GATESHEAD KEHILLA BUILDING FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1161835 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the charity are: (i) to advance the orthodox Jewish religion in the North of England for the benefit of the public by building, providing and maintaining communal building or buildings for religious purposes for the Jewish community; (ii) to promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community as the trustees may decide from time to time determine.

Objects

(I) TO ADVANCE THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY BUILDING, PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING COMMUNAL BUILDING OR BUILDINGS FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY;(II) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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 · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net operating surplus of £55,692 for the year, with unrestricted reserves standing at £1,365,775. The trustees consider the balance of the Fund to be an acceptable level of reserves given the nature of revenue receipts against grants payable. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 09391498 · Financial health read from its filings

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.

• SCHECHTER, Pinchos Zvi — director, appointed 01/01/2020on trustee list
• DAVIS, Bernard — director, appointed 16/01/2015on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~151.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Leslie Bambergerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ABRAHAM HENRY ZAHN · trustee of 1 other charity
• BERNARD DAVIS · trustee of 4 other charities
• PINCHOS ZVI SCHECHTER

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

Operates in: Gateshead

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 THE GATESHEAD KEHILLA (G.H.C) LIMITED.

• THE GATESHEAD KEHILLA (G.H.C) LIMITED income £501k
• GATESHEAD KEHILLA KOLLEL LTD income £1.6m
• HEICHAL HATORAH income £627k
• BETH ZILKA income £304k
• GATESHEAD KOLLEL HORO'AH income £71k
• GEMACH LTD income £7.1m

Side by side with its peers

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