LONDON ACADEMY OF JEWISH STUDIES

Registered charity 270680 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

provides premises and grants and courses of study

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Latest income

£628k

Latest spending

£583k

Registered

1976

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £45,341 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £270,463. The trustees report that the charity operates with an adequate level of reserves representing approximately 3 to 6 months of expenditure. Per the trustees' report, the charity received income of £628,470 and incurred expenditure of £583,129 during the year.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of expenditure (held: £270k)

“The charity currently operates with an adequate level of reserves representing approximately 3 to 6 months expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£628k

Total spending

£583k

Cost of raising funds

£954

Reserves (reported)

£270k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Asher Andrew Guttentag · trustee of 2 other charities
Rabbi Alexander Meir Markovic
Rabbi Gershon Hager · trustee of 3 other charities
Rabbi Judah Hager

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£628k	£583k
31/12/2023	£346k	£565k
31/12/2022	£619k	£565k
31/12/2021	£508k	£425k
31/12/2020	£604k	£443k

Common questions

Is LONDON ACADEMY OF JEWISH STUDIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £45,341 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £270,463. The trustees report that the charity operates with an adequate level of reserves representing approximately 3 to 6 months of expenditure. Per the trustees' report, the charity received income of £628,470 and incurred expenditure of £583,129 during the year. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LONDON ACADEMY OF JEWISH STUDIES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LONDON ACADEMY OF JEWISH STUDIES as a grant recipient include ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED, SABENO LIMITED, THE RABBI MOSHE & LEAH DERMER FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	FY2023	£219k
SABENO LIMITED	FY2021	£11k
SABENO LIMITED	FY2024	£8k
SABENO LIMITED	FY2023	£8k
THE RABBI MOSHE & LEAH DERMER FOUNDATION	FY2025	£5k

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
CANNON CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£945k
ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION (HANADIV) EUROPE	1	£898k
UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTD	1	£692k
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED	1	£349k
THE MELOW CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£304k
PARKWILL LIMITED	1	£286k
YIZAL EDUCATION LIMITED	1	£205k
THE MONTEFIORE ENDOWMENT	1	£194k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES.

THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES income £1.8m
LHA LONDON LTD income £19.8m
LONDON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDIES income £1.9m
THE LONDON BOARD FOR SHECHITA income £2.8m
COLLEGE FOR HIGHER RABBINICAL STUDIES income £3.6m
BETH JACOB TEACHERS' SEMINARY income £113k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LONDON ACADEMY OF JEWISH STUDIES	£628k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES FY2025	£1.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LHA LONDON LTD FY2025	£19.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LONDON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS STUDIES FY2025	£1.9m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LONDON BOARD FOR SHECHITA FY2025	£2.8m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COLLEGE FOR HIGHER RABBINICAL STUDIES FY2025	£3.6m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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