KEREN HATZOLO

Registered charity 289761 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Making grants to organisations in accordance with the objects of the charity.

Objects

SUCH ONE OR MORE CHARITIES OR CHAITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHAITABLE PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD. IN SUCH SHARES AND SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED

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 · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£385k
Latest spending
£348k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,673,119, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue activities. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The trustees report a surplus for the year following reduced grantmaking.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to ensure that they can continue the activities of the charity (reserves figure: £2.7m)
“The trustees do not seek to maintain reserves, other than to ensure that they can continue the activities of the charity.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Loans to related company
“Loans to the other company amounted to £227,371 (2024 - £230,139) as at the balance sheet date, during the year under review the charity received interest of £11,507 (2024 £10,890) and gift aid of £10,125 (2024 - £36,445).” — page 14
“Creditors include £212,000 (2024 - £282,000) from companies in which a trustees has an interest.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Creditors from trustee-connected companies
“Loans to the other company amounted to £227,371 (2024 - £230,139) as at the balance sheet date, during the year under review the charity received interest of £11,507 (2024 £10,890) and gift aid of £10,125 (2024 - £36,445).” — page 14
“Creditors include £212,000 (2024 - £282,000) from companies in which a trustees has an interest.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Total income
£587k
Total spending
£546k
Cost of raising funds
£158k
Reserves (reported)
£2.6m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~57.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (71% 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: 26.9% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Israel · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£385k£348k
31/12/2024£587k£546k
31/12/2023£418k£542k
31/12/2022£404k£364k
31/12/2021£446k£531k

Common questions

Is KEREN HATZOLO financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £2,673,119, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue activities. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. The trustees report a surplus for the year following reduced grantmaking. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds KEREN HATZOLO?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KEREN HATZOLO as a grant recipient include GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED, ORTERSHAM LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITEDFY2023£18k
ORTERSHAM LIMITEDFY2021£10k
GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITEDFY2024amount not stated

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KEREN HATZOLO£385k——unclear—no doubt
KEREN TRUST FY2025£179k—0unclear—no doubt
KEREN SHMUEL FY2022£531k—0below—no doubt
LAWSON BECKMAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£239k—0above—no doubt
THE WELDON UK CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£259k—0unclear—no doubt
CLOSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025£40k—0unclear—no doubt

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