THE GATESHEAD KEHILLA (G.H.C) LIMITED

Registered charity 1177090 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advance Orthodox Judaism in particular but not exclusively by:(a)building, supporting and maintaining synagogues, supporting and maintaining educational institutions. The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardships and other activities as described int he Objects of the Charity

Objects

TO ADVANCE ORTHODOX JUDAISM IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) BUILDING, SUPPORTING AND MAINTAINING SYNAGOGUES, UNDER THE RELIGIOUS AUSPICES OF THE GHC, IN WHICH PRAYER SERVICES ARE HELD AND RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND LIFE CYCLE EVENTS ARE CELEBRATED;(B) BUILDING, SUPPORTING AND MAINTAINING ALL AND ANY FACILITIES AND SERVICES AS MAY BE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO FACILITATE AND ASSIST THE COMMUNAL AND INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM;(C) SUPPORTING AND MAINTAINING EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, EVENTS AND PROGRAMMES WHICH EDUCATE THE ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY, THE WIDER JEWISH COMMUNITY AND MEMBERS OF GENERAL PUBLIC ON THE TEACHINGS AND PRACTICES OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM; ANDTHE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND BY PROVIDING: GRANTS OR LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £327,324, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet future funding commitments. The charity reported a net income increase to £16,903 and maintains a policy to keep unrestricted funds at a level covering current commitments. No material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue were 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/01/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (72% 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: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JEREMY ROBERT BERNSTEINchair
• BERNARD DAVIS · trustee of 4 other charities
• MICHAEL BODNER · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Gateshead

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GATESHEAD KEHILLA BUILDING FOUNDATION.

• GATESHEAD KEHILLA BUILDING FOUNDATION income £376k
• GATESHEAD JEWISH LEARNING SOCIETY income £200k
• MORESHET HATORAH LTD income £5.6m
• GATESHEAD ACADEMY FOR TORAH STUDIES LIMITED income £104k
• HALE AND DISTRICT HEBREW CONGREGATION LTD income £963k
• GATESHEAD YESHIVA ALUMNI LIMITED income £198k

Side by side with its peers

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