FODIP (THE FORUM FOR DISCUSSION OF ISRAEL AND PALESTINE)

Registered charity 1189476 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Education, Training and Facilitation for young Muslims, Jews, Christians and of other faiths and noneInterfaith Study Tours to the RegionDialogue Programmes and ProjectsSeminars and Workshops

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:A) PROMOTING MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT BETWEEN JEWS, CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS AND THE WIDER PUBLIC;B) THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE, THROUGH DIALOGUE AND EDUCATION, WHERE COMMUNITY RELATIONS ARE THREATENED BY DIFFERENCES IN PERSPECTIVES REGARDING THE ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN CONFLICT AND OTHER RELATED GLOBAL PROBLEMS;C) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC CONCERNING RELIGIOUS ISSUES INVOLVING, AND APPROACHES TOWARDS, EVENTS AND PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.

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

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Latest income
£143k
Latest spending
£103k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity secured a five-year grant of £487,610 from the National Lottery Reaching Communities programme and recruited new staff to support organisational growth. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £20,052.15 were held at year-end, which the trustees confirmed was equal to three months' expenditure on costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months’ running costs (reserves figure: £20k)
“The members have agreed the reserves policy to leave enough to meet three months’ running costs.” — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 60

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 30

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

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
31/08/2025£143k£103k
31/08/2024£77k£85k
31/08/2023£109k£86k
31/08/2022£84k£35k
31/08/2021£43k£40k

Common questions

Is FODIP (THE FORUM FOR DISCUSSION OF ISRAEL AND PALESTINE) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity secured a five-year grant of £487,610 from the National Lottery Reaching Communities programme and recruited new staff to support organisational growth. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £20,052.15 were held at year-end, which the trustees confirmed was equal to three months' expenditure on costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund14/02/2025£478kHearing the Other; Rebuild the Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund15/08/2022£10kBreaking Barriers Creating Conversations
The National Lottery Community Fund06/10/2021£162kTough Options - Moving Forward
The National Lottery Community Fund19/02/2021£8kChallenging Antisemitism and Islamophobia During Lockdown

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FODIP (THE FORUM FOR DISCUSSION OF ISRAEL AND PALESTINE)£143k—0within—no doubt
FELDMAN INTERNATIONAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£12k—0unclear—no doubt
CHASDEI YITZOK CHARITIES LIMITED FY2025£203k—0unclear—no doubt
FUNDD FY2025£5.0m—0unclear—noted
FFH EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£93k—0unclear—no doubt
CFI CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£735k—0unclear—no doubt

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