THE BERSAM TRUST

Registered charity 526452 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity raises funds for the purpose of supporting charitable causes including the furtherance of orthodox Jewish religion and education

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

Latest income

£234k

Latest spending

£149k

Registered

1966

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £2,982,528 to £3,067,170, reflecting a net surplus for the year. The charity holds significant fixed assets valued at £4,924,467, secured by a bank loan of £1,650,770. Current liabilities exceed current assets, resulting in a net current liability position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Rents Receivable

“Donations Rents Receivable £ 83,531 150,000 233,531”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 2 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

ABRAHAM VOGIEL · trustee of 2 other charities
Ignatius Moskovitz
JEHUDA WALDMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
JOSHUA WALDMAN · trustee of 4 other charities

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

Operates in: Salford City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£234k	£149k
31/03/2024	£243k	£120k
31/03/2023	£249k	£95k
31/03/2022	£243k	£136k
31/03/2021	£248k	£138k

Common questions

Is THE BERSAM TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £2,982,528 to £3,067,170, reflecting a net surplus for the year. The charity holds significant fixed assets valued at £4,924,467, secured by a bank loan of £1,650,770. Current liabilities exceed current assets, resulting in a net current liability position. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/07/2023	£10k	Youth Social Engagement Program

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
BRUSHMILL LIMITED	2	£17k
TAGMARSH CHARITY LIMITED	1	£1.1m
SAMJO LIMITED	1	£904k
FRIENDS OF BOYAN TRUST	1	£143k
MOLE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£95k
MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED	1	£72k
SHULEM B. ASSOCIATION LIMITED	1	£60k
CHARITWORTH LIMITED	1	£23k

Charities like this

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

BAIS RIZHIN TRUST income £365k
BEROSA CHARITY LIMITED income £156k
B E PERL CHARITABLE TRUST income £3.0m
GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £4.9m
SHEMTOV CHARITABLE TRUST income £738k
B K CHARITABLE TRUST income £206k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE BERSAM TRUST	£234k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BAIS RIZHIN TRUST FY2025	£365k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BEROSA CHARITY LIMITED FY2025	£156k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
B E PERL CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025	£3.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£4.9m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHEMTOV CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£738k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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