FRIENDS OF FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF UKRAINE

Registered charity 1203579 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF UKRAINE

The charity will be making grants to help displaced and impoverished Ukrainians.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS LIVING IN UKRAINE AND THOSE WHO SEE UKRAINE AS THEIR HOME WHO ARE IN NEED DUE TO WAR, NATURAL DISASTER OR CATASTROPHE BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO CHARITIES AND ORGANISATIONS WORKING THERE TO SUPPLY SUCH AID AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£56k

Latest spending

£85k

Registered

2023

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported unrestricted reserves of £2,478 at year-end, a decrease from £31,207 the previous year, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding donations. The trustees state that administrative expenses are minimal and there are no binding commitments for the next year. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: It is the policy of the Charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the Charity, at a level, which the Trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the Charity and the likely administrative costs of the Charity for the next year. (reserves figure: £2k)

“It is the policy of the Charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the Charity, at a level, which the Trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the Charity and the likely administrative costs of the Charity for the next year.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity 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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
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.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

David Morris · trustee of 4 other charities
Denis Leonard Aaronson

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

Operates in: Austria · Germany · Hungary · Israel · Poland · Throughout England · Ukraine · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£56k	£85k
31/12/2024	£113k	£82k
31/12/2023	£0	£0

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF UKRAINE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported unrestricted reserves of £2,478 at year-end, a decrease from £31,207 the previous year, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding donations. The trustees state that administrative expenses are minimal and there are no binding commitments for the next year. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FRIENDS OF FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF UKRAINE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FRIENDS OF FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF UKRAINE as a grant recipient include FRIENDS OF FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF UKRAINE.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

David Morris — trustee here and at FRIENDS OF FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF UKRAINE
Denis Leonard Aaronson — trustee here and at FRIENDS OF FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF UKRAINE

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
FRIENDS OF FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF UKRAINE	FY2024	£80k

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
THE DYNA AND FALA WEINSTOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£368k
THE IAN & NATALIE LIVINGSTONE CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£120k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	1	£229k
THE DORFMAN FOUNDATION	1	£200k
FIVE K FOUNDATION	1	£138k
C AND F CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£126k
THE CHARLES WOLFSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£100k
LATATE LIMITED	1	£100k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF CHOSEN YESHIAS.

FRIENDS OF CHOSEN YESHIAS income £832k
UK FRIENDS OF BNOS YEHUDIS income £176k
UK FRIENDS OF YAD YISROEL INCORPORATING SPONSOR A MEAL FOUNDATION income £580k
FRIENDS OF YESHIVOS IMREI YOSEF income £26k
FRIENDS OF OHEL YIZCHAK UMIRIAM income £34k
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL CANCER ASSOCIATION income £159k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FRIENDS OF FEDERATION OF JEWISH COMMUNITIES OF UKRAINE	£56k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF CHOSEN YESHIAS FY2025	£832k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
UK FRIENDS OF BNOS YEHUDIS FY2025	£176k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
UK FRIENDS OF YAD YISROEL INCORPORATING SPONSOR A MEAL FOUNDATION FY2025	£580k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF YESHIVOS IMREI YOSEF FY2025	£26k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF OHEL YIZCHAK UMIRIAM FY2026	£34k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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