KESSEF LIMITED

Registered charity 284652 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To further both in the United Kingdom and abroad those purposes recognised as charitable by English Law.

Objects

(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH. (B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY. (C) FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE RECONGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS CHARITABLE.

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

Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£137k
Latest spending
£217k
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £80,331 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in accumulated unrestricted funds of £1,241,042. The trustees confirm that income is sufficient to fund obligations and that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis. No specific reserves policy target is stated, only that reserves are retained as necessary.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • 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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 26/06/2023, 146 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 15/03/2022, 43 days after the 31/01/2022 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.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£137k£217k
31/03/2024£220k£397k
31/03/2023£285k£325k
31/03/2022£262k£231k
31/03/2021£450k£273k

Common questions

Is KESSEF LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £80,331 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in accumulated unrestricted funds of £1,241,042. The trustees confirm that income is sufficient to fund obligations and that the charity is prepared on a going concern basis. No specific reserves policy target is stated, only that reserves are retained as necessary. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
BEIS MINCHAS YITZCHOK TRUST1£73k
KOLLEL MISHKON YAKOV1£32k
CLASSQUOTE LIMITED1£30k
LOCALTRENT LIMITED1£20k
KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITED1£18k
KMB ESTATES1£18k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KALEV GEMACH LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KESSEF LIMITED£137k—0unclear—no doubt
KALEV GEMACH LIMITED FY2025£38k—0unclear—no doubt
NEDIV LEV LTD FY2025£50k—0unclear—no doubt
RIDGESAVE LIMITED FY2025£187k—0above—no doubt
TRUSTWELL LIMITED FY2025£162k—0above—no doubt
SUEBERRY LIMITED FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt

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