British Friends of Chatzer Hakodesh Viznitz

Analysis

British Friends of Chatzer Hakodesh Viznitz is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, British Friends of Chatzer Hakodesh Viznitz reported income of £998k and spending of £1.0m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £397k to £998k (+151%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, British Friends of Chatzer Hakodesh Viznitz sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ner Yisroel Educational Trust (£997k), Forest Upcycling Project (£998k) and Norton Hall Children and Family Centre (£997k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.7%. Grants to other organisations totalled £441k. Reserves of £4,122 would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.