BEIS SOROH SCHENIERER SEMINARY

Registered charity 1007489 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as B S S SEMINARY, BEIS SOROH SCHENIERER SEMINARY OF MANCHESTER

The advancement of Jewish religion and education by the establishment of a college of learning. The furtherance of the above is by (1) Training Jewish students as teachers (2) Assisting Jewish brides (3) Relieving poverty

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Latest income

£1.4m

Latest spending

£1.4m

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £16,412 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted funds standing at £2,049,848. The trustees consider the free reserves of £112,863 to be an acceptable level given the nature of revenue receipts against direct charitable activity. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: minimum reserve, equating to net current assets (held: £113k)

“In considering the financial obligations of the charity, the trustees have resolved to maintain a minimum reserve, equating to net current assets.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Ten Charitable Trust lent £7,550 to BSS Seminary. The loan balance at the year-end was £7,550. The loan is interest free and repayable on demand.

“Ten Charitable Trust is a related party by virtue of having a trustee in common with BSS Seminary. Ten Charitable Trust lent £7,550 to BSS Seminary in previous years. The loan balance at the year-end was £7,550. The loan is interest free and repayable on demand.” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Teachers Training Company Ltd

“The freehold property is legally owned by Teachers Training Company Ltd, the dormant subsidiary of the Beis Soroh Scheneirer Seminary as described in the following note.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Haffner Hoff Auditors Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.4m

Total spending

£1.4m

Reserves (reported)

£2.0m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~17.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (93% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Mr MORDECAI HALPERN · trustee of 9 other charities
ZALMAN KLYNE · trustee of 1 other charity
bernard olsberg FCA

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

Operates in: Salford City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.4m	£1.4m
31/12/2024	£1.3m	£1.3m
31/12/2023	£1.3m	£1.3m
31/12/2022	£1.4m	£1.4m
31/12/2021	£1.6m	£1.6m

Common questions

Is BEIS SOROH SCHENIERER SEMINARY financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £16,412 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total unrestricted funds standing at £2,049,848. The trustees consider the free reserves of £112,863 to be an acceptable level given the nature of revenue receipts against direct charitable activity. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Haffner Hoff Auditors Ltd.

Who funds BEIS SOROH SCHENIERER SEMINARY?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BEIS SOROH SCHENIERER SEMINARY as a grant recipient include T & S TRUST FUND, ACHIM CHARITY, KEREN AMHA LIMITED.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
T & S TRUST FUND	FY2025	£7k
ACHIM CHARITY	FY2022	£2k
ACHIM CHARITY	FY2023	£2k
T & S TRUST FUND	FY2023	£1k
T & S TRUST FUND	FY2022	£1k
KEREN AMHA LIMITED	FY2022	£0
KEREN AMHA LIMITED	FY2023	—

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	3	£2.8m
SF FOUNDATION	3	£572k
SABENO LIMITED	3	£61k
CHARITWORTH LIMITED	2	£265k
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED	2	£160k
ZICHRON MEIR LIMITED	2	£130k
REMODIFYZ TRUST	2	£72k
BALSTRAW LIMITED	2	£67k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF BEIS SOROH SCHNEIRER.

FRIENDS OF BEIS SOROH SCHNEIRER income £4.0m
MORESHET HATORAH LTD income £5.6m
THE FRIENDS OF NEVE YERUSHALAYIM SEMINARY TRUST income £134k
BEIS TEFILLOH income £222k
MERCAZ HATORAH NETZACH YISROEL income £1.4m
BEIS SOROH SCHNEIRER OF GOLDERS GREEN LIMITED income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BEIS SOROH SCHENIERER SEMINARY	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF BEIS SOROH SCHNEIRER FY2024	£4.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MORESHET HATORAH LTD FY2025	£5.6m	—	below	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF NEVE YERUSHALAYIM SEMINARY TRUST FY2024	£134k	—	above	—	no doubt
BEIS TEFILLOH FY2025	£222k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MERCAZ HATORAH NETZACH YISROEL FY2024	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.