FRIENDS OF GUR FOUNDATION ISRAEL

Registered charity 1168057 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To assist and support jewish religious education and poverty.

Objects

THE OBJECT[S] OF THE CIO AREI. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH RELIGION THROUGH FACILITATION OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES ACTIVITIES OR SERVICES AND IN PARTICULAR THROUGH SUPPORTING THE GUR FOUNDATION IN ISRAEL.II. 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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity cleared an accumulated deficit to reach unrestricted reserves of £7,033, supported by a significant increase in donations. However, the trustees note that the going concern basis is appropriate only due to continued financial support from creditors, indicating a dependency on external credit facilities.

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 3 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
• Conflicting interests
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 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: 1.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• RAPHAEL AARON RECHNITZERchair
• FEIGE GOLDBERG
• Israel Piller · trustee of 1 other charity
• PALTIEL TAUB

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

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

• Israel Piller — trustee here and at H P CHARITABLE TRUST

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF GANEI GEULA JERUSALEM LTD.

• FRIENDS OF GANEI GEULA JERUSALEM LTD income £54k
• UK FRIENDS OF TZOHAR income £79k
• GUR TRUST income £134k
• UK FRIENDS OF YAD YISROEL INCORPORATING SPONSOR A MEAL FOUNDATION income £580k
• THE FRIENDS OF THE CENTRE FOR TORAH EDUCATION TRUST income £46k
• FRIENDS OF SANZ INSTITUTIONS income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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