MAVAR

Registered charity 1156754 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The support of individuals from a strictly Orthodox Jewish community background who find themselves in financial need, suffer hardship, emotional distress, or have health, legal or housing problems because their personal values are not in line with those of their religious community and who therefore wish to explore options to study, or work in the wider world and live independently.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE RELIEF OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN FINANCIAL NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (WHETHER TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT), THOSE WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS INCLUDING THOSE SUFFERING FROM EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AND THOSE IN POVERTY WHOSE PERSONAL VALUES OR RELIGIOUS PRACTICE ARE NOT IN LINE WITH THOSE OF THEIR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY AND WHO WISH TO LIVE A DIFFERENT LIFE STYLE, IN PARTICULAR THOSE OF THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY, WHO, THROUGH LACK OF EDUCATION, MEANS AND LANGUAGE, WOULD OTHERWISE BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN SUCH SUPPORT WITH THE AIM OF FACILITATING AN IMPROVEMENT IN THEIR PERSONAL, SOCIAL AND FINANCIAL WELL-BEING AND THEIR FEELINGS OF SELF-WORTH.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £11,785 at year-end 2025, which the trustees report comfortably exceeds their stated policy target of six months' worth of reserves. The charity maintains a robust cash position covering just under 10 months of average expenses, although the trustees note a high dependency on a small number of donors for grant income.

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.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• NICHOLAS LEUW GENDLERchair
• Dieter STEIN
• Odele Margulies
• Paul David Goodman

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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