THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF MIDRASH SHMUEL

Registered charity 1050989 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

RAISING AND RECEIVING DONATIONS FROM NUMEROUS DONORS BOTH THROUGH GIFTAID AND OTHERWISE AND RECEIVING A MODEST AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT INCOME FROM FUNDS DEPOSITED. PAYING OUT GRANTS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE CHARITY'S OBJECTIVES TO MAINTAIN SCHOLARSHIPS AND THE STUDIES OF NEEDY RABBINICAL AND TALMUDIC STUDENTS AT HIGHER INSTITUTES OF STUDY, ALSO ENGAGING IN CONNECTED CHARITABLE ACTIVITES.

Objects

(1) ASSISTING IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE MIDRASH SHMUEL YESHIVA WITH THE AIM OF TEACHING JEWISH STUDIES TO STUDENTS AND IMMIGRANTS; (2) ESTABLISHING AND MAINTANING SCHOLARSHIPS FOR NEEDY STUDENTS OF THE SAID INSTITUTION ENGAGED IN TALMUDICAL RESEARCH JEWISH EDUCATION AND STUDIES. (3) TO ENGAGE IN ANY CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES ANCILLARY TO THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND ISRAEL

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £141,075 at the year end, a decrease from £185,824 in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, the charity's reserve policy is to maintain unrestricted funds at a level the trustees think appropriate after considering future commitments. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue.

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 4 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alistair Braham
• JIZCHAK KRUSKAL · trustee of 1 other charity
• STANLEY STIMLER

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

Operates in: Barnet · Israel

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE CHAZON ISH INSTITUTIONS.

• BRITISH FRIENDS OF THE CHAZON ISH INSTITUTIONS income £110k
• BRITISH FRIENDS OF REUTH income £86k
• FRIENDS OF YESHIVAS CHAYEI MOISHE income £213k
• THE M J SAMUEL CHARITABLE TRUST income £228k
• BRITISH FRIENDS OF KEHILLAS SHIVTEI YESHURUN income £76k
• THE BRITISH FRIENDS OF HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL income £249k

Side by side with its peers

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