THE GERTNER CHARITABLE TRUST

Registered charity 327380 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

for the benefit or in furtherance of such Jewish charitable purposes charitable institutions or charitable foundations or individuals in the United Kingdom or elsewhere and for other general charitable purposes.

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

Latest income

£1.6m

Latest spending

£628k

Registered

1987

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds a funds deficiency of £3,012,766, which arose from grant commitments in 2010. Per the trustees' report, the charity relies on confirmed continued support from related parties, Rackley Limited and J & M Baumgarten, to meet its debts and maintain going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three and six month’s expenditure (held: £-3.0m)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month’s expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“Rackley Limited and J & M Baumgarten have confirmed their continued support to enable the Charity to meet its objectives.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Glazers. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.6m

Total spending

£628k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

MENDI GERTNER
MOISES GERTNER · trustee of 1 other charity
SIMON JACOBS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Barnet · Bury · Hackney · Hammersmith And Fulham · Israel · Salford City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.6m	£628k
31/03/2024	£493k	£352k
31/03/2023	£622k	£422k
31/03/2022	£790k	£318k
31/03/2021	£1.3m	£283k

Common questions

Is THE GERTNER CHARITABLE TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds a funds deficiency of £3,012,766, which arose from grant commitments in 2010. Per the trustees' report, the charity relies on confirmed continued support from related parties, Rackley Limited and J & M Baumgarten, to meet its debts and maintain going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Glazers.

Who funds THE GERTNER CHARITABLE TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE GERTNER CHARITABLE TRUST as a grant recipient include ASATE LTD, BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST, THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ASATE LTD	FY2022	£76k
BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£30k
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£19k	General charitable purposes
BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£16k
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£15k	Charitable Donations
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED	FY2021	£11k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED	FY2022	£10k
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£3k	General charitable purposes

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
THE RAPHAEL FRESHWATER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION	1	£286k
SHULEM B. ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£90k
BEIS HAMEDRASH NISHMAS YISROEL LIMITED	1	£35k
MOISHE AND ESTHER ITZINGER FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£30k
HURDALE CHARITY LIMITED	1	£25k
CHARITWORTH LIMITED	1	£25k
TRUEMART LIMITED	1	£21k
GIVE US A CHANCE	1	£13k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £4.9m
GUR TRUST income £134k
GEMACH LTD income £7.1m
GERER SHTIEBEL SYNAGOGUE income £189k
GEFEN FOUNDATION income £373k
J & J CHARITABLE TRUST LIMITED income £127k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE GERTNER CHARITABLE TRUST	£1.6m	—	unclear	—	noted
GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£4.9m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GUR TRUST FY2025	£134k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GEMACH LTD FY2025	£7.1m	—	above	—	no doubt
GERER SHTIEBEL SYNAGOGUE FY2025	£189k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GEFEN FOUNDATION FY2025	£373k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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