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Hospital Kosher Meals Service

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1187505LondonReligion
Income£1.5m2025-09-30
Spending£1.5msame year
Spent / received99%5-year average
Size in its cause98th pctReligion
Registered2020CIO
Employees3latest return

Analysis

Hospital Kosher Meals Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2020, 6 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Hospital Kosher Meals Service reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.5m (+34%), an average of +7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Hospital Kosher Meals Service sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Edward Connor Solicitors (£1.5m), One Home Church (£1.5m) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Hexham Abbey (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and donations and legacies 3.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £26k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £58k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.

Income and spending

£0£421k£842k£1.3m£1.7m2021 Income: £1,098,0402021 Spending: £760,17820212022 Income: £763,1892022 Spending: £793,66320222023 Income: £1,091,0912023 Spending: £1,254,72120232024 Income: £1,575,7512024 Spending: £1,683,35420242025 Income: £1,475,8572025 Spending: £1,453,2552025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 1.7%
  • Legacies 1.8%
  • Charitable activities 97%

In the charity's own words

Provision of frozen kosher meals, soups, desserts, sandwiches and breakfasts to patients in hospitals and care facilities, thus allowing them to maintain the orthodox tenets of their Jewish religion by keeping Jewish dietary laws whilst sick or convalescing.

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CharityLocationIncome
Edward Connor SolicitorsMarket Harborough£1.5m
One Home ChurchEmsworth£1.5m
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Hexham AbbeyHexham£1.5m
Rydal Hall LimitedCumbria£1.5m