THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES

Registered charity 1131850 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JEWS' COLLEGE

EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES

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Latest income
£1.8m
Latest spending
£1.8m
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £1,819,817 against total expenditure of £1,791,342, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,139,684, which the Trustees consider to be above their ideal target of £440,000, providing sufficient flexibility to cover temporary shortfalls and unforeseen emergencies.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately £440,000 equivalent to 4 months' annual expenditure on unrestricted funds (held: £1.1m)
“The Trustees consider that, given the nature of the charitable company's work, the level of free reserves representing general fund net current assets, would ideally be approximately £440,000 equivalent to 4 months' annual expenditure on unrestricted funds.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees donated funds
“During the year Trustees donated funds of £105,175 (2024: £49,210). Donations totalling £6,000 (2024: £24,500) were received from charitable organisations who share a common trustee with LSJS. These donations were made with no conditions attached. Rental income totalling £19,800 (2024: 46,340) was received from charitable organisations which share a common Trustee with LSJS.” — page 35
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Total income
£1.8m
Total spending
£1.8m
Cost of raising funds
£126k
Reserves (reported)
£440k
Employees
17

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (49% 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: 6.9% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£1.8m£1.8m
31/07/2024£1.8m£1.9m
31/07/2023£1.9m£1.7m
31/07/2022£1.6m£2.1m
31/07/2021£1.6m£1.4m

Common questions

Is THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £1,819,817 against total expenditure of £1,791,342, resulting in a net surplus. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £1,139,684, which the Trustees consider to be above their ideal target of £440,000, providing sufficient flexibility to cover temporary shortfalls and unforeseen emergencies. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.

Who funds THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES as a grant recipient include ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPE, THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITED, THE MARCUS MARGULIES CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MONTEFIORE ENDOWMENT, THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPEFY2022£609kJewish Education
ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPEFY2021£129kJewish Education
ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPEFY2024£80kJewish Heritage Programme
ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPEFY2023£79kJewish Heritage Programme
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£73k
THE MARCUS MARGULIES CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£72k
THE MONTEFIORE ENDOWMENTFY2022£54kDayanut Course
THE MONTEFIORE ENDOWMENTFY2021£50kGrant funding of activities
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024£50kFunding towards teacher training
THE CHARLES WOLFSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£50kEducation
THE MONTEFIORE ENDOWMENTFY2023£47kEducational
THE MONTEFIORE ENDOWMENTFY2024£42kEducational
THE PHILLIPS AND RUBENS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£27k
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITEDFY2021£18k
RACHEL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£16kEducation and training
THE ARNOLD LEE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£10k
THE PHILLIPS AND RUBENS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
THE ARNOLD LEE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£10k
SABENO LIMITEDFY2022£9kReligious grant
RACHEL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£8kRelated party disclosure
LAWSON BECKMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£7kEducation
THE MIKHEEV CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£5kLondon School of Jewish Studies
THE MIKHEEV CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)FY2022£4kfunding towards bursaries for BA students
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE SIERATZKI CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)FY2025£3kcontribution towards core funding
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)FY2023£3kfunding towards bursaries for BA students
LAWSON BECKMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2kEducation
THE MIKHEEV CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£500
YESHURUN HEBREW CONGREGATIONFY2022£200
YESHURUN HEBREW CONGREGATIONFY2024£95
YESHURUN HEBREW CONGREGATIONFY2023£95
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITEDFY2023£0

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund03/02/2016£9kChildren's Hour' in the Marc Weinberg Community Library

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 LONDON ACADEMY OF JEWISH STUDIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES£1.8m——unclear—no doubt
LONDON ACADEMY OF JEWISH STUDIES FY2024£628k——unclear—no doubt
ALEXANDER SHTIEBEL FY2024£248k—0above—no doubt
COLLEGE FOR HIGHER RABBINICAL STUDIES FY2025£3.6m—0unclear—no doubt
JEWISH TEACHERS' TRAINING COLLEGE FY2025£3.8m——unclear—no doubt
ZLOTCHIV FY2023£724k—0unclear—no doubt

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