AHAVAT SHALOM CHARITY FUND

Registered charity 283397 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE FRIENDS OF THE YESHIVA CHEVRAT AHAVAT SHALOM IN GREAT BRITAIN

Funds are raised via donations and saved for grants to Israel and the UK for educational purposes.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£2.3m

Latest spending

£3.7m

Registered

1981

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a healthy financial position with closing fund balances of £1,390,329, despite a net expenditure for the year. The Trustees consider that the level of free unrestricted reserves is adequate to meet current and anticipated future liabilities and provide financial flexibility in the event of an adverse drop in donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between three and six months' expenditure (held: £314k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a minimum level equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by RDP Newmans LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income

£2.3m

Total spending

£3.7m

Reserves (reported)

£314k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ABRAHAM SIMON ABRAHAM
ANNE ABRAHAM
AVRAHAM HILLEL
ELAN SHASHA · trustee of 3 other charities
Eliyahu Hillel

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

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£2.3m	£3.7m
30/04/2024	£2.8m	£1.9m
30/04/2023	£1.5m	£1.8m
30/04/2022	£707k	£1.3m
30/04/2021	£1.7m	£3.3m

Common questions

Is AHAVAT SHALOM CHARITY FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained a healthy financial position with closing fund balances of £1,390,329, despite a net expenditure for the year. The Trustees consider that the level of free unrestricted reserves is adequate to meet current and anticipated future liabilities and provide financial flexibility in the event of an adverse drop in donations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by RDP Newmans LLP.

Who funds AHAVAT SHALOM CHARITY FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AHAVAT SHALOM CHARITY FUND as a grant recipient include THE RAPHAEL FRESHWATER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE RAPHAEL FRESHWATER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION	FY2024	£36k	null

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
GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED	2	£287k
SHULEM B. ASSOCIATION LIMITED	2	£213k
WISEHEIGHTS LIMITED	2	£165k
CLASSQUOTE LIMITED	2	£39k
SF FOUNDATION	1	£445k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£364k
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITED	1	£284k
FRIENDS OF WMSBG-KOLEL DAMESEK ELIEZER	1	£181k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FREILICH FAMILY FOUNDATION.

FREILICH FAMILY FOUNDATION income £347k
BRITISH FRIENDS OF IGUD HAKOLELIM B'YERUSHALAYIM income £445k
COLLEL CHIBATH YERUSHALAYIM, RABBI MEIR BAAL HANES TRUST income £1.3m
FRIENDS OF BNEI AKIVA (BACHAD) income £142k
YETEV LEV LONDON JERUSALEM TRUST income £753k
GEMACH LTD income £7.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
AHAVAT SHALOM CHARITY FUND	£2.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FREILICH FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2024	£347k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF IGUD HAKOLELIM B'YERUSHALAYIM FY2025	£445k	—	within	—	no doubt
COLLEL CHIBATH YERUSHALAYIM, RABBI MEIR BAAL HANES TRUST FY2025	£1.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF BNEI AKIVA (BACHAD) FY2025	£142k	—	above	—	no doubt
YETEV LEV LONDON JERUSALEM TRUST FY2025	£753k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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