MEIRIM ILLUMINATING LTD

Registered charity 1201029 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MEIRIM LTD

Meirim Illuminating Ltd empowers teens and families in crisis through counselling, education, and financial aid. Our programmes span mental health support, education, sports, and economic development. With a non-judgmental approach, we rebuild self-esteem, fostering resilience in adolescents. Job placement assistance, community projects, and relief from poverty are integral parts of our mission.

Objects

1)TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGHPROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE AND ACCESSIBLEFACILITIES AND SERVICES TO PROMOTE TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT, RECREATION,PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND CARE, WITH THE OBJECT OFIMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.2)THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, BY THEPROVISION OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND FACILITIES FORRELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND STUDY.

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

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £32,391 for the year, with total incoming resources of £701,251 against expenditure of £668,860. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains reserves equivalent to at least three months of core running costs, a policy which has been maintained throughout the year. The trustees confirm adequate resources for going concern, with unrestricted funds carried forward totaling £32,637.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "above" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 14117774

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BENEDIKT, Pinchas — director, appointed 19/05/2022on trustee list
• STEMPEL, Benzion Chaim — director, appointed 19/05/2022on trustee list
• STROH, Yitzchok Aaron — director, appointed 19/05/2022on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 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

• Yitzchok Strohchair
• Bentzion Chaim Stempel
• PINCHAS BENEDIKT · trustee of 6 other charities

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

Operates in: Barnet · Hackney · Haringey

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LIFE AND LIGHT MISSIONS.

• THE LIFE AND LIGHT MISSIONS income £921k
• CHRIST LIGHT ASSEMBLIES income £75k
• LIGHT income £806k
• RE-ENLIGHTEN income £210k
• YMM income £116k
• IMAM ORGANISATION UK income £66k

Side by side with its peers

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