CHESED CHARITY TRUST

Registered charity 296981 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as The Mikveh Fund, The Pesach Project

Raises funds and distributes to the poor and needy

Objects

SUCH CHARITIES CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£988k
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds decreased from £294,457 to £264,271 during the year, as outgoing resources exceeded incoming resources. The trustees report that they are satisfied with the results for the year and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (99% of income)
“Income from donations aggregated £980,770” — page 3
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 28/02/2025

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 29/02/2024

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/02/2023

  • Volunteers: 4
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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 28/02/2023 (received 21/08/2024, 237 days after the 28/12/2023 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 28/02/2025)

Total income
£988k
Total spending
£1.0m
Reserves (reported)
£264k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~3.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
28/02/2025£988k£1.0m
29/02/2024£965k£942k
28/02/2023£811k£772k
05/04/2022£877k£831k
05/04/2021£788k£778k

Common questions

Is CHESED CHARITY TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds decreased from £294,457 to £264,271 during the year, as outgoing resources exceeded incoming resources. The trustees report that they are satisfied with the results for the year and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CHESED CHARITY TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CHESED CHARITY TRUST as a grant recipient include RONTADES LIMITED, SABENO LIMITED, ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED, BEAULAND LIMITED, GREATGREEN LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
RONTADES LIMITEDFY2024£203kRelief of poverty
RONTADES LIMITEDFY2022£150kAdvancement of religion
SABENO LIMITEDFY2025£115kRelief of poverty
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2023£113k
BEAULAND LIMITEDFY2022£110krelief of poverty, relief of those in need by reason of ill health or disability, the advancement of Jewish religion and the advancement of Jewish religious edu
RONTADES LIMITEDFY2023£100kAdvancement of religion
GREATGREEN LIMITEDFY2022£70k
BEAULAND LIMITEDFY2024£59krelief of poverty, relief of those in need by reason of ill health or disability, the advancement of Jewish religion and the advancement of Jewish religious edu
BEAULAND LIMITEDFY2025£50krelief of poverty, relief of those in need by reason of ill health or disability, the advancement of Jewish religion and the advancement of Jewish religious edu
ORTERSHAM LIMITEDFY2022£40k
PARKWATER FOUNDATIONFY2024£40k
PARKWATER FOUNDATIONFY2025£40k
BEAULAND LIMITEDFY2023£31k
STRING OF PEARLSFY2021£31k
PARKWATER FOUNDATIONFY2023£30k
GREATGREEN LIMITEDFY2024£25k
GREATGREEN LIMITEDFY2023£25k
THE BUTTON FOUNDATIONFY2021£22k
ORTERSHAM LIMITEDFY2025£20k
C R AND I TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£20kAdvancement of religion
ORTERSHAM LIMITEDFY2024£20k
MOISHE AND ESTHER ITZINGER FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2025£20kGeneral purpose
BEAULAND LIMITEDFY2021£20krelief of poverty, relief of those in need by reason of ill health or disability, the advancement of Jewish religion and the advancement of Jewish religious edu
MOISHE AND ESTHER ITZINGER FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2021£18kRelief of poverty
THE REALM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£15k
THE REALM CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£15k
C R AND I TRUST LIMITEDFY2021£12kReligious education
KEREN AMHA LIMITEDFY2023£12k
KEREN AMHA LIMITEDFY2024£10k
SABENO LIMITEDFY2022£9kReligious grant
THE BLAIR TRUST FUNDFY2022£9k
KEREN AMHA LIMITEDFY2022£7k
SABENO LIMITEDFY2021£7k
SABENO LIMITEDFY2024£6k
Y.M.E.R. CIOFY2024£4k
AHAVAT HESED UKFY2025£3k
BEAULAND LIMITEDFY2022£2krelief of poverty, relief of those in need by reason of ill health or disability, the advancement of Jewish religion and the advancement of Jewish religious edu
Y.M.E.R. CIOFY2025£1k
Y.M.E.R. CIOFY2023£960
ORTERSHAM LIMITEDFY2023£100
KEREN AMHA LIMITEDFY2021amount not stated
PARKWATER FOUNDATIONFY2022amount not stated
THE BLAIR TRUST FUNDFY2023amount not stated

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HESED TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHESED CHARITY TRUST£988k—0unclear—no doubt
HESED TRUST FY2026£108k——unclear—no doubt
PRESTWICH AHAVAS CHESED FY2025£78k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SHAAREI CHESED TRUST FY2025£161k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CHEDVA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£206k—0unclear—no doubt
THE M Y A CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£88k—0unclear—no doubt

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