THE LONDON TALMUDICAL CENTRE

Registered charity 1174739 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Managing and supporting the Centre for Jewish religious studies known as the London Talmudical Centre based in Edgware, Middlesex.

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Latest income

£406k

Latest spending

£412k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £36,103 to £29,859 due to a net expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The trustees' report notes that the charity is relatively new and relies on donations, with a policy to ideally retain six months of expenditure once established. The independent examiner confirmed no matters gave cause to believe the accounts were materially incorrect.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)

“No employee received remuneration of more than £60,000 during the year.” — page 13

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £30k; policy: six months expenditure)

“The trustees are working hard and investing a lot of time in ensuring that the charity is able to fund its short-term financial obligations. Once the charity has established itself, ideally, the trustees would aim to retain funds equivalent to six months expenditure” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

JOSEPH ORZELchair
SIMON ADAM LEVINSON
YITZCHOK LOBENSTEIN · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£406k	£412k
31/12/2023	£399k	£430k
31/12/2022	£380k	£394k
31/12/2021	£318k	£268k
31/12/2020	£279k	£249k

Common questions

Is THE LONDON TALMUDICAL CENTRE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves decreased from £36,103 to £29,859 due to a net expenditure exceeding incoming resources. The trustees' report notes that the charity is relatively new and relies on donations, with a policy to ideally retain six months of expenditure once established. The independent examiner confirmed no matters gave cause to believe the accounts were materially incorrect. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE LONDON TALMUDICAL CENTRE earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds THE LONDON TALMUDICAL CENTRE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE LONDON TALMUDICAL CENTRE as a grant recipient include ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	FY2023	£175k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	FY2022	£133k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/06/2026	£20k	Impacting Lives
The National Lottery Community Fund	05/02/2021	£10k	Urgent crucial support

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SABENO LIMITED	4	£46k
NORTH LONDON WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION	2	£165k
THE BENZI DUNNER SCHOOLS TRUST	2	£33k
ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPE	1	£898k
THE MONTEFIORE ENDOWMENT	1	£194k
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITED	1	£91k
THE MARCUS MARGULIES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£72k
THE GERTNER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£60k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TASHBAR OF EDGWARE LIMITED.

TASHBAR OF EDGWARE LIMITED income £1.2m
THE NORTH WEST LONDON TALMUDICAL COLLEGE income £979k
THE TALMUD CENTRE TRUST income £145k
LONDON ACADEMY OF JEWISH STUDIES income £628k
THE TORAH LEARNING CENTRE income £242k
Jewish Learning Exchange Building Limited income £541k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE LONDON TALMUDICAL CENTRE	£406k	Under £60,000	0	below	—	no doubt
TASHBAR OF EDGWARE LIMITED FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE NORTH WEST LONDON TALMUDICAL COLLEGE FY2025	£979k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TALMUD CENTRE TRUST FY2025	£145k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON ACADEMY OF JEWISH STUDIES FY2024	£628k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TORAH LEARNING CENTRE FY2024	£242k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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