YAVNEH FOUNDATION TRUST

Registered charity 1095796 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HERTSMERE JEWISH HIGH SCHOOL TRUST, HJHS, YAVNEH COLLEGE TRUST

The principal activity are the advancement of religious and secular education.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION (INCLUDING RELIGIOUS, SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL) BY PROMOTING THE SCHOOL AND FURTHERING THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN ATTENDING THE SCHOOL UNDER THE RELIGIOUS DIRECTION OF THE CHIEF RABBI AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIMS OF THE SCHOOL AS DETERMINED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE BOARD AND IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT PREJUDICE NEVERTHELESS TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) BY PROMOTING HIGH STANDARDS OF ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE IN BOTH JEWISH AND SECULAR SUBJECTS AND PROMOTING JEWISH BELIEFS, VALUES AND TRADITIONS WHEREVER POSSIBLE.2. TO ADVANCE THE JEWISH RELIGION, TO RELIEVE POVERTY OR FOR ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES OR OTHERWISE AS THE BOARD SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £166,048 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £493,829 to £327,781. The trustees confirm that undistributed funds amount to £327,781 and that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Stein Richards. Discloses 4 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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04443267

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Mr S Lewis — Executive Headteacher (source)
• Mrs Roz Levin — Chair of Yavneh College Academy Trust (source)
• Mr Richard Gilbert — Chair of Yavneh Foundation Trust (source)
• Mrs Susy Stone — Chair of Yavneh College Local Governing Body (source)
• Rabbi Dr Andrew Davis — Deputy Headteacher (source)
• Mrs Hayley Fraser — Business Manager (source)
• Mr Matt Kendler — Assistant Headteacher (source)
• Mr John Cordara — Assistant Headteacher (source)

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.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• MAY, Joshua — director, appointed 21/05/2025on trustee list
• PYZER, Joshua — director, appointed 05/03/2025on trustee list
• GOLDSTEIN, Cindy — director, appointed 04/02/2025on trustee list
• LEVIN, Roz — director, appointed 24/05/2023on trustee list
• GILBERT, Richard Michael — director, appointed 01/09/2022on trustee list
• CHAPPER, Alex, Rabbi — director, appointed 27/01/2020not on trustee list
• GROSE, Joanne — director, appointed 25/09/2017on trustee list
• FRASER, Hayley — secretary, appointed 01/09/2021

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (81% 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

• Richard Gilbertchair
• Alex Chapper Rabbi
• Cindy Goldstein · trustee of 9 other charities
• Joanne Grose
• Joshua May
• Joshua Pyzer
• Roz Levin

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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• OHOLEI YOSEF YITZCHOK LUBAVITCH SCHOOLS income £294k
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• YESHIVAH L'ZEIRIM income £1.7m
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• YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM income £834k
• TEHILOIS YOEL income £187k

Side by side with its peers

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