THE FRIENDS OF THE BOBOVER YESHIVAH

Registered charity 242075 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity runs a school for children over the age of 5 and also gives aid to needy Talmudical students and makes grants to the poor and needy.

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

Latest income

£1.6m

Latest spending

£1.5m

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £74,487 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,574,098 and total expenditure of £1,499,611. The trustees report that net reserves increased to £521,441, noting that generous donors are available to meet immediate contingencies if necessary. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified 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

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.” — page 19

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient stream of income to meet ongoing calls and immediate contingencies (held: £521k)

“The reserves policy is to ensure that there is a sufficient stream of income to meet the ongoing calls made on the charity including the immediate contingencies such as wages, utility bills etc.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Glazers. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.6m

Total spending

£1.5m

Cost of raising funds

£9k

Reserves (reported)

£521k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (56% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

BENZION BLUM
LEVI ROTTENBERG
STEVEN BLAU · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Hackney

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.6m	£1.5m
31/03/2024	£1.7m	£1.6m
31/03/2023	£1.6m	£1.7m
31/03/2022	£1.2m	£1.3m
31/03/2021	£1.3m	£1.2m

Common questions

Is THE FRIENDS OF THE BOBOVER YESHIVAH financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £74,487 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,574,098 and total expenditure of £1,499,611. The trustees report that net reserves increased to £521,441, noting that generous donors are available to meet immediate contingencies if necessary. The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Glazers.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE FRIENDS OF THE BOBOVER YESHIVAH earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds THE FRIENDS OF THE BOBOVER YESHIVAH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE FRIENDS OF THE BOBOVER YESHIVAH as a grant recipient include ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED, KAHAL CHASSIDIM BOBOV.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	FY2023	£114k
KAHAL CHASSIDIM BOBOV	FY2024	£92k	Advancement of religion
KAHAL CHASSIDIM BOBOV	FY2025	£86k

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
DINA PERELMAN TRUST LIMITED	3	£33k
SAMJO LIMITED	2	£1.2m
AMABRILL LTD	2	£760k
MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED	2	£346k
THE RAPHAEL FRESHWATER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION	2	£230k
S C K CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£71k
NUCHEM AND REISEL SCHLAFF MEMORIAL FUND LIMITED	2	£43k
PARKLAKE CHARITY TRUST	2	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FRIENDS OF YESHIVAS CHAYEI MOISHE.

FRIENDS OF YESHIVAS CHAYEI MOISHE income £213k
FRIENDS OF BOYAN TRUST income £974k
KAHAL CHASSIDIM BOBOV income £2.6m
FRIENDS OF MIR income £1.3m
YESHIVA GEDOLA NEZER HATORAH income £581k
FRIENDS OF YESHIVAS TORAH OHR income £311k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE FRIENDS OF THE BOBOVER YESHIVAH	£1.6m	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF YESHIVAS CHAYEI MOISHE FY2025	£213k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF BOYAN TRUST FY2024	£974k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KAHAL CHASSIDIM BOBOV FY2025	£2.6m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF MIR FY2025	£1.3m	—	within	—	no doubt
YESHIVA GEDOLA NEZER HATORAH FY2025	£581k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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