Colel Chabad

Analysis

Colel Chabad is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Edgware. It was registered in June 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Colel Chabad reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.0m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.4m to £1.1m (-25%), an average of -6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 138%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Colel Chabad 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 Age UK Barnsley (£1.1m), The World Children's Fund (£1.1m) and Reaching Higher (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £20k. Charitable activities took 95% of spending and raising funds 3.8%. Grants to other organisations totalled £977k. Reserves of £114k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.