PENCARE

Registered charity 243968 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PENYLAN HOUSE, JEWISH RETIREMENT AND NURSING HOME, SOUTH WALES, MONMOUTHSHIRE AND WEST OF ENGLAND JEWISH HOME FOR THE AGED

The charity provides for those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability or financial hardship, such beneficiaries being of the Jewish faith and living in the local Jewish community or with a significant connection to the local Jewish community. For the advancement of the Jewish faith the charity also makes grant to synagogues in the local Jewish community.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO: 1. THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL- HEALTH, DISABILITY, OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SUCH BENEFICIARIES BEING: A. AGED PERSONS OF THE JEWISH FAITH LIVING IN THE LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY; B. OTHER PERSONS OF THE JEWISH FAITH LIVING IN THE LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY; C. OTHER PERSONS WITH A SIGNIFICANT CONNECTION TO THE LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY; D. OTHER PERSONS IN NEED; AND 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, INCLUDING BY THE MAKING OF GRANTS TO SYNAGOGUES IN THE LOCAL JEWISH COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cardiff, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £3,974,349 as of 31 March 2025, derived principally from investment income. Per the trustees' report, the charity incurred a net expenditure of £90,678 for the year, resulting in a projected deficit for the upcoming year of £37,925, which is expected to be met from capital reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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

• JUDITH COTSEN JPchair
• Dr RALPH WHITTEN
• JANET WHITTEN
• JOHN MINKES
• LAURENCE KAHN
• LYNICE CAWSTON
• Philip David Stewart
• RUTH LEVENE

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

Operates in: Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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

• PPC TRUST income £983k
• SERVICE TO THE AGED income £5.1m
• THE PERSIAN HEBREW COMMUNITY income £92k
• GIVE US A CHANCE income £567k
• 4 CHARITY FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• THE NETZACH CHARITABLE TRUST income £428k

Side by side with its peers

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