AHAVATH CHESSED CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 313121 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AHAVATH CHESSED ASSOCIATION

To establish provide and carry on in the United Kingdom and/or elsewhere a school or schools providing education of the highest order and to provide religious instructions and training therein in accordance with the doctrines and principles of religious Judaism and generally to foster education and moral and religious training in accordance with the said principles.

Objects

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY AND (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE FOREGOING WORDS) IN PARTICULAR: 1. FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH; 2. FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY

Area of benefit: GENERAL

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
£550k
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £3,929,800 to £2,824,236 due to a net expenditure of £1,105,564, largely driven by grants paid totaling £1,626,314. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: Alonaville Limited, Towhaven Limited, Abernethy Estates Ltd, Mosdor Estate Agencies 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 audited by Harold Everett Wreford LLP. 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, 4 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 31/03/2023 (received 27/06/2024, 148 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 03/04/2023, 62 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 14/04/2022, 73 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.

Corporate structure

ALONAVILLE LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
    TOWHAVEN LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
      MOSDOR ESTATE AGENCIES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
        ABERNETHY ESTATES LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
        • No intra-group transactions or balances are explicitly disclosed in the provided text, although the company is a subsidiary and has significant creditors relative to its negligible assets.

        Company officers (Companies House)

        Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

        Official officers record.

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

        Total income
        £550k
        Total spending
        £1.6m
        Reserves (reported)
        £2.8m
        Employees
        0

        Reported reserves equal ~20.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

        Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: Israel · United States

        Income and spending

        Financial year endIncomeSpending
        31/03/2025£550k£1.6m
        31/03/2024£3.5m£2.6m
        31/03/2023£2.8m£3.0m
        31/03/2022£2.0m£2.0m
        31/03/2021£3.1m£1.5m

        Common questions

        Is AHAVATH CHESSED CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED financially healthy?

        Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £3,929,800 to £2,824,236 due to a net expenditure of £1,105,564, largely driven by grants paid totaling £1,626,314. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Harold Everett Wreford LLP.

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        Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PARTNERSHIP FOR JEWISH SCHOOLS LIMITED.

        Side by side with its peers

        CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
        AHAVATH CHESSED CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED£550k—0unclear—no doubt
        PARTNERSHIP FOR JEWISH SCHOOLS LIMITED FY2025£1.3m£190,000 to £200,000—unclear—no doubt
        TZIVOS HASHEM UK FY2025£555k—0unclear—no doubt
        ACHIM CHARITY FY2025£130k—0above—no doubt
        LATATE LIMITED FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
        AHAVAS CHESED TRUST FY2025£4.2m—0unclear—no doubt

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