BERNARD KAHN CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 249130 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The relief of poverty and the advancement of education and religion within the Jewish community.

Objects

TRUST FUND FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES. THE TRUSTEES SHALL ENTIRELY WITHIN THEIR OWN DISCRETION APPLY ALL OR ANY PART OF THE INCOME RECEIVED BY THEM IN ANY YEAR FOR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY: A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY GENERALLY AND IN PAYMENT TO NEEDY INDIVIDUALS. B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION. C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION.

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£90k
Latest spending
£102k
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £618,749, which the trustees consider sufficient to generate regular income for distributions. The accounts state that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £11,042 for the year, primarily due to charitable grants and administrative costs exceeding income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to generate a regular income for the distributions made on an annual basis (reserves figure: £619k)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds at a level which the trustees consider is sufficient to generate a regular incorne for the distributions made on an annual basis” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee loan
“The trustees made an interest free loan to the charity in May 2017 of £68,000 which remained outstanding throughout the year.” — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 05/04/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 5 were received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2025 (received 10/03/2026, 33 days after the 05/02/2026 due date); year ending 05/04/2024 (received 10/03/2026, 398 days after the 05/02/2025 due date); year ending 05/04/2023 (received 01/03/2024, 25 days after the 05/02/2024 due date); year ending 05/04/2022 (received 01/03/2024, 390 days after the 05/02/2023 due date); year ending 05/04/2021 (received 03/03/2022, 26 days after the 05/02/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Israel · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£90k£102k
05/04/2024£86k£82k
05/04/2023£104k£99k
05/04/2022£92k£89k
05/04/2021£70k£66k

Common questions

Is BERNARD KAHN CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £618,749, which the trustees consider sufficient to generate regular income for distributions. The accounts state that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified. The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £11,042 for the year, primarily due to charitable grants and administrative costs exceeding income. 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
YEPHESS CHARITABLE TRUST1£30k
BORBAT LIMITED1£15k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BERNARD KAHN CHARITABLE TRUST£90k—0unclear—no doubt
B K CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£259k——unclear—no doubt
THE KATZ FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£49k—0unclear—no doubt
S K CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£232k—0above—no doubt
BAY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£193k—0unclear—no doubt
CANNON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2026£481k—0unclear—no doubt

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