TIKVA UK

Registered charity 1151993 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Tikva's core mission is to care for the homeless, abandoned and abused Jewish children of Ukraine and neighbouring regions of the former Soviet Union. Tikva provides support to the growing Jewish community of Odessa.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£5.7m

Latest spending

£5.6m

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £368,907, which is above its stated policy target of £100,000. The charity reported a surplus of £172,012 for the year, having received £5,732,286 in donations and incurred £5,560,274 in expenditure.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £100,000 (held: £369k)

“the trustees are of the opinion that reserves should not fall below £100,000.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by RPG Crouch Chapman LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Tikva UK (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£5.7m

Total spending

£5.6m

Cost of raising funds

£287k

Reserves (reported)

£369k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 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: 5.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (30/04/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

ADAM BLOOM
Dr Anthony Bernard Moshal
Marius Lance Morris Barnett
REFAEL KRUSKAL · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Russia · Throughout London · Ukraine · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£5.7m	£5.6m
31/12/2023	£6.2m	£6.4m
31/12/2022	£7.7m	£7.5m
31/12/2021	£3.3m	£3.2m
31/12/2020	£3.8m	£3.8m

Common questions

Is TIKVA UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £368,907, which is above its stated policy target of £100,000. The charity reported a surplus of £172,012 for the year, having received £5,732,286 in donations and incurred £5,560,274 in expenditure. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by RPG Crouch Chapman LLP.

Who funds TIKVA UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TIKVA UK as a grant recipient include DONATING CHARITY LIMITED, ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED, PRISM THE GIFT FUND, BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITED, THE MAURICE AND VIVIENNE WOHL PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED	FY2024	£1.0m
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED	FY2025	£507k
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED	FY2022	£494k	support of education, advancement of the Jewish religion or the relief of poverty
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED	FY2023	£284k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	FY2023	£240k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	FY2022	£213k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	FY2024	£163k	Religion
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITED	FY2025	£120k
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITED	FY2022	£110k
THE MAURICE AND VIVIENNE WOHL PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION	FY2024	£100k	Care and Welfare
THE MAURICE AND VIVIENNE WOHL PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION	FY2024	£100k	Pathways to Self-Sufficiency
THE MAURICE AND VIVIENNE WOHL PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION	FY2023	£100k	Welfare
THE MAX BARNEY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£80k	Relief of unemployment through vocational training
THE MAX BARNEY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£65k	Relief of unemployment through job creation
THE MAURICE AND VIVIENNE WOHL PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION	FY2022	£32k	Needy populations
HEARO TRUST FUND	FY2023	£22k	Educational Grants
THE AMAR FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£22k	Welfare and poverty relief
THE MAURICE AND VIVIENNE WOHL PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION	FY2021	£20k	Needy populations in Israel
THE DYNA AND FALA WEINSTOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£20k
LOFTUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£20k	Relief of poverty and ill-health
LOFTUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£15k	Relief of poverty and ill-health
RUBISLAW FOUNDATION	FY2024	£15k	relief of poverty, relief of those in need by reason of ill health or disability, the advancement of Jewish religion and the advancement of Jewish religious edu
RUBISLAW FOUNDATION	FY2023	£15k	relief of poverty, relief of those in need by reason of ill health or disability, the advancement of Jewish religion and the advancement of Jewish religious edu
THE RAMAR CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2022	£14k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	FY2024	£10k
THE MANNY AND BRIGITTA DAVIDSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£10k
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£6k	General charitable purposes
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k
HEARO TRUST FUND	FY2024	£4k	Religious Grants
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k	General charitable purposes
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITED	FY2023	£0
THE RAMAR CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2023	£0
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITED	FY2024	£0

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
FRIENDS OF FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF UKRAINE	1	£80k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION	1	£8k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	1	£8k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF BRAMSHOTT AND LIPHOOK	1	£4k
THE WOGEN ANNIVERSARY TRUST	1	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY TRINITY, WESTBURY-ON-TRYM	1	£2k
THE IAN ASKEW CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, BLETCHINGLEY	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TIKVA.

TIKVA income £168k
THE TIKVAH TRUST income £196k
UKRAINE CHARITY income £201k
FRIENDS OF FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF UKRAINE income £113k
CHILDAID TO EASTERN EUROPE income £463k
AFRIKA TIKKUN UK income £2.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TIKVA UK	£5.7m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TIKVA FY2025	£168k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TIKVAH TRUST FY2024	£196k	—	above	—	no doubt
UKRAINE CHARITY FY2025	£201k	—	unclear	11.5%	no doubt
FRIENDS OF FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF UKRAINE FY2024	£113k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHILDAID TO EASTERN EUROPE FY2026	£463k	—	unclear	13.0%	no doubt

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