BRITISH FRIENDS OF ALEH

Registered charity 327766 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ALEH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION

Raising funds and dispensing grants to institutions which care for children with special needs and in particular to the "Aleh" institutions in Israel.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£272k

Latest spending

£242k

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £30,213 for the year ended 5 April 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £19,824. The trustees consider these reserves adequate for the charity's size and activities, noting a policy to hold minimal reserves sufficient for day-to-day costs. The charity relies on donations for income and distributes the majority of funds to charitable institutions in Israel.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimal level of reserves, sufficient to meet day-to-day fundraising and governance costs (held: £20k)

“The charity’s policy is to hold a minimal level of reserves, sufficient to meet day-to-day fundraising and governance costs, whilst distributing all other income to the ALEH and ADI homes in Israel.” — 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.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — British Friends of ALEH (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income

£1.1m

Total spending

£1.1m

Cost of raising funds

£22k

Reserves (reported)

£2k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Shlomo Rechtschaffen
Yitzchak Fedder
Zeev Adler

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

Operates in: Israel · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2025	£272k	£242k
05/04/2024	£1.1m	£1.1m
05/04/2023	£126k	£134k
05/04/2022	£176k	£217k
05/04/2021	£235k	£219k

Common questions

Is BRITISH FRIENDS OF ALEH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £30,213 for the year ended 5 April 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £19,824. The trustees consider these reserves adequate for the charity's size and activities, noting a policy to hold minimal reserves sufficient for day-to-day costs. The charity relies on donations for income and distributes the majority of funds to charitable institutions in Israel. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BRITISH FRIENDS OF ALEH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BRITISH FRIENDS OF ALEH as a grant recipient include THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SIERATZKI CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£20k	Care and Welfare
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£2k
THE SIERATZKI CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£2k

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
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	1	£185k
REUBEN FOUNDATION	1	£143k
JNF CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£93k
THE DYNA AND FALA WEINSTOCK CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£90k
STARLOW CHARITIES LIMITED	1	£36k
THE BEAVERBROOKS CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£27k
THE IAN & NATALIE LIVINGSTONE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
ABG TRUST FUND	1	£19k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRIENDS OF ALYN ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, JERUSALEM.

THE FRIENDS OF ALYN ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, JERUSALEM income £208k
BRITISH FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH ISRAEL income £2.6m
THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF NETIV ARYEH income £190k
ALIYAH HIGHWAYS income £104k
BRITISH FRIENDS OF BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM income £703k
THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY income £524k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRITISH FRIENDS OF ALEH	£272k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF ALYN ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN, JERUSALEM FY2025	£208k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF UNITED HATZALAH ISRAEL FY2024	£2.6m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF NETIV ARYEH FY2025	£190k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
ALIYAH HIGHWAYS FY2025	£104k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BRITISH FRIENDS OF BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM FY2025	£703k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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