HAMAKOM

Registered charity 1183019 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

Advancing Judaism mainly but not exclusively by:1. Providing retreats, contemplative groups, religious workshops, sacred spaces and services, seminars, meetings and sermons,2. Contributing to followers' good mental and physical health and spiritual wellbeing, and 3. Promoting the study of religious teachings, scriptures, practices, meditation and mindfulness.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE JEWISH RELIGION IN ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:- PROVIDING RETREATS, CONTEMPLATIVE GROUPS, RELIGIOUS WORKSHOPS, SACRED SPACES AND WORSHIP SERVICES, SEMINARS, MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, SERMONS AND PRAYER MEETINGS;- CONTRIBUTING TO FOLLOWERSÆ GOOD MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH AND SPIRITUAL WELLBEING; AND PROMOTING THE STUDY OF RELIGIOUS TEACHINGS, SCRIPTURES, PRACTICES, MEDITATION AND MINDFULNESS.

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 · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hertsmere, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£74k

Latest spending

£68k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that HAMAKOM ended the year with a surplus of £6,210 and unrestricted reserves of £26,968, which are above the trustees' policy target of approximately £14,000. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Staffing changes occurred, with Zac H. Newman stopping work in March 2025 and Danny Newman being retained again.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £25,200

“The fees paid to Zac H. Newman amounted to £25,200 (previous year: £20,300).” — page 3

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months of management costs, general office costs and bank charges (circa £14,000) (reserves figure: £27k)

“the Trustees have decided that the charity’s unrestricted reserves should be kept equal to a total of no less than six months of management costs, general office costs and bank charges. This amount was calculated to be circa £14,000.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 6 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.

Safeguarding policy and procedures

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 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 3

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

Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

Volunteers: 6

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 11/04/2026, 162 days after the 31/10/2025 due date); year ending 31/12/2023 (received 10/11/2024, 10 days after the 31/10/2024 due date).

1 further annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

Roland Oliver Brandmanchair
Edward John Gold
Sara Gina Bensusan
Suzanne Emilia Freed

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	—	—
31/12/2024	£74k	£68k
31/12/2023	£85k	£74k
31/12/2022	£25k	£31k
31/03/2022	£47k	£37k

Common questions

Is HAMAKOM financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that HAMAKOM ended the year with a surplus of £6,210 and unrestricted reserves of £26,968, which are above the trustees' policy target of approximately £14,000. The trustees report no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Staffing changes occurred, with Zac H. Newman stopping work in March 2025 and Danny Newman being retained again. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of HAMAKOM earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £25,200 band.

Who funds HAMAKOM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HAMAKOM as a grant recipient include BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£10k
BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£9k	Spiritual
BRAMPTON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£9k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
FRIENDS OF SHEKEL HAKODESH LIMITED	2	£121k
HAROFEH DONATIONS LIMITED	2	£53k
TIFERES YOCHANAN TOLNA	2	£17k
ORTERSHAM LIMITED	2	£13k
VAIDICHKA	2	£9k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£5.7m
AMABRILL LTD	1	£2.4m
UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTD	1	£2.0m

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MAKOR HAYIM.

MAKOR HAYIM income £95k
NAHAMU income £26k
HEICHAL HATORAH income £627k
MACHON MAYIM CHAIM income £186k
HIGHER TALMUDICAL EDUCATION LIMITED income £420k
IMAM ORGANISATION UK income £66k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HAMAKOM	£74k	£25,200	0	unclear	—	no doubt
MAKOR HAYIM FY2025	£95k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
NAHAMU FY2025	£26k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HEICHAL HATORAH FY2025	£627k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MACHON MAYIM CHAIM FY2025	£186k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HIGHER TALMUDICAL EDUCATION LIMITED FY2025	£420k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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