BEIS CHINUCH LEBONOS LIMITED

Registered charity 1049458 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of schooling to the Orthodox Jewish community

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Latest income
£4.6m
Latest spending
£4.6m
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £67,674 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £116,724. The trustees confirm that sufficient reserves are available to cover foreseeable commitments and have received undertakings from local supporters to cover any deficit should such a need arise.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Brindley Goldstein Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Charity Commission inquiry

The inquiry was opened to investigate how 12 additional charities transferred funds and whether trustees exercised proper oversight after an HMRC visit revealed £22 million in cheque cashing across 105 charities. The report states that the Commission has not reached any conclusions and the opening of the inquiry is not a finding of wrongdoing.
The report states the inquiry was opened following an HMRC visit revealing 105 charities cashed cheques for £22 million. It does not state a final outcome for these specific 12 charities, only that the inquiry is ongoing and no conclusions have been reached.
“Following an unannounced visit by HMRC to a company in Hackney, 105 charities were found to have cashed cheques with it to a value of £22 million between December 2021 and March 2023.”
The report details the regulator's intent to investigate fund transfers and trustee oversight for the newly added charities.
“The regulator will determine the facts around how these charities have transferred funds. It will also investigate how trustees had oversight of what happened to funds exchanged for the cheques, and if this cash has been used properly to support what the charities were set up to do.”
The report confirms an immediate protective order was issued to stop cheque issuance without consent.
“The regulator has issued an immediate order to temporarily stop any of the charities under inquiry from issuing cheques without its prior consent.”
Per the Commission’s published report. Summary is automated; the official report is authoritative.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£4.6m
Total spending
£4.6m
Cost of raising funds
£30k
Reserves (reported)
£117k
Employees
361

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.7% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hackney

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£4.6m£4.6m
31/08/2024£4.5m£4.5m
31/08/2023£4.2m£4.2m
31/08/2022£4.2m£4.2m
31/08/2021£4.2m£3.9m

Common questions

Is BEIS CHINUCH LEBONOS LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £67,674 for the year ended 31 August 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £116,724. The trustees confirm that sufficient reserves are available to cover foreseeable commitments and have received undertakings from local supporters to cover any deficit should such a need arise. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Brindley Goldstein Limited.

Who funds BEIS CHINUCH LEBONOS LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BEIS CHINUCH LEBONOS LIMITED as a grant recipient include FORTY LIMITED, GOLDHEART CHARITY LIMITED, C E K STERN CHARITABLE TRUST, S K CHARITABLE TRUST, M O CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
FORTY LIMITEDFY2022£38kGrant funding of activities
GOLDHEART CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£30kAdvancement of education and relief of poverty
C E K STERN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£22k
S K CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£20krelief of poverty, relief of those in need by reason of ill health or disability, the advancement of Jewish religion and the advancement of Jewish religious edu
M O CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£15k
C E K STERN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£11k
S K CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£9krelief of poverty, relief of those in need by reason of ill health or disability, the advancement of Jewish religion and the advancement of Jewish religious edu
MW (CL) FOUNDATIONFY2021£8k
STARVIEW CHARITYFY2023£4k
S K CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£0relief of poverty, relief of those in need by reason of ill health or disability, the advancement of Jewish religion and the advancement of Jewish religious edu
M O CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£0
STARVIEW CHARITYFY2022—

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/01/2019£10kSHINESpecial Help In Nurturing Education

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 BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BEIS CHINUCH LEBONOS LIMITED£4.6m—0unclear—no doubt
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH FY2025£705kUnder £60,0000unclear—noted
BEIS CHINUCH PRIMARY SCHOOL LIMITED FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—noted
FRIENDS OF BEIS CHINUCH LEBONOS TRUST FY2024£4.4m—0above—no doubt
COMET CHARITIES LTD FY2025£3.2m—0unclear—no doubt
THE BURY AND WHITEFIELD JEWISH PRIMARY SCHOOL FY2025£154k—0unclear—no doubt

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