A W CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 283322 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides grants to institutions set up to support the needy and to those furthering the Orthodox Jewish Religion and Orthodox Jewish education.

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · 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

£17.6m

Latest spending

£11.9m

Registered

1981

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted revenue funds increased to £249,199,801, while total unrestricted funds decreased to £270,497,918 due to a significant unrealised loss on investment revaluations. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and confirm that resources are adequate to continue operations and make charitable grants.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investments (97% of income)

“Investments 17,599,832” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: retain reserves for the repayment of loans and unforeseen contingencies (reserves figure: £249.2m)

“The trustees intend to maintain a high level of distributions from income and to also retain reserves for the repayment of loans and unforeseen contingencies.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Combined Property Control, controlled by trustee A Weis, acted as managing agents with no fees charged. The group owed £479,207 to Combined Property Control at year end.

“During the year Combined Property Control controlled by A Weis acted as managing agents to the group. No management fees were charged for their services. During the year the group received loans from Combined Property Control . At the year end Combined Property Control was owed £479,207 by the group.” — page 32

“All the trustees of the group are trustees of The Helping Foundation, a registered charity, At the year beginning the foundation owed the group £1,933,971. This was repaid in the year.” — page 32

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The Helping Foundation, a charity where all trustees serve, owed £1,933,971 at the start of the year, which was repaid.

“During the year Combined Property Control controlled by A Weis acted as managing agents to the group. No management fees were charged for their services. During the year the group received loans from Combined Property Control . At the year end Combined Property Control was owed £479,207 by the group.” — page 32

“All the trustees of the group are trustees of The Helping Foundation, a registered charity, At the year beginning the foundation owed the group £1,933,971. This was repaid in the year.” — page 32

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Newmarston Ltd, a charity where Sir Weis is a trustee, owed £4,568,812 interest-free at the start of the year, which was repaid.

“During the year Combined Property Control controlled by A Weis acted as managing agents to the group. No management fees were charged for their services. During the year the group received loans from Combined Property Control . At the year end Combined Property Control was owed £479,207 by the group.” — page 32

“All the trustees of the group are trustees of The Helping Foundation, a registered charity, At the year beginning the foundation owed the group £1,933,971. This was repaid in the year.” — page 32

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Wholly owned subsidiaries Barnsfold Limited and Torland Limited were owed £2,200,453 and £868,690 respectively by the charity.

“During the year Combined Property Control controlled by A Weis acted as managing agents to the group. No management fees were charged for their services. During the year the group received loans from Combined Property Control . At the year end Combined Property Control was owed £479,207 by the group.” — page 32

“All the trustees of the group are trustees of The Helping Foundation, a registered charity, At the year beginning the foundation owed the group £1,933,971. This was repaid in the year.” — page 32

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Barnsfold Limited, Torland Limited

“The Charity has two wholly owned non-charitable subsidiaries, Barnsfold Limited and Torland Limited, whose activities and trading performance are disclosed in the notes to the financial statements.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by B Olsberg & Co. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest 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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025

Has a trading subsidiary
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

Has a trading subsidiary
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

Has a trading subsidiary
Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Trading subsidiary: BARNSFOLD LIMITED Companies House 01648462 · Financial health read from its filings

BARNSFOLD LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income

£17.6m

Total spending

£11.9m

Cost of raising funds

£1.4m

Reserves (reported)

£270.5m

Employees

0

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (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: 8.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.7%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

RABBI AUBREY WEIS · trustee of 1 other charity
RACHEL WEIS · trustee of 1 other charity
SIR WEIS · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Manchester City · Salford City · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£17.6m	£11.9m
30/06/2024	£27.6m	£7.5m
30/06/2023	£21.9m	£19.9m
30/06/2022	£16.0m	£7.5m
30/06/2021	£16.4m	£13.9m

Common questions

Is A W CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted revenue funds increased to £249,199,801, while total unrestricted funds decreased to £270,497,918 due to a significant unrealised loss on investment revaluations. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and confirm that resources are adequate to continue operations and make charitable grants. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by B Olsberg & Co.

Who funds A W CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name A W CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include THE HELPING FOUNDATION.

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.

RABBI AUBREY WEIS — trustee here and at THE HELPING FOUNDATION
RACHEL WEIS — trustee here and at THE HELPING FOUNDATION
SIR WEIS — trustee here and at THE HELPING FOUNDATION

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HELPING FOUNDATION	FY2023	£10.0m	Advancement of education/relief of poverty

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
TESLAKE LIMITED	1	£60k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with C AND F CHARITABLE TRUST.

C AND F CHARITABLE TRUST income £127k
LINGATE CHARITABLE TRUST income £122k
B K CHARITABLE TRUST income £259k
MEAD CHARITABLE TRUST income £31k
4 CHARITY FOUNDATION income £1.4m
THE WELLINGTON (LONDON) TRUST income £490k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
A W CHARITABLE TRUST	£17.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
C AND F CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£127k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LINGATE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£122k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
B K CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£259k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MEAD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£31k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
4 CHARITY FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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