GEORGE ELIAS CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 273993 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES MAKING DONATIONS TO CHARITIES SUPPORTING EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY, AS WELL AS ORGANISATIONS PROMOTING THE JEWISH FAITH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD.

Objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

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

Registered contact address: Trafford, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,034,953, representing a net decrease of £1,336 from the previous year. The trustees confirm that systems are in place to mitigate major risks, specifically noting that the main risk is a potential lack of funding, which they consider unlikely as donation levels are generally agreed to match net income received.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

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.

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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2021 (received 15/03/2022, 38 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ERNEST CHARLES ELIAS
• STEPHEN EDWARD ELIAS · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Lancashire

Income and spending

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