MACHZIKEI LOMDEI TORAH

Registered charity 1176658 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We support the charitable educational activities of the Talmudical College known as Beis Va'ad l'Bochurim and the institute of advanced Talmudical Studies known as Kollel Halocho, both under the guidance and direction of the spiritual rabbinical authority of Belz Machnovka, Jerusalem, Israel

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES OF THE TALMUDICAL COLLEGE KNOWN AS BEIS VA’AD L’BOCHURIM AND THE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED TALMUDICAL STUDIES KNOWN AS KOLLEL HALOCHO BOTH UNDER THE GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION OF THE SPIRITUAL RABBINICAL AUTHORITY OF BELZ MACHNOVKA, JERUSALEM ISRAEL

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: Hackney, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £100,193 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in negative unrestricted reserves of £59,301. The trustees state that these reserves are insufficient to cover budgeted administrative costs and are actively seeking to raise more funds. Despite the deficit, the accounts indicate that all income and expenditure arose from continuing activities.

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.

• 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
• 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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 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 (100% 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

• SAMUEL LIPSCHITZchair
• MALKY BRANDER
• MOSHE LEIB BRANDER

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

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE TELZ TALMUDICAL ACADEMY AND TALMUD TORAH TRUST.

• THE TELZ TALMUDICAL ACADEMY AND TALMUD TORAH TRUST income £480k
• KOLEL BELZ MACHNOVKEH LIMITED income £79k
• THE TALMUD TORAH MACHZIKEI HADASS TRUST income £768k
• FRIENDS OF THE RABBINICAL COLLEGE KOL TORA JERUSALEM income £148k
• HALACHA LEMOSHE TRUST income £125k
• THE SHAAREI TORAH TRUST income £961k

Side by side with its peers

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