THE AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DISTRIBUTION COMMITTEE (UK ) TRUST

Registered charity 327543 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objectives and activities of the charities are the support of the charitable aims of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc,. and the relief of poverty, sickness, infirmity, and the advancement of the Jewish religion amongst persons of the Jewish faith.

Objects

THE SUPPORT AND PROMOTION OF THE CHARITABLE AIMS OBJECTS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMUNITTEE AND (WHETHER THROUGH OR IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE COMMITTEE OR OTHERWISE) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS, INFIRMITY, OLD AGE AND DISTRESS, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH RELIGION AMONGST PERSONS OF THE JEWISH FAITH WHERESOEVER IN THE WORLD SITUATE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR ECONOMIC POLITICAL OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED.

Area of benefit: THE WORLD

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £5,752 were below the trustees' stated policy target of £10,000 to £15,000 at year-end. However, the filing notes that an unrestricted donation of £15,000 was received after the year end to cover overheads, and the trustees confirmed 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

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 05/04/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Martin Paisner CBE MA LLMchair · trustee of 25 other charities
• Anna Josse · trustee of 4 other charities
• Ofir Singal

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

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.

• Anna Josse — trustee here and at THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUST
• Martin Paisner CBE MA LLM — trustee here and at THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUST

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• JMRD TRUST income £59k
• H P CHARITABLE TRUST income £226k
• THE EXEMPLAR TRUST income £248k
• BARDYOV TRUST income £156k
• D & D CHARITABLE TRUST income £489k
• YEMIN CHARITABLE TRUST LTD income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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