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Poverty relief · Reg 1091245
Community Concern London
80 /100
Clarity score
Good
Charity accounts, evidence & financial rating
80/100 Clarity Score · 4 stars · Charity Commission filings · How we score
Register checked 4 October 2026 · latest accounts 2024
Official regulator data
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Is Community Concern London a good charity?
Community Concern London scores 80/100 (4 stars, Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2024 (£1.2m total income, 100% cause spend, 2-yr avg). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown.
Income
£1.2m
Accounts 2024-12-31
Spending
£1.7m
Accounts 2024-12-31
Charitable activities
100%
2-yr avg · share of spending
Accounts filing
On time
Charity Commission
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What does Community Concern London do?
POVERTY RELIEF BY FOOD DISTRIBUTION, URGENT BILL SETTLEMENTS AND CASH FUNDING.
Activities reported by the charity on the official register · extract . This is separate from the accounts data used for its rating.
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How much does Community Concern London raise and spend?
Accounts period 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31 · Source: Charity Commission filings
| Category | Amount | % of spend |
|---|---|---|
| Total income | £1.2m | — |
| Total expenditure | £1.7m | — |
| Charitable activities | £1.7m | 100% |
| Fundraising | £0 | 0% |
| Reported governance | £20k | 1% |
Governance can already be allocated within other expenditure categories. It is not a separate measure of all administration costs; do not add these rows without checking the accounts notes.
What changed in Community Concern London’s latest accounts?
Reported totals for 2024 compared with 2023. Changes can reflect the accounting period, restricted grants or restructuring as well as the charity’s work.
- Income change
- −28.5%
- £1.7m → £1.2m
- Spending change
- +5.5%
- £1.6m → £1.7m
- Charitable activities share
- +0.7 pp
- 99% → 100% · percentage points
These are annual figures. The Clarity Score may use averages across several disclosed years. Source: official accounts.
100%On charitable activities
Where does the money go?
Latest accounts (2024) · £1.7m spent
- Charitable activities100% · £1.7m
Charities usually allocate governance costs across their other spending categories, and these reported figures add up to more than total spending, so governance is not drawn as a separate slice. The accounts table shows it separately.
From the annual return
What does Community Concern London pay its staff, and where does its money come from?
Answers Community Concern London gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission, plus its register entry. These are the charity's own disclosures, not part of the Clarity Score.
Registration details
- Registered as a charity
- Also known as
- Keren Shabbos; Tsaido Lebayis
- Where it says it operates
- Throughout London
Source: Charity Commission register and annual return data, Open Government Licence v3.0. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How have Community Concern London's finances changed over five years?
Income rose 7% from £1.1m in 2020 to £1.2m in 2024; spending was £1.7m in 2024.
- Income
- Spending
- Cause spend
| Year | Income | Spending | Charitable activities |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | £1.2m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| 2023 | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| 2022 | £949k | £1.3m | Not disclosed |
| 2021 | £1.4m | £987k | Not disclosed |
| 2020 | £1.1m | £629k | £629k |
Cause spend is plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission filings
Financial context
How do its finances compare with similar charities?
Compare Community Concern London with 114 other poverty relief charities in our detailed dataset: the same regulator, £1m–£5m income band and accounts ending in 2024. Each period covers 50–54 weeks. These are reference points, not targets or a ranking of impact.
Swipe across the table to see the peer median and coverage.
| Measure | This charity | Peer median | Peer coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual income | £1.2m | £2.0m | 114 of 114 |
| Annual spending | £1.7m | £2.0m | 114 of 114 |
| Charitable activities share | 100.0% | 91.6% | 107 of 114 |
The annual spending share can differ from the multi-year average shown elsewhere. Missing disclosures are excluded, never counted as zero. We show a median only with at least ten peer disclosures. Different year-end months, restricted funding and delivery models can still limit comparisons.
How does Community Concern London compare?
The share of each group scoring at or below Community Concern London, including tied scores. A group matched on cause, income band and accounts year appears when at least ten records qualify. Broader groups below may mix reporting periods and operating models. Groups include this charity; percentiles measure our financial rating, not impact.
Same cause, income band and accounts year (2024) 64thpercentile
Scores at or above 64% of 116 charities with the same primary cause, income band and latest accounts year · 80/100 vs 76 peer average.
Income band (£1m–£5m) 53rdpercentile
Scores at or above 53% of 2,720 charities in its income band · 80/100 vs 78 peer average.
Poverty relief charities 54thpercentile
Scores at or above 54% of 1,486 charities in this cause · 80/100 vs 76 peer average.
How does Community Concern London compare, and where else can you look?
Where Community Concern London sits
The causes this charity is classified under, and other charities working nearby.
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Evidence and interpretation
What the evidence says about Community Concern London
In 2024, reported income was £1,211,323 and expenditure was £1,676,826. Expenditure exceeded income by £465,503. This annual balance is not the charity’s available cash or unrestricted reserves.
More financial context
Income fell 28.5% compared with 2023. Read the accounts notes for restricted grants, legacies and one-off receipts before treating the movement as a trend.
