YESHIVAS LEV SIMCHA LIMITED

Registered charity 1120748 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of orthodox Jewish religious education generally and in particular but not exclusively to maintain administer and manage the Talmudic college known as Yeshivas Lev Simcha.and to support families of the community with food and emotional support etc.

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

Latest income
£939k
Latest spending
£959k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net outgoing of £20,395 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds to £71,586. The trustees note that they have intensified fundraising activities following the year end to ensure compliance with their reserves policy. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, relying on continued community financial support.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The trustees do not seek to maintain reserves, other than to ensure that they can continue the activities of the charity. (held: £72k)
“The trustees do not seek to maintain reserves, other than to ensure that they can continue the activities of the charity.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations to other charities where a trustee also serves as a trustee
“During the year, the charity made donations totalling £14,750 to other charities where one of its trustees also serves as a trustee.” — page 17
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

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

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

Total income
£939k
Total spending
£959k
Cost of raising funds
£56k
Reserves (reported)
£72k
Employees
32

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (94% 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: 6.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hackney

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£939k£959k
31/08/2024£999k£923k
31/08/2023£813k£794k
31/08/2022£874k£846k
31/08/2021£855k£942k

Common questions

Is YESHIVAS LEV SIMCHA LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net outgoing of £20,395 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds to £71,586. The trustees note that they have intensified fundraising activities following the year end to ensure compliance with their reserves policy. The financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis, relying on continued community financial support. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds YESHIVAS LEV SIMCHA LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YESHIVAS LEV SIMCHA LIMITED as a grant recipient include HURDALE CHARITY LIMITED, THE S AND Y CHARITABLE TRUST, LINGATE CHARITABLE TRUST, GOLDHEART CHARITY LIMITED, REIFER MEMORIAL LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
HURDALE CHARITY LIMITEDFY2024£30k
HURDALE CHARITY LIMITEDFY2025£30k
THE S AND Y CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£28k
THE S AND Y CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£26k
LINGATE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£21k
GOLDHEART CHARITY LIMITEDFY2024£20kAdvancement of education and relief of poverty
REIFER MEMORIAL LIMITEDFY2023£17kGrants for educational institutions
REIFER MEMORIAL LIMITEDFY2025£15kGrants for educational institutions
THE S AND Y CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£9k
ADENFIRST LIMITEDFY2023£8k
RINA CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£8k
LINGATE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£8k
THE S AND Y CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£6k
BIG BEN TRUSTFY2024£5k
PAGET C.I.O.FY2022£1kAdvancement of Jewish religion and education, and for the prevention or relief of poverty
NES FOUNDATION LTDFY2024£0
NES FOUNDATION LTDFY2023£0
NES FOUNDATION LTDFY2022£0
KEREN AMHA LIMITEDFY2022£0
KEREN AMHA LIMITEDFY2023—

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.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SIMCHA TRUST LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
YESHIVAS LEV SIMCHA LIMITED£939k—0unclear—no doubt
THE SIMCHA TRUST LIMITED FY2023£119k—0unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF YESHIVAS TORAH OHR FY2025£311k—0above—no doubt
MORESHET HATORAH LTD FY2025£5.6m—0below—no doubt
KUPAT CHAIM V'CHESED FY2025£974k—0unclear—no doubt
YESHIVAS MEKOR CHAYIM LTD FY2025£845k—0above—no doubt

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