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.

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

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.

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 4.8 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 (5.2%) (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

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE W E DUNN TRUST.

• THE W E DUNN TRUST income £238k
• BIRKENHEAD SCHOOL FOUNDATION TRUST income £367k
• DR CHALLONER'S SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £358k
• DHS Educational Foundation income £1.6m
• G J W TURNER TRUST income £362k
• DRAGON SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £25.5m

Side by side with its peers

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