BRITISH FRIENDS OF NISHMAS YISROEL

Registered charity 291526 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Support the Nishmas Yisroel and other institutions in Israel

Objects

BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS CHARITABLE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN AND THE RELIGION OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH AND IN FURTHERANCE THEREOF TO SUPPORT FINANCIALLY AND OTHERWISE THE NISHMAS YISROEL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND WELFARE ACTIVITIES IN ISRAEL.

Area of benefit: ISRAEL

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

Causes: Religious Activities · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£21k

Latest spending

£18k

Registered

1985

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased from £22 to £8,986 during the year, driven by income of £35,991 against charitable expenditure of £26,700. The charity holds tangible fixed assets with a net book value of £10 and cash of £9,476, while owing £500 in current creditors. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts accorded with those records.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls 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.

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

Volunteers: 1
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Trustees · trustee networks

David Mendelsohn
RABBI MOZES DAVID ELZAS
Solomon Ian Geller

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

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£21k	£18k
31/12/2024	£36k	£27k
31/12/2023	£41k	£52k
31/12/2022	£51k	£42k
31/12/2021	£44k	£49k

Common questions

Is BRITISH FRIENDS OF NISHMAS YISROEL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased from £22 to £8,986 during the year, driven by income of £35,991 against charitable expenditure of £26,700. The charity holds tangible fixed assets with a net book value of £10 and cash of £9,476, while owing £500 in current creditors. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts accorded with those records. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£399k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	1	£229k
JNF CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£93k
THE SIR JOHN RITBLAT FAMILY FOUNDATION	1	£30k
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£27k
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£22k
MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED	1	£21k
THE IAN & NATALIE LIVINGSTONE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE ART MUSEUMS OF ISRAEL.

BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE ART MUSEUMS OF ISRAEL income £1.7m
BRITISH FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH ISRAEL income £2.0m
FRIENDS OF NACHALAS BNEI SHIMON income £194k
UK FRIENDS OF BNOS YEHUDIS income £176k
BEIS HAMEDRASH NISHMAS YISROEL LIMITED income £981k
FOCUS ON ISRAEL income £51k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRITISH FRIENDS OF NISHMAS YISROEL	£21k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE ART MUSEUMS OF ISRAEL FY2024	£1.7m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH ISRAEL FY2025	£2.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF NACHALAS BNEI SHIMON FY2025	£194k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
UK FRIENDS OF BNOS YEHUDIS FY2025	£176k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BEIS HAMEDRASH NISHMAS YISROEL LIMITED FY2025	£981k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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