THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF MIGDAL OHR

Registered charity 290371 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MIGDAL OHR UK

TO APPLY FUNDS RECEIVED FOR THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE MIGDAL OHR PROGRAMME OF EDUCATION OF DEPRIVED CHILDREN AND NEW IMMIGRANTS IN THE NORTH OF ISRAEL.

Objects

TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE MIGDAL OHR PROGRAMME FOR TORAH AND CHINUCH IN THE NORTH. (FOR FUTHER DETAILS SEE DEED DATED 18TH SEPTEMBER 1984).

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: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a significant increase in total income to £3,224,446, driven primarily by a £2.7 million legacy, resulting in a net surplus of £1,005,965. Unrestricted reserves stood at £104,101, which the trustees confirmed was within their stated policy target of three to six months' expenditure. The charity operates with no employees, relying on freelance consultants and unpaid trustees, and maintains a healthy cash position of £107,488.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Adler Shine LLP. Discloses 5 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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2024 (received 13/11/2025, 13 days after the 31/10/2025 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — British Friends of Migdal Ohr (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (27/10/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW ALBUM · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOSEPH ESFANDI · trustee of 2 other charities
• Maurice Benisty
• PAUL JULIAN MANN · trustee of 3 other charities
• RICHARD HARUNI

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

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• ANDREW ALBUM — trustee here and at RECHOV GORDON CHARITABLE TRUST
• JOSEPH ESFANDI — trustee here and at THE ESFANDI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Known funders

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