INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER RABBINICAL STUDIES

Registered charity 313338 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GATESHEAD KOLEL, THE GATESHEAD KOLEL, THE INSTITUTE OF HIGHER RABBINICAL STUDIES GATESHEAD KOLEL

The development and training of future rabbis

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE THEOLOGICAL AND TALMUDICAL RESEARCH, 2. TO PROVIDE SUCH EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AS WILL ENABLE THE STUDENTS OF THE INSTITUTE TO BECOME RABBIS, PRINCIPALS, AND HEADS OF TALMUDICAL AND RABBINCIAL COLLEGES.

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

Registered contact address: Gateshead, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves amounted to £68,135 at year-end, with total unrestricted funds of £632,165. The trustees confirmed that available funds are sufficient to permit the trust to continue in operation and maintain its current level of charitable expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £65k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~10.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% 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: 4.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• HAROLD EMANUEL · trustee of 1 other charity
• Isaiah Kaufman
• Joseph Oppenheimer · trustee of 1 other charity

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.

• HAROLD EMANUEL — trustee here and at INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER RABBINICAL STUDIES
• Isaiah Kaufman — trustee here and at INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER RABBINICAL STUDIES
• Joseph Oppenheimer — trustee here and at INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER RABBINICAL STUDIES

Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KOLLEL RABINOW (DIVRE SHIR) FOUNDATION.

• KOLLEL RABINOW (DIVRE SHIR) FOUNDATION income £337k
• COLLEGE FOR HIGHER RABBINICAL STUDIES income £7.6m
• LTC TRUST CO income £413k
• THE INDEPENDENT JEWISH DAY SCHOOL FOUNDATION income £977k
• INTERNATIONAL BIBLE TRAINING COLLEGE income £179k
• ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH ON BANKING AND THE ECONOMY income £53k

Side by side with its peers

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