B E PERL CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 282847 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activities of the trust were to advance education in and the religion of the Orthodox Jewish Faith and for such other purposes as are recognised as charitable.To achieve the objects the trust uses its income to make charitable donations and grants to Jewish schools, other educational organisations and other charities.

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Latest income

£3.0m

Latest spending

£2.5m

Registered

1981

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £31,431,013, which the trustees consider adequate to fulfill charitable obligations and maintain grant-making activities. The charity is funded primarily by rental income from an investment property portfolio valued at £23.6m and has no borrowings, resulting in a net asset position of £31,431,013.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain reserves in order that it is in a position to continue its grant making activities at a consistent level and to cover contingencies (held: £31.4m)

“The charity and its Group aims to maintain reserves in order that it is in a position to continue its grant making activities at a consistent level and to cover contingencies of additional calls being made upon the charity and its Group for support of organisations or institutions in times of need.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Intercompany loan from related charity

“As at the balance sheet date The Huntingdon Foundation Limited owed the charity £942,303 (2024: £658,944).” — page 27

“As at the balance sheet date the charity owed GYG Estates Limited £965 (2024: debtor of £54).” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Amount owed to related trading company

“As at the balance sheet date The Huntingdon Foundation Limited owed the charity £942,303 (2024: £658,944).” — page 27

“As at the balance sheet date the charity owed GYG Estates Limited £965 (2024: debtor of £54).” — page 27

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Churchill House Management Limited

“Churchill House Management Limited - Wholly owned trading company.” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Melinek Fine LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£3.0m

Total spending

£2.5m

Cost of raising funds

£2.0m

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (50% 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: 66.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

BENJAMIN ELIEZER PERL MBEchair · trustee of 4 other charities
Dr SHOSHANNA PERL · trustee of 1 other charity
MR J PERL · trustee of 2 other charities
NAOMI RUTH TSOROTZKIN · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Barnet · Brent · Hackney · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£3.0m	£2.5m
31/03/2024	£3.0m	£2.4m
31/03/2023	£3.0m	£2.0m
31/03/2022	£2.5m	£1.5m
31/03/2021	£2.5m	£1.6m

Common questions

Is B E PERL CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £31,431,013, which the trustees consider adequate to fulfill charitable obligations and maintain grant-making activities. The charity is funded primarily by rental income from an investment property portfolio valued at £23.6m and has no borrowings, resulting in a net asset position of £31,431,013. 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
BEAULAND LIMITED	1	£107k
AHAVATH CHESSED CHARITABLE ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£58k
EMES FOUNDATION	1	£24k
GEFEN FOUNDATION	1	£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LINGATE CHARITABLE TRUST.

LINGATE CHARITABLE TRUST income £122k
BEREST CHARITIES income £214k
M AND S STORFER CHARITABLE TRUST income £1.8m
SANBRI LTD income £2.9m
B K CHARITABLE TRUST income £206k
THE BRITISH JEWISH HERITAGE SOCIETY income £339k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
B E PERL CHARITABLE TRUST	£3.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
LINGATE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£122k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BEREST CHARITIES FY2025	£214k	—	above	—	no doubt
M AND S STORFER CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£1.8m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SANBRI LTD FY2025	£2.9m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
B K CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£206k	—	below	—	no doubt

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