Commonwealth Jewish Council

Registered charity 287564 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE COMMONWEALTH JEWISH COUNCIL, THE COMMONWEALTH JEWISH TRUST

Welfare, educational and religious activities within Commonwealth communities.

Objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE: A) TO RELIEVE OR ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS BY PROMOTING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF PEOPLE WITHIN COUNTRIES THAT ARE HOME TO THE COMMONWEALTH JEWISH COMMUNITIESB) TO ADVANCE OR ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF JEWISH AND OTHER EDUCATION WITHIN COUNTRIES THAT ARE HOME TO THE COMMONWEALTH JEWISH COMMUNITIES, ANDC) TO ADVANCE OR ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OR PROMOTION OF THE JEWISH RELIGION WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH JEWISH COMMUNITIES

Area of benefit: THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH

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

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

Registered contact address: Buckinghamshire, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £67,946 from £15,415 in the prior year, while total reserves rose to £80,264. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £11,595, driven by incoming resources of £191,027 against resources expended of £179,432. The trustees confirm the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Westminster Abbey — “We are incredibly grateful to Westminster Abbey for believing in and funding this programme.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• LORD JONATHAN MENDELSOHNchair
• Howard Rosen · trustee of 1 other charity
• Laura Marks · trustee of 3 other charities
• NIGEL COHEN FCA · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: Antigua And Barbuda · Australia · Barbados · Belize · Bermuda · Botswana · Canada · Cayman Islands · Cyprus · Eswatini · Gibraltar · Grenada

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE JEWISH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL.

• THE JEWISH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL income £2.3m
• THE JEWISH VOLUNTEERING NETWORK income £426k
• REMODIFYZ TRUST income £971k
• HEATHROW MUSLIM COMMUNITY CENTRE income £188k
• MANCHESTER MONTEFIORE KOLLEL income £80k
• HIGHFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST income £171k

Side by side with its peers

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