NORTH LONDON WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1155103 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EDGWARE WELFARE AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION

Raising funds from public for the relief of financial hardship either generally or individually of people living primarily in North London by making grants of money for providing or paying for items services or facilities.The promotion of any other exclusively charitable objects such as the trustees see fit.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£6.6m
Latest spending
£6.7m
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £6,614,968 from £5,651,761 in the prior year, while total expenditure rose to £6,699,371, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves decreased to £243,085, and the charity maintains a reserves policy to hold sufficient funds for one month of basic operating costs. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: 13 Related party transactions
“During the year charity received grants of £10,915 and £33,400 from Yeshivas Mekor Chayim Ltd and Cometville Ltd, charity in which one of the trustee, Mr B C Joseph, is also a trustee.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Total income
£6.6m
Total spending
£6.7m
Reserves (reported)
£243k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£6.6m£6.7m
31/05/2024£5.7m£5.6m
31/05/2023£4.6m£4.5m
31/05/2022£3.5m£3.0m
31/05/2021£2.2m£2.2m

Common questions

Is NORTH LONDON WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £6,614,968 from £5,651,761 in the prior year, while total expenditure rose to £6,699,371, resulting in a net expenditure for the year. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves decreased to £243,085, and the charity maintains a reserves policy to hold sufficient funds for one month of basic operating costs. The independent auditors confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.

Who funds NORTH LONDON WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NORTH LONDON WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED, COMET CHARITIES LTD, THE SALO BORDON CHARITABLE TRUST, MTT FOUNDATION, CHALFORDS LIMITED.

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.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2025£1.3m
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2024£879k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2023£867k
COMET CHARITIES LTDFY2022£135k
THE SALO BORDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£106k
COMET CHARITIES LTDFY2024£75k
COMET CHARITIES LTDFY2023£74k
MTT FOUNDATIONFY2023£73k
CHALFORDS LIMITEDFY2024£61k
FRIENDS OF MERCAZ HATORAH BELZ MACNIVKAFY2022£57k
DALAVILLE LIMITEDFY2023£47k
ITZCHOK MEYER CYMERMAN TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£45kEducation
CLYDPRIDE LIMITEDFY2024£45kAdvancement of religion through education
REIFER MEMORIAL LIMITEDFY2025£35kGrants for educational institutions
KAHAL CHASSIDIM BOBOVFY2025£31k
REIFER MEMORIAL LIMITEDFY2024£30kGrants for educational institutions
THE EMMES FOUNDATIONFY2025£29k
CLYDPRIDE LIMITEDFY2023£27kAdvancement of religion through education
SABENO LIMITEDFY2024£24k
REIFER MEMORIAL LIMITEDFY2023£20kGrants for educational institutions
CLYDPRIDE LIMITEDFY2021£20kAdvancement of religion through education
REIFER MEMORIAL LIMITEDFY2022£20kGrants to other charitable institutions
SABENO LIMITEDFY2023£19k
BALSTRAW LIMITEDFY2025£19k
SHELLIX CO LIMITEDFY2024£19k
MTT FOUNDATIONFY2024£15k
ADENFIRST LIMITEDFY2025£15k
MENDAN LIMITEDFY2025£14k
LUBAVITCH EDUCATION TRUSTFY2023£13k
DAVID TANNEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£13k
THE SALO BORDON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£11k
THE BENZI DUNNER SCHOOLS TRUSTFY2024£10k
CHASDEI MENASHE MEIRFY2022£10k
CLYDPRIDE LIMITEDFY2022£10kAdvancement of religion through education
FRANKGIVING LIMITEDFY2025£10k
THE BENZI DUNNER SCHOOLS TRUSTFY2023£9k
ADENFIRST LIMITEDFY2024£9k
JEG TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£9k
ADENFIRST LIMITEDFY2021£9k
DILLHAVEN LIMITEDFY2025£9k
RINA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£8k
RINA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£8k
THE BENZI DUNNER SCHOOLS TRUSTFY2022£7k
SONGDALE LIMITEDFY2023£7k
SHELLIX CO LIMITEDFY2022£6k
BALSTRAW LIMITEDFY2022£6kSupport of education and relief of poverty
JEG TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£6k
TRUEMART LIMITEDFY2023£6k
JEG TRUST LIMITEDFY2025£6k
IGO FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2024£6k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTH LONDON BIKUR CHOLIM LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTH LONDON WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION£6.6m—0above—no doubt
NORTH LONDON BIKUR CHOLIM LIMITED FY2024£3.0m—0unclear—no doubt
ABILITY NORTH LONDON FY2024£640k—0above—no doubt
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY (USA) FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£399k—0within—no doubt
NORTH LONDON COST SHOP FY2025£11.7m—0unclear—no doubt
HOPE NORTH LONDON LIMITED FY2024£184k—0unclear—no doubt

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