KEREM SCHOOLS

Registered charity 1063815 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Education from the age of 3-11

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Latest income
£2.4m
Latest spending
£2.5m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a net expenditure of £103,650 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,016,221 to £912,571. The trustees report that free reserves of £815,406 exceed their stated policy target of approximately £650,000, representing three months of resources. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of resources which would be approximately £650,000 (held: £815k)
“The trustees consider the ideal level of reserves at 31 August 2025 would be three months of resources which would be approximately £650,000.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Kerem School (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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
£2.4m
Total spending
£2.5m
Reserves (reported)
£913k
Employees
48

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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: 0.0% 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: Barnet

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£2.4m£2.5m
31/08/2024£2.4m£2.3m
31/08/2023£2.4m£2.3m
31/08/2022£2.2m£2.0m
31/08/2021£1.9m£2.0m

Common questions

Is KEREM SCHOOLS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a net expenditure of £103,650 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,016,221 to £912,571. The trustees report that free reserves of £815,406 exceed their stated policy target of approximately £650,000, representing three months of resources. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

Who funds KEREM SCHOOLS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KEREM SCHOOLS as a grant recipient include THE JULIAN TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE JULIAN TAYLOR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10kSupporting Jewish community

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 KEW COLLEGE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
KEREM SCHOOLS£2.4m——unclear—no doubt
KEW COLLEGE FY2025£4.4m——below—no doubt
SOMERHILL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£9.7m——unclear—no doubt
KEREN SHMUEL FY2022£531k—0below—no doubt
THE CAVENDISH SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED FY2025£4.0m——unclear—no doubt
KEREN TRUST FY2025£179k—0unclear—no doubt

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