DAVID TANNEN CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 280392 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PROMOTE JEWISH RELIGION AND EDUCATION BY PROVIDING GRANTS OR DIRECT FUNDING TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND SUPPORT JEWISH EDUCATIONAL, RELIGIOUS AND WELFARE INSTITUTIONS.

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Latest income

£3.5m

Latest spending

£3.1m

Registered

1981

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds free available reserves of £12,145,660, which the trustees confirm are sufficient to fund grants for the following two years and meet liquidity demands. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. The charity maintains a substantial investment property portfolio valued at £44,575,000 and has unrestricted funds totaling £35,046,208.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Rent from investment properties (86% of income)

“Rent from investment properties 2,995,989” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: The company is entitled to 10% of both the net rental income and the sales proceeds from a number of residential properties held on trust on its behalf by H Tannen - Kidlington. In the year under review, an amount of £43,833 (2024 - £43,818) included in other debtors relate to these properties, with income receivable of £15 (2024 - £36).

“The company is entitled to 10% of both the net rental income and the sales proceeds from a number of residential properties held on trust on its behalf by H Tannen - Kidlington. In the year under review, an amount of £43,833 (2024 - £43,818) included in other debtors relate to these properties, with income receivable of £15 (2024 - £36). Controlling party The controlling party is the trustees.” — page 24

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Melinek Fine LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Total income

£3.5m

Total spending

£3.1m

Cost of raising funds

£2.6m

Reserves (reported)

£12.1m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~47.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (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: 74.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID TANNEN · trustee of 1 other charity
Daniel Asher Tannen · trustee of 1 other charity
Martin Irving Tannen · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Barnet · Hackney · Haringey · Israel

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£3.5m	£3.1m
30/06/2024	£3.0m	£2.8m
30/06/2023	£2.7m	£2.1m
30/06/2022	£2.6m	£2.4m
30/06/2021	£3.1m	£2.3m

Common questions

Is DAVID TANNEN CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds free available reserves of £12,145,660, which the trustees confirm are sufficient to fund grants for the following two years and meet liquidity demands. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. The charity maintains a substantial investment property portfolio valued at £44,575,000 and has unrestricted funds totaling £35,046,208. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Melinek Fine LLP.

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
EZER VIZNITZ FOUNDATION	1	£2.7m
DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST	1	£822k
MAYHEIGHTS LIMITED	1	£685k
THE TALMUD TORAH MACHZIKEI HADASS TRUST	1	£677k
BELZ FOUNDATION LTD	1	£621k
AMABRILL LTD	1	£394k
SF FOUNDATION	1	£360k
COSMON (BELZ) LIMITED	1	£304k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with D T F LIMITED.

D T F LIMITED income £1.9m
M AND R GROSS CHARITIES LIMITED income £4.1m
J E JOSEPH CHARITABLE FUND income £130k
B E PERL CHARITABLE TRUST income £3.0m
TRUEDENE CO LIMITED income £290k
TZDUKES YAKOV income £118k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DAVID TANNEN CHARITABLE TRUST	£3.5m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
D T F LIMITED FY2024	£1.9m	—	above	—	no doubt
M AND R GROSS CHARITIES LIMITED FY2025	£4.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
J E JOSEPH CHARITABLE FUND FY2026	£130k	—	below	—	no doubt
B E PERL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£3.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TRUEDENE CO LIMITED FY2025	£290k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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