Common questions about British Emunah Fund's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is British Emunah Fund a good charity? +
British Emunah Fund scores 100 out of 100 (5 stars — Exceptional) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 94% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is British Emunah Fund a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists British Emunah Fund as a registered charity (charity number 215398). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=215398&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is British Emunah Fund's charity number? +
British Emunah Fund's charity number is 215398. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is British Emunah Fund's charity rating? +
British Emunah Fund scores 100 out of 100 on CharityCompare (5 stars — Exceptional). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does British Emunah Fund have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for British Emunah Fund. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches British Emunah Fund? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 94% of British Emunah Fund's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are British Emunah Fund's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 6% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 7% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at British Emunah Fund. British Emunah Fund's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £60,001–£70,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does British Emunah Fund receive? +
British Emunah Fund reported £1.1m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: declining.
Are British Emunah Fund's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-22). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is British Emunah Fund based? +
British Emunah Fund's registered contact address is in London (NW9 0DD). It tells the regulator it operates in England, Israel, with a focus on international aid.
How much is British Emunah Fund's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. British Emunah Fund's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports 1 employee paid more than £60,000. The highest reported pay band is £60,001–£70,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does British Emunah Fund's money come from? +
British Emunah Fund reported £1m total income for the year ending 31 December 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £609k (60%), charitable activities £399k (39%), investments £15k (1%). Legacies (gifts in wills) contributed £138k.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to British Emunah Fund? +
The register records British Emunah Fund as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are British Emunah Fund's trustees paid? +
British Emunah Fund's annual return for the year ending 31 December 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was British Emunah Fund previously called? +
The register lists these previous names for British Emunah Fund: Child Resettlement Trust Fund; Sidmouth Ce Primary School Ptfa.
When was British Emunah Fund registered as a charity? +
British Emunah Fund was entered on the register on 27 May 1963.
How does CharityCompare score British Emunah Fund? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in British Emunah Fund's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and British Emunah Fund's most recent accounts cover 2024. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.