THE COUNCIL OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS

Registered charity 238005 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CCJ

The promotion of religious and cultural understanding between Christian and Jewish Communities.Working towards the elimination of religious and racial prejudice, hatred and discrimination with particular reference to antisemitism.The promotion of religious and racial harmony on the basis of the ethical and social teachings common to Judaism and Christianity.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£393k

Latest spending

£403k

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Charity recorded a deficit of £10,101 for the year, despite a policy that income should cover operating costs. Per the Trustees' report, the Charity continues to operate at a deficit, although the overall result reflects a significant improvement on the prior year. The Trustees maintain sufficient reserves to enable the Charity to continue its operations for at least the next twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to enable the Charity to continue its operations for at least the next twelve months and to meet its liabilities (held: £658k)

“The policy of the Trustees continues to be to maintain sufficient reserves to enable the Charity to continue its operations for at least the next twelve months and to meet its liabilities.” — page 11

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Anna Tobin
Bishop Sarah Bullock
Dr EDWARD DAVID KESSLER · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Susan Siegel
Duncan Irvine · trustee of 2 other charities
Elliot Michael Steinberg
Sr Teresa Brittain
Sue Nyman
Tamara Handler
Tom Daniel

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£393k	£403k
31/03/2024	£227k	£414k
31/03/2023	£317k	£431k
31/03/2022	£428k	£322k
31/03/2021	£237k	£273k

Common questions

Is THE COUNCIL OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Charity recorded a deficit of £10,101 for the year, despite a policy that income should cover operating costs. Per the Trustees' report, the Charity continues to operate at a deficit, although the overall result reflects a significant improvement on the prior year. The Trustees maintain sufficient reserves to enable the Charity to continue its operations for at least the next twelve months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE COUNCIL OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE COUNCIL OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS as a grant recipient include THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HEADLEY TRUST, THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATION, MOYNITRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2024	£80k	Core funding
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE HEADLEY TRUST	FY2022	£5k	Education Covid-19 Revenue Support grants.
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£3k
MOYNITRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE DANDY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£45
THE DANDY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£45
THE DANDY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£45

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
THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUST	2	£71k
SF FOUNDATION	1	£235k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED	1	£217k
THE SIR JACK LYONS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£177k
BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£120k
COSMON (BELZ) LIMITED	1	£56k
ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPE	1	£56k
BEFORE TRUST	1	£37k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UKLFI CHARITABLE TRUST.

UKLFI CHARITABLE TRUST income £832k
ANTISEMITISM POLICY TRUST income £989k
BOARD OF DEPUTIES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £1.9m
PROPHETIC GUIDANCE income £104k
FINCHLEY REFORM SYNAGOGUE income £2.1m
SOLIHULL AND DISTRICT HEBREW CONGREGATION income £218k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE COUNCIL OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS	£393k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
UKLFI CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£832k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ANTISEMITISM POLICY TRUST FY2024	£989k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BOARD OF DEPUTIES CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2024	£1.9m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
PROPHETIC GUIDANCE FY2025	£104k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
FINCHLEY REFORM SYNAGOGUE FY2025	£2.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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