YESHIVAS MEKOR CHAYIM LTD

Registered charity 1190501 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as YESHIVAS MEKOR CHAYIM

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH RELIGION, INCLUDING BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF A YESHIVA KNOWN AS YESHIVAS MEKOR CHAYIM AND BY THE PROVISION OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND STUDY AT SUCH YESHIVA

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH RELIGION, INCLUDING BY THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF A YESHIVA KNOWN AS YESHIVAS MEKOR CHAYIM AND BY THE PROVISION OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND STUDY AT SUCH YESHIVA.

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 accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £308,595, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet one-month of basic operating costs. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £13,742 for the year, driven by increased donations and charitable activity income. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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)

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 12131131 · 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.

• JOSEPH, Benedict Chayim — director, appointed 01/12/2019on trustee list
• HALBERSTADT, Ilan, Rabbi — director, appointed 31/07/2019on trustee list
• KOPPEL, Elisha — director, appointed 31/07/2019on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 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 (94% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ELISHA KOPPELchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Benedict Chayim Joseph · trustee of 5 other charities
• Rabbi Ilan Halberstadt

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• Benedict Chayim Joseph — trustee here and at NORTH LONDON WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YESHIVAS KESER HATORAH.

• YESHIVAS KESER HATORAH income £463k
• UK FRIENDS OF YESHIVAS MEKOR CHAIM income £28k
• YATZIV TRUST income £184k
• YESHUAS CHAIM SYNAGOGUE income £169k
• YESHIVAH L'ZEIRIM income £1.7m
• MACHON MAYIM CHAIM income £186k

Side by side with its peers

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