KEREN TRUST

Registered charity 1203906 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

As detailed in the charity objects

Objects

1. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AROUND THE WORLD IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS, OR BY GRANTS TO CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE THAT PROVIDE EDUCATION.2. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING; GRANTS OR LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. 3. TO ADVANCE THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION WORLDWIDE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CODE OF JEWISH LAW (SHULCHAN ARUCH). 4 TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF ANY MEDICAL CONDITIONS AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT AND MEDICAL ADVICE.

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

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

Registered contact address: Bury, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£179k
Latest spending
£58k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £29,874, which the trustees consider an acceptable level given the charity's limited financial obligations. Total net assets stood at £1,102,202, driven largely by investment properties, with no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: roughly equal to the net current assets of the charity (reserves figure: £30k)
“the trustees have resolved to maintain a minimum reserve roughly equal to the net current assets of the charity.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 18. Related parties
“Mr Jacques Cohen, a trustee of Keren Trust, is also a trustee of Ashkelon Foundation. During the year Ashkelon Foundation donated £45,000 to Keren Trust. Mr Jacques Cohen, a trustee of Keren Trust, is also a trustee of Ashkelon Foundation. During the year Keren Trust donated £5,000 to Ashkelon Foundation.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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 30/06/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2024)

Total income
£782k
Total spending
£17k
Reserves (reported)
£982k
Employees
0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£179k£58k
30/06/2024£782k£17k

Common questions

Is KEREN TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted free reserves of £29,874, which the trustees consider an acceptable level given the charity's limited financial obligations. Total net assets stood at £1,102,202, driven largely by investment properties, with no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds KEREN TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KEREN TRUST as a grant recipient include ASHKELON FOUNDATION.

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.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ASHKELON FOUNDATIONFY2023£228k
ASHKELON FOUNDATIONFY2025£210k
ASHKELON FOUNDATIONFY2024amount not statedEducational

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 KEREN HATZOLO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KEREN TRUST£179k—0unclear—no doubt
KEREN HATZOLO FY2025£385k——unclear—no doubt
UK FRIENDS OF KEREN OHR FY2025£70k—0within—no doubt
KEREN SHMUEL FY2022£531k—0below—no doubt
THE BEHRENS FOUNDATION FY2026£120k—0unclear—no doubt
D R CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£527k—0unclear—no doubt

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