CHABAD OF FINCHLEY

Registered charity 1197411 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Chabad of Finchley is here to serve every person in the area with love, care and dedication. We run a large variety of services for Jewish people in the area, regardless of affiliation and background, in addition to services and activities for the general public in Finchley.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£154k
Latest spending
£142k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds are in deficit, with a specific shortfall of £8,608 reported at year-end. The trustees attribute this to core costs not being fully funded by restricted project income and plan to address the situation through future fundraising and overhead recovery. Despite the deficit, the charity reports meeting its fundraising objectives and continuing its activities.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (77% of income)
“Sum total of donations received. £80,069” — page 7
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-9k)
“At 31 December 2024, the unrestricted fund shows a deficit of £8,608” — page 8
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£154k£142k
31/12/2023£85k£84k
31/12/2022£0£0

Common questions

Is CHABAD OF FINCHLEY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds are in deficit, with a specific shortfall of £8,608 reported at year-end. The trustees attribute this to core costs not being fully funded by restricted project income and plan to address the situation through future fundraising and overhead recovery. Despite the deficit, the charity reports meeting its fundraising objectives and continuing its activities.

Who funds CHABAD OF FINCHLEY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHABAD OF FINCHLEY as a grant recipient include PENINIM CHARITY TRUST, JOHN LYON'S CHARITY, THE YOUNG BARNET FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PENINIM CHARITY TRUSTFY2024£17k
JOHN LYON'S CHARITYFY2025£5kSports and Wellbeing for All
THE YOUNG BARNET FOUNDATIONFY2024£5kSpace2Grow CYP Fund

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund01/03/2024£20kSingle Carers Support

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.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF EPPING.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHABAD OF FINCHLEY£154k—0below—no doubt
CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF EPPING FY2025£108k—0unclear—no doubt
CHABAD ON THE SOUTH BANK FY2025£189k—0unclear—no doubt
CHABAD OF GREENWICH & DOCKLANDS LIMITED FY2025£150k—0unclear—no doubt
Chabad Israeli Centre FY2025£333k—0below—noted
CHABAD OF CROUCH END AND WEST HARINGEY FY2024£103k—0unclear—no doubt

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