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.

Objects

TO PAY OR APPLY THE CAPITAL OR INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND TO SUCH CHARITIES OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.

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: General Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

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.

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 30/06/2025

  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Has a trading subsidiary
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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
0

Reported reserves equal ~47.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 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 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet · Hackney · Haringey · Israel

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DAVID TANNEN CHARITABLE TRUST£3.5m—0unclear—no doubt
S K CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£232k—0above—no doubt
D & D CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£489k—0unclear—no doubt
S O CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£149k—0unclear—no doubt
BERNARD KAHN CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£90k—0unclear—no doubt
DUNMOS CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£359k—0above—no doubt

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