YESHIVAH L'ZEIRIM

Registered charity 514963 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advancement of education in the Jewish faith.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Other Charitable Purposes · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.7m

Latest spending

£1.5m

Registered

1984

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £4,260,384 are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure, satisfying the charity's own reserves policy. The trustees consider the charity well placed to fulfil its objects, and the independent auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)

“There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: between three and six month’s expenditure (held: £4.3m)

“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.

Accounts audited by Harold Everett Wreford LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£1.7m

Total spending

£1.5m

Cost of raising funds

£91k

Reserves (reported)

£4.3m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~33.9 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (81% 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: 5.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

AYALA JOCHNOWITZ · trustee of 1 other charity
RABBI EZRIEL JAFFE
SIMCHA KOHN · trustee of 4 other charities
YAKOV JAFFE

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

Operates in: Gateshead

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.7m	£1.5m
31/03/2024	£2.8m	£1.5m
31/03/2023	£1.2m	£881k
31/03/2022	£1.9m	£2.2m
31/03/2021	£767k	£1.1m

Common questions

Is YESHIVAH L'ZEIRIM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £4,260,384 are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months of expenditure, satisfying the charity's own reserves policy. The trustees consider the charity well placed to fulfil its objects, and the independent auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Harold Everett Wreford LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of YESHIVAH L'ZEIRIM earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £60,000 band.

Who funds YESHIVAH L'ZEIRIM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YESHIVAH L'ZEIRIM as a grant recipient include ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED, B E PERL CHARITABLE TRUST, SABENO LIMITED.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	FY2024	£1.0m
B E PERL CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£15k
SABENO LIMITED	FY2023	£6k
SABENO LIMITED	FY2021	£5k

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
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED	3	£480k
EZER VIZNITZ FOUNDATION	2	£2.7m
KOLLEL AND CO LIMITED	2	£573k
NORTH LONDON WELFARE AND EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION	2	£111k
THE ABC TRUST	2	£80k
BALSTRAW LIMITED	2	£44k
NASOD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1.2m
DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST	1	£822k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TZDUKES YAKOV.

TZDUKES YAKOV income £118k
YESHIVAS MEKOR CHAYIM LTD income £845k
ALEXANDER SHTIEBEL income £248k
TZIDKAS YOSEF income £740k
ZLOTCHIV income £724k
HOUSE OF JUDAH (PRAISE) MINISTRIES (INTERNATIONAL) income £108k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
YESHIVAH L'ZEIRIM	£1.7m	Under £60,000	within	—	no doubt
TZDUKES YAKOV FY2025	£118k	—	above	—	no doubt
YESHIVAS MEKOR CHAYIM LTD FY2025	£845k	—	above	—	no doubt
ALEXANDER SHTIEBEL FY2024	£248k	—	above	—	no doubt
TZIDKAS YOSEF FY2025	£740k	—	above	—	no doubt
ZLOTCHIV FY2023	£724k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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