Commonwealth Jewish Council

Charity Number: 287564
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Welfare, educational and religious activities within Commonwealth communities.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £93,901
Total expenditure: £84,830

People

4 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout London
  • Antigua And Barbuda
  • Australia
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • Botswana
  • Canada
  • Cayman Islands
  • Cyprus
  • Eswatini
  • Gibraltar
  • Grenada
  • Guernsey
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Isle Of Man
  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Malaysia
  • Malta
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • New Zealand
  • Seychelles
  • Singapore
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • St Kitts And Nevis
  • St Lucia
  • The Bahamas
  • Trinidad And Tobago
  • Turks And Caicos Islands
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 27 July 1983: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:
  • THE COMMONWEALTH JEWISH COUNCIL (Working name)
  • THE COMMONWEALTH JEWISH TRUST (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

4 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
LORD JONATHAN MENDELSOHN Chair 10 October 2014
None on record
Howard Rosen Trustee 22 August 2019
YOUNG JEWISH REFUGEE TRUST
Received: On time
Laura Marks Trustee 15 October 2015
LONDON JEWISH FORUM
Received: On time
SWEET CHARITY (LONDON) LIMITED
Received: On time
MITZVAH DAY UK CHARITABLE TRUST
Received: On time
NIGEL COHEN FCA Trustee 10 October 2014
Foodshare
Received: On time
FOODSHARE
Recently registered
THE BRETT FOUNDATION
Received: On time
Inclusivity Project
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £112.86k £122.06k £119.86k £63.71k £93.90k
Total expenditure £110.26k £90.06k £128.57k £93.84k £84.83k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 19 September 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 19 September 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 06 November 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 06 November 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 13 August 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 13 August 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 08 September 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 08 September 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 14 July 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 14 July 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

TRUST DEED DATED 21/07/1983 AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 14/11/2014 AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 28 JAN 2016 as amended on 04 Nov 2014

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE: A) TO RELIEVE OR ASSIST IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS BY PROMOTING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF PEOPLE WITHIN COUNTRIES THAT ARE HOME TO THE COMMONWEALTH JEWISH COMMUNITIES B) TO ADVANCE OR ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF JEWISH AND OTHER EDUCATION WITHIN COUNTRIES THAT ARE HOME TO THE COMMONWEALTH JEWISH COMMUNITIES, AND C) TO ADVANCE OR ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OR PROMOTION OF THE JEWISH RELIGION WITHIN THE COMMONWEALTH JEWISH COMMUNITIES

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH

Contact information

Address:
Chalkpit Nursery
Chalk Pit Lane
Burnham
Slough
SL1 8NH
Phone:
01628660665
Email:
info@cjc.org.uk
Website:

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