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THE SHAAREI TORAH TRUST

Registered charity 326442 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity raises funds to further Orthodox Jewish religious education. It distributes its funds to a Torah Talmudical College and grants bursaries to Rabbinical students.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£961k
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £70,740 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £139,905 to £69,165. The trustees consider the current reserve balance to be acceptable given the nature of revenue receipts against grants payable. The charity received £961,485 in donations and paid out £1,032,227 in grants and support costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: Donations received from related parties
“During the year there were donations received from related parties totalling £1,000.” — page 16
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£961k
Total spending
£1.0m
Reserves (reported)
£69k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Manchester City · Salford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£961k£1.0m
31/08/2024£1.1m£1.1m
31/08/2023£988k£961k
31/08/2022£841k£953k
31/08/2021£987k£898k

Common questions

Is THE SHAAREI TORAH TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £70,740 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £139,905 to £69,165. The trustees consider the current reserve balance to be acceptable given the nature of revenue receipts against grants payable. The charity received £961,485 in donations and paid out £1,032,227 in grants and support costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE SHAAREI TORAH TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SHAAREI TORAH TRUST as a grant recipient include MOLE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE BLUSTON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, THE B S CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE HOLDEN CHARITABLE TRUST, THE GERTNER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MOLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£75k
MOLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£70k
MOLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£70k
THE BLUSTON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2024£50k
MOLE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£25k
THE B S CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2023£20k
THE B S CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2025£19k
THE HOLDEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£15k
THE HOLDEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£15k
THE GERTNER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£8k
PARKLAKE CHARITY TRUSTFY2025£4k
SABENO LIMITEDFY2022£4kReligious grant
SABENO LIMITEDFY2023£4k
THE B S CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
THE GERTNER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE B S CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONFY2024—

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 LIMITED3£936k
AMABRILL LTD2£449k
MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED2£437k
THE SALO BORDON CHARITABLE TRUST2£129k
THE RAPHAEL FRESHWATER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION2£88k
THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS2£63k
EZER VIZNITZ FOUNDATION1£2.7m
DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST1£822k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MORESHET HATORAH LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE SHAAREI TORAH TRUST£961k—0above—no doubt
MORESHET HATORAH LTD FY2025£5.6m—0below—no doubt
SHAAREI ORAH LTD FY2024£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
THE TORAH LEARNING CENTRE FY2024£242k—0unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF YESHIVAS TORAH OHR FY2025£311k—0above—no doubt
B K CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£206k—0below—no doubt

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