THE COUNCIL OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS

Registered charity 238005 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q5176374 · Wikipedia · 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.

Objects

(A) TO EDUCATE CHRISTIANS AND JEWS TO APPRECIATE EACH OTHERS DISTINCTIVE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES AND THEIR COMMON GROUND, BY THE PROMOTION OF DIALOGUE AND GREATER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THEM. (B) TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING OF AND RESPECT FOR EACH FAITH AMONG RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND EDUCATORS IN BOTH CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH COMMUNITIES. (C)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ETHICAL AND SOCIAL TEACHINGS COMMON TO CHRISTIANITY AND JUDAISM. (D) TO PROMOTE THE ELIMINATION OF RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION AND ANTISEMITISM. (E) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF THOSE ATTENDING SCHOOLS AND PLACES OF FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION BY PROMOTING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROMOTION OF THE INCLUSION OF MATERIAL IN THE CURRICULA ON TOLERANCE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING IN A PLURAL SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £46,853 for the year ended 31 March 2026, driven by lower income and the absence of a fundraising dinner held in the prior year. Despite this deficit, the charity maintains unrestricted reserves of £621,102, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue operations for at least the next twelve months. The trustees state that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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
• 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)

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

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

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Charities like this

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

• ANTISEMITISM POLICY TRUST income £426k
• FOUNDATION MATTERS income £366k
• JEWISH COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF GATESHEAD income £514k
• LEEDS JEWISH COMMUNITY CHARITABLE TRUST income £50k
• LEYTONSTONE AND WANSTEAD SYNAGOGUE income £33k
• CHRISTIAN CAUSE income £63k

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