Registered charity · London
The London Board for Shechita
- 4 trustees
- Income £2.8m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.shechita.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The London Board for Shechita
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.8m£2.9m
- 2024£2.7m£2.6m
- 2023£2.6m£2.7m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.3m£2.6m
- 2021£2.4m£2.7m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE ONLY OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION PRIMARILY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF KOSHER MEAT AND POULTRY TO THE ADHERENTS OF THE JEWISH FAITH BY ALL SUCH MEASURES (BEING EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE IN LAW) AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:4.1 ADMINISTERING AND MANAGING SHECHITA;4.2 THE TRAINING OF PERSONS TO UNDERTAKE SHECHITA AND ITS ANCILLARY PROCEDURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH HALACHA;4.3 THE SUPERVISION OF MEAT AND POULTRY PROCESSING AND MONITORING AND CERTIFICATION OF THESE ACTIVITIES AS KOSHER IN ACCORDANCE WITH HALACHA; AND4.4 THE SUPERVISION AND LICENSING OF KOSHER MEAT AND POULTRY WHOLESALERS AND RETAILERS.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
4 trustees on the board
- Afshin Kahen since 2024
- Brian Markeson since 2020
- Isaac Levy since 2017
- Russell Ivor Kett since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Brian Markeson since 2020
- Isaac Levy since 2017
- Russell Ivor Kett since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
Portfolio (4)
- Afshin Kahen since 2024
- Brian Markeson since 2020
- Isaac Levy since 2017
- Russell Ivor Kett since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
31.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 30.1 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1171869
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22 FEB 2017 as amended on 16 Apr 2019
- Companies House
- Company number 10633799 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02083499160 · info@shechita.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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