SHIRAS DEVORAH LIMITED

Registered charity 1190843 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the Orthodox Jewish religion and advance education by provision of a day school for girls known as Shiras Devorah High School and by ancillary or incidental educational or religious activities and other associated activities for the benefit of the community.

Objects

THE ONLY OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION AND ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF A DAY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS KNOWN AS SHIRAS DEVORAH HIGH SCHOOL AND BY ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL EDUCATIONAL OR RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £78,313 for the year ended 31st August 2025, reversing a deficit from the previous year. However, the charity's total reserves remain in a deficit of £69,641, with the trustees noting that recent budget changes have severely affected their ability to build up reserves. The trustees acknowledge the need for financial stability before contemplating expansion into larger premises.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2021 (received 11/07/2022, 11 days after the 30/06/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05321062
• Registered company of the charity Companies House 11236806 · 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.

• GIBSON, John Mark — director, appointed 11/12/2025not on trustee list
• TOQEER, Mohammed — director, appointed 22/10/2024not on trustee list
• CARTLEDGE, Michael Anthony — director, appointed 22/10/2024not on trustee list
• BODNER, Bernard — director, appointed 03/03/2023on trustee list
• VINCENT, John Philip — director, appointed 13/09/2021not on trustee list
• MYERS, Deirdre Mary — director, appointed 23/07/2018not on trustee list
• BUTTERWORTH, Janet Ann — director, appointed 22/05/2018not on trustee list
• ISAACS, Lee — director, appointed 20/04/2018on trustee list
• ADLER, Anthony Joseph — director, appointed 06/03/2018on trustee list
• SWINDIN, Gillian — director, appointed 27/02/2018not on trustee list
• BAWDEN, Carol Shirley — director, appointed 18/05/2015not on trustee list
• VINCENT, John Philip — secretary, appointed 16/06/2021

Official officers record.

CQC provider record: The Myriad Centre Limited — Deregistered, 1 registered location, last inspected 17/11/2016.charity number confirmed by CQC CQC record

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 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 (84% 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

• ANTHONY ADLERchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Bernard Bodner
• Lee Michael Isaacs

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

Operates in: Barnet · Brent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• YESODEY HATORAH SCHOOLS income £2.0m
• YESODEY HATORAH GIRLS SCHOOL LIMITED income £2.5m
• MENORAH FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• YESODEY HATORAH PRIMARY GIRLS SCHOOL TRUST income £375k
• PHGS FOUNDATION LTD income £3.2m
• DARCHEI TORAH LIMITED income £240k

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