CHANA CHARITY LTD

Registered charity 1172957 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHANA, CHANA TRUST LIMITED

CHANA is a non-profit organisation set up to provide support and up-to-date medical information to couples in the Jewish Community and their extended families who experience difficulties with fertility. CHANA aims to raise awareness in the community and help reduce the stigma and isolation so often felt by those challenged with infertility.

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Latest income
£1.6m
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
2017
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash reserves of £307,750 were held at year-end, which the trustees confirm covers three months of running costs and exceeds their stated policy target. The charity reported a net income surplus of £65,783 for the year, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £1,545,830. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £308k)
“The trustees aim to build up reserves to a level of at least 3 months running costs.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Melinek Fine LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Chana Charity Limited (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £1.1m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 01/10/2025)

Total income
£1.6m
Total spending
£1.6m
Cost of raising funds
£366k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (50% 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: 22.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
01/10/2025£1.6m£1.6m
01/10/2024£1.7m£1.5m
01/10/2023£1.6m£1.4m
30/09/2022£1.5m£1.1m
30/09/2021£465k£625k

Common questions

Is CHANA CHARITY LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted cash reserves of £307,750 were held at year-end, which the trustees confirm covers three months of running costs and exceeds their stated policy target. The charity reported a net income surplus of £65,783 for the year, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £1,545,830. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting was appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Melinek Fine LLP.

Who funds CHANA CHARITY LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHANA CHARITY LTD as a grant recipient include ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED, INVESTREAM CHARITABLE TRUST, THE KASNER CHARITABLE TRUST, DAVID TANNEN CHARITABLE TRUST, LPW LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2024£423k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2025£299k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2022£235k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2023£194k
INVESTREAM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£66kMedical and Elderly care
THE KASNER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£55kRelief of poverty
INVESTREAM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£48k
DAVID TANNEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£35k
THE KASNER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£27kRelief of poverty
LPW LIMITEDFY2023£25k
INVESTREAM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£25k
JEG TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£23k
JEG TRUST LIMITEDFY2025£23k
NATLAS TRUSTFY2025£21k
JEG TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£19k
THE HOLDEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£15k
JEG TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£13k
THE GERTNER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£12k
THE GERTNER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£11k
THE HOLDEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£11k
M AND S STORFER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10k
MENDAN LIMITEDFY2025£6k
THE MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5kAdvance of religion and medical
THE CARMONA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5kAdvancement of the Jewish faith
THE MORRIS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£4kPoor and needy
THE PHILLIPS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2022£10kSupporting Mental Health in response to Reproductive Challenges from Covid-19
The National Lottery Community Fund25/01/2019£9kThe Chana Un-Expected Webinar Series

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.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LEV CHAIM.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHANA CHARITY LTD£1.6m——above—no doubt
LEV CHAIM FY2025£192k—0unclear—no doubt
GEMACH LTD FY2025£7.1m—0above—no doubt
ACHEINU CANCER SUPPORT FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
CHAI-LIFELINE CANCER CARE FY2025£4.2m£140,001 - £150,000—unclear—no doubt
GIVE US A CHANCE FY2025£567k—0unclear—no doubt

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