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.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED, IN PRACTICE REGIONAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

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

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
“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.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2022

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

1 annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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 4.7 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 (5.3%) (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 ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED, JEG TRUST LIMITED, UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTD, AMABRILL LTD, LPW LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2021£142k
JEG TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£100k
JEG TRUST LIMITEDFY2021£78k
UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTDFY2021£63kGrants to institutions
AMABRILL LTDFY2025£60k
LPW LIMITEDFY2025£41k
JEG TRUST LIMITEDFY2025£41k
JEG TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£38k
LPW LIMITEDFY2024£36kAdvancement of the Jewish religion
JEG TRUST LIMITEDFY2026£32k
JEG TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£30k
THE ABC TRUSTFY2025£20k
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 LIMITEDFY2023£10k
SABENO LIMITEDFY2025£10kReligious grants
SABENO LIMITEDFY2022£10kReligious grant
HASMODAS HATORAH FOUNDATIONFY2025£9k
SABENO LIMITEDFY2021£5k
THE SIMCHA TRUST LIMITEDFY2025£2k

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 MACHSIKEI YESHIVE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MERCAZ CHASIDEI WIZNITZ TRUST£1.4m—0below—no doubt
MACHSIKEI YESHIVE FY2025£951k—0below—no doubt
JMRD TRUST FY2025£59k—0unclear—no doubt
MERCAZ TORAH VECHESED LIMITED FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt
CHASDEI YITZOK CHARITIES LIMITED FY2025£203k—0unclear—no doubt
THE TMC TRUST LIMITED FY2023£472k—0unclear—no doubt

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