CHALFORDS LIMITED

Registered charity 287322 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE CHARITY ONLY MAKES GRANTS TO JEWISH CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING ON AN UNSOLICITED BASIS. PLEASE NOTE: THIS CHARITY HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE SUPPLY OR PURCHASE OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES OR EQUIPMENT, SCIENTIFIC, TECHNOLOGY OR COMPUTER EQUIPMENT.

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

Latest income

£4.4m

Latest spending

£7.7m

Registered

1983

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves stood at £58,709,391, a decrease from the previous year's £63,591,910, driven by a net expenditure of £4,882,519 against investment income of £4,447,022. The trustees confirm the financial position is satisfactory and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity holds significant investment property assets valued at £74,285,130, secured by bank loans of £18,450,000.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity and the likely costs of the charity for the next year (held: £58.7m)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds at a level which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity and the likely costs of the charity for the next year.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Loan from group undertaking

“Amounts owed by group undertakings relates to a loan of £255,822 due from Newray (London) Limited. There were no other related party transactions during the year that require disclosure.” — page 27

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cohen Arnold. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£4.4m

Total spending

£7.7m

Cost of raising funds

£2.7m

Reserves (reported)

£58.7m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~91.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

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: 60.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

IRWIN LEO WEILERchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Joshua Weiler
MISS RIKI WEILER
MR A WEILER
MR M WEILER

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£4.4m	£7.7m
31/12/2023	£4.2m	£3.6m
31/12/2022	£4.1m	£6.8m
31/12/2021	£3.1m	£2.9m
31/12/2020	£5.0m	£3.8m

Common questions

Is CHALFORDS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted reserves stood at £58,709,391, a decrease from the previous year's £63,591,910, driven by a net expenditure of £4,882,519 against investment income of £4,447,022. The trustees confirm the financial position is satisfactory and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The charity holds significant investment property assets valued at £74,285,130, secured by bank loans of £18,450,000. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Cohen Arnold.

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
HURDALE CHARITY LIMITED	1	£1.0m
ZLOTCHIV	1	£5k
BEAULAND LIMITED	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

HIGHFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST income £171k
HAROFEH DONATIONS LIMITED income £598k
CHAI INSTITUTE income £283k
TALMUD TORAH D'CHASIDEI GUR LIMITED income £1.5m
BRIDGE TRUST income £297k
SUMNER WILSON CHARITABLE TRUST income £136k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHALFORDS LIMITED	£4.4m	—	above	—	no doubt
HIGHFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£171k	—	unclear	—	noted
HAROFEH DONATIONS LIMITED FY2025	£598k	—	unclear	—	noted
CHAI INSTITUTE FY2025	£283k	—	above	—	no doubt
TALMUD TORAH D'CHASIDEI GUR LIMITED FY2025	£1.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRIDGE TRUST FY2023	£297k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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