MH GEMACH

Registered charity 1202071 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Disbursement of grants to individual beneficiaries for the purpose of relief of poverty

Objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE VICINITY OF NW LONDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS SERVICES, OR FACILITIES.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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 · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£42k
Latest spending
£43k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £1,512 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds to £6,219. However, the trustees confirm that these funds remain above their stated reserves policy target of £3,600. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, indicating no immediate threats to the charity's continuity.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one month’s expenditure, evaluated as £3,600 (reserves figure: £6k)
“the trustees have adopted a policy to always maintain a surplus of one month’s expenditure, evaluated as £3,600, in unrestricted funds”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donation from Machzike Hadath Synagogue
“During the year the charity received an unrestricted donation of £610 (2024: £1,850) from Machzike Hadath Synagogue, a UK registered charity with trustees in common with that of the Charity and common management.” — page 11
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 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 29/02/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 22/12/2025, 52 days after the 31/10/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. 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
31/12/2025£42k£43k
31/12/2024£64k£59k
29/02/2024£10k£7k

Common questions

Is MH GEMACH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £1,512 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds to £6,219. However, the trustees confirm that these funds remain above their stated reserves policy target of £3,600. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, indicating no immediate threats to the charity's continuity. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MH GEMACH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MH GEMACH as a grant recipient include MACHZIKE HADATH COMMUNITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MACHZIKE HADATH COMMUNITYFY2025amount not statedalleviation of poverty

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 Kupath Gemach Trust.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MH GEMACH£42k—0above—no doubt
Kupath Gemach Trust FY2025£997k——unclear—no doubt
OHR YESHAYA FY2025£308k—0unclear—no doubt
LIMOGES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£69k—0within—no doubt
MAGEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£165k—0above—no doubt
EZER MIKOIDESH FOUNDATION FY2025£493k—0unclear—noted

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