FRIENDS OF WMSBG-KOLEL DAMESEK ELIEZER

Registered charity 1160938 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the charity (the objects) are:advancement of educationthe prevention or relief of povertypromotion of the Orthodox Jewish religion iany other purpose currently recognised as charitable by analogy to, or within the spirit of, purposes of the above mentioned or any other purpose recognised as charitable under the law of England and Wales.

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

Latest income

£414k

Latest spending

£609k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £1,116,432 to £921,526 due to charitable expenditures exceeding incoming resources. The charity holds significant investment property valued at £1,333,334 and carries a long-term bank loan of £666,667. The trustees confirm there are 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

Reserves policy: a level which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity and the likely administrative costs of the charity for the next year (held: £922k)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity and the likely administrative costs of the charity for the next year.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Alexander Swansea Limited

“The charity's investment property is held by Alexander Swansea Limited which acts as bare trustee for Friends of WMSBG - Kolel Damesek Elieer and two other charities.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2023)

Total income

£730k

Total spending

£522k

Cost of raising funds

£77k

Reserves (reported)

£1.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~39.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (81% 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: 10.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

JACOB SCHREIBER · trustee of 1 other charity
JOEL KESTENBAUM
Rivka NIEDERMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
SARAH ROSENFELD

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

Operates in: Belgium · France · Israel · Netherlands · Switzerland · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2025	£414k	£609k
31/01/2024	£388k	£980k
31/01/2023	£730k	£522k
31/01/2022	£439k	£232k
31/01/2021	£588k	£201k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF WMSBG-KOLEL DAMESEK ELIEZER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £1,116,432 to £921,526 due to charitable expenditures exceeding incoming resources. The charity holds significant investment property valued at £1,333,334 and carries a long-term bank loan of £666,667. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED	3	£288k
UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTD	2	£920k
SF FOUNDATION	2	£393k
CML - CHEVRAS MO'OZ LADOL	2	£351k
ZICHRON MEIR LIMITED	2	£120k
GOLDHEART CHARITY LIMITED	2	£40k
EZER VIZNITZ FOUNDATION	1	£2.7m
DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST	1	£822k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HEICHALEI HAKODESH CENTRE MACHNOVKE BELZ.

HEICHALEI HAKODESH CENTRE MACHNOVKE BELZ income £973k
KOLLEL AND CO LIMITED income £1.4m
KEREN EZRA MIMTZIKA income £548k
BEREST CHARITIES income £214k
THE ELSTREE SHTIEBEL TRUST income £347k
EZER VESAAD TRUST income £204k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FRIENDS OF WMSBG-KOLEL DAMESEK ELIEZER	£414k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HEICHALEI HAKODESH CENTRE MACHNOVKE BELZ FY2025	£973k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KOLLEL AND CO LIMITED FY2025	£1.4m	—	above	—	noted
KEREN EZRA MIMTZIKA FY2024	£548k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BEREST CHARITIES FY2025	£214k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE ELSTREE SHTIEBEL TRUST FY2024	£347k	—	within	—	no doubt

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