CRAVEN WALK BETH HAMEDRASH TRUST

Registered charity 1097849 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advanacement of the Orthodox Jewish Religion. The advancement of the Orthodox Jewish religious education.The relief of poverty amongst person of the Jewish Faith.

Objects

1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION2.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION; AND3.3 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST PERSONS OF THE JEWISH FAITH2. THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT OR TOWARDS SUCH OF THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE INCLUDING PAYMENTS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION OR THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION OR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY WAY OF GIFT OR LOAN (WITH OR WITHOUT INTEREST) TO INDIVIDUAL PERSONS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSONS QUALIFY AS OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE SYNAGOGUE PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FOR THE PERIOD OF 21 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THIS DEED INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN ANY YEAR ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME AT COMPOUND INTEREST BY INVESTING THE SAME AND THE RESULTING INCOME IN ANY OF THE AUTHORISED INVESTMENTS AND HOLD THE SAME AS AN ACCRETION TO AND AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THEIR RIGHT TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR AS IF THE SAME WERE INCOME OF THE CHARITY ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£142k
Latest spending
£167k
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £24,600 for the year, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £1,269,743 to £1,245,143. The trustees aim to retain funds equivalent to six months of expenditure, though the document does not explicitly calculate if the current reserves meet this target. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis 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: six months expenditure (reserves figure: £1.2m)
“Ideally, the trustees would aim to retain funds equivalent to six months expenditure to take account of any potential short fall in donations in future.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Loan from Hurdale Charity Limited
“The charity has been advanced a loan of £245,000 by Hurdale Charity Limited (charity number 276997). D Ostreicher was a trustee of Craven Walk Beth Hamedrash Trust and Hurdale Charity Limited.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2025

  • Volunteers: 4

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

  • Volunteers: 4

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

  • Volunteers: 3

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£142k£167k
31/10/2024£126k£156k
31/10/2023£114k£138k
31/10/2022£166k£168k
31/10/2021£189k£160k

Common questions

Is CRAVEN WALK BETH HAMEDRASH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net deficit of £24,600 for the year, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £1,269,743 to £1,245,143. The trustees aim to retain funds equivalent to six months of expenditure, though the document does not explicitly calculate if the current reserves meet this target. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CRAVEN WALK BETH HAMEDRASH TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CRAVEN WALK BETH HAMEDRASH TRUST as a grant recipient include FRANKGIVING LIMITED, GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED, VAIDICHKA.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
FRANKGIVING LIMITEDFY2024£19k
GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITEDFY2024£16k
VAIDICHKAFY2021£6k

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 BETH HAMEDRASH KINGSLEY WAY TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CRAVEN WALK BETH HAMEDRASH TRUST£142k—0unclear—no doubt
BETH HAMEDRASH KINGSLEY WAY TRUST FY2025£95k—0unclear—no doubt
JMRD TRUST FY2025£59k—0unclear—no doubt
AHAVAS CHESED TRUST FY2025£4.2m—0unclear—no doubt
BETH HAMEDRASH KNESSET YEHEZKEL FY2025£698k—0unclear—no doubt
SHAR HAMELECH FY2024£654k—0unclear—no doubt

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