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.

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

Latest income

£247k

Latest spending

£237k

Registered

1992

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £17,060, up from £7,811 in the prior year, following a 12% fall in income and a 12% reduction in grantmaking. The trustees report a surplus for the year and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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 (held: £17k)

“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 FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

ABRAHAM JUST · trustee of 1 other charity
BENZION STEMPEL
STEVEN BLAU · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Hackney · Haringey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£247k	£237k
31/12/2023	£279k	£270k
31/12/2022	£301k	£304k
31/12/2021	£341k	£331k
31/12/2020	£266k	£260k

Common questions

Is KEREN SHLOMO TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £17,060, up from £7,811 in the prior year, following a 12% fall in income and a 12% reduction in grantmaking. The trustees report a surplus for the year and confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 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, E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITED, THE AA TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
NORTH LONDON WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION	FY2023	£54k
NORTH LONDON WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION	FY2022	£40k	Grants to institutions
THE RAPHAEL FRESHWATER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION	FY2023	£36k	advancement of religion and education
THE RAPHAEL FRESHWATER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION	FY2024	£28k	null
THE RAPHAEL FRESHWATER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION	FY2025	£27k	Advancement of religion and education
E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITED	FY2025	£7k
THE AA TRUST	FY2022	£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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE MELOW CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£221k
CHASDEI MENASHE MEIR	2	£92k
COMET CHARITIES LTD	2	£77k
GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED	2	£61k
KOLLEL AND CO LIMITED	2	£46k
THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS	2	£38k
INTERSTAR FOUNDATION LIMITED	2	£22k
PAGET C.I.O.	2	£13k

Charities like this

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

KEREN SHMUEL income £531k
KEREN CHOCHMAS SHLOMA TRUST income £1.9m
KEREN HATZOLO income £587k
LECHEM SHLOMO income £910k
YAD SHLOMO TRUST income £2.1m
KEREN AMHA LIMITED income £112k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KEREN SHLOMO TRUST	£247k	—	above	—	no doubt
KEREN SHMUEL FY2022	£531k	—	below	—	no doubt
KEREN CHOCHMAS SHLOMA TRUST FY2021	£1.9m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KEREN HATZOLO FY2024	£587k	—	above	—	no doubt
LECHEM SHLOMO FY2025	£910k	—	unclear	—	noted
YAD SHLOMO TRUST FY2025	£2.1m	—	below	—	no doubt

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