BAIS HAMEDRASH OHEL YAKOV LTD

Registered charity 1115308 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BAIS HAMEDRASH OHEL YAKON LTD

The establishment of a Synagogue providing facilities for prayer, religious studies and communal activities.

Objects

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION; AND(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION AND IN DOING SO TO PURCHASE AND THEREAFTER MAINTAIN A BUILDING OF WORSHIP; AND(3) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND IN PARTICULAR AMONGST PERSONS OF THE JEWISH FAITH; AND(4) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES, TRUSTS AND ORGANISATIONS THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE THE LONDON BOROUGH OF HACKNEY

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · 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
£210k
Latest spending
£185k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £2,292,375, representing a surplus for the year. The charity maintains a reserves policy based on future commitments rather than a fixed target. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts accord with those records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (90% of income)
“Income from donations and rents aggregated £324,112 (2024: £251,939)” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: a level which the Trustees consider appropriate after taking account of the future commitments of the Charity (reserves figure: £2.3m)
“It is the policy of the Charity to maintain unrestricted funds at a level which the Trustees consider appropriate after taking account of the future commitments of the Charity.” — page 4
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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 1

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 1

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 2

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 10/04/2025, 69 days after the 31/01/2025 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hackney

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£210k£185k
31/03/2024£252k£198k
31/03/2023£324k£231k
31/03/2022£276k£159k
31/03/2021£353k£143k

Common questions

Is BAIS HAMEDRASH OHEL YAKOV LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £2,292,375, representing a surplus for the year. The charity maintains a reserves policy based on future commitments rather than a fixed target. The independent examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and accounts accord with those records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BAIS HAMEDRASH OHEL YAKOV LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BAIS HAMEDRASH OHEL YAKOV LTD as a grant recipient include THE AA TRUST, TRUSTWELL LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE AA TRUSTFY2025£10k
TRUSTWELL LIMITEDFY2023£6k
TRUSTWELL LIMITEDFY2022£6k
TRUSTWELL LIMITEDFY2024£5k
TRUSTWELL LIMITEDFY2025£3k

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 VAIDICHKA BEIS HAMEDRASH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BAIS HAMEDRASH OHEL YAKOV LTD£210k—0unclear—no doubt
VAIDICHKA BEIS HAMEDRASH FY2025£56k—0unclear—no doubt
BEIS HAMEDRASH OHR CHODOSH LIMITED FY2025£225k—0above—no doubt
BEMOSH LTD FY2025£305k—0unclear—no doubt
BEIS HAMEDRASH IMREI SHEFER LIMITED FY2025£187k—0above—no doubt
BEIS TEFILLOH FY2025£222k—0unclear—no doubt

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