ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTRE UK

Registered charity 1188449 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IGDC UK

The relief of blind, visually impaired and disabled persons resident in Israel by promoting such work of the institution known as the Israel Guide Dog Centre for the blind as is exclusively charitable.

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Latest income

£695k

Latest spending

£933k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £237,163 for the year, resulting in a deficit due to the trustees' decision to utilize accumulated assets to fund remittances to Israel. Despite this, unrestricted reserves were maintained at £322,902, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of holding six months of overheads and planned remittances. The charity's gross income increased to £695,492, supported by donations and charitable activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of overheads and six months of planned remittances to the Centre in Israel (held: £323k)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain reserves sufficient to cover approximately six months of overheads and six months of planned remittances to the Centre in Israel” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Israel Guide Dog Centre UK (matched by registered charity number).

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

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

Total income

£695k

Total spending

£933k

Cost of raising funds

£13k

Reserves (reported)

£323k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Marc Jonathan Benjaminchair · trustee of 2 other charities
Adam Blake
Lisa Marlowe
Mark Adrian Gold
Mason Hadleigh Bloom
Michael Stoller · trustee of 1 other charity
Nicola Nathan
PATRICIA SIMONE WARD
Tina Mandy Son

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

Operates in: Israel · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£695k	£933k
31/12/2024	£626k	£507k
31/12/2023	£495k	£403k
31/12/2022	£398k	£509k
31/12/2021	£797k	£762k

Common questions

Is ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTRE UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £237,163 for the year, resulting in a deficit due to the trustees' decision to utilize accumulated assets to fund remittances to Israel. Despite this, unrestricted reserves were maintained at £322,902, which the trustees consider to be in line with their policy of holding six months of overheads and planned remittances. The charity's gross income increased to £695,492, supported by donations and charitable activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTRE UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTRE UK as a grant recipient include THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, COL-RENO LIMITED, SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT), THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k	Charitable Donations
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k	General charitable purposes
COL-RENO LIMITED	FY2025	£4k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)	FY2025	£2k	contribution towards core funding
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£200

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
LATATE LIMITED	2	£190k
THE IAN & NATALIE LIVINGSTONE CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£120k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£364k
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITED	1	£284k
THE DORFMAN FOUNDATION	1	£200k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	1	£185k
SHULEM B. ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£108k
GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£106k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH ISRAEL.

BRITISH FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH ISRAEL income £2.6m
COLLEL CHIBATH YERUSHALAYIM, RABBI MEIR BAAL HANES TRUST income £1.3m
ANGLO-ISRAEL ASSOCIATION income £110k
BRITISH FRIENDS OF IGUD HAKOLELIM B'YERUSHALAYIM income £445k
BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST income £755k
AGUDAS ISRAEL ORGANISATION OF GREAT BRITAIN income £410k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ISRAEL GUIDE DOG CENTRE UK	£695k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH ISRAEL FY2024	£2.6m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
COLLEL CHIBATH YERUSHALAYIM, RABBI MEIR BAAL HANES TRUST FY2025	£1.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ANGLO-ISRAEL ASSOCIATION FY2024	£110k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF IGUD HAKOLELIM B'YERUSHALAYIM FY2025	£445k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£755k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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