THE SIMCHA TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 279766 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GENBOROUGH LIMITED, The Simcha Trust

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH. (2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY. (3) FOR SUCH OHER PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS CHARITABLE.

Objects

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH. (2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY. (3) FOR SUCH OHER PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS CHARITABLE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£119k
Latest spending
£114k
Registered
1980
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total unrestricted reserves of £20,552, an increase from the previous year's £16,047. The trustees confirmed that the financial position is satisfactory and that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. However, the charity ceased active operations in June 2025 as trustees reviewed its structure and aims.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level which will not impinge on its ability to support Charitable institutions (reserves figure: £21k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level which will not impinge on its ability to support Charitable institutions.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Simcha Trust Ltd gave £35,899 of grants to a charity where one of the trustees was also a trustee.
“The charity received £2,060 and gave £35,899 of grants in total in the year to a charity where one of the trustees of this charity was also a trustee.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Grant-making is its main activity

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 31/12/2024 (received 30/10/2026, 364 days after the 31/10/2025 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£119k£114k
31/12/2024£254k£251k
31/12/2023£119k£105k
31/12/2022£0£92
31/12/2021£700£4k

Common questions

Is THE SIMCHA TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported total unrestricted reserves of £20,552, an increase from the previous year's £16,047. The trustees confirmed that the financial position is satisfactory and that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. However, the charity ceased active operations in June 2025 as trustees reviewed its structure and aims. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE SIMCHA TRUST LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SIMCHA TRUST LIMITED as a grant recipient include BEDETEX LIMITED, LINGATE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE S AND Y CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BEDETEX LIMITEDFY2024£11k
LINGATE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£7k
THE S AND Y CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£6k

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SIMCHA CHESED LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SIMCHA TRUST LIMITED£119k—0unclear—no doubt
SIMCHA CHESED LIMITED FY2025£81k—0unclear—no doubt
THE AMR SCIAMA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£90k—0unclear—no doubt
PREMIERQUOTE LIMITED FY2024£1.3m—0above—no doubt
YESHUAS CHAIM SYNAGOGUE FY2025£169k—0below—no doubt
THE NETZACH CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£428k——unclear—no doubt

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