THE MAURICE AND VIVIENNE WOHL PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1177003 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Foundation's objectives are such charitable purposes as the trustees in their absolute discretion see fit. The trustees have adopted a broad mission statement for grant making noting the preference for building projects and focusing mainly in Israel and Europe on Health and medical sciences, Needy populations, and improving the quality of Jewish Life.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE FOUNDATION ARE THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£4.2m
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Foundation holds total unrestricted reserves of $123.4m, an increase from the previous year's $114.0m. The trustees confirm that these reserves and the Foundation's liquidity are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties regarding going concern identified. The Foundation does not define a minimum level of reserves but intends to maintain the capital value of its endowment in real terms.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: $362,931 - $376,373 — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median £70k)
“In the band $362,931 - $376,373” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Reimbursed travel expenses paid to four trustees
“Reimbursed travel expenses were paid to four (2024: three) trustees in the year amounting to $46,571” — page 28
“Payne Hicks Beach, a law firm in which Martin Paisner is a partner, raised charges for professional services and reimbursed expenses in the amount of $19,786”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payne Hicks Beach (partner Martin Paisner) raised charges for professional services
“Reimbursed travel expenses were paid to four (2024: three) trustees in the year amounting to $46,571” — page 28
“Payne Hicks Beach, a law firm in which Martin Paisner is a partner, raised charges for professional services and reimbursed expenses in the amount of $19,786”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Saffery LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£110,001–£120,000: 1; £250,001–£300,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£90,001–£100,000: 2)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Employees paid over £60,000: 2 (£70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1)
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£4.2m
Cost of raising funds
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£91.8m
Employees
4

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (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: 94.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Germany · Israel · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.3m£4.2m
31/12/2024£717k£6.2m
31/12/2023£771k£5.6m
31/12/2022£600k£6.1m
31/12/2021£439k£4.4m

Common questions

Is THE MAURICE AND VIVIENNE WOHL PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Foundation holds total unrestricted reserves of $123.4m, an increase from the previous year's $114.0m. The trustees confirm that these reserves and the Foundation's liquidity are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties regarding going concern identified. The Foundation does not define a minimum level of reserves but intends to maintain the capital value of its endowment in real terms. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Saffery LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE MAURICE AND VIVIENNE WOHL PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the $362,931 - $376,373 band.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
WISEHEIGHTS LIMITED1£820k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MAURICE AND VIVIENNE WOHL PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION£1.3m$362,931 - $376,373—unclear—no doubt
THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£1.1m£270,000 - £280,0001unclear—no doubt
THE JEWISH PHILANTHROPIC ASSOCIATION FOR ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST FY2025£135k—0unclear—no doubt
MANCHESTER JEWISH PHILANTHROPIC FY2025£33k—0unclear—no doubt
SF FOUNDATION FY2025£7.7m—0above—no doubt
ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPE FY2025£350k——unclear—no doubt

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