THE YESHIVAS OHEL SHIMON TRUST

Registered charity 289483 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Making grants to the Erlau Institutions.

Objects

SUCH ONE OR MORE CHARITIES CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD IN SUCH SHARES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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: Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£363k
Latest spending
£370k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £6,818 for the year, which was funded from existing reserves. Total unrestricted reserves decreased from £99,003 to £92,185, with free reserves standing at £4,185. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — in the top quarter for charities its size (median £60k)
“No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income)
“Donations and legacies 363,146”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: to ensure that they can continue the activities of the charity (reserves figure: £4k)
“The trustees do not seek to maintain reserves, other than to ensure that they can continue the activities of the charity.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • 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 31/03/2023 (received 18/06/2024, 139 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 14/03/2022, 42 days after the 31/01/2022 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£363k£370k
31/03/2024£305k£309k
31/03/2023£328k£315k
31/03/2022£414k£406k
31/03/2021£461k£460k

Common questions

Is THE YESHIVAS OHEL SHIMON TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £6,818 for the year, which was funded from existing reserves. Total unrestricted reserves decreased from £99,003 to £92,185, with free reserves standing at £4,185. The trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operating. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE YESHIVAS OHEL SHIMON TRUST earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds THE YESHIVAS OHEL SHIMON TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE YESHIVAS OHEL SHIMON TRUST as a grant recipient include ARDINA LIMITED, BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITED, YESBE LIMITED, DONATING CHARITY LIMITED, LOCALTRENT LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ARDINA LIMITEDFY2023£98kAdvancement of religion and the Orthodox Jewish faith
ARDINA LIMITEDFY2024£74kMaterial grant
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£71k
YESBE LIMITEDFY2025£44kAdvancement of religion
ARDINA LIMITEDFY2025£44kOrthodox Jewish Education and religious studies
DONATING CHARITY LIMITEDFY2023£32k
DONATING CHARITY LIMITEDFY2022£30ksupport of education, advancement of the Jewish religion or the relief of poverty
YESBE LIMITEDFY2023£24k
LOCALTRENT LIMITEDFY2025£22kOrthodox Jewish education & religious studies
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITEDFY2025£8k
YESBE LIMITEDFY2022£3kGeneral purpose
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITEDFY2023amount not stated
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITEDFY2024amount 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 THE TRUST FOR THE PRESERVATION OF JEWISH CEMETERIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE YESHIVAS OHEL SHIMON TRUST£363kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
THE TRUST FOR THE PRESERVATION OF JEWISH CEMETERIES FY2025£126k—0unclear—no doubt
YESHIVAS BEIS DOVID FY2025£279k—0above—no doubt
SHAAREI TEFILLAH TRUST LIMITED FY2025£165k—0unclear—no doubt
OHEL TORAH FY2025£401k—0within—no doubt
SIFSEI ELIYOHU FY2025£33k—0unclear—no doubt

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