The Jewish Children's Holidays Fund

Analysis

The Jewish Children's Holidays Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Borehamwood. It was registered in October 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, The Jewish Children's Holidays Fund reported income of £72k and spending of £151k, spending 210% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £62k to £72k (+16%), an average of +3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 216% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, The Jewish Children's Holidays Fund sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The G D Herbert Charitable Trust (£72k), The Gerald Bentall Charitable Trust (£72k) and Woodcote Village Hall (£72k).

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.