NAIMA JPS

Registered charity 289066 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE JEWISH PREPARATORY SCHOOL (INCORPORATED)

The provision of day schooling for boys and girls between the ages of 2 and 11, as well as the provision of religious facilities for the Jewish community at large.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE REST OF THE WORLD OF CHILDREN OF PERSONS PROFESSING THE JEWISH RELIGION

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED

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 · Education/training · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£4.0m
Latest spending
£3.7m
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £325,360 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £7,944,885. The trustees consider the net funds of £9,027,129 to be satisfactory having regard to the charity's objectives, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties 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

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)
“In the band £80,001 - £90,000 2”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: approximately 13 weeks’ expenditure (held: £7.9m)
“The Trustees have determined that the minimum level of liquid reserves which have not been invested in tangible fixed assets should be equivalent to approximately 13 weeks’ expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustee J Levy is also a trustee of the Charitable Fund of Rabbi Abraham and Estelle Levy, which holds £125,000 cash deposits with the charity.
“At the year end 31 August 2025, the Charity held cash deposits of £125,000 on behalf of the Charitable Fund of Rabbi Abraham and Estelle Levy. J Levy, a trustee of the Charity, is also a trustee of the Charitable Fund of Rabbi Abraham and Estelle Levy.” — page 37
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sopher + Co LLP. Discloses 5 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 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 2)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 1; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 2)

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £114,486 — grants £114,486 (11); 4% of the £3,258,290 total gross income on the same return
  • Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (£60,001–£70,000: 2; £70,001–£80,000: 1; £80,001–£90,000: 1)

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income
£4.0m
Total spending
£3.7m
Reserves (reported)
£7.9m
Employees
60

Reported reserves equal ~25.8 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (87% 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 (5.3%) (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£4.0m£3.7m
31/08/2024£3.2m£3.1m
31/08/2023£3.3m£2.9m
31/08/2022£2.6m£2.7m
31/08/2021£3.1m£2.8m

Common questions

Is NAIMA JPS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £325,360 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £7,944,885. The trustees consider the net funds of £9,027,129 to be satisfactory having regard to the charity's objectives, and the auditors confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sopher + Co LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of NAIMA JPS earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

Who funds NAIMA JPS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NAIMA JPS as a grant recipient include PRISM THE GIFT FUND, THE E C SOSNOW CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ESFANDI CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
PRISM THE GIFT FUNDFY2021£200kGrants to institutions/organisations
THE E C SOSNOW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE ESFANDI CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025amount not stated

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 JAMIA DAR AL FALAH.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NAIMA JPS£4.0m£80,001 - £90,000—unclear—no doubt
JAMIA DAR AL FALAH FY2025£27k—0unclear—no doubt
NADENIA LIMITED FY2025£107k—0above—no doubt
THE JEWISH DAY PRIMARY SCHOOL FY2025£3.2m—0unclear—noted
JAMIA MASJID-E-BILAL (LEICESTER) FY2025£164k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ENA MAKIN EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£3.5m——unclear—no doubt

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