GATESHEAD JEWISH BOARDING SCHOOL

Registered charity 527371 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charities activities during the year continued to be the provision of elementary and secondary tuition to Jewish boys.

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Latest income
£650k
Latest spending
£639k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £675,939, which the trustees consider an acceptable level given the nature of receipts against payables. The charity reported a net income of £10,660 for the year, with total incoming resources of £649,966 against total expenditure of £639,306. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's 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

Largest income source: welfare income (70% of income)
“welfare income amounting to £452,331 were received during the year” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: approximately six months of expenditure (held: £676k)
“the level of reserves, being those not tied up in fixed assets, needs to be maintained at an amount equating to approximately six months of expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations received from Ravenside Ltd
“During the year Gateshead Jewish Boarding School received £55,000 in donations from Ravenside Ltd. Additionally, Ravenside Ltd owed Gateshead Jewish Boarding School £240,519 at the year end. The loan was on an interest free basis.”
“During the year, The Gateshead Jewish Boarding School made a grant of £5,000 to Ateres.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Grant paid to Ateres
“During the year Gateshead Jewish Boarding School received £55,000 in donations from Ravenside Ltd. Additionally, Ravenside Ltd owed Gateshead Jewish Boarding School £240,519 at the year end. The loan was on an interest free basis.”
“During the year, The Gateshead Jewish Boarding School made a grant of £5,000 to Ateres.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment to L'chu Vonim Youth Centre for van usage
“During the year Gateshead Jewish Boarding School received £55,000 in donations from Ravenside Ltd. Additionally, Ravenside Ltd owed Gateshead Jewish Boarding School £240,519 at the year end. The loan was on an interest free basis.”
“During the year, The Gateshead Jewish Boarding School made a grant of £5,000 to Ateres.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Payment to Haskel for educational resources
“During the year Gateshead Jewish Boarding School received £55,000 in donations from Ravenside Ltd. Additionally, Ravenside Ltd owed Gateshead Jewish Boarding School £240,519 at the year end. The loan was on an interest free basis.”
“During the year, The Gateshead Jewish Boarding School made a grant of £5,000 to Ateres.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Ravenside Limited
“The charity has the following wholly owned non-charitable subsidiary. - Ravenside Limited (Company number 08960350) The subsidiary is a property trading and investment company” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

RAVENSIDE LTD — per its own Companies House accounts
  • Turnover: £215k
  • Profit before tax: £-13k
  • Donated/gift-aided to the charity: £52k
  • Shares transferred to parent charity (GJBS) after year end.
“During the year Ravenside Ltd donated £52,000 to Ravenside Trust, its parent shareholder at the time.”

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income
£650k
Total spending
£639k
Cost of raising funds
£10k
Reserves (reported)
£676k
Employees
1

Reported reserves equal ~12.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (70% 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: 1.6% 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: Gateshead

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/04/2025£650k£639k
30/04/2024£666k£655k
30/04/2023£561k£605k
30/04/2022£653k£618k
30/04/2021£577k£569k

Common questions

Is GATESHEAD JEWISH BOARDING SCHOOL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £675,939, which the trustees consider an acceptable level given the nature of receipts against payables. The charity reported a net income of £10,660 for the year, with total incoming resources of £649,966 against total expenditure of £639,306. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GATESHEAD JEWISH BOARDING SCHOOL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GATESHEAD JEWISH BOARDING SCHOOL as a grant recipient include RAVENSIDE TRUST.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
RAVENSIDE TRUSTFY2025£45k

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 GATESHEAD JEWISH LEARNING SOCIETY.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GATESHEAD JEWISH BOARDING SCHOOL£650k—0above—no doubt
GATESHEAD JEWISH LEARNING SOCIETY FY2025£200k—0within—no doubt
THE NORTH CHESHIRE JEWISH PRIMARY SCHOOL TRUST FY2025£295k—0unclear—no doubt
THE GATESHEAD JEWISH NURSERY FY2025£1.7m—0unclear—no doubt
JEWISH TEACHERS' TRAINING COLLEGE FY2025£3.8m——unclear—no doubt
THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES FY2025£1.8m——unclear—no doubt

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