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SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)

Registered charity 1069246 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The promotion of normative Judaism through direct help for individual charities which are well established both in Israel and in Europe and the USA for Jews in need and in so doing, to help them develop both their faith and wellbeing.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£146k
Latest spending
£535k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds decreased by £193,335 to £5,614,601, driven by a net decrease in charity assets despite positive investment gains. The charity maintains a reserves policy to maintain adequate free reserves, with the current unrestricted fund balance representing the entirety of its net assets.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: adequate reserves... taking into account its analysis of future needs and opportunities... aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level providing an investment return which is fully expended (held: £5.6m)
“The Trustees aim to maintain free reserves in unrestricted funds at a level providing an investment return which is fully expended, with any annual shortfall being met from those free reserves.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Bennett Brooks & Co Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Israel · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£146k£535k
31/03/2024£157k£447k
31/03/2023£113k£434k
31/03/2022£153k£557k
31/03/2021£110k£468k

Common questions

Is SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds decreased by £193,335 to £5,614,601, driven by a net decrease in charity assets despite positive investment gains. The charity maintains a reserves policy to maintain adequate free reserves, with the current unrestricted fund balance representing the entirety of its net assets. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Bennett Brooks & Co Limited.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
MOLE CHARITABLE TRUST2£335k
THE HOLDEN CHARITABLE TRUST2£50k
THE GERTNER CHARITABLE TRUST2£49k
SABENO LIMITED2£36k
EZER VIZNITZ FOUNDATION1£2.7m
SAMJO LIMITED1£1.1m
DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST1£822k
THE TALMUD TORAH MACHZIKEI HADASS TRUST1£677k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SHEMTOV CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)£146k—0unclear—no doubt
SHEMTOV CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£738k—0unclear—no doubt
B K CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£206k—0below—no doubt
MORESHET HATORAH LTD FY2025£5.6m—0below—no doubt
BAY CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£193k—0unclear—no doubt
SHULOM ROV CHARITIES FY2025£144k—0unclear—no doubt

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