PINHAS RUTENBERG EDUCATIONAL TRUST

Registered charity 313900 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PRIMARY:- Educational activities and seminars for Jewish Youth- Communal leadership of Ethiopian Youth- Educational Media and Communication CentreSECONDARY:- General education Seminars- Educational centres- Renovation and modernisation of facilities- Co-operation with the Boston-Haifa partnership

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Latest income

£509k

Latest spending

£550k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource from operations of £40,502 for the year ended 31 December 2024. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds totalled £4,604,262, resulting in free reserves of £(9,942) available at the trustees' discretion. The trustees confirmed that the trust has adequate resources to meet its foreseeable requirements.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-10k; policy: sufficient for Its purpose)

“The balance of £245,462 includes £255,404 of tangible fixed assets held for the Trust's own use resulting in free reserves of £(9,942) available to be spent at the discretion of the trustees in accordance with the terms of the trust's objects.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations from Rest-Harrow Trust, Ardwick Trust, and Michael & Anna Wix Charitable Trust

“Janet Bloch, Judith Portrait and Dominic Flynn are Trustees of the following: The Rest Harrow Trust, The Ardwick Trust and the Michael and Anna Wix Charitable Trust, who donated ENil (2023: £3,000) £2,000 (2023: £3,000) and £1,000 (2023: £2,000) respectively.” — page 32

“Included within other creditors is a concessionary loan of £82,989 (NIS 318,449) (2023: £79,485) from the estate of the late Mr Sandy Rutenberg.” — page 30

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Concessionary loan from the estate of the late Mr Sandy Rutenberg

“Janet Bloch, Judith Portrait and Dominic Flynn are Trustees of the following: The Rest Harrow Trust, The Ardwick Trust and the Michael and Anna Wix Charitable Trust, who donated ENil (2023: £3,000) £2,000 (2023: £3,000) and £1,000 (2023: £2,000) respectively.” — page 32

“Included within other creditors is a concessionary loan of £82,989 (NIS 318,449) (2023: £79,485) from the estate of the late Mr Sandy Rutenberg.” — page 30

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£509k

Total spending

£550k

Cost of raising funds

£12k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (59% 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: 2.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ABRAHAM RUTENBERG
DOMINIC BRENDAN FLYNN · trustee of 4 other charities
JANET BERYL BLOCH · trustee of 4 other charities
JUDITH SUSAN PORTRAIT · trustee of 7 other charities
MR D RUTENBERG
PROFESSOR ISRAEL AGRANAT
Sarah Jane Devitt

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

Operates in: Israel · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£509k	£550k
31/12/2023	£507k	£623k
31/12/2022	£518k	£512k
31/12/2021	£396k	£400k
31/12/2020	£332k	£356k

Common questions

Is PINHAS RUTENBERG EDUCATIONAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource from operations of £40,502 for the year ended 31 December 2024. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds totalled £4,604,262, resulting in free reserves of £(9,942) available at the trustees' discretion. The trustees confirmed that the trust has adequate resources to meet its foreseeable requirements. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.

Who funds PINHAS RUTENBERG EDUCATIONAL TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PINHAS RUTENBERG EDUCATIONAL TRUST as a grant recipient include THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST.

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.

JANET BERYL BLOCH — trustee here and at THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST
JUDITH SUSAN PORTRAIT — trustee here and at THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2026	£200

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
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£1.0m
MANOE FAMILY	1	£60k
THE DORFMAN FOUNDATION	1	£50k
RAVENSIDE TRUST	1	£45k
THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUST	1	£20k
B E PERL CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£15k
SABENO LIMITED	1	£11k
THE ROSE FOUNDATION	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GATESHEAD JEWISH BOARDING SCHOOL.

GATESHEAD JEWISH BOARDING SCHOOL income £650k
BROUGHTON JEWISH PRIMARY SCHOOL (OHEL MOSHE YITSCHOK) income £1.0m
THE JEWISH DAY PRIMARY SCHOOL income £3.2m
ROSH PINAH JEWISH PRIMARY SCHOOL TRUST income £566k
YESHIVAH L'ZEIRIM income £1.7m
THE JEWISH COMMUNITY SECONDARY SCHOOL TRUST income £2.6m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PINHAS RUTENBERG EDUCATIONAL TRUST	£509k	—	below	—	no doubt
GATESHEAD JEWISH BOARDING SCHOOL FY2025	£650k	—	above	—	no doubt
BROUGHTON JEWISH PRIMARY SCHOOL (OHEL MOSHE YITSCHOK) FY2025	£1.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JEWISH DAY PRIMARY SCHOOL FY2025	£3.2m	—	unclear	—	noted
ROSH PINAH JEWISH PRIMARY SCHOOL TRUST FY2025	£566k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
YESHIVAH L'ZEIRIM FY2025	£1.7m	Under £60,000	within	—	no doubt

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