Colel Chabad (charity 327485)
Registered English charity Colel Chabad (327485), the legal body of Eshel UK Friends of Colel Chabad
- This page covers the registered charity. For the fundraising body, see Eshel UK Friends of Colel Chabad. For the Jerusalem-based organisation it funds, see Colel Chabad.
| Colel Chabad
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Registered charity (trust) |
| Founded | 20 May 1987 (trust deed); 30 June 1987 (registered charity) |
| Registration ID | 327485 (Charity Commission) |
| Status | Registered; reporting up to date (register, 13 November 2026) |
| Headquarters | 5 Spring Villa Road, Edgware, HA8 7EB (register address); 68 Lingwood Road, London, E5 9BN (principal address in the 2025 accounts) |
| Registration | England and Wales |
| Key people | Menachem Salek (chair); Daniel Meyer Wolffe (managing trustee); Rabbi Yitzchok Sufrin (trustee) |
| Remarks | Campaigns as Eshel UK Friends of Colel Chabad (also Eshel UK) |
Colel Chabad (charity 327485) is the English registered charity through which Eshel UK Friends of Colel Chabad (also Eshel UK) is governed.[1] It is a trust, governed by a deed dated 20 May 1987 and registered on 30 June 1987. The register records no other names for it.[1] There is no Companies House entry, because it is not a company.
Governance
The register lists three trustees.[1]
| Name | Role | Appointed | Other trusteeships on the register |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menachem Salek | Chair | not given | None on record |
| Daniel Wolffe | Trustee | 28 May 2020 | Mitzvah Tank Society; Lubavitch Synagogue |
| Rabbi Yitzchok Sufrin | Trustee | not given | None on record |
The 2025 trustees' report calls Daniel Meyer Wolffe the managing trustee and Rabbi Yitzchock Sufrin the third trustee, and says that the charity has one full-time fundraiser and no other employees.[2] The register shows one employee, no employee paid over £60,000 and no payments to trustees.[1] Staff costs were £36,000 in both 2025 and 2024, and the accounts record no related party transactions.[3][4]
In August 2015 the board of directors included Rabbi Menachem Salek and Rabbi Yitzchok Sufrin, and the charity's contact address was Mr Stephen Chevern FCA, 98 Mowbray Road, Edgware HA8 8JH, telephone 020 8951 0333.[5] The register still gives the telephone number 020 8951 0333 and the address 5 Spring Villa Road, Edgware, HA8 7EB.[1]
Filings
The Charity Commission register records that reporting is up to date. The latest accounts, for the year ended 31 December 2025, were approved on 25 August 2026 and were received, with the annual return, on 16 September 2026 (due 31 October 2026).[1][2][6] In the five years 2021 to 2025, each annual return and set of accounts in the public extract was received on or before the due date.[6]
Finances
| Year ended | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2021 | £1,444,307 | £1,399,842 |
| 31 December 2022 | £1,102,979 | £1,112,048 |
| 31 December 2023 | £1,980,698 | £1,975,991 |
| 31 December 2024 | £4,723,736 | £4,713,518 |
| 31 December 2025 | £1,089,228 | £1,028,239 |
The register records spending of £1,407,610 between 2009 and 2013.[5] In 2025 donations were £1,082,563, the cost of raising funds was £51,075, and reserves at 31 December 2025 were £114,356 (2024: £53,367), all of it cash less small creditors.[2][7][8] Almost all expenditure is grants, mainly to Eshel Jerusalem; the grant figures are on the Eshel UK Friends of Colel Chabad page.[3]
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Charity Commission for England and Wales, COLEL CHABAD – 327485 Register of Charities, accessed 13 November 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Colel Chabad, Trustees' annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 (approved 25 August 2026), as filed with the Charity Commission, obtained from the register's register entry, accessed 13 November 2026, p. 3.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Colel Chabad, trustees' annual report and financial statements 2025, p. 14.
- ↑ Colel Chabad, trustees' annual report and financial statements 2025, p. 15.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Charity Commission Website Charity Overview. Accessed 25 August 2015.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities public data extract: annual return history (extract dated 11 November 2026), accessed 13 November 2026.
- ↑ Colel Chabad, trustees' annual report and financial statements 2025, p. 8.
- ↑ Colel Chabad, trustees' annual report and financial statements 2025, p. 9.