FRIENDS OF WIZNITZ LIMITED

Registered charity 255685 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supporting Orthodox Jewish religious education, the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish Religion and the relief of poverty by grant-making to institutions and individuals and allowing the use of a building as a school.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£4.7m
Latest spending
£4.5m
Registered
1968
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds at the year end were £3,707,010, with total net assets of £4,432,249. The charity reports a surplus for the year of £936,865, noting that despite a decline in overall income, the reduction in grantmaking resulted in this positive financial position. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Ahavath Chessed Charitable Association Ltd, a charity with a common trustees, donated £326,500 and is owed £3,500,000 by Friends Of Wiznitz Ltd.
“Ahavath Chessed Charitable Association Ltd, a charity with a common trustees, donated £326,500 and is owed £3,500,000 by Friends Of Wiznitz Ltd.” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sugarwhite Meyer Accountants Ltd. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £938k. 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
£4.7m
Total spending
£4.5m
Cost of raising funds
£38k
Reserves (reported)
£106k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (96% 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: 0.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hackney · Haringey · Israel · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£4.7m£4.5m
31/03/2024£4.9m£5.2m
31/03/2023£5.4m£4.6m
31/03/2022£3.0m£2.7m
31/03/2021£4.2m£7.0m

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF WIZNITZ LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds at the year end were £3,707,010, with total net assets of £4,432,249. The charity reports a surplus for the year of £936,865, noting that despite a decline in overall income, the reduction in grantmaking resulted in this positive financial position. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sugarwhite Meyer Accountants Ltd.

Who funds FRIENDS OF WIZNITZ LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FRIENDS OF WIZNITZ LIMITED as a grant recipient include CMZ LTD, TAGMARSH CHARITY LIMITED, AHAVATH CHESSED CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED, NORTH LONDON CHARITIES LTD, CHARITWORTH LIMITED.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CMZ LTDFY2025£509k
CMZ LTDFY2024£452k
TAGMARSH CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£378k
AHAVATH CHESSED CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITEDFY2025£211k
TAGMARSH CHARITY LIMITEDFY2023£207k
NORTH LONDON CHARITIES LTDFY2025£205k
CMZ LTDFY2023£201k
TAGMARSH CHARITY LIMITEDFY2025£200k
CHARITWORTH LIMITEDFY2023£200kSupport of education and relief of poverty
BIRCHAS MOSHE TRUSTFY2025£114k
TAGMARSH CHARITY LIMITEDFY2024£109k
BIRCHAS MOSHE TRUSTFY2024£108k
THE WINEBURG FOUNDATIONFY2023£100k
BEROSA CHARITY LIMITEDFY2025£96k
LPW LIMITEDFY2023£86k
CHARITWORTH LIMITEDFY2025£75kSupport of education and relief of poverty
SF FOUNDATIONFY2024£57k
CHALFORDS LIMITEDFY2021£50k
ZICHRON MEIR LIMITEDFY2024£50kGeneral purposes
H P CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£42k
LONIA LIMITEDFY2025£34k
CHALFORDS LIMITEDFY2022£30k
SHEMTOV CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£30k
UOHC FOUNDATION LTDFY2021£27k
THE RISHY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£26k
FRIENDS OF BOYAN TRUSTFY2022£26k
SAMJO LIMITEDFY2022£25k
LPW LIMITEDFY2024£25kAdvancement of education
HURDALE CHARITY LIMITEDFY2023£25k
KEHAL YISROEL D'CHASIDEI GURFY2024£20kSocial Welfare
LPW LIMITEDFY2022£20k
YEDIDIM ASSOCIATION LTDFY2025£20k
ELPOLD CHARITIES LIMITEDFY2023£20k
GOLDHEART CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£20kAdvancement of education and relief of poverty
MOISHE AND ESTHER ITZINGER FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2023£18kSocial Welfare
SHEMTOV CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£18k
BEROSA CHARITY LIMITEDFY2024£17kAdvancement of Education
HAROFEH DONATIONS LIMITEDFY2023£15k
TRUEMART LIMITEDFY2024£15k
WISEHEIGHTS LIMITEDFY2025£15k
FOUNTAIN OF CHESSED LIMITEDFY2023£15k
BALSTRAW LIMITEDFY2025£14k
THE EDGWARE FOUNDATIONFY2022£13kGeneral Ch
C R AND I TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£10kSocial Welfare
S C K CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITEDFY2024£10k
MOISHE AND ESTHER ITZINGER FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2024£10kMedical
IGO FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2022£10k
E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITEDFY2025£10k
ZICHRON MORDECHAI TRUSTFY2025£9kRelief of poverty

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/02/2022£10kCome Play Outside
The National Lottery Community Fund13/08/2014£10kWeekend Trip
The National Lottery Community Fund15/12/2011£10k10 day trip

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
FRIENDS OF WIZNITZ LIMITED£4.7m—0unclear—no doubt
MERCAZ CHASIDEI WIZNITZ TRUST FY2024£1.4m—0below—no doubt
FRIENDS OF SHEKEL HAKODESH LIMITED FY2025£710kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF SANZ INSTITUTIONS FY2025£1.6m—0above—no doubt
FRIENDS OF BOYAN TRUST FY2024£974k—0unclear—no doubt
KEHAL CHASIDEI WIZNITZ LIMITED FY2025£642k—0unclear—no doubt

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