BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ

Registered charity 1153006 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Makes grants to institutions and provides food for needy families.

Objects

1. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN ISRAEL BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.2. TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE REGARDED AS CHARITABLE BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Recreation · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£998k
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves in deficit of £20,082, a deterioration from the previous year's deficit of £13,917. The trustees report that this deficit is expected to be reversed in the coming year through further donation income. The charity has no employees and relies on trustee administration.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level which the trustees deem appropriate after considering future commitments and the likely costs for the next year (reserves figure: −£20k)
“The charity's policy is to maintain Unrestricted funds at a level which the trustees deem appropriate after considering future commitments and the likely costs for the next year.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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 31/10/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/10/2025)

Total income
£998k
Total spending
£1.0m
Cost of raising funds
£7k
Reserves (reported)
£4k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Belgium · Israel · Throughout London · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£998k£1.0m
31/10/2024£967k£986k
31/12/2023£934k£1.0m
31/12/2022£625k£566k
31/12/2021£397k£384k

Common questions

Is BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves in deficit of £20,082, a deterioration from the previous year's deficit of £13,917. The trustees report that this deficit is expected to be reversed in the coming year through further donation income. The charity has no employees and relies on trustee administration. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ as a grant recipient include CHARITWORTH LIMITED, LPW LIMITED, THE RABBI MOSHE & LEAH DERMER FOUNDATION, TSEDOKO LIMITED, JEG TRUST LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CHARITWORTH LIMITEDFY2025£110kSupport of education and relief of poverty
LPW LIMITEDFY2023£97k
LPW LIMITEDFY2022£86k
THE RABBI MOSHE & LEAH DERMER FOUNDATIONFY2025£76k
LPW LIMITEDFY2025£72k
TSEDOKO LIMITEDFY2026£45k
JEG TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£40k
LPW LIMITEDFY2024£36kAdvancement of the Jewish religion
KKMGFY2025£36k
UOHC FOUNDATION LTDFY2021£25k
THE AA TRUSTFY2022£18k
JEG TRUST LIMITEDFY2021£10k
SABENO LIMITEDFY2024£10k
WOODLANDS GREEN LTDFY2025£10k
AIMING HIGH LONDONFY2025£7k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/03/2019£10kFamilies United
The National Lottery Community Fund11/11/2015£10kUNITED FOR AGES

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 BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE CHAZON ISH INSTITUTIONS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BRITISH FRIENDS OF CHATZER HAKODESH VIZNITZ£998k—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE CHAZON ISH INSTITUTIONS FY2025£110k—0unclear—no doubt
EZER VIZNITZ FOUNDATION FY2025£4.7m—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF MOSDOS TCHERNOBEL FY2025£1.1m—0below—no doubt
EZER MIKOIDESH FOUNDATION FY2025£493k—0unclear—noted
FRIENDS OF BEACONSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL FY2025£34k—0unclear—no doubt

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