LEV ARIEL

Registered charity 1198583 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing volunteers and support to children in North West London when a parent is ill with cancer.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH A PARENT SUFFERING FROM CANCER OR OTHER SIMILAR ILLNESSES IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF POSITIVE INDIVIDUAL AND/OR FAMILY EXPERIENCES, RESPITE CARE, OUTINGS, TREATS AND COMFORTS WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

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

Latest income
£43k
Latest spending
£32k
Registered
2022
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £2,311 to £13,113, resulting in a net surplus of £10,802 for the year. The trustees consider these closing funds to be appropriate for supporting ongoing activities and short-term commitments. The charity is unincorporated and relies on donation income, which saw a significant increase to £42,807.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income)
“During the year the charity received total donations of £42,807 (2024: £6,610).” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 1.2% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Of this, £507 (2024: £889) was incurred in raising funds and £31,498 (2024: £15,971) was applied in pursuit of the charitable objects.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: sufficient to ensure the continuity of the charity’s activities and to meet short-term commitments as they fall due (reserves figure: £13k)
“The trustees aim to maintain unrestricted reserves at a level sufficient to ensure the continuity of the charity’s activities and to meet short-term commitments as they fall due.” — page 3
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 30/04/2025

  • Volunteers: 27

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 26

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 27

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: Barnet

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£43k£32k
30/04/2024£7k£17k
30/04/2023£41k£29k

Common questions

Is LEV ARIEL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £2,311 to £13,113, resulting in a net surplus of £10,802 for the year. The trustees consider these closing funds to be appropriate for supporting ongoing activities and short-term commitments. The charity is unincorporated and relies on donation income, which saw a significant increase to £42,807. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LEV ARIEL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LEV ARIEL as a grant recipient include COL-RENO LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
COL-RENO LIMITEDFY2023£360

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund02/09/2024£20kCancer Support For Families

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 CHILDREN'S HEART ASSOCIATION (NORTH WEST).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LEV ARIEL£43k—0above1.2%no doubt
CHILDREN'S HEART ASSOCIATION (NORTH WEST) FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt
THE HENRY ALLEN TRUST FY2025£118k—0unclear—no doubt
GIVE A HAND FY2025£54k——unclear—noted
KIDS CANCER CHARITY FY2025£663k—0unclear—no doubt
CHILDREN IN NEED FUND FY2025£34k—0unclear—no doubt

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