THE MACHZIKEI HADASS COMMUNITIES

Registered charity 235459 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The trust provides the use of religious buildings to the Orthodox Jewish community. It also collects funds which are distributed to Jewish religious organisations and to the needy in the Jewish Community, and runs a charity voucher schemeIt also provides services which ensure that all foods supplied to the Jewish Community are certified as Kosher and fit for consumption by the Jewish Community.

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

Latest income

£7.1m

Latest spending

£6.9m

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted revenue funds increased to £4,332,536, supported by a net income surplus of £236,087 for the year. The trustees confirm that funds are sufficient to permit the Trust to continue in operation in the medium term, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: Testbell Limited, Erez (M/c) Ltd

“The charity’s subsidiary Testbell Limited continued to operate providing the community with Kosher poultry.Its other subsidiary Erez (M/c) Ltd provides a regular income from its property investments.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by B Olsberg & Co. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income

£7.1m

Total spending

£6.9m

Reserves (reported)

£5.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~8.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (72% 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).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

MORRIS BRUNNER · trustee of 7 other charities
YAAKOV MENACHEM SALOMON · trustee of 1 other charity
YEHUDA ARYEH SANGER

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£7.1m	£6.9m
31/08/2024	£5.3m	£5.5m
31/08/2023	£5.4m	£5.8m
31/08/2022	£5.1m	£4.9m
31/08/2021	£4.7m	£4.3m

Common questions

Is THE MACHZIKEI HADASS COMMUNITIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted revenue funds increased to £4,332,536, supported by a net income surplus of £236,087 for the year. The trustees confirm that funds are sufficient to permit the Trust to continue in operation in the medium term, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by B Olsberg & Co.

Who funds THE MACHZIKEI HADASS COMMUNITIES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE MACHZIKEI HADASS COMMUNITIES as a grant recipient include STERVON LTD, TIFERETH BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED, MOLE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BUTTON FOUNDATION, MANCHESTER GEMILAS CHESED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
STERVON LTD	FY2024	£52k	relief of poverty, relief of those in need by reason of ill health or disability, the advancement of Jewish religion and the advancement of Jewish religious edu
STERVON LTD	FY2021	£23k	relief of poverty, relief of those in need by reason of ill health or disability, the advancement of Jewish religion and the advancement of Jewish religious edu
STERVON LTD	FY2022	£21k	relief of poverty, relief of those in need by reason of ill health or disability, the advancement of Jewish religion and the advancement of Jewish religious edu
TIFERETH BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED	FY2025	£13k
MOLE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£7k
THE BUTTON FOUNDATION	FY2022	£6k
MANCHESTER GEMILAS CHESED	FY2025	£4k
STERVON LTD	FY2023	£0	relief of poverty, relief of those in need by reason of ill health or disability, the advancement of Jewish religion and the advancement of Jewish religious edu

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
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED	2	£255k
COMET CHARITIES LTD	2	£85k
REMODIFYZ TRUST	2	£28k
SAMJO LIMITED	2	£25k
CMSB CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£15k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£942k
CMZ LTD	1	£555k
UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTD	1	£400k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KEHILLAS MACHZIKEI HADASS EDGWARE TRUST.

KEHILLAS MACHZIKEI HADASS EDGWARE TRUST income £157k
THE TALMUD TORAH MACHZIKEI HADASS TRUST income £768k
MACHZIKE HADATH COMMUNITY income £197k
SHIREHALL TZEDAKA COMPANY LIMITED income £860k
HEICHALEI HAKODESH CENTRE MACHNOVKE BELZ income £973k
MACHON MAYIM CHAIM income £233k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE MACHZIKEI HADASS COMMUNITIES	£7.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KEHILLAS MACHZIKEI HADASS EDGWARE TRUST FY2024	£157k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TALMUD TORAH MACHZIKEI HADASS TRUST FY2024	£768k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MACHZIKE HADATH COMMUNITY FY2025	£197k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHIREHALL TZEDAKA COMPANY LIMITED FY2024	£860k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HEICHALEI HAKODESH CENTRE MACHNOVKE BELZ FY2025	£973k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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