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CAMP SIMCHA

Registered charity 1180646 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Camp Simcha exists to improve the quality of life for Jewish families affected by serious illness. It provides a variety of services to help and support these families.

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Latest income
£4.4m
Latest spending
£3.3m
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £797,785 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by a significant drop in voluntary income compared to the previous year. Despite this deficit, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,296,808, which the trustees consider appropriate given the fundraising cycle and economic climate. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £100,000 - £109,999 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £70k)
“£100,000 - £109,999 1” — page 43
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 9 - 12 months of expenditure (held: £3.3m)
“Camp Simcha has a policy to target free reserves of at least 9 - 12 months of expenditure.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Camp Simcha (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.

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.

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

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

Total income
£4.4m
Total spending
£3.3m
Cost of raising funds
£654k
Reserves (reported)
£3.3m
Employees
25

Reported reserves equal ~12.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (84% 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: 14.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

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
31/12/2025£4.4m£3.3m
31/12/2024£2.3m£3.1m
31/12/2023£4.3m£2.9m
31/12/2022£1.9m£2.5m
31/12/2021£4.1m£1.9m

Common questions

Is CAMP SIMCHA financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £797,785 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by a significant drop in voluntary income compared to the previous year. Despite this deficit, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £3,296,808, which the trustees consider appropriate given the fundraising cycle and economic climate. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of CAMP SIMCHA earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £100,000 - £109,999 band.

Who funds CAMP SIMCHA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CAMP SIMCHA as a grant recipient include ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED, THE DYNA AND FALA WEINSTOCK CHARITABLE TRUST, JNF CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE STEINBERG FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST.

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.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2025£287k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2023£273k
THE DYNA AND FALA WEINSTOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£150k
JNF CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£112kDonations to UK and overseas charities (KKL Charity Accounts)
THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£100kCare and Welfare
THE STEINBERG FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£75ktotal committed in 2023 over 5 years
THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£75kCare and Welfare
THE SENECA TRUSTFY2025£51k
THE STEINBERG FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£50ktotal committed for 5 years
DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£50kGeneral charitable funding
THE PARK LANE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£45k
THE JORDAN MAX GOODMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£45k
LOFTUS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£42kRelief of poverty and ill-health
THE DYNA AND FALA WEINSTOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£40k
THE DYNA AND FALA WEINSTOCK CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£40k
THE JORDAN MAX GOODMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£35k
THE BLOOM FOUNDATIONFY2023£30k
THE BLOOM FOUNDATIONFY2024£30k
LOFTUS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£28kRelief of poverty and ill-health
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£26k
The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family FoundationFY2023£25kRelated party transaction
THE JULIAN TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£25kSupporting Jewish community
THE JULIAN TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£25kGrant to related party
THE MURIEL AND GERSHON COREN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2026£25k
THE RAMAR CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2022£21k
THE BLOOM FOUNDATIONFY2022£20k
ATKIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£20k
ATKIN CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£20k
THE JORDAN MAX GOODMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20k
The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family FoundationFY2025£15k
THE RAMAR CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2025£15k
THE WIGODER FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2024£10k
DOROTHY, EMMA & SPIRO LATSIS BENEVOLENT TRUSTFY2023£10k
THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUSTFY2022£10k
THE EMMES FOUNDATIONFY2025£10k
DOROTHY, EMMA & SPIRO LATSIS BENEVOLENT TRUSTFY2025£10k
DOROTHY, EMMA & SPIRO LATSIS BENEVOLENT TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE WIGODER FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2023£10k
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£9kGeneral charitable purposes
SOLEV CO LIMITEDFY2023£8k
THE RAMAR CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2023£8k
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£8k
THE RAMAR CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2024£8k
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£8k
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£8k
THE CARMONA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£8kAdvancement of the Jewish faith
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£7kCharitable Donations
THE WIGODER FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2021£6k
THE WIGODER FAMILY FOUNDATIONFY2022£6k
THE BLOOM FOUNDATIONFY2025£5k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/05/2018£8kCamp Simcha's Hospital Toy Drive 2018

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
THE S AND Y CHARITABLE TRUST2£75k
LINGATE CHARITABLE TRUST2£36k
THE CHARLES WOLFSON CHARITABLE TRUST1£287k
THE RICHARD HARRIS CHARITABLE TRUST1£115k
THE RUBIN FOUNDATION CHARITABLE TRUST1£100k
WALTERS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£86k
THE BERTIE BLACK FOUNDATION1£67k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND1£61k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SIMCHA TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CAMP SIMCHA£4.4m£100,000 - £109,999—within—no doubt
THE SIMCHA TRUST LIMITED FY2023£119k—0unclear—no doubt
YESHIVAS LEV SIMCHA LIMITED FY2025£939k—0unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF NACHALAS BNEI SHIMON FY2025£194k—0above—no doubt
SINCERE SUPPORT FY2025£122k—0unclear—no doubt
CHAI-LIFELINE CANCER CARE FY2025£4.2m£140,001 - £150,000—unclear—no doubt

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