MANCHESTER BETH DIN LTD

Registered charity 1142133 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To establish and maintain an ecclesiastical court and ancillary servicesTo support Jewish reigious life within Greater Manchester areaTo licence ,set the Kashrus standards and provide appropriate supervision for kosher establishments and caterers as required

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS:(I) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN AN ECCLESIASTICAL COURT AND ANCILLARY RELIGIOUS SERVICES:(II) TO SUPPORT JEWISH RELIGIOUS LIFE WITHIN THE GREATER MANCHESTER AREA AND, IF CALLED UPON, BEYOND;(III) TO LICENSE, SET THE KASHRUS STANDARDS AND PROVIDE APPROPRIATE SUPERVISION FOR KOSHER ESTABLISHMENTS AND CATERERS ETC. AS REQUIRED. TO PROVIDE RELIGIOUS ADVICE AND INFORMATION TO BOTH JEWISH AND NON-JEWISH ORGANISATIONS AS REQUIRED;(IV) TO MONITOR THE KOSHER STATUS OF ANY MIKVAOTH (RITUAL BATHS) OPERATING UNDER ITS AEGIS.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated total income of £568,787 against expenditure of £492,732, resulting in a net surplus for the year. Per the trustees' report, the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with unrestricted funds carried forward totaling £750,099.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding 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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (84% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rabbi David Eisenbergchair
• Rabbi Daniel Yonatan Walker
• Rabbi Dovid Yaackov Lewis
• Rabbi Jacob Aaron Rubinstein

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

Operates in: Bury · Manchester City · Salford City · Trafford

Income and spending

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