JEWISH FAMILY CENTRE LTD

Registered charity 1162132 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LONDON JEWISH FAMILY CENTRE, LONDON JEWISH FAMILY CENTRE LTD

TO PROMOTE, WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RACE, POLITICAL OR OTHER OPINIONS, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS, IN AN EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, IMPROVE PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF LIFE, PROVIDE FACILITIES OF SOCIAL WELFARE, RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION; FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE.

Objects

The charity's objects (Objects) are specifically restricted to the following:1 to promote for the benefit of the inhabitants of the United Kingdom and Abroad (the area of benefit) without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race, political or religious or other opinions by association together with the said inhabitants and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to improve the physical and economic conditions of life in the area of benefit and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation and for such charitable purposes as the trustees shall determine; and2 the Relief of Poverty and The Relief of Need, Hardship or Distress in the UK and abroad by making grants of money and/or items; and3 to provide, maintain and equip a community centre

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £4,136 for the year ended 28 February 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. The trustees report that free reserves have reached their policy target of approximately £90,000, representing three months of total resources expended. The charity confirms it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 28/02/2021 (received 06/01/2022, 9 days after the 28/12/2021 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Jewish Family Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 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 (55% 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: 10.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Bernard Philip Weinbaumchair
• Alexi Kelaty
• Annette Ruth Kurer · trustee of 1 other charity
• JUDITH BAUERNFREUND
• Simon Appleman
• Stephen Solomon Lever

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

Operates in: Barnet · Hackney · Haringey · Harrow

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FEDERATION OF JEWISH RELIEF ORGANISATIONS.

• FEDERATION OF JEWISH RELIEF ORGANISATIONS income £498k
• ST JOSEPH'S FAMILY CENTRE income £462k
• TIFERETH BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED income £434k
• JEWISH FUTURES TRUST LIMITED income £14.6m
• BOARD OF DEPUTIES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £1.9m
• RABBI YISROEL YEHUDAH PERITZ CHARITABLE TRUST income £90k

Side by side with its peers

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