THE KASNER CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 267510 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income

£487k

Latest spending

£393k

Registered

1974

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £3,730,741 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to losses on the revaluation of investments. While total reserves stood at £34,898,402, the trustees report negative free reserves of £244,199 and are actively pursuing additional funding sources to ensure future financial stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £34.9m; policy: three months of resources expended)

“The charity had negative free reserves of £244,199 (2024 - negative reserves of £237,715) at the year end. The trustees are working to further improve the balance of free reserves and are actively pursuing additional sources of funding in order to ensure that there are sufficient reserves to provide for future financial stability and flexibility.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Note 14

“During the year the charity received donations aggregating £244,200 from companies of which certain of the trustees of this charity are directors. The charity also received donations of £100,000 from Mr B Erlich one of the trustees of this charity. During the year the charity made a donation of £5,340 to The Yes Foundation Limited a charity of which certain of the trustees of this charity are directors. Other Creditors include £242,736 (2024: £292,736) owed to Mr B Erlich and Ms J Erlich, two of the trustees of this charity.” — page 21

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Malcolm Way Limited

“The share in group undertakings refers to an investment in Malcolm Way Limited, a subsidiary of The Kasner Charitable Trust which has not begun trading as of the balance sheet date.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Trading subsidiary: MALCOLM WAY LIMITED Companies House 12875341

MALCOLM WAY LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

The financial statements are abridged and the Income Statement has not been delivered, implying limited disclosure of intra-group transactions or balances in this specific document.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income

£6.7m

Total spending

£560k

Cost of raising funds

£16k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

BARUCH ERLICH · trustee of 1 other charity
David Winegarten · trustee of 2 other charities
Judith Erlich · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Israel · Manchester City · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£487k	£393k
31/03/2024	£6.7m	£560k
31/03/2023	£451k	£404k
31/03/2022	£11.1m	£2.0m
31/03/2021	£9.8m	£5.5m

Common questions

Is THE KASNER CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net decrease in funds of £3,730,741 for the year ended 31 March 2025, primarily due to losses on the revaluation of investments. While total reserves stood at £34,898,402, the trustees report negative free reserves of £244,199 and are actively pursuing additional funding sources to ensure future financial stability. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

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
S C K CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£18k
MENDEL KAUFMAN MEMORIAL TRUST	1	£8k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE KRISTINA MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST.

THE KRISTINA MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST income £243k
THE KUPAH CHARITABLE TRUST income £249k
J E POSNANSKY CHARITABLE TRUST income £133k
THE MARK LEONARD TRUST income £1.3m
WHITAKER CHARITABLE TRUST income £328k
C S KAUFMAN CHARITABLE TRUST income £143k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE KASNER CHARITABLE TRUST	£487k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE KRISTINA MARTIN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£243k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE KUPAH CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£249k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
J E POSNANSKY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£133k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MARK LEONARD TRUST FY2025	£1.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WHITAKER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£328k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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