THE FRIENDS OF ASOS CHESED

Registered charity 279223 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Furtherance of charitable purposes and institutions.

Objects

SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND IN SUCH MANNER AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIE ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT IN ANY WAY LIMITING THE FOREGOING TO SUPPORT AND FURTHER THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY IN ISRAEL KNOW AS "ASOS CHESED"

Area of benefit: THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ISREAL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£285k
Latest spending
£337k
Registered
1980
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves are in a deficit of £151,582, having worsened from a £99,289 deficit in the prior year. The trustees confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis solely due to the ongoing support of major creditors. The charity's policy is to distribute grants regularly as donations are received, meaning it does not normally hold substantial reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: not hold any substantial reserves (reserves figure: −£152k)
“It is the policy of the charity to send grants to beneficiaries regularly, as and when donations are received, and therefore the charity would normally not hold any substantial reserves.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“These accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis due to the ongoing support of the major creditors.” — page 9
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 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • 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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 14/12/2022, 44 days after the 31/10/2022 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 · Salford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£285k£337k
31/12/2024£112k£147k
31/12/2023£232k£261k
31/12/2022£319k£289k
31/12/2021£280k£328k

Common questions

Is THE FRIENDS OF ASOS CHESED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves are in a deficit of £151,582, having worsened from a £99,289 deficit in the prior year. The trustees confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis solely due to the ongoing support of major creditors. The charity's policy is to distribute grants regularly as donations are received, meaning it does not normally hold substantial reserves. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE FRIENDS OF ASOS CHESED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FRIENDS OF ASOS CHESED as a grant recipient include MW (CL) FOUNDATION, GEFEN FOUNDATION, BESIYATA, DAAS KEDOISHIM FOUNDATION, DOMEPRIDE 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)
MW (CL) FOUNDATIONFY2025£50k
MW (CL) FOUNDATIONFY2022£35k
GEFEN FOUNDATIONFY2022£33k
MW (CL) FOUNDATIONFY2023£30k
BESIYATAFY2022£22k
GEFEN FOUNDATIONFY2023£20k
GEFEN FOUNDATIONFY2025£15k
DAAS KEDOISHIM FOUNDATIONFY2025£13kCharitable grants
BESIYATAFY2021£12k
BESIYATAFY2023£10k
BESIYATAFY2025£10k
DAAS KEDOISHIM FOUNDATIONFY2022£5k
MW (CL) FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
GEFEN FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
DOMEPRIDE LIMITEDFY2021£4k
DAAS KEDOISHIM FOUNDATIONFY2023£2k
KH D'SATMAR LTDFY2025£259
DOMEPRIDE LIMITEDFY2022amount not statedrelief of poverty, relief of those in need by reason of ill health or disability, the advancement of Jewish religion and the advancement of Jewish religious edu
BESIYATAFY2024amount not statedGrants to institutions

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF EZRA.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE FRIENDS OF ASOS CHESED£285k—0unclear—noted
FRIENDS OF EZRA FY2025£737k—0above—no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF ALEXANDER INSTITUTIONS TRUST FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF MOSDOS TCHERNOBEL FY2025£1.1m—0below—no doubt
FRIENDS FOUNDATION FY2024£103k—0unclear—no doubt
ASSOCIATION OF CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS FY2025£1.7m£109,812—within—no doubt

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