LONDON SEPHARDI HEBREW CONGREGATION

Registered charity 1062880 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PORAT YOSEF

To advance the Jewish faith and advance the religious education of the public by the provision and maintenance of a place of worship and by the provision of classes.

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Latest income

£115k

Latest spending

£127k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £12,468 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £3,656,784. The charity holds significant unrestricted reserves of £862,228 and maintains a substantial revaluation reserve of £2,794,556 derived from property and investment assets. Per the trustees' report, these reserves are intended to further advance the charity's objectives, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were identified during the examination.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

MICHEL DADOUNchair
ALBERT OBADIA
BERNARD BENARROCH

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£115k	£127k
31/03/2024	£138k	£149k
31/03/2023	£123k	£131k
31/03/2022	£113k	£75k
31/03/2021	£93k	£85k

Common questions

Is LONDON SEPHARDI HEBREW CONGREGATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £12,468 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £3,656,784. The charity holds significant unrestricted reserves of £862,228 and maintains a substantial revaluation reserve of £2,794,556 derived from property and investment assets. Per the trustees' report, these reserves are intended to further advance the charity's objectives, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were identified during the examination. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	3	£1.4m
SF FOUNDATION	2	£85k
SABENO LIMITED	2	£33k
AMABRILL LTD	1	£636k
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED	1	£210k
COUNTYPIER LIMITED	1	£184k
PARKWILL LIMITED	1	£175k
M AND R GROSS CHARITIES LIMITED	1	£169k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CONGREGATION SHAREI SHOLOM TCHABE LIMITED.

CONGREGATION SHAREI SHOLOM TCHABE LIMITED income £1.3m
BEIS TEFILLOH income £222k
FRIENDS OF SANZ INSTITUTIONS income £1.4m
YESHIVAH L'ZEIRIM income £1.7m
HAMPSTEAD SEPHARDI COMMUNITY income £132k
CENTRAL SQUARE MINYAN income £135k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LONDON SEPHARDI HEBREW CONGREGATION	£115k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CONGREGATION SHAREI SHOLOM TCHABE LIMITED FY2025	£1.3m	—	below	—	no doubt
BEIS TEFILLOH FY2025	£222k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF SANZ INSTITUTIONS FY2024	£1.4m	—	above	—	no doubt
YESHIVAH L'ZEIRIM FY2025	£1.7m	Under £60,000	within	—	no doubt
HAMPSTEAD SEPHARDI COMMUNITY FY2025	£132k	—	above	—	no doubt

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