FRIENDS OF YAD SARAH

Registered charity 294801 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To raise funds for Yad Sarah, a charitable organisation in Israel, which lends medical and rehabilitative equipment free of charge as well as providing a variety of homecare support services.

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Latest income

£419k

Latest spending

£404k

Registered

1986

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an unrestricted fund surplus of £14,072 for the year ended 30 June 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. Free reserves held at year-end were £45,218, which the trustees consider adequate to support current expenditure and ensure operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees

“During the year, the charity received donations totalling £4,825 (2024:£6,270) from the trustees. The donation was made voluntarily, without conditions, and was treated as unrestricted income.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2024)

Total income

£599k

Total spending

£612k

Cost of raising funds

£180k

Reserves (reported)

£31k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 30.0% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Adam Max Caplin
Alistair Jay Marks
MR S D KIBEL
Sam PEARLMAN · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£419k	£404k
30/06/2024	£599k	£612k
30/06/2023	£608k	£586k
30/06/2022	£531k	£536k
30/06/2021	£258k	£249k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF YAD SARAH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an unrestricted fund surplus of £14,072 for the year ended 30 June 2025, following a deficit in the previous year. Free reserves held at year-end were £45,218, which the trustees consider adequate to support current expenditure and ensure operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FRIENDS OF YAD SARAH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FRIENDS OF YAD SARAH as a grant recipient include THE UKI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE DYNA AND FALA WEINSTOCK CHARITABLE TRUST, CATHY WILLS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CARDIFF FOUNDATION, THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE UKI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£199k
THE UKI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£38k
THE DYNA AND FALA WEINSTOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£24k
THE DYNA AND FALA WEINSTOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£24k
CATHY WILLS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£20k
THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CARDIFF FOUNDATION	FY2022	£3k	Overseas aid
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£1k
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£1k
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£1k
THE ARCHIE SHERMAN CARDIFF FOUNDATION	FY2023	£630	Overseas aid
COL-RENO LIMITED	FY2022	£540
THE SIERATZKI CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£500
COL-RENO LIMITED	FY2023	£360
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£200
COL-RENO LIMITED	FY2024	£180
COL-RENO LIMITED	FY2025	£180

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
LATATE LIMITED	2	£500k
THE DORFMAN FOUNDATION	1	£200k
FIVE K FOUNDATION	1	£138k
C AND F CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£126k
THE IAN & NATALIE LIVINGSTONE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£100k
THE CHARLES WOLFSON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£100k
UOHC FOUNDATION LTD	1	£60k
THE BENSON AND LIONEL BLACK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£50k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH FRIENDS OF YAD EZRA VESHULAMIT.

BRITISH FRIENDS OF YAD EZRA VESHULAMIT income £121k
UK FRIENDS OF YAD YISROEL INCORPORATING SPONSOR A MEAL FOUNDATION income £580k
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL CANCER ASSOCIATION income £159k
THE FRIENDS OF THE YESHIVAT SHAAR HASHAMAYIM income £27k
FRIENDS OF CHOSEN YESHIAS income £532k
YAD MOSHE LIMITED income £2.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FRIENDS OF YAD SARAH	£419k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF YAD EZRA VESHULAMIT FY2025	£121k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
UK FRIENDS OF YAD YISROEL INCORPORATING SPONSOR A MEAL FOUNDATION FY2025	£580k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL CANCER ASSOCIATION FY2025	£159k	—	above	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF THE YESHIVAT SHAAR HASHAMAYIM FY2025	£27k	—	above	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF CHOSEN YESHIAS FY2024	£532k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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