CHAIM BECHESED

Registered charity 1198349 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's main activity is grantmaking.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£976k

Latest spending

£979k

Registered

2022

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £2,931 for the year ended 31 May 2025, funded from reserves. Per the trustees' report, reserves at year-end were £5,233, which is below the previous year's £8,163, and the trustees do not maintain a specific reserves policy target beyond ensuring continuity of activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The document states there were no related party transactions in the current year (2025). It notes a donation of £653 to Kupach Gemach Trust in the prior year (2024), but this is not a transaction in the reported year.

“The re were no related party transaction in the year (2024 - donation of £653 to Kupach Gemach Trust, a related charity). Page 12” — page 14

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Total income

£976k

Total spending

£979k

Reserves (reported)

£5k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

SAUL WEISSchair · trustee of 2 other charities
ISRAEL KAHAN · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: Hackney · Haringey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/05/2025	£976k	£979k
31/05/2024	£983k	£973k
31/05/2023	£585k	£587k

Common questions

Is CHAIM BECHESED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £2,931 for the year ended 31 May 2025, funded from reserves. Per the trustees' report, reserves at year-end were £5,233, which is below the previous year's £8,163, and the trustees do not maintain a specific reserves policy target beyond ensuring continuity of activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CHAIM BECHESED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHAIM BECHESED as a grant recipient include LPW LIMITED, COMET CHARITIES LTD, YEDIDIM ASSOCIATION LTD, SABENO LIMITED, STAHL MEMORIAL LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
LPW LIMITED	FY2024	£36k	Advancement of the Jewish religion
COMET CHARITIES LTD	FY2025	£36k
YEDIDIM ASSOCIATION LTD	FY2024	£25k
COMET CHARITIES LTD	FY2024	£20k
SABENO LIMITED	FY2024	£10k
STAHL MEMORIAL LIMITED	FY2025	£2k

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
M AND L COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£26k
YANKOV CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£289k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£131k
OYY LUBAVITCH BOYS SCHOOL	1	£121k
B K CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£100k
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM	1	£62k
HURDALE CHARITY LIMITED	1	£30k
TOIREM	1	£12k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHAIM CHARITABLE COMPANY LIMITED.

CHAIM CHARITABLE COMPANY LIMITED income £173k
SHAREI CHAIM income £904k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH income £705k
LEHACHYOS income £312k
BEIS MORDECHAI income £285k
CHAI NETWORK income £246k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHAIM BECHESED	£976k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHAIM CHARITABLE COMPANY LIMITED FY2025	£173k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHAREI CHAIM FY2025	£904k	—	unclear	—	noted
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH FY2025	£705k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	noted
LEHACHYOS FY2025	£312k	—	above	—	noted
BEIS MORDECHAI FY2025	£285k	—	above	—	no doubt

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