DONATING CHARITY LIMITED

Registered charity 247490 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DONATING LIMITED

The charity's activities include the provision of grants & donations in support of educational, medical health, relief of poverty and religious institutions and organisations.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.9m

Latest spending

£3.1m

Registered

1966

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £25,437,102, a decrease from the previous year's £27,232,575, driven by a net loss on investments and charitable expenditure exceeding income. The trustees confirm adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level which the Trustees think appropriate, after considering the future commitments of the Charity and the likely costs of the Charity for the next year (held: £25.4m)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which include the free reserves of the Charity, at a level which the Trustees think appropriate, after considering the future commitments of the Charity and the likely costs of the Charity for the next year.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations paid to Marque Foundation, a charity which trustees are family members of a trustee of this charity.

“Grants and Donations include donations of £447,200 paid to the Marque Foundation, a charity which trustees are family members of a trustee of this charity. Also included in Grants and donations is a donation of £58,300 paid to Rabbi Sacks Legacy Trust who had a trustee in common with one of the trustees of this charity during the year.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations paid to Rabbi Sacks Legacy Trust, who had a trustee in common with one of the trustees of this charity.

“Grants and Donations include donations of £447,200 paid to the Marque Foundation, a charity which trustees are family members of a trustee of this charity. Also included in Grants and donations is a donation of £58,300 paid to Rabbi Sacks Legacy Trust who had a trustee in common with one of the trustees of this charity during the year.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cohen Arnold. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.9m

Total spending

£3.1m

Cost of raising funds

£570k

Reserves (reported)

£25.4m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~98.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (100% 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: 30.2% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Jacob Schimmelchair · trustee of 4 other charities
Dayan Samuel Simons · trustee of 1 other charity
Rabbi David Conick · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.9m	£3.1m
31/03/2024	£1.8m	£3.2m
31/03/2023	£1.7m	£3.6m
31/03/2022	£1.6m	£2.3m
31/03/2021	£1.7m	£1.8m

Common questions

Is DONATING CHARITY LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted funds of £25,437,102, a decrease from the previous year's £27,232,575, driven by a net loss on investments and charitable expenditure exceeding income. The trustees confirm adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cohen Arnold.

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
KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£188k
CARLEE LTD	1	£50k
SIVA CHARITABLE FUND	1	£33k

Charities like this

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

CHARITWORTH LIMITED income £3.3m
HURDALE CHARITY LIMITED income £2.3m
THE APELT AND LAZARUS CHARITABLE TRUST income £139k
CROWN CREST CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION income £1.1m
SHULEM B. ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £5.1m
ORDER OF THE COMPANY OF MARY OUR LADY CIO income £424k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED	£1.9m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHARITWORTH LIMITED FY2025	£3.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HURDALE CHARITY LIMITED FY2025	£2.3m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE APELT AND LAZARUS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£139k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CROWN CREST CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION FY2025	£1.1m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SHULEM B. ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£5.1m	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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