IGO FOUNDATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1148316 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objectives of the charity are:The relief of poverty in any part of the world;The advancement of the Jewish religion in any part of the world;The advancement of the education of the public in any part of the world in the knowledge of the Jewish history and culture;Such other charitable purposes in any part of the world as the trustees shall from time to time decide.

Objects

1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH RELIGION IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD.3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE JEWISH RELIGION AND JEWISH HISTORY AND CULTURE.4. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £259,893 to £207,478 due to a net expenditure exceeding income. The trustees confirm that the present level of funding is adequate to support the continuation of the provision of assistance in the short term and that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08098333

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LIPSCHITZ, Abraham — director, appointed 08/06/2012on trustee list
• OST, Bernard Isaac — director, appointed 08/06/2012on trustee list
• OST, Gita — director, appointed 08/06/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• BERNARD OSTchair
• ABRAHAM LIPSCHITZ · trustee of 2 other charities
• GITA OST

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

Operates in: Barnet · Gateshead · Hackney · Israel · Salford City · United States

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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