MESIFTA TALMUDICAL COLLEGE

Registered charity 312905 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's objectives are as set out in its' governing document, namely the charity was established for the purpose of promoting advanced Jewish religious education and learning, and in particular to:(a) to give instruction in the students in Jewish classical religious literature with special emphasis on the Talmud,

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £1,608,313 while total expenditure decreased to £1,188,627, resulting in a net increase in funds. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £6,790,700, although its free reserves of £97,842 are below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £300,000. The trustees report that the charity is well placed to continue delivering its charitable objectives despite a post-year-end property fire.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £200k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (71% 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: 2.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hersch Oestreicher
• Jacob Mosche Fekete
• Moishe Stern
• RABBI SAMUEL WEINSTOCK · trustee of 2 other charities
• Solomon Hochberg

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GATESHEAD TALMUDICAL COLLEGE.

• GATESHEAD TALMUDICAL COLLEGE income £3.8m
• SUNDERLAND JEWISH BOYS' HOSTEL AND TALMUDICAL COLLEGE income £735k
• THE TALMUD CENTRE TRUST income £145k
• HIGHER TALMUDICAL EDUCATION LIMITED income £420k
• JEWISH TEACHERS' TRAINING COLLEGE income £3.8m
• MORESHET HATORAH LTD income £5.6m

Side by side with its peers

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