KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 313119 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KEREN ASSOCIATION

To further those purposes both in the United Kingdom and abroad recognised as charitable by English Law.

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Latest income

£1.8m

Latest spending

£6.0m

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported a net surplus of £512,535 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £2,271,962. The Trustees confirm that the financial position is satisfactory and that reserves are sufficient to support anticipated expenditure and ongoing grant-making activities. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level they consider appropriate to the Charitable Company’s needs taking into account likely future requirements (held: £2.3m)

“The Reserves Policy of the Trustees is to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the Charitable Company, at a level they consider appropriate to the Charitable Company’s needs taking into account likely future requirements.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations received from connected companies

“Donations totalling £1,000,000 were received from companies connected with the Trustees. Certain Trustees of the Charitable Company are also Directors of those related companies. No conditions were attached to any of the donations.” — page 26

“Amounts due from related companies represents amounts of £573,468 due from Better Properties Limited, and £234,886 due from The Development & Property Holding Company Limited of which certain of the Trustees of the Charitable Company are also Directors.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Amounts due from related companies (Debtors)

“Donations totalling £1,000,000 were received from companies connected with the Trustees. Certain Trustees of the Charitable Company are also Directors of those related companies. No conditions were attached to any of the donations.” — page 26

“Amounts due from related companies represents amounts of £573,468 due from Better Properties Limited, and £234,886 due from The Development & Property Holding Company Limited of which certain of the Trustees of the Charitable Company are also Directors.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Amounts due to related companies (Creditors)

“Donations totalling £1,000,000 were received from companies connected with the Trustees. Certain Trustees of the Charitable Company are also Directors of those related companies. No conditions were attached to any of the donations.” — page 26

“Amounts due from related companies represents amounts of £573,468 due from Better Properties Limited, and £234,886 due from The Development & Property Holding Company Limited of which certain of the Trustees of the Charitable Company are also Directors.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Property management by related company

“Donations totalling £1,000,000 were received from companies connected with the Trustees. Certain Trustees of the Charitable Company are also Directors of those related companies. No conditions were attached to any of the donations.” — page 26

“Amounts due from related companies represents amounts of £573,468 due from Better Properties Limited, and £234,886 due from The Development & Property Holding Company Limited of which certain of the Trustees of the Charitable Company are also Directors.” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Cohen Arnold. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.8m

Total spending

£6.0m

Cost of raising funds

£276k

Reserves (reported)

£2.3m

Employees

0

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (56% 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: 15.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

MR E ENGLANDERchair · trustee of 8 other charities
Asher Isiah Perelman · trustee of 3 other charities
Hannah Zelda Weiss · trustee of 4 other charities
JACOB SHEA ENGLANDER · trustee of 1 other charity
JOSEPH STERN · trustee of 5 other charities
NICHA WEISS · trustee of 3 other charities
PINKUS NAFTOLA ENGLANDER
SHULEM ZVI ENGLANDER · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Belgium · Israel · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.8m	£6.0m
31/03/2024	£3.5m	£14.1m
31/03/2023	£2.4m	£12.9m
31/03/2022	£2.7m	£10.4m
31/03/2021	£3.0m	£12.2m

Common questions

Is KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group reported a net surplus of £512,535 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £2,271,962. The Trustees confirm that the financial position is satisfactory and that reserves are sufficient to support anticipated expenditure and ongoing grant-making activities. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Cohen Arnold.

Who funds KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITED as a grant recipient include RIDGESAVE LIMITED.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Hannah Zelda Weiss — trustee here and at RIDGESAVE LIMITED
MR E ENGLANDER — trustee here and at RIDGESAVE LIMITED

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
RIDGESAVE LIMITED	FY2024	£461k	Education, Furtherance of Jewish Religion and Alleviation of Poverty
RIDGESAVE LIMITED	FY2022	£150k	Education, Furtherance of Jewish Religion and Alleviation of Poverty

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
JEG TRUST LIMITED	1	£611k
CHARITWORTH LIMITED	1	£535k
LPW LIMITED	1	£475k
ASHKELON FOUNDATION	1	£438k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£263k
ENTINDALE LIMITED	1	£250k
CARLEE LTD	1	£220k
M AND R GROSS CHARITIES LIMITED	1	£200k

Charities like this

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

KEREN TRUST income £179k
KEREN income £283k
E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITED income £1.0m
KEREN HABINYAN LIMITED income £2.8m
KEREN AMHA LIMITED income £112k
KEREN HATZOLO income £587k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITED	£1.8m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
KEREN TRUST FY2025	£179k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KEREN FY2025	£283k	—	0	unclear	4.8%	no doubt
E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITED FY2025	£1.0m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
KEREN HABINYAN LIMITED FY2025	£2.8m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
KEREN AMHA LIMITED FY2025	£112k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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