KOLLEL ZICHRON SHAUL

Registered charity 1053707 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General charitable purposes in any part of the world and in particular furtherance of Jewish religious education. Also providing a place for worship and meditation

Objects

(A)THE PRIMARY OBJECT OF THE TRUST SHALL BE TO ADVANCE FURTHER AND PROMOTE JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD (B)SUBJECT THERETO FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH ONE OR MORE CHARITIES CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD IN SUCH SHARES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Gateshead, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£454k
Latest spending
£405k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £379,431 as of 31 May 2025, an increase from the previous year. The trustees consider this balance acceptable and have designated these funds towards building refurbishment. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 3.4% of fundraised income, as disclosed
“Fundraising costs for the year amounted to £15,247 (2024: £17,989).” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: retain reserves in order to ensure that it is in a position to continue its grant making activities and cover contingencies of additional calls being made upon the Charity for support of organisations in times of need (reserves figure: £379k)
“The Charity has a policy to retain reserves in order to ensure that it is in a position to continue its grant making activities and cover contingencies of additional calls being made upon the Charity for support of organisations in times of need.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grants to IFT Properties Ltd, a charity where trustees D Steinberg and A J Schechter are also directors/trustees.
“Mr D Steinberg and Mr A J Schechter, trustees of Kollel Zichron Shaul are also directors and trustees of IFT Properties Ltd, an incorporated UK charity. During the year, Kollel Zichron Shaul made grants totalling £5,910 to IFT Properties.” — page 14
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 31/05/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/05/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/05/2021 (received 05/04/2022, 5 days after the 31/03/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2024)

Total income
£486k
Total spending
£509k
Cost of raising funds
£18k
Reserves (reported)
£211k
Employees
22

Reported reserves equal ~5.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 3.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£454k£405k
31/05/2024£504k£509k
31/05/2023£452k£470k
31/05/2022£483k£404k
31/05/2021£503k£379k

Common questions

Is KOLLEL ZICHRON SHAUL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £379,431 as of 31 May 2025, an increase from the previous year. The trustees consider this balance acceptable and have designated these funds towards building refurbishment. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds KOLLEL ZICHRON SHAUL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KOLLEL ZICHRON SHAUL as a grant recipient include ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED, DENCOMMON LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2022£102k
DENCOMMON LIMITEDFY2022Unverified read£4k
DENCOMMON LIMITEDFY2025£2kFurtherance of Education, Relief of Poverty and Advancement of Religion
DENCOMMON LIMITEDFY2024£1k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund26/05/2026£20kZichron Shaul Community Care
The National Lottery Community Fund20/05/2022£10kSupporting Orthodox Jewish families in Gateshead

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 KOLEL IYUN.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KOLLEL ZICHRON SHAUL£454k—0above3.4%no doubt
KOLEL IYUN FY2025£25k—0unclear—no doubt
KOLLEL TIFERES SHULEM FY2025£88k—0unclear—no doubt
KOLLEL MISHKON YAKOV FY2025£478k—0unclear—no doubt
KOLLEL HAKOL FY2025£471k—0unclear—no doubt
KOLLEL SHAAREI HALACHA FY2026£74k—0unclear—no doubt

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