THE LITTMAN LIBRARY OF JEWISH CIVILISATION

Registered charity 1000784 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To publishing books within the field of Jewish studies, to prepare and manufacture these books to the highest editorial and production standards and to market them as effectively as possible throughout the world. All the books published are scholarly works which explain and perpetuate the Jewish heritage.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operates at a significant trading loss and is dependent on donations from The Second J.A. Littman Foundation to continue operations. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves are below the stated policy target of circa £300,000, with a shortfall of circa £29,000, and liquid assets are deemed insufficient without this reliance. Despite these financial pressures, the trustees maintain a going concern basis due to the principal donor's indication of continued support.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 02448795

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LITTMAN, Cedric Marc — director, appointed 23/10/2024on trustee list
• GOODMAN, Martin David, Professor — director, appointed 24/04/2023on trustee list
• SCHONFIELD, Jeremy Joseph — director, appointed 24/04/2023on trustee list
• LITTMAN, Joanna Karen — director, appointed 09/05/2014on trustee list
• LITTMAN, Colette Celine — directornot on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cedric Marc Littman
• Joanna Littman
• MRS C LITTMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Jeremy Schonfield · trustee of 2 other charities
• Professor Martin David Goodman · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• MRS C LITTMAN — trustee here and at THE SECOND JOSEPH AARON LITTMAN FOUNDATION

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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