THE BENZI DUNNER SCHOOLS TRUST

Registered charity 1121439 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEST, NORTHWEST SCHOOLS COMMUNITY TRUST FUND

The Benzi Dunner Schools Trust has been set up to help schools in NW London amongst other charitable activities.

Objects

OBJECTS THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS":-(A) TO HELP ESTABLISH SUPPORT AND MAINTAIN TORAH EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND TO GENERALLY FURTHER PROMOTE ALL ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.(B) TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPLES OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM.(C) TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST PERSONS OF THE JEWISH FAITH.(D) TO FURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHICH THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE ARE CONNECTED WITH THE ABOVE CLAUSES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE: NATIONALLY IN ENGLAND AND WALES.

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a small deficit for the year, resulting in a slight decrease in total funds from £802,723 to £799,979. This deficit was funded from existing reserves, which remained stable at approximately £800,000. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Sugarwhite Meyer Accountants Ltd. 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.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~8.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• RABBI DAVID STERN
• RABBI SHIMON WINEGARTEN

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BETHANY SCHOOL.

• BETHANY SCHOOL income £8.8m
• LONDON EDUCATION TRUST income £231k
• THE WESTMINSTER SCHOOL FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED income £105
• THE BENNETT MEMORIAL DIOCESAN SCHOOL CHARITY income £41k
• MADANI GIRLS' SCHOOL income £976k
• THE WESTMINSTER CITY SCHOOL GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST income £74k

Side by side with its peers

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