KABBALAH CENTRE

Registered charity 1079796 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity's aim is to make the ancient wisdom of the Kabbalah available to people of all backgrounds, regardless of denomination or means. It achieves this by Kabbalistic education and charitable programmes.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£3.7m

Latest spending

£4.8m

Registered

2000

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with consolidated unrestricted reserves of £54.4m, which is above the targeted level of £14.4m. The trustees believe the charity is in a sound financial position with appropriate unrestricted funds to achieve its growth objectives and cover capital projects.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (47% of income)

“Income received from donations during the year represents 47% (2023: 66%) of the total income of £3.7m (2023:£4.8m).” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: twelve month’s operating expenditure, plus the additional capital projects (held: £54.4m)

“The Charity’s reserves policy is to maintain unrestricted reserves to cover twelve month’s operating expenditure, plus the additional capital projects, as listed below. £4.4m in unrestricted reserves to cover twelve months' operating costs. £6m from the current reserves is to cover the cost of building the rear extension at 12 Stratford Place. · £1m to cover the cost of refurbishing 29 Conway Street. · £3m to fund the building of an international retreat Centre on the land in Israel.” — page 9

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The charity purchased books from KCI for resale to the value of £21,045 (2023:£8,666) during the year. The charity also purchased branded merchandise and products totalling £10,598 (2023:£1,165) and paid a sum of £nil (2023:£15,532) for services obtained during the year.

“Kabbalah Centre International (KCI) manages the printing and publication of all Kabbalah books that are distributed globally through the Centre’s in each country. The charity purchased books from KCI for resale to the value of £21,045 (2023:£8,666) during the year. The charity also purchased branded merchandise and products totalling £10,598 (2023:£1,165) and paid a sum of £nil (2023:£15,532) for services obtained during the year.” — page 36

“Kabbalah Centre International (KCI) manages certain software licenses on behalf of the group. The charity paid KCI the sum of £17,704 (2023:£37,490) in respect of software and other license fees during the year.” — page 36

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The charity paid KCI the sum of £17,704 (2023:£37,490) in respect of software and other license fees during the year.

“Kabbalah Centre International (KCI) manages the printing and publication of all Kabbalah books that are distributed globally through the Centre’s in each country. The charity purchased books from KCI for resale to the value of £21,045 (2023:£8,666) during the year. The charity also purchased branded merchandise and products totalling £10,598 (2023:£1,165) and paid a sum of £nil (2023:£15,532) for services obtained during the year.” — page 36

“Kabbalah Centre International (KCI) manages certain software licenses on behalf of the group. The charity paid KCI the sum of £17,704 (2023:£37,490) in respect of software and other license fees during the year.” — page 36

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The charity received quarterly grants totalling £164,329 (2023:£156,848) during the year from KCI.

“Kabbalah Centre International (KCI) manages the printing and publication of all Kabbalah books that are distributed globally through the Centre’s in each country. The charity purchased books from KCI for resale to the value of £21,045 (2023:£8,666) during the year. The charity also purchased branded merchandise and products totalling £10,598 (2023:£1,165) and paid a sum of £nil (2023:£15,532) for services obtained during the year.” — page 36

“Kabbalah Centre International (KCI) manages certain software licenses on behalf of the group. The charity paid KCI the sum of £17,704 (2023:£37,490) in respect of software and other license fees during the year.” — page 36

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The charity issued a grant of £25,964 to Kabbalah Centre, Berlin and contributed £359,583 towards the global Tree of Life project.

“Kabbalah Centre International (KCI) manages the printing and publication of all Kabbalah books that are distributed globally through the Centre’s in each country. The charity purchased books from KCI for resale to the value of £21,045 (2023:£8,666) during the year. The charity also purchased branded merchandise and products totalling £10,598 (2023:£1,165) and paid a sum of £nil (2023:£15,532) for services obtained during the year.” — page 36

“Kabbalah Centre International (KCI) manages certain software licenses on behalf of the group. The charity paid KCI the sum of £17,704 (2023:£37,490) in respect of software and other license fees during the year.” — page 36

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The charity provided loans of £25,009 to Kabbalah Centre, Berlin and £221,383 to Kids Creating Peace.

“Kabbalah Centre International (KCI) manages the printing and publication of all Kabbalah books that are distributed globally through the Centre’s in each country. The charity purchased books from KCI for resale to the value of £21,045 (2023:£8,666) during the year. The charity also purchased branded merchandise and products totalling £10,598 (2023:£1,165) and paid a sum of £nil (2023:£15,532) for services obtained during the year.” — page 36

“Kabbalah Centre International (KCI) manages certain software licenses on behalf of the group. The charity paid KCI the sum of £17,704 (2023:£37,490) in respect of software and other license fees during the year.” — page 36

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Glazers. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

5 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£3.7m

Total spending

£4.8m

Cost of raising funds

£342k

Reserves (reported)

£15.4m

Employees

31

Reported reserves equal ~38.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (50% 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: 9.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

GLADYS OBADIAH
LADY HOMA ALLIANCE
Michael Berg
RABBI YAROM YARDENI
Yael Green

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

Operates in: Argentina · Australia · Austria · Belgium · Benin · Cameroon · Croatia · Czech Republic · Denmark · Finland · France · Germany

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£3.7m	£4.8m
31/12/2023	£4.8m	£4.9m
31/12/2022	£3.1m	£4.5m
31/12/2021	£5.4m	£3.8m
31/12/2020	£2.9m	£4.2m

Common questions

Is KABBALAH CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with consolidated unrestricted reserves of £54.4m, which is above the targeted level of £14.4m. The trustees believe the charity is in a sound financial position with appropriate unrestricted funds to achieve its growth objectives and cover capital projects. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Glazers.

Who funds KABBALAH CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KABBALAH CENTRE as a grant recipient include THE MARQUE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MARQUE FOUNDATION	FY2023	£25k

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	2	£415k
SHAAREI RACHAMIM LIMITED	2	£33k
WISEHEIGHTS LIMITED	1	£97k
SHULEM B. ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£60k
UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTD	1	£51k
SF FOUNDATION	1	£44k
MELCREN LIMITED	1	£26k
CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF BLOOMSBURY - CENTRAL LONDON	1	£24k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF BLOOMSBURY - CENTRAL LONDON.

CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF BLOOMSBURY - CENTRAL LONDON income £422k
THE TALMUD CENTRE TRUST income £145k
LONDON RABBINICAL income £131k
B K CHARITABLE TRUST income £206k
KYL CENTRAL SHUL TRUST income £519k
KUPAT CHAIM V'CHESED income £974k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KABBALAH CENTRE	£3.7m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHABAD LUBAVITCH OF BLOOMSBURY - CENTRAL LONDON FY2025	£422k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TALMUD CENTRE TRUST FY2025	£145k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON RABBINICAL FY2025	£131k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
B K CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£206k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
KYL CENTRAL SHUL TRUST FY2025	£519k	—	0	below	—	no doubt

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