THE CECIL ROSEN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 247425 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity supports a number of charities helping Jewish organisations and blind or disabled organisations.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£531k

Latest spending

£571k

Registered

1969

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,711,856, which the trustees consider to be at a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure, consistent with their stated reserves policy. Despite a net deficit of £128,336 for the year driven by property revaluation losses, the charity maintains sufficient liquid resources and rental income to meet its commitments and continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six month's expenditure (held: £6.7m)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds from income which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month's expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by AKS Advisers Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Total income

£531k

Total spending

£571k

Cost of raising funds

£36k

Reserves (reported)

£6.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~141.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 6.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

MALCOLM JOHN OZINchair
JOHN ANTHONY HART
PETER HOWARD SILVERMAN
Simon Alan Lever · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£531k	£571k
05/04/2024	£525k	£475k
05/04/2023	£514k	£482k
05/04/2022	£490k	£549k
05/04/2021	£473k	£489k

Common questions

Is THE CECIL ROSEN FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,711,856, which the trustees consider to be at a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure, consistent with their stated reserves policy. Despite a net deficit of £128,336 for the year driven by property revaluation losses, the charity maintains sufficient liquid resources and rental income to meet its commitments and continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by AKS Advisers Ltd.

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 RABBI MOSHE & LEAH DERMER FOUNDATION	2	£10k
THE KASNER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	—
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED	1	£316k
INVESTREAM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£122k
COSMON (BELZ) LIMITED	1	£88k
LPW LIMITED	1	£65k
THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS	1	£36k
DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST	1	£34k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ELLINSON FOUNDATION LIMITED.

ELLINSON FOUNDATION LIMITED income £397k
THE CECIL KING MEMORIAL FOUNDATION income £103k
BELZ FOUNDATION LTD income £1.2m
KEHAL CHASIDEI WIZNITZ LIMITED income £642k
ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPE income £562k
SHULEM B. ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £5.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE CECIL ROSEN FOUNDATION	£531k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
ELLINSON FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025	£397k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE CECIL KING MEMORIAL FOUNDATION FY2025	£103k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BELZ FOUNDATION LTD FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KEHAL CHASIDEI WIZNITZ LIMITED FY2025	£642k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPE FY2024	£562k	—	—	below	—	no doubt

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