BRITISH FRIENDS OF GESHER

Registered charity 291846 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

GESHER'S MAIN ACTIVITY IS DESIGNING & FUNDING PROJECTS THAT BUILD LINKS, REMOVE BARRIERS & ENCOURAGE UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN JEWS OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS & STRENGTHEN THEIR SHARED IDENTITY.PROGRAMMES REACH A WIDE RANGE OF AGE GROUPS VIA EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS, MEDIA INITIATIVES, LEADERSHIP COURSES & MEDIATION TO ENABLE A STRONGER, MORE PROSPEROUS & UNITED JEWISH PEOPLE IN ISRAEL & AROUND THE WORLD.

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Latest income

£33k

Latest spending

£32k

Registered

1985

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased from £11,228 to £12,187 during the year, driven by incoming resources of £32,804 against charitable expenditure of £31,845. The charity maintains a policy to hold sufficient reserves to meet foreseeable liabilities and reports no funds in deficit. Current liabilities are minimal at £720, resulting in net assets equal to total funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves at all times to meet any liabilities that may arise in the foreseeable future (held: £12k)

“The charity has a policy to maintain sufficient reserves at all times to meet any liabilities that may arise in the foreseeable future.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Boris Ben-Ari
GEOFFREY HUGH MELAMET · trustee of 1 other charity
Ian Gary Carno · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Israel · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£33k	£32k
05/04/2024	£52k	£50k
05/04/2023	£27k	£35k
05/04/2022	£60k	£54k
05/04/2021	£84k	£89k

Common questions

Is BRITISH FRIENDS OF GESHER financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased from £11,228 to £12,187 during the year, driven by incoming resources of £32,804 against charitable expenditure of £31,845. The charity maintains a policy to hold sufficient reserves to meet foreseeable liabilities and reports no funds in deficit. Current liabilities are minimal at £720, resulting in net assets equal to total funds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BRITISH FRIENDS OF GESHER?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRITISH FRIENDS OF GESHER as a grant recipient include SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k	Education