MAGEN CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 326535 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Relief of povertySupport educational establishmentsSupport religious education

Objects

FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

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

Registered contact address: Salford, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£165k

Latest spending

£164k

Registered

1984

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,617,331, providing a significant buffer against future commitments. The charity reported a small net deficit of £444 for the year, primarily due to charitable distributions exceeding income, but maintained a strong balance sheet with substantial investment assets. The trustees confirmed that systems are in place to mitigate operational and financial risks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a level which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity and likely costs of the charity for the next year (reserves figure: £1.6m)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are free reserves of the charity at a level which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity and likely costs of the charity for the next year.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

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

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

JACOB HALPERN · trustee of 2 other charities
ROSA HALPERN

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£165k	£164k
31/03/2024	£181k	£252k
31/03/2023	£289k	£360k
31/03/2022	£223k	£275k
31/03/2021	£207k	£64k

Common questions

Is MAGEN CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,617,331, providing a significant buffer against future commitments. The charity reported a small net deficit of £444 for the year, primarily due to charitable distributions exceeding income, but maintained a strong balance sheet with substantial investment assets. The trustees confirmed that systems are in place to mitigate operational and financial risks. 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ROZAC CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£12k

Charities like this

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

GAMLEN CHARITABLE TRUST income £700k
AMBERGATE CHARITABLE TRUST income £41k
LIMOGES CHARITABLE TRUST income £69k
THE MANACKERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST income £153k
THE MORGAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £139k
M O CHARITABLE TRUST income £146k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MAGEN CHARITABLE TRUST	£165k	—	above	—	no doubt
GAMLEN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£700k	—	above	—	no doubt
AMBERGATE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£41k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LIMOGES CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£69k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE MANACKERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£153k	—	within	—	no doubt
THE MORGAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£139k	—	above	—	no doubt

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