MEIR HATORAH

Registered charity 1118639 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of the orthodox Jewish faith, the advancement of orthodox Jewish religious education and in particular by supporting the charitable activities of the school in the Bnei Brak, Israel known as Ziv Hatorah, The relief of poverty sickness and infirmity amongst members of the Jewish faith and other purposes as are charitable according to English law.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£179k

Latest spending

£177k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated with unrestricted funds in a deficit position, ending the year with net liabilities of £39,006. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income)

“During the year under review the charity received generous donations amounting to £178,924” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-39k; policy: a level which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity and the likely administrative costs of the charity for the next year)

“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level which the trustees think appropriate after considering the future commitments of the charity and the likely administrative costs of the charity for the next year.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income

£593k

Total spending

£628k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

RIVKA BEIGEL
YITZCHOK BEIGEL
jacob grunhut · trustee of 5 other charities

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

Operates in: Hackney · Haringey · Israel

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
01/10/2025	£179k	£177k
30/09/2024	£286k	£291k
31/03/2023	£593k	£628k
31/03/2022	£150k	£156k
31/03/2021	£285k	£278k

Common questions

Is MEIR HATORAH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated with unrestricted funds in a deficit position, ending the year with net liabilities of £39,006. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MEIR HATORAH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MEIR HATORAH as a grant recipient include MOUNDFIELD CHARITIES LIMITED, GEMILLAS LTD, EZER VIZNITZ FOUNDATION, CHASDEI MENASHE MEIR, GOLDHEART CHARITY LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
MOUNDFIELD CHARITIES LIMITED	FY2025	£74k	Advancement of Jewish religion and education, and for the prevention or relief of poverty
GEMILLAS LTD	FY2023	£15k
EZER VIZNITZ FOUNDATION	FY2025	£10k
CHASDEI MENASHE MEIR	FY2022	£10k
CHASDEI MENASHE MEIR	FY2023	£10k
GOLDHEART CHARITY LIMITED	FY2024	£10k	Advancement of education and relief of poverty
MOUNDFIELD CHARITIES LIMITED	FY2024	£10k	Advancement of Jewish religion and education, and for the prevention or relief of poverty
CLASSQUOTE LIMITED	FY2024	£5k	null
CLASSQUOTE LIMITED	FY2022	£5k

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	3	£1.9m
SF FOUNDATION	3	£443k
SABENO LIMITED	3	£61k
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED	2	£325k
REMODIFYZ TRUST	2	£62k
BALSTRAW LIMITED	2	£52k
WOODLANDS GREEN LTD	2	£19k
THE BLUZHOV CHARITABLE TRUST	1	—

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MORESHET HATORAH LTD.

MORESHET HATORAH LTD income £5.6m
MERKAZ HATORAH LIMITED income £237k
YESODEY HATORAH SCHOOLS income £1.7m
HEICHAL HATORAH income £627k
MERCAZ HATORAH NETZACH YISROEL income £1.4m
FRIENDS OF MERCAZ HATORAH BELZ MACNIVKA income £0

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MEIR HATORAH	£179k	—	below	—	no doubt
MORESHET HATORAH LTD FY2025	£5.6m	—	below	—	no doubt
MERKAZ HATORAH LIMITED FY2025	£237k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YESODEY HATORAH SCHOOLS FY2024	£1.7m	—	below	—	no doubt
HEICHAL HATORAH FY2025	£627k	—	above	—	no doubt
MERCAZ HATORAH NETZACH YISROEL FY2024	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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