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.

Objects

TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY MANAGING AND SUPPORTING THE CENTRE FOR JEWISH RELIGIOUS STUDIES KNOWN AS THE LONDON TALMUDICAL CENTRE BASED IN EDGWARE, MIDDLESEX.

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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Registered contact address: Barnet, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £2,478 for the year, increasing its unrestricted funds to £32,337. The trustees aim to hold reserves equivalent to six months of expenditure, a target not yet met with current funds. 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.6 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 (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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

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

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TALMUD CENTRE TRUST.

• THE TALMUD CENTRE TRUST income £145k
• KOLLEL SHAS YIDEN C.I.O. income £263k
• THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES income £1.8m
• THE NORTH WEST LONDON TALMUDICAL COLLEGE income £979k
• SALFORD TALMUDIC ASSOCIATION LTD income £121k
• TALMUD TORAH LONDON LIMITED income £958k

Side by side with its peers

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