BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE RABBI MEIR BAAL HANESS CHARITY (KOLLEL SHOMREI HACHOMOS)

Registered charity 288023 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE RABBI MEIR BAAL HANESS CHARITY (KOLLEL SHOMREI HACHOMOS) ALSO KNOWN SHORTLY AS "KSH", KSH

the relief of poverty and the advancement of jewish education and the jewish religion, in particular by assisting poor persons with all necessary relief and medical assistance, housing, old age care facilities and providing financial help for schools and colleges, run by Kollel Shomrei Hachomos in Israel

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.6m

Latest spending

£1.6m

Registered

1983

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £303,626 to £256,668 due to a net expenditure of £46,958, despite incoming resources of £1,556,857. The trustees report that incoming resources exceeded outgoing resources in the prior year but note a deficit in the current year, while maintaining that they do not seek to maintain reserves other than to ensure continuity of activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donations received from The Leah Schischa Memorial Trust Fund, a charity of which trustee J Schischa is also a trustee.

“Mr J Schischa is also a trustee of The Leah Schischa Memorial Trust Fund. During the year, donations received from The Leah Schischa Memorial Trust Fund totalled £1,660.” — page 18

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Martin + Heller. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.6m

Total spending

£1.6m

Cost of raising funds

£33k

Reserves (reported)

£257k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.9 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 (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: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

JACOB FRANKEL · trustee of 1 other charity
JOSEPH SCHISCHA · trustee of 1 other charity
MR JEHUDAH BAUMGARTEN · trustee of 7 other charities

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

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.6m	£1.6m
31/03/2024	£1.7m	£1.4m
31/03/2023	£2.5m	£2.8m
31/03/2022	£1.2m	£1.0m
31/03/2021	£1.9m	£1.9m

Common questions

Is BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE RABBI MEIR BAAL HANESS CHARITY (KOLLEL SHOMREI HACHOMOS) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £303,626 to £256,668 due to a net expenditure of £46,958, despite incoming resources of £1,556,857. The trustees report that incoming resources exceeded outgoing resources in the prior year but note a deficit in the current year, while maintaining that they do not seek to maintain reserves other than to ensure continuity of activities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Martin + Heller.

Who funds BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE RABBI MEIR BAAL HANESS CHARITY (KOLLEL SHOMREI HACHOMOS)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE RABBI MEIR BAAL HANESS CHARITY (KOLLEL SHOMREI HACHOMOS) as a grant recipient include ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED, CHASDEI MENASHE MEIR.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	FY2023	£104k
CHASDEI MENASHE MEIR	FY2025	£10k

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
SF FOUNDATION	2	£400k
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED	2	£399k
CHARITWORTH LIMITED	2	£265k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED	2	£199k
FOUNTAIN OF CHESSED LIMITED	2	£92k
MOISHE AND ESTHER ITZINGER FOUNDATION LIMITED	2	£54k
HAROFEH DONATIONS LIMITED	2	£51k
GOLDHEART CHARITY LIMITED	2	£25k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MORESHET HATORAH LTD.

MORESHET HATORAH LTD income £5.6m
FRIENDS OF THE RABBINICAL COLLEGE KOL TORA JERUSALEM income £148k
COLLEL CHIBATH YERUSHALAYIM, RABBI MEIR BAAL HANES TRUST income £1.3m
COLLEGE FOR HIGHER RABBINICAL STUDIES income £3.6m
ACADEMY FOR TALMUDICAL RESEARCH (KOLEL HARABANIM) income £593k
KOLLEL HACHODOSH income £121k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE RABBI MEIR BAAL HANESS CHARITY (KOLLEL SHOMREI HACHOMOS)	£1.6m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MORESHET HATORAH LTD FY2025	£5.6m	—	below	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF THE RABBINICAL COLLEGE KOL TORA JERUSALEM FY2025	£148k	—	below	—	no doubt
COLLEL CHIBATH YERUSHALAYIM, RABBI MEIR BAAL HANES TRUST FY2025	£1.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COLLEGE FOR HIGHER RABBINICAL STUDIES FY2025	£3.6m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ACADEMY FOR TALMUDICAL RESEARCH (KOLEL HARABANIM) FY2025	£593k	—	within	—	no doubt

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