CHABAD LUBAVITCH UK

Registered charity 227638 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LUBAVITCH FOUNDATION

The advancement and promotion of - The Jewish Religion and - Jewish education.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF THE JEWISH RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORTHODOX TENETS THEREOF BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE STUDY OF AND INSTRUCTION IN JEWISH RELIGIOUS LITERATURE; BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION INCLUDING EDUCATION IN THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH AND THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ANCILLARY THERETO; BY THE PROVISION OF SCHOOL ROOMS, MEETING ROOMS AND ANCILLARY FACILITIES FOR PERSONS OF THE JEWISH FAITH; AND BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS OF THE JEWISH FAITH WHO ARE IN NEED TO ENABLE THEM TO OBSERVE AND PERFORM THE RITES AND PRACTICES OF THE JEWISH RELIGION.

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £592,780 for the year ended 31 December 2025, an increase from the previous year's deficit of £63,850, driven by higher expenditure and reduced income. Despite this deficit, the charity's unrestricted reserves stood at £17,703,341, significantly exceeding its stated minimum reserves target of £750,000. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements 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

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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.

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

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Representative of Chabad-Lubavitch UK met far-right Israeli politician Bezalel Smotrich jewishnews.co.uk · 14/02/2022
• Charity Commission closes probe into Chabad Lubavitch UK jewishnews.co.uk · 02/05/2019
• [Withdrawn] New charity investigation: Chabad Lubavitch UK gov.uk · 07/09/2017

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~30.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (62% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lubavitch (UK) Limited

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHABAD LUBAVITCH (LEEDS) LIMITED.

• CHABAD LUBAVITCH (LEEDS) LIMITED income £85k
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• CHABAD LUBAVITCH LEICESTER income £72k
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• YESHIVAS LUBAVITCH MANCHESTER income £142k
• CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF TRAFFORD income £72k

Side by side with its peers

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