NORTH LONDON CHARITIES LTD

Registered charity 312740 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE DISTRIBUTION OF ITS INCOME TO VARIOUS CHARITIES.

Objects

TO ESTABLISH A SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS WHERE PUPILS MAY OBTAIN A SOUND EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPLES OF TRADITIONAL JUDAISM.

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: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£250k
Latest spending
£452k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £977,903 to £775,201 due to a net expenditure of £202,702, driven by charitable grants exceeding incoming donations. The charity holds significant investment property valued at £11,027,390 but reports net current liabilities of £10,258,245, resulting in total assets less current liabilities equaling its unrestricted funds. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in 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: Concessionary loans from related charity
“Included in other debtors are concessionary loans of £33,000 (2024: £33,000) due from Ahavath Chessed Charitable Association Limited, a charity whose Trustees and/or families are connected with the Trustees of this charity.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Igerville Limited, Vitalina Limited
“The charity's subsidiary undertakings were involved in property investment and property trading and continue to operate as such.” — page 4
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 31/03/2025

  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Has a trading subsidiary

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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 06/02/2025, 6 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 15/03/2022, 43 days after the 31/01/2022 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 31/03/2024)

Total income
£602k
Total spending
£95k
Cost of raising funds
£34k
Reserves (reported)
£978k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~124.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (85% 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: 5.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Israel · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£250k£452k
31/03/2024£602k£95k
31/03/2023£277k£146k
31/03/2022£236k£107k
31/03/2021£109k£91k

Common questions

Is NORTH LONDON CHARITIES LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £977,903 to £775,201 due to a net expenditure of £202,702, driven by charitable grants exceeding incoming donations. The charity holds significant investment property valued at £11,027,390 but reports net current liabilities of £10,258,245, resulting in total assets less current liabilities equaling its unrestricted funds. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
GIVE US A CHANCE1£15k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTH LONDON CHARITIES LTD£250k—0unclear—no doubt
NORMANBY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£311k—0above—no doubt
LITTLE GIVING FY2025£650k—0unclear—no doubt
THE A M CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£157k—0unclear—no doubt
ENTWOOD CHARITIES LIMITED FY2025£203k—0above—no doubt
NORTH EAST LONDON COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE CHARITY FY2025£49k—0unclear—no doubt

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