B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 313503 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HILLEL FOUNDATION

THE PROMOTION IN GENERAL OF THE EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS WELFARE OF JEWISH STUDENTS AND GRADUATES ORDINARILY OR TEMPORARILY RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM (WHICH EXPRESSION SHALL MEAN GREAT BRITAIN, AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND EIRE).

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Latest income
£1.4m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £23,406 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total income of £1,371,494 and total expenditure of £1,348,088. The trustees confirm that free unrestricted reserves of £1,194,380 are adequate to protect the charity's activities and beneficiaries.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between 3-6 months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £1.2m)
“Since the year end the trustees have set a policy of between 3-6 months of unrestricted expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: One trustee received remuneration in their role as UJS President in the year to 30 June 2025.
“One trustee received remuneration in their role as UJS President in the year to 30 June 2025 (2024 – two trustees). This is included within the Key Management Personnel remuneration figure as noted in note 8.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Three trustees of B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation are also trustees of The Yorkshire and Humberside B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation. During the year, the Foundation incurred expenses totalling £nil (2024: £nil) on behalf of The Yorkshire and Humberside B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation with respect to property held by the related party. The balance of £517,175 (2024: £517,175), representing the refurbishment costs incurred in prior years, is recorded as a contingent asset at year end.
“Three trustees of B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation are also trustees of The Yorkshire and Humberside B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation. During the year, the Foundation incurred expenses totalling £nil (2024: £nil) on behalf of The Yorkshire and Humberside B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation with respect to property held by the related party. The balance of £517,175 (2024: £517,175), representing the refurbishment costs incurred in prior years, is recorded as a contingent asset at year end (see note 13). During the year trustees, honorary committee members, their related parties, and their close family members made donations totalling £80,642 (2024: £22,664) to the charity. This figure includes significant donations of £25,000 and £50,000 from two of these individuals.” — page 30
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Union of Jewish Students Limited
“The charitable company has a 100% shareholding, amounting to £1 issued ordinary share capital, in the Union of Jewish Students Limited, which is a dormant entity (09658270)” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

UNION OF JEWISH STUDENTS LIMITED — per its own Companies House accounts
  • The company is dormant and has not traded, implying no intra-group transactions occurred.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — UJS (matched by registered charity number).

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 30/06/2025)

Total income
£1.4m
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£48k
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~10.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 3.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Ireland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£1.4m£1.3m
30/06/2024£1.8m£1.1m
30/06/2023£842k£957k
30/06/2022£667k£661k
30/06/2021£674k£519k

Common questions

Is B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £23,406 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total income of £1,371,494 and total expenditure of £1,348,088. The trustees confirm that free unrestricted reserves of £1,194,380 are adequate to protect the charity's activities and beneficiaries. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.

Who funds B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE BLOOM FOUNDATION, PRISM THE GIFT FUND, THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST, THE HUMANITARIAN TRUST, THE HAROLD HYAM WINGATE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
B'NAI B'RITH HILLEL FOUNDATION£1.4m——above—no doubt
BEIS HILLEL TRUST FY2025£390k—0above—no doubt
THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES FY2025£1.8m——unclear—no doubt
BIRMINGHAM HILLEL HOUSE FY2025£212k—0unclear—no doubt
WOLFSON HILLEL PRIMARY SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£460k—0within—no doubt
ELLINSON FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£397k—0unclear—no doubt

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