THE DAVID ISAACS FUND

Registered charity 205896 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide relief for persons who are in need, hardship or distress who shall come to the attention of a District Judge or Coroner presiding at a Greater London or City of London Magistrates Court or Coroners Court.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, WHO SHALL COME TO THE ATTENTION OF: (1) DISTRICT JUDGES PRESIDING IN ANY OF THE MAGISTRATES COURT IN INNER LONDON ("INNER LONDON" MEANS THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF CITY OF WESTMINSTER, CAMDEN, ISLINGTON, HACKNEY, TOWER HAMLETS, GREENWICH, LEWISHAM, SOUTHWARK, LAMBETH, WANDSWORTH, HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM, ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA, AND CITY); (2) CORONERS PRESIDING IN THE INNER LONDON CORONER'S DISTRICTS; AND/OR (3) CITY CORONERS AND WHO IN THEIR OPINION ARE DESERVING OF ASSISTANCE NOTWITHSTANDING THAT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF ANY MISDEMEANOUR OR CRIME, AND IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR RACE, RELIGION, DENOMINATION OR CREED.

Area of benefit: INNER LONDON (SEE ABOVE).

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Dartford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£113k
Latest spending
£97k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £763,180, providing a buffer against the charity's annual expenditure on charitable activities and support costs. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with sufficient assets to meet its objectives for the foreseeable future. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £17,597 for the year, bolstered by investment gains.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Berringers LLP. Discloses 3 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 30/09/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • 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 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 5 were received after the due date: year ending 30/09/2025 (received 04/08/2026, 5 days after the 30/07/2026 due date); year ending 30/09/2024 (received 09/08/2025, 10 days after the 30/07/2025 due date); year ending 30/09/2023 (received 02/08/2024, 3 days after the 30/07/2024 due date); year ending 30/09/2022 (received 13/09/2023, 45 days after the 30/07/2023 due date); year ending 30/09/2021 (received 11/08/2022, 12 days after the 30/07/2022 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: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£113k£97k
30/09/2024£156k£153k
30/09/2023£100k£147k
30/09/2022£92k£116k
30/09/2021£80k£61k

Common questions

Is THE DAVID ISAACS FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £763,180, providing a buffer against the charity's annual expenditure on charitable activities and support costs. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern with sufficient assets to meet its objectives for the foreseeable future. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £17,597 for the year, bolstered by investment gains. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Berringers LLP.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation1£5.0m
CHK Foundation1£50k
FRIENDS OF ACHIEZER ARAD1£41k
MOYNITRUST1£15k
THE CHERUBY TRUST1£8k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE DAVID ISAACS FUND£113k—0unclear—no doubt
THE INJUSTICE FOUNDATION FY2026£609k—0unclear—no doubt
AID INFINITY FY2025£72k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DAVID FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025£78k—0unclear—no doubt
INTERMEDIARIES FOR JUSTICE FY2025£27k—0unclear—no doubt
THE DAVIDAV CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£75k—0above—no doubt

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