GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 313122 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION

The charity is established for charitable purposes only and (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing words) in particular to support the activities of Jewish religious organisations, especially in the field of education. Donations are made to organisations providing a sound religious education in accordance with the doctrines of traditional Judaism.

Objects

ESTABLISH, PROVIDE AND CARRY ON SCHOOLS WHERE PUPILS MAY OBTAIN A SOUND EDUCATION OF THE HIGHEST ORDER, AND PROVIDE RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING THEREIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPLES OF TRADIDTIONAL JUDAISM, AND TO PROVIDE ANY ACCOMMODATION WHICH MAY BE DESIRABLE FOR PUPILS ATTENDING SUCH SCHOOLS. PROVIDE PRIZES, SCHOLARSHIPS AND EXHIBITIONS FOR PUPILS AND STUDENTS WHETHER ATTENDING A COMPANY SCHOOL, OR ANY OTHER SCHOOL, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION IN WHICH EDUCATION OR VOCATIONAL TRAINING IS PROVIDED.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had a deficit in unrestricted reserves of £2,883 at the year end, a continuation of the previous year's deficit. The trustees report that the charity is dependent on the investment income generated by its subsidiary undertakings to fund its operations and grant-making activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Cohen Arnold. Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 00711500
• Trading subsidiary: MIRETTE INVESTMENTS LIMITED Companies House 01024660 · Financial health read from its filings
• Trading subsidiary: ALTENA ESTATES LIMITED Companies House 01042867 · Financial health read from its filings
• Trading subsidiary: FLEETGUILD LIMITED Companies House 02787962 · Financial health read from its filings
• Trading subsidiary: HILTSHORE LIMITED Companies House 02788553
• Trading subsidiary: BARRYVALE LIMITED Companies House 03584191 · Financial health read from its filings

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BERGER, Baruch Abraham — director, appointed 20/03/2025on trustee list
• GROSSBERGER, Yankel — director, appointed 20/03/2025on trustee list
• LAUFER, Solomon — directoron trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (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: 46.6% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• SOLOMON LAUFERchair · trustee of 3 other charities
• Baruch Abraham Berger
• SARAH RACHEL KLEIN · trustee of 3 other charities
• YANKEL GROSSBERGER · trustee of 6 other charities
• ZELDA STERNLICHT · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Common questions

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

• SARAH RACHEL KLEIN — trustee here and at SHULEM B. ASSOCIATION LIMITED
• YANKEL GROSSBERGER — trustee here and at SHULEM B. ASSOCIATION LIMITED
• ZELDA STERNLICHT — trustee here and at SHULEM B. ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Known funders

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

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 SHULEM B. ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

• SHULEM B. ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £5.1m
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Side by side with its peers

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