UK FRIENDS OF BEIT ISSIE SHAPIRO

Registered charity 1185443 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the CIO is the relief of children and adults with disabilities and more particularly by the provision of financial assistance to the Beit Issie Shapiro centres in Israel.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES AND MORE PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE BEIT ISSIE SHAPIRO CENTRES IN ISRAEL.

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 · Disability · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £28,891 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £58,193 to £29,302. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Unrestricted reserves stood at £4,426, while the document does not disclose a specific reserves policy target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses 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.

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

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2023)

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 3.4% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Laura Wellerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ALAN GABBAY
• ANGELA HARDING · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrea Zisman
• MICHAEL HIRSCH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michal Cohen-Sagi
• NATHALIE ESFANDI
• Sharona Bor
• Stuart Boyd

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

Operates in: Israel · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF BEIS YISROEL TRUST.

• FRIENDS OF BEIS YISROEL TRUST income £748k
• BRITISH FRIENDS OF KISHORIT income £88k
• SOLUTIONS NOT SIDES income £590k
• FRIENDS OF SHABBOS income £26k
• FARADAY MASONIC BENEVOLENT FUND income £108k
• BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE CHAZON ISH INSTITUTIONS income £110k

Side by side with its peers

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