ATERES

Registered charity 1143297 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEMAAN BEIS HASHEM LIMITED

1. THE ESTABLISHMENT AND RUNNING OF ATERES GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL TO PROVIDE A JEWISH EDUCATION, BASED ON TORAH VALUES, FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL GIRLS OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING A COMBINED EDUCATION OF BOTH THE NATIONAL AND JEWISH CURRICULUM. 2. THE PROVISION OF BUILDINGS, GRANTS AND SERVICES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Gateshead, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£997k
Latest spending
£772k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £225,369 and holds unrestricted reserves of £1,170,886, which exceed the trustees' policy target of six months' operational expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention to suggest non-compliance with accounting standards or regulations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months’ worth of the organisation’s core operational expenditure (reserves figure: £1.2m)
“It is the policy of the trustees to maintain unrestricted reserves equivalent to a minimum of six months’ worth of the organisation’s core operational expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

  • Government income: £18,571 — grants £18,571 (3); 2% of the £996,912 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Government income: £13,120 — grants £13,120 (3); under 1% of the £1,683,665 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Government income: £8,737 — grants £8,737 (1); under 1% of the £931,814 total gross income on the same return

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

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

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

Total income
£997k
Total spending
£772k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
42

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 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 (88% 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

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

Operates in: Gateshead

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£997k£772k
31/08/2024£1.7m£922k
31/08/2023£932k£914k
31/08/2022£723k£761k
31/08/2021£783k£734k

Common questions

Is ATERES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net surplus of £225,369 and holds unrestricted reserves of £1,170,886, which exceed the trustees' policy target of six months' operational expenditure. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention to suggest non-compliance with accounting standards or regulations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ATERES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ATERES as a grant recipient include DELAPAGE LIMITED, T & S TRUST FUND, S C K CHARITABLE TRUST, J & J CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED, PARKLAKE CHARITY TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
DELAPAGE LIMITEDFY2021£210kEducation (schools and higher education)
T & S TRUST FUNDFY2025£45k
S C K CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£18k
S C K CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£11k
J & J CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£11k
J & J CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2025£10k
PARKLAKE CHARITY TRUSTFY2025£6k
WELL OF TORAHFY2023£6k
MYR CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£6k
ORTERSHAM LIMITEDFY2025£5k
SABENO LIMITEDFY2025£4kReligious grants
THE AA TRUSTFY2022£4k
J & J CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£2k
J & J CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITEDFY2023£2k
WELL OF TORAHFY2024£2k
Leeds Jewish Educational Centre (aka) Leeds KollelFY2025£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England05/08/2025£10kGATESHEAD 'UNCOUCHED'

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 ATERES YOEL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ATERES£997k—0above—no doubt
ATERES YOEL FY2025£146k—0unclear—no doubt
TOIREM FY2025£5.3m——unclear—no doubt
ATERES BEIS YAAKOV LIMITED FY2025£3.4m—0unclear—no doubt
RAYONHILLS FY2025£84k—0unclear—no doubt
ETGAR FY2025£172k—0above—no doubt

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