CHAIM BECHESED

Registered charity 1198349 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's main activity is grantmaking.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH IN HACKNEY AND HARINGEY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING: GRANTS TOWARDS THE COST OF RUNNING AND MAINTAINING SYNAGOGUES, JEWISH RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS AND OTHER PLACES OF JEWISH RELIGIOUS LEARNING, AND FUNDS TO ORGANISATIONS AND EVENTS INVOLVED IN CELEBRATING THE JEWISH FAITH.

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

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

Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

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

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

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

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

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

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Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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