COLEL CHABAD

Registered charity 327485 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To raise funds for the world wide Colel Chabad organisation food program distribution in Israel for the poor and disadvantaged.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF JEWISH FAITH AND RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST POOR FAMILIES AND ORPHANS OF THE JEWISH FAITH AND, IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING PROVIDING OR ASSISTING WITH THE PROVISION OF BASIC LIVING NECESSITIES FOR SUCH FAMILIES IN ISRAEL AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.

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: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£1.1m
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £114,356 at the end of the year, an increase from the previous year's £53,367. The charity reported a net income of £60,989 for the year, with total income of £1,089,228 and total expenditure of £1,028,239. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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

Fundraising cost ratio: 4.7% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Donations plus gift aid received in 2025 amounted to £1,088,627. The cost of generating the income was £51,075.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. 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 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.0m
Cost of raising funds
£40k
Reserves (reported)
£114k
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 3.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£1.1m£1.0m
31/12/2024£4.7m£4.7m
31/12/2023£2.0m£2.0m
31/12/2022£1.1m£1.1m
31/12/2021£1.4m£1.4m

Common questions

Is COLEL CHABAD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £114,356 at the end of the year, an increase from the previous year's £53,367. The charity reported a net income of £60,989 for the year, with total income of £1,089,228 and total expenditure of £1,028,239. The trustees consider there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.

Who funds COLEL CHABAD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COLEL CHABAD as a grant recipient include ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED, B K CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ESFANDI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE UKI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, M AND L COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST.

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 KOLLEL HACHODOSH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COLEL CHABAD£1.1m—0unclear4.7%no doubt
KOLLEL HACHODOSH FY2025£121k—0below—no doubt
LUBAVITCH KOLLEL FY2025£76k—0unclear—no doubt
ISRAELI CHARITY FOUNDATION FY2025£160k—0unclear—no doubt
COLLEL CHIBATH YERUSHALAYIM, RABBI MEIR BAAL HANES TRUST FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
Commonwealth Jewish Council FY2026£191k——unclear—no doubt

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