DEBMAR BENEVOLENT TRUST LIMITED

Registered charity 283065 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advancement of religion in accordance with the orthodox Jewish faith and the relief of poverty.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income

£396k

Latest spending

£440k

Registered

1981

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £371,802, a decrease from the previous year's £416,517. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue distributing funds and that the current balance is an acceptable level of reserves given its reliance on investments and donations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donations from trustees/related parties

“During the year aggregate donations of £154,000 were received from trustees and related parties.” — page 16

“Included in grants payable are grants of; £106,000 (2024: £65,000) to MW (RH) Foundation, a charity of which J Halpern and his wife are also trustees.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant to MW (RH) Foundation

“During the year aggregate donations of £154,000 were received from trustees and related parties.” — page 16

“Included in grants payable are grants of; £106,000 (2024: £65,000) to MW (RH) Foundation, a charity of which J Halpern and his wife are also trustees.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant to MW (HO) Foundation

“During the year aggregate donations of £154,000 were received from trustees and related parties.” — page 16

“Included in grants payable are grants of; £106,000 (2024: £65,000) to MW (RH) Foundation, a charity of which J Halpern and his wife are also trustees.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Loan from Wisewear Universal Holdings Limited

“During the year aggregate donations of £154,000 were received from trustees and related parties.” — page 16

“Included in grants payable are grants of; £106,000 (2024: £65,000) to MW (RH) Foundation, a charity of which J Halpern and his wife are also trustees.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 01434722

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

OLSBERG, David — director, appointed 01/04/2013on trustee list
HALPERN, Jacob — director, appointed 25/11/2011on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID OLSBERG · trustee of 1 other charity
Jacob Akiva Halpern

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Lancashire · Newcastle Upon Tyne City · North Tyneside · South Tyneside · Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£396k	£440k
30/06/2024	£379k	£332k
30/06/2023	£454k	£560k
30/06/2022	£462k	£598k
30/06/2021	£318k	£536k

Common questions

Is DEBMAR BENEVOLENT TRUST LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted free reserves of £371,802, a decrease from the previous year's £416,517. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue distributing funds and that the current balance is an acceptable level of reserves given its reliance on investments and donations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
SF FOUNDATION	2	£300k
TRUMROS LIMITED	2	£181k
THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS	2	£130k
NES FOUNDATION LTD	2	£96k
YAD SHLOMO TRUST	2	£71k
CML - CHEVRAS MO'OZ LADOL	2	£46k
SHAAREI RACHAMIM LIMITED	2	£17k
MOISHE AND ESTHER ITZINGER FOUNDATION LIMITED	2	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MERCAZ TORAH VECHESED LIMITED.

MERCAZ TORAH VECHESED LIMITED income £1.9m
BEREST CHARITIES income £214k
BEN AMRAM CHARITABLE TRUST income £993k
FRIENDS OF BOYAN TRUST income £974k
YEMIN CHARITABLE TRUST LTD income £1.7m
BEFORE TRUST income £219k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DEBMAR BENEVOLENT TRUST LIMITED	£396k	—	within	—	no doubt
MERCAZ TORAH VECHESED LIMITED FY2025	£1.9m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BEREST CHARITIES FY2025	£214k	—	above	—	no doubt
BEN AMRAM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£993k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF BOYAN TRUST FY2024	£974k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YEMIN CHARITABLE TRUST LTD FY2025	£1.7m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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