Calculated from our dated accounts dataset, refreshed 2026-09-06. This is not an audit or a manual review of every filing. Original register and accounts · How calculations work.
Find the right support
Who it supports and how to access its work
Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; Elderly/old People; People With Disabilities; People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin.
How it works: Makes Grants To Individuals.
Use the official contact details to check eligibility, referrals, waiting lists and current service coverage. Broad register classifications and a contact address do not confirm that a particular service is available to you.
Explore source-checked support routesClassifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. Register contact and activity details · Website listed for this charity
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Results and impact evidence
We have not added a source-checked programme outcome for this charity. That is a gap in this profile, not evidence that the charity has no impact. Its annual report may contain results that have not been assessed here.
Reported grants to institutions: £0 (2024-12-31). This is spending reported in the annual return, not a measure of beneficiary outcomes or an open grant opportunity. It may already be included in charitable expenditure. Check the source accounts.
What these results can tell you
Counts of services delivered describe activity. They do not by themselves establish lasting change, what would have happened without the programme, or cost-effectiveness. Results with different definitions, populations or years should not be ranked against each other.
What is Community Concern London's Beacon report?
Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report.
Accountability & Transparency
Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies.
75/100
| Metric | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Filing history (5 years) No recorded lateness in available history = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more or unknown status = 0 pts. Missing data is not proof of late filing. | 100% | 15/15 pts |
| Trustee oversight Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three). | 100% | 3 trustees · 15/15 pts |
| Declared policies Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return. | 0% | 0/10 pts |
Financial Health
Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts.
100/100
| Metric | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Reserves (months of expenditure) 3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years = 0 pts. Reserves are not necessarily cash; needs vary by operating model. | 100% | 3 months · 15/15 pts |
| Income stability / growth +20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between. | 100% | 10/10 pts · 3-year average |
| Liabilities to assets 0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt. | 100% | 1% · 5/5 pts |
Financial Efficiency
How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios.
100/100
| Metric | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Program expense ratio 90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below. | 100% | 100% · 10/10 pts (3-year average) |
| Fundraising efficiency ≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income). | 100% | 0p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (3-year average, disclosed years) |
Community Support
Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff.
0/100
| Metric | Score | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Volunteer-to-staff ratio Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between. | 0% | 0 volunteers / 0 staff · 0/10 pts |
What trust indicators does Community Concern London have?
Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported.
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Accounts filed on time
up to date · last filing
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Trustee board size (3–12)
3 trustees on the Charity Commission register
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Workforce on register
0 employees · 0 volunteers
Fundraising Regulator
Status not yet checked
Separate from our financial scores. Registration records a commitment to the Code of Fundraising Practice; it does not certify every fundraising activity.
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Reg 1091245
Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission.
View on Charity Commission →Trustees & officers
- Michael Rosenthal
- Julian Judah Scharfer
- Benjamin Morris Bleier since 2022
How reliable is Community Concern London's data?
- Source
- Charity Commission (England & Wales)
- Accounts year
- 2024
- Filing date
- Data refreshed
High confidence — complete filing data
Scores reflect the accounts in our dated data extract. The live register may contain newer filings. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact.
Check the current register entry · Report a data correction
Financial source extract: 2026-09-06. Organisation identifier: 3988279. Method version: 1.1. View method changes.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. Open Government Licence v3.0 .
Your donation decision
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1. Match the name and charity number
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2. Read the accounts in context
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How we score charities +
The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically.
Accountability & Transparency
Scored from filings
40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10).
Financial Health
Scored from filings
30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises).
Financial Efficiency
Scored from filings
20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below).
Community Support
Scored from filings
10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio.
Overall score
Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated.
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Community Concern London's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is Community Concern London a good charity? +
Community Concern London scores 80 out of 100 (4 stars — Good) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 100% of its spending goes to charitable activities (2-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 Community Concern London a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists Community Concern London as a registered charity (charity number 1091245). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1091245&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 Community Concern London's charity number? +
Community Concern London's charity number is 1091245. 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 Community Concern London's charity rating? +
Community Concern London scores 80 out of 100 on CharityCompare (4 stars — Good). 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 Community Concern London have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Community Concern London. 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 Community Concern London? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 100% of Community Concern London's total spending went to charitable activities (2-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 Community Concern London's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 0% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 1% of expenditure (2022–2024, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at Community Concern London. The register does not show individual salaries; senior pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report and accounts.
How much income does Community Concern London receive? +
Community Concern London reported £1.2m total income in its 2024 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are Community Concern London's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: up to date (last filing 2025-10-29). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is Community Concern London based? +
Community Concern London's registered contact address is in London (NW11 8TB). It tells the regulator it operates in London, with a focus on poverty relief.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Community Concern London? +
The register does not record Community Concern London as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid. Ask the charity before assuming a donation can be Gift Aided.
When was Community Concern London registered as a charity? +
Community Concern London was entered on the register on 20 March 2002.
How does CharityCompare score Community Concern London? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in Community Concern London'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 Community Concern London'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.