JCA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 207031 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JEWISH COLONIZATION ASSOCIATION

To make grants for education & research.These activities are usually in an agricultural or rural context and often relate to new immigrants to Israel

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.6m

Latest spending

£3.0m

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased significantly to $4.8m from $31.9m in the prior year, while total expenditure of $3.8m exceeded total income of $2.0m. Despite this deficit, the Trustees report that the charity remains a going concern with sufficient total funds and reserves to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: ICA in Israel

“During the year the Foundation had related party activity with its subsidiary company ICA in Israel (registered company number 00278288).” — page 23

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

ICA in Israel Foundation — “ICA in Israel Foundation is transforming the lives of residents in the periphery by fostering innovative growth engines that drive progress …” (source page)

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£1.6m

Total spending

£3.0m

Reserves (reported)

£3.8m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~15.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Anneke Mendelsohn
BARON JACQUES-MARTIN PHILIPPSON
BEATRICE ANNE JOUAN
Batsheva Dinah Moshe
Geoffrey Gestetner
Jonathan Heilbron
Katherine Prime
MARC VELLAY
Prof. Ofra Walter
Rachel Lasry Zahavi
Shani Zindel
Tal kvatinsky-grad
prof Shmuel Wolf
william arthur lionel Cohen

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

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£1.6m	£3.0m
31/12/2023	£757k	£2.7m
31/12/2022	£1.6m	£2.4m
31/12/2021	£809k	£2.5m
31/12/2020	£209k	£2.4m

Common questions

Is JCA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased significantly to $4.8m from $31.9m in the prior year, while total expenditure of $3.8m exceeded total income of $2.0m. Despite this deficit, the Trustees report that the charity remains a going concern with sufficient total funds and reserves to continue operations. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.

Who funds JCA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name JCA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE MICHAEL AND ILSE KATZ FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MICHAEL AND ILSE KATZ FOUNDATION	FY2024	£10k
THE MICHAEL AND ILSE KATZ FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k

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
MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED	1	£21k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE JEWISH PHILANTHROPIC ASSOCIATION FOR ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST.

THE JEWISH PHILANTHROPIC ASSOCIATION FOR ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST income £135k
J E JOSEPH CHARITABLE FUND income £130k
4 CHARITY FOUNDATION income £1.4m
TIM WHITE'S COUNTRYWIDE FOUNDATION income £119k
STANFORD FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED income £1.0m
REIFER MEMORIAL LIMITED income £536k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
JCA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	£1.6m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JEWISH PHILANTHROPIC ASSOCIATION FOR ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST FY2025	£135k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
J E JOSEPH CHARITABLE FUND FY2026	£130k	—	below	—	no doubt
4 CHARITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TIM WHITE'S COUNTRYWIDE FOUNDATION FY2025	£119k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STANFORD FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED FY2025	£1.0m	—	above	—	no doubt

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