THE BETH HA-TALMUD SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Registered charity 515009 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GATESHEAD BEIS HATALMUD, GATESHEAD BETH HATALMUD

Promotion of Jewish education and to alleviate poverty.

Objects

(I) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE RELIGION OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH. (II) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Gateshead, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£164k
Latest spending
£171k
Registered
1984
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £81,714 to £74,127 due to a net incoming resource deficit of £7,587 for the year. The trustees report that the current level of reserves is sufficient to manage the charity effectively and continue services for the foreseeable future. Total expenditure exceeded total income, with support costs representing 13% of total expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to cover unforeseen major expenditure and shortfalls in income (reserves figure: £74k)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds at a level sufficient to cover unforeseen major expenditure and shortfalls in income.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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)

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 27/04/2026, 86 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 16/03/2022, 44 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£164k£171k
31/03/2024£146k£172k
31/03/2023£181k£173k
31/03/2022£141k£152k
31/03/2021£174k£144k

Common questions

Is THE BETH HA-TALMUD SCHOLARSHIP FUND financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds decreased from £81,714 to £74,127 due to a net incoming resource deficit of £7,587 for the year. The trustees report that the current level of reserves is sufficient to manage the charity effectively and continue services for the foreseeable future. Total expenditure exceeded total income, with support costs representing 13% of total expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE BETH HA-TALMUD SCHOLARSHIP FUND?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE BETH HA-TALMUD SCHOLARSHIP FUND as a grant recipient include SABENO LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SABENO LIMITEDFY2021£3k

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BETH ZILKA.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE BETH HA-TALMUD SCHOLARSHIP FUND£164k—0above—no doubt
BETH ZILKA FY2025£304k——unclear—no doubt
The Jewish Students Aid Trust FY2026£186k—0above—no doubt
PARTNERSHIP FOR JEWISH SCHOOLS LIMITED FY2025£1.3m£190,000 to £200,000—unclear—no doubt
M.L.T. BELZ FY2025£477k—0unclear—no doubt
FFH EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£93k—0unclear—no doubt

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