KEREN SHLOMO TRUST

Registered charity 1009878 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KAREM SHLOMO TRUST

Providing study grants and bursaries to mature students studying at the Keren Shlomo Institute and making grants to other institutions and charities.

Objects

ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£241k
Latest spending
£226k
Registered
1992
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus for the year, with unrestricted funds increasing to £31,883 from £17,060 in the previous year. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Reserves are maintained only to the extent necessary to continue the charity's activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to ensure that they can continue the activities of the charity (reserves figure: £32k)
“The trustees do not seek to maintain reserves, other than to ensure that they can continue the activities of the charity.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hackney · Haringey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£241k£226k
31/12/2024£247k£237k
31/12/2023£279k£270k
31/12/2022£301k£304k
31/12/2021£341k£331k

Common questions

Is KEREN SHLOMO TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a surplus for the year, with unrestricted funds increasing to £31,883 from £17,060 in the previous year. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Reserves are maintained only to the extent necessary to continue the charity's activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds KEREN SHLOMO TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KEREN SHLOMO TRUST as a grant recipient include NORTH LONDON WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, THE RAPHAEL FRESHWATER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION, ORTERSHAM LIMITED, E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITED, THE AA TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
NORTH LONDON WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONFY2023£54k
NORTH LONDON WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONFY2022£40kGrants to institutions
THE RAPHAEL FRESHWATER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATIONFY2023£36kadvancement of religion and education
THE RAPHAEL FRESHWATER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATIONFY2021£34k
THE RAPHAEL FRESHWATER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATIONFY2024£28knull
THE RAPHAEL FRESHWATER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATIONFY2025£27kAdvancement of religion and education
ORTERSHAM LIMITEDFY2021£20k
E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITEDFY2025£7k
THE AA TRUSTFY2022£4k

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KEREN HATZOLO.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KEREN SHLOMO TRUST£241k——unclear—no doubt
KEREN HATZOLO FY2025£385k——unclear—no doubt
THE KERBASCOL TRUST FY2025£93k—0above—no doubt
THE MELLER EDUCATIONAL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£72k—0unclear—no doubt
KEREN SHMUEL FY2022£531k—0below—no doubt
SPEAR TRUST FY2025£25k—0unclear—no doubt

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