The Jewish Students Aid Trust

Registered charity 210022 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE JEWISH WIDOWS AND STUDENTS AID TRUST

Primarily helping university students with financial assistance to cover fees etc.

Objects

CHARITABLE PAYMENTS TO JEWISH WIDOWS AND STUDENTS.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£186k

Latest spending

£110k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £991,812, representing a surplus for the year of £76,825. The trustees report that adequate reserves are maintained to enable the charity to operate as a going concern for the foreseeable future. Investment performance was considered satisfactory, with total assets increasing from £914,987 to £991,812.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Adequate reserves are to be maintained to enable the charity to operate as a going concern for the foreseeable future. (held: £992k)

“Adequate reserves are to be maintained to enable the charity to operate as a going concern for the foreseeable future.” — page 4

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Tony Goschalk Fund

“grants to a total of 40 students, including 5 undergraduates who were helped via a fund set up by Tony Goschalk, amounting to £90,000 in total had been approved and paid.”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Alan Philipp
Gabrielle Sasha Baigel
JOANNA CLAIRE WEITZMAN

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

Operates in: France · Israel · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
05/04/2026	£186k	£110k
05/04/2025	£82k	£63k
05/04/2024	£108k	£65k
05/04/2023	£71k	£76k
05/04/2022	£76k	£73k

Common questions

Is The Jewish Students Aid Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £991,812, representing a surplus for the year of £76,825. The trustees report that adequate reserves are maintained to enable the charity to operate as a going concern for the foreseeable future. Investment performance was considered satisfactory, with total assets increasing from £914,987 to £991,812. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
SABENO LIMITED	3	£57k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	2	£1.2m
ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPE	1	£898k
THE MONTEFIORE ENDOWMENT	1	£194k
COUNTYPIER LIMITED	1	£116k
THE ANGLO-AMERICAN CHARITY LIMITED	1	£91k
PPC TRUST	1	£75k
THE MARCUS MARGULIES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£72k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALEXANDER SHTIEBEL.

ALEXANDER SHTIEBEL income £248k
THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES income £1.8m
TZIDKAS YOSEF income £740k
TZDUKES YAKOV income £118k
LONDON ACADEMY OF JEWISH STUDIES income £628k
S O CHARITABLE TRUST income £149k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
The Jewish Students Aid Trust	£186k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
ALEXANDER SHTIEBEL FY2024	£248k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES FY2025	£1.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TZIDKAS YOSEF FY2025	£740k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
TZDUKES YAKOV FY2025	£118k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
LONDON ACADEMY OF JEWISH STUDIES FY2024	£628k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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