THE TELZ TALMUDICAL ACADEMY AND TALMUD TORAH TRUST

Registered charity 299687 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · repeated filing default (register status)

To raise fund for the Telz Talmudical Academy and Talmud torah Trust in Israel

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

Latest income

£480k

Latest spending

£625k

Registered

1988

Accounts read

FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £144,809, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to a deficit of £47,809. The trustees report that the charity is currently undergoing investigations by the Charity Commission and HMRC, expressing hope for a satisfactory conclusion. Despite the financial deficit, the trustees maintain that the charity's activities provide significant public benefit.

Automated summary of the FY2023 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: maintain as little reserves as possible (held: £-48k)

“The trust's policy on reserves is that it tries to maintain as little reserves as possible as it feels that the funds are better expended than reserved.” — page 4

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“However, the charity is currently undegoing investigations both from the Charity Commisison and HMRC. It is hoped that these investigations will draw to a satisfactory conclusion.” — page 4

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grant to related party

“All donations shown in the accounts are to Horaoth Hatalmud Telz Academy and Talmud Torah.” — page 5

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: Regulator engagement

“However, the charity is currently undegoing investigations both from the Charity Commisison and HMRC.” — page 4

Per its FY2023 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2022) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2023).

Comparing this charity’s FY2022 and FY2023 accounts as analysed by this site.

Charity Commission inquiry

The Charity Commission opened inquiries into two charities on 17 July 2023 due to concerns regarding financial management, including the use of pre-signed blank cheques and heavy cash operations. Following the opening of the inquiries, the Commission exercised its powers to restrict trustees from entering into certain transactions, such as withdrawing funds in cash or pre-signing cheques.

Per the Commission’s published report. Summary is automated; the official report is authoritative.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Total income

£667k

Total spending

£571k

Reserves (reported)

£100k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

CHAIM LOPIAN · trustee of 2 other charities
RABBI YAACOV CHANOCH BADDIEL · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Israel

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	—	—
31/03/2024	—	—
31/03/2023	£480k	£625k
31/03/2022	£667k	£571k
31/03/2021	£935k	£958k

Common questions

Is THE TELZ TALMUDICAL ACADEMY AND TALMUD TORAH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2023 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a deficit of £144,809, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to a deficit of £47,809. The trustees report that the charity is currently undergoing investigations by the Charity Commission and HMRC, expressing hope for a satisfactory conclusion. Despite the financial deficit, the trustees maintain that the charity's activities provide significant public benefit. Its FY2023 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE TELZ TALMUDICAL ACADEMY AND TALMUD TORAH TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE TELZ TALMUDICAL ACADEMY AND TALMUD TORAH TRUST as a grant recipient include BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED, DILLHAVEN LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED	FY2021	£131k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED	FY2024	£57k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED	FY2023	£48k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED	FY2022	£38k
DILLHAVEN LIMITED	FY2023	£30k
DILLHAVEN LIMITED	FY2022	£5k

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
SHULEM B. ASSOCIATION LIMITED	2	£133k
GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED	2	£126k
WISEHEIGHTS LIMITED	2	£70k
THE BENZI DUNNER SCHOOLS TRUST	2	£23k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£225k
UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTD	1	£210k
ZOREYA TZEDOKOS	1	£80k
MOUNDFIELD CHARITIES LIMITED	1	£71k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE GEVURATH ARI TORAH ACADEMY TRUST.

THE GEVURATH ARI TORAH ACADEMY TRUST income £597k
TOIRAS MOISHE TALMUDICAL ACADEMY (COLLEL AND YESHIVO) CHASSAM SOFER TRUST income £143k
COLLEL CHIBATH YERUSHALAYIM, RABBI MEIR BAAL HANES TRUST income £1.3m
TALMUD TORAH YETEV LEV LTD income £968k
THE BETH HA-TALMUD SCHOLARSHIP FUND income £164k
GUR TRUST income £134k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE TELZ TALMUDICAL ACADEMY AND TALMUD TORAH TRUST	£480k	—	unclear	—	noted
THE GEVURATH ARI TORAH ACADEMY TRUST FY2023	£597k	—	unclear	—	noted
TOIRAS MOISHE TALMUDICAL ACADEMY (COLLEL AND YESHIVO) CHASSAM SOFER TRUST FY2024	£143k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
COLLEL CHIBATH YERUSHALAYIM, RABBI MEIR BAAL HANES TRUST FY2025	£1.3m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TALMUD TORAH YETEV LEV LTD FY2025	£968k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE BETH HA-TALMUD SCHOLARSHIP FUND FY2025	£164k	—	above	—	no doubt

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