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

Objects

(A) TO PROMOTE, FURTHER AND ASSIST DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING HUMANE AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION) IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE STATE OF ISRAEL AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 12 AND 20 WHO (IN THE ABSOLUTE AND UNCONTROLLED DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL OF MANAGEMENT FOR THE TIME BEING OF THE TRUST) SHALL BELONG TO OR BE IDENTIFIED WITH ANY JEWISH COMMUNITY OR CONGREGATION IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL OR IN COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE STATE OF ISRAEL, (ALL OF WHICH YOUNG PERSONS ARE HEREINAFTER COLLECTIVELY REFERRED TO AS 'JEWISH YOUTH') WITH A VIEW TO IMBUING THE JEWISH YOUNG WITH A SPIRIT OF GOODWILL, MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING, COLLABORATION AND UNITY AND RAISING THE LEVEL OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE AND AMELIORATING CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL. (FOR DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF GOVERNING INSTRUMENT

Area of benefit: STATE OF ISRAEL AND COUNTRIES OUTSIDE THE STATE OF ISRAEL

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: Waverley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£501k
Latest spending
£478k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £337,174 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by charitable activities and investment income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds totalled £4,950,928, though free reserves available for discretionary spending were reported as a negative £278,762 due to capital restrictions and tangible fixed assets. The trustees and auditors confirmed that the charity is a going concern with sufficient resources to continue operating for at least twelve months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: The Council of Management examines cash flow throughout the year and is satisfied that the trust is in a position to meet any commitment it may make out of income and that its reserves are sufficient for its purpose. (reserves figure: £277k)
“The Council of Management examines cash flow throughout the year and is satisfied that the trust is in a position to meet any commitment it may make out of income and that its reserves are sufficient for its purpose.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees of Ardwick Trust and Michael and Anna Wix Charitable Trust donated to the charity.
“Janet Bloch, Judith Portrait and Dominic Flynn are Trustees of the following: The Ardwick Trust and the Michael and Anna Wix Charitable Trust, who donated £2,000 (2024: £2,000) and £3,000 (2024: £1,000) respectively.” — page 32
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Has a trading subsidiary

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Has a trading subsidiary

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

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

Total income
£501k
Total spending
£478k
Cost of raising funds
£33k
Reserves (reported)
£5.0m
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~124.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (68% 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: 6.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Israel · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£501k£478k
31/12/2024£509k£550k
31/12/2023£507k£623k
31/12/2022£518k£512k
31/12/2021£396k£400k

Common questions

Is PINHAS RUTENBERG EDUCATIONAL TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £337,174 for the year ended 31 December 2025, driven by charitable activities and investment income. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted funds totalled £4,950,928, though free reserves available for discretionary spending were reported as a negative £278,762 due to capital restrictions and tangible fixed assets. The trustees and auditors confirmed that the charity is a going concern with sufficient resources to continue operating for at least twelve months. Its FY2025 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.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MICHAEL AND ANNA WIX CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2026£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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED1£583k
OUR KIDS1£8k
GARVAN LIMITED1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FFH EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PINHAS RUTENBERG EDUCATIONAL TRUST£501k—0unclear—no doubt
FFH EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£93k—0unclear—no doubt
ROSH PINAH JEWISH PRIMARY SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£566k—0unclear—no doubt
NER YISROEL EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£997k£100,001 - £110,0001unclear—no doubt
PETERBOROUGH MUSLIM EDUCATION TRUST FY2025£395k—0unclear—no doubt
RABBI YISROEL YEHUDAH PERITZ CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£90k—0above—no doubt

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