BOURNEMOUTH HEBREW CONGREGATION

Registered charity 1195412 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

There is no change in activities.

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Latest income
£396k
Latest spending
£435k
Registered
2021
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £74,094 for the year, with total unrestricted funds carried forward of £1,760,298. The Trustees consider the level of free reserves at £746,415 to be in accordance with their policy requirement to cover general costs for up to one year and future relocation or renovation expenses. The principal risk identified is the fall in membership of its ageing community, which affects the primary funding source of subscriptions.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income
£520k
Total spending
£446k
Reserves (reported)
£1.8m
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~47.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bournemouth · Poole

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£396k£435k
31/12/2023£520k£446k
31/12/2022£366k£350k

Common questions

Is BOURNEMOUTH HEBREW CONGREGATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £74,094 for the year, with total unrestricted funds carried forward of £1,760,298. The Trustees consider the level of free reserves at £746,415 to be in accordance with their policy requirement to cover general costs for up to one year and future relocation or renovation expenses. The principal risk identified is the fall in membership of its ageing community, which affects the primary funding source of subscriptions. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by TC Group.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund07/09/2022£59k"The Living Stones"

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PHILEMON TOXTETH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BOURNEMOUTH HEBREW CONGREGATION£396k—0unclear—no doubt
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PHILEMON TOXTETH FY2024£173k—0unclear—no doubt
THE BRIDGE LANE BETH HAMEDRASH FY2025£406k——unclear—no doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k—0unclear—no doubt
THE JEWISH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL FY2025£2.3m——above—no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF IGUD HAKOLELIM B'YERUSHALAYIM FY2025£445k—0within—no doubt

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