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.

Objects

TO FURTHER THE OBSERVANCE OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO ESTABLISH ALL INSTITUTIONS REQUIRED BY AN ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TORAH, SHULKHAN ARUKH AND TRADITIONAL JEWISH CUSTOMS.

Area of benefit: LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE

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

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

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

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.

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 31/08/2025

  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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

Total income
£7.1m
Total spending
£6.9m
Reserves (reported)
£5.0m
Employees
33

Reported reserves equal ~8.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
STERVON LTDFY2024£52krelief 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 LTDFY2025£52k
STERVON LTDFY2021£23krelief 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 LTDFY2022£21krelief 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 LIMITEDFY2025£13k
MOLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£7k
THE BUTTON FOUNDATIONFY2022£6k
MANCHESTER GEMILAS CHESEDFY2025£4k
STERVON LTDFY2023amount not statedrelief 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

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TALMUD TORAH MACHZIKEI HADASS TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE MACHZIKEI HADASS COMMUNITIES£7.1m—0unclear—no doubt
THE TALMUD TORAH MACHZIKEI HADASS TRUST FY2024£768k—0unclear—no doubt
BEMOSH LTD FY2025£305k—0unclear—no doubt
(TRUST PROPERTY HELD IN CONNEXION WITH) ADATH YISROEL SYNAGOGUE FY2024£957k—0unclear—no doubt
MISHKAN YERUSHULAYIM FY2025£450k—0unclear—no doubt
YATZIV TRUST FY2025£184k—0unclear—no doubt

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