THE PAPERWEIGHT TRUST

Registered charity 1146302 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of financial hardship and emotional stress by the provision of free practical advice and assistance primarily to persons who are members of the Jewish Community resident in the UK who through lack of means, knowledge or as a result of circumstances such as bereavement, divorce or any other circumstances are unable to access and/ or obtain such advice.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £9,729 for the year ended 31 July 2025, reversing a previous deficit. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £404,965, which the trustees aim to maintain at a level sufficient to meet three months' basic operating costs. The charity operates on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Paperweight Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~17.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 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: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• BENJAMIN CONWAYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ALAN JACOB PERRIN
• DOV BARRY BLACK · trustee of 6 other charities
• David Eliezer Posen
• JONATHAN CHARLES MARRIOTT
• Talia Greenbaum

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• DOV BARRY BLACK — trustee here and at MOLE CHARITABLE TRUST

Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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