FRIENDS OF ESRA IN ISRAEL

Registered charity 1184809 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

ESRA was established to help English-speaking olim acclimate to life in Israel. This soon evolved to helping diverse waves of immigrants, and then to helping any needy sector of Israeli society, with an emphasis on educational advancement for all of Israel's children.

Objects

TO PROVIDE SUCH FINANCIAL OR MATERIAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK OF ESRA ISRAEL, AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE WITH PARTICULAR PREFERENCE FOR SUPPORT OF PROJECTS WHICH RELIEVE THE CHARITABLE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated unrestricted income of £47,286 and incurred total expenditure of £42,461, resulting in a net surplus for the year. Total unrestricted funds carried forward increased to £8,547. The filing confirms that accounting records were kept in accordance with statutory requirements and the accounts comply with the Charities SORP.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam Davis
• Bernice Ruth Jacobs
• Peter Victor Young
• RICHARD JOHN STEIN
• Stephen SAMUEL · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

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