THE YESHIVAS OHEL SHIMON TRUST

Registered charity 289483 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Making grants to the Erlau Institutions.

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

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 (held: £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.

Trustees · trustee networks

MICHAEL CIMENT
SAMUEL PAPPENHEIM
Samuel Berkovitz · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ARDINA LIMITED	FY2023	£98k	Advancement of religion and the Orthodox Jewish faith
ARDINA LIMITED	FY2024	£74k	Material grant
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITED	FY2022	£71k
YESBE LIMITED	FY2025	£44k	Advancement of religion
ARDINA LIMITED	FY2025	£44k	Orthodox Jewish Education and religious studies
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED	FY2023	£32k
DONATING CHARITY LIMITED	FY2022	£30k	support of education, advancement of the Jewish religion or the relief of poverty
YESBE LIMITED	FY2023	£24k
LOCALTRENT LIMITED	FY2025	£22k	Orthodox Jewish education & religious studies
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITED	FY2025	£8k
YESBE LIMITED	FY2022	£3k	General purpose
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITED	FY2023	£0
BETTENHURST CHARITY LIMITED	FY2024	£0

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
WISEHEIGHTS LIMITED	2	£127k
THE RAPHAEL FRESHWATER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION	2	£90k
SF FOUNDATION	1	£445k
BEIS MENACHEM CHABAD LUBAVITCH	1	£183k
FRIENDS OF WMSBG-KOLEL DAMESEK ELIEZER	1	£181k
GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£180k
SHULEM B. ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£105k
OLLINGHAM LIMITED	1	£100k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH.

BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH income £133k
OHOLEI YOSEF YITZCHOK LUBAVITCH SCHOOLS income £294k
CHOFETZ CHAIM TRUST FOUNDATION income £144k
KOLLEL LEV EPHRAIM income £141k
TEHILOIS YOEL income £187k
YETEV LEV LONDON JERUSALEM TRUST income £753k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE YESHIVAS OHEL SHIMON TRUST	£363k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
BEIS HAMEDRASH SHAAREI TEFILLAH FY2025	£133k	—	above	—	no doubt
OHOLEI YOSEF YITZCHOK LUBAVITCH SCHOOLS FY2025	£294k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHOFETZ CHAIM TRUST FOUNDATION FY2025	£144k	—	below	—	no doubt
KOLLEL LEV EPHRAIM FY2025	£141k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TEHILOIS YOEL FY2025	£187k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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