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.

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

Latest income

£129k

Latest spending

£219k

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

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.

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£129k	£219k
31/03/2024	£127k	£174k
31/03/2023	£132k	£143k
31/03/2022	£127k	£102k
31/03/2021	£118k	£109k

Common questions

Is PENCARE financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED	3	£543k
SF FOUNDATION	2	£265k
BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£149k
COSMON (BELZ) LIMITED	2	£144k
DAVID PEARLMAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£106k
SONGDALE LIMITED	2	£34k
THE MAURICE WOHL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£2.7m
The Gerald and Gail Ronson Family Foundation	1	£2.0m

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JEWISH CARE.

JEWISH CARE income £81.8m
J E JOSEPH CHARITABLE FUND income £130k
MERCAZ TORAH VECHESED LIMITED income £1.9m
PPC TRUST income £983k
THE PEIRES FAMILY FOUNDATION income £120k
BELZ FOUNDATION LTD income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PENCARE	£129k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
JEWISH CARE FY2025	£81.8m	£220,001 - £230,000	—	above	14.0%	no doubt
J E JOSEPH CHARITABLE FUND FY2026	£130k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
MERCAZ TORAH VECHESED LIMITED FY2025	£1.9m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PPC TRUST FY2025	£983k	—	0	below	—	noted
THE PEIRES FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025	£120k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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