NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHECHITA BOARDS OF GREAT BRITAIN

Registered charity 263423 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The National Council has continue to assist communities on matters appertaining to the administration of shechita practice and to the preservation of the Jewish religious method of humane slaughter of permitted species of animals for food - Shechita - as a religious moral right, at home and abroad.

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Latest income

£64k

Latest spending

£62k

Registered

1972

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £1,897 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £64,013 and total expenditure of £62,116. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £4,978, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations and adhere to their reserves policy. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the financial statements.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six month’s expenditure (held: £5k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds 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 7

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Ben Mire
David Pine
Leo Winter
Yankel Kaufman

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£64k	£62k
31/12/2023	£48k	£42k
31/12/2022	£48k	£43k
31/12/2021	£49k	£47k
31/12/2020	£55k	£95k

Common questions

Is NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHECHITA BOARDS OF GREAT BRITAIN financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £1,897 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total income of £64,013 and total expenditure of £62,116. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £4,978, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain operations and adhere to their reserves policy. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the financial statements. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHECHITA BOARDS OF GREAT BRITAIN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHECHITA BOARDS OF GREAT BRITAIN as a grant recipient include THE LONDON BOARD FOR SHECHITA.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LONDON BOARD FOR SHECHITA	FY2023	£36k	towards the protection and administration of shechita in the UK and EU
THE LONDON BOARD FOR SHECHITA	FY2022	£36k	towards the protection and administration of shechita in the UK and EU
THE LONDON BOARD FOR SHECHITA	FY2025	£36k
THE LONDON BOARD FOR SHECHITA	FY2024	£30k