST as a grant recipient include JEG TRUST LIMITED, AMABRILL LTD, LPW LIMITED, WOODLANDS GREEN LTD, THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JEG TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£100k
AMABRILL LTDFY2025£60k
LPW LIMITEDFY2025£41k
JEG TRUST LIMITEDFY2025£41k
JEG TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£38k
LPW LIMITEDFY2024£36kAdvancement of the Jewish religion
JEG TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£30k
WOODLANDS GREEN LTDFY2022£20k
THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONSFY2021£18k
KEHAL CHASIDEI WIZNITZ LIMITEDFY2024£17kSocial welfare
WOODLANDS GREEN LTDFY2024£12k
THE BENZI DUNNER SCHOOLS TRUSTFY2025£11k
SABENO LIMITEDFY2022£10kReligious grant
SABENO LIMITEDFY2023£10k
SABENO LIMITEDFY2021£5k

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.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MERCAZ CHASIDEI WIZNITZ TRUST£1.4m—0below—no doubt
KEHAL CHASIDEI WIZNITZ LIMITED FY2025£642k—0unclear—no doubt
KOLLEL IMREI CHAIM WIZNITZ TRUST FY2024£165k—0unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF WIZNITZ LIMITED FY2025£4.7m—0unclear—no doubt
MERCAZ TORAH VECHESED LIMITED FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
MERKAZ HATORAH LIMITED FY2025£237k—0unclear—no doubt

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