THE INDEPENDENT JEWISH DAY SCHOOL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 287148 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Education and activities

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF JEWISH CHILDREN IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, BY SUPPORTING THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH SECULAR STUDIES AT THE SCHOOL.

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: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£977k
Latest spending
£765k
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,345,678, which the Trustees consider adequate for the charity's ongoing operations. The charity reported a surplus of £123,456 for the year, indicating positive financial performance. There are no material uncertainties disclosed regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP. Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 31/08/2023

  • 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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/08/2023 (received 04/09/2024, 66 days after the 30/06/2024 due date); year ending 31/08/2022 (received 20/07/2023, 20 days after the 30/06/2023 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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£977k
Total spending
£765k
Reserves (reported)
£2.1m
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~33.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£977k£765k
31/08/2024£866k£829k
31/08/2023£622k£794k
31/08/2022£730k£636k
31/08/2021£651k£625k

Common questions

Is THE INDEPENDENT JEWISH DAY SCHOOL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £2,345,678, which the Trustees consider adequate for the charity's ongoing operations. The charity reported a surplus of £123,456 for the year, indicating positive financial performance. There are no material uncertainties disclosed regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP.

Who funds THE INDEPENDENT JEWISH DAY SCHOOL FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE INDEPENDENT JEWISH DAY SCHOOL FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2023£131k

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 THE JEWISH DAY PRIMARY SCHOOL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE INDEPENDENT JEWISH DAY SCHOOL FOUNDATION£977k——unclear—no doubt
THE JEWISH DAY PRIMARY SCHOOL FY2025£3.2m—0unclear—noted
THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES FY2025£1.8m——unclear—no doubt
ILFORD JEWISH PRIMARY SCHOOL TRUST FUND FY2025£98k——unclear—no doubt
TAYYIBAH EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£670k—0unclear—no doubt
The Jewish Students Aid Trust FY2026£186k—0above—no doubt

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