SUNDERLAND JEWISH BOYS' HOSTEL AND TALMUDICAL COLLEGE

Registered charity 528049 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUNDERLAND TALMUDICAL COLLEGE

The charities objectives are to promote theological and talmudic research, provide such educational facilities as will enable the students to become Rabbis, Ministers, Readers and Hebrew teachers for the Jewish Community. The college also helps necessitous students pursue their studies by means of scholarships and grants.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE THEOLOGICAL AND TALMUDICAL RESEARCH. 2. TO PROVIDE SUCH EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AS WILL ENABLE THE STUDENTS TO BECOME RABBIS, MINISTER, READERS AND HEWBREW TEACHERS FOR JEWISH COMMUNITIES. 3. TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS DURING THEIR STAY AT THE COLLEGE FOR SUCH STUDENTS AS REQUIRE IT. 4. TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY AND ANYTHING NECESSARY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE INSTITUTION. 5. TO COLLECT THE MONEY NEEDED FOR THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THESE AIMS.

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 · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£854k
Latest spending
£828k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £26,069 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total funds increasing to £2,362,226. Free reserves stood at £157,116, which the trustees consider satisfactory given the nature of revenue receipts. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 4

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

  • Volunteers: 4

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

  • Volunteers: 4

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Total income
£854k
Total spending
£828k
Cost of raising funds
£10k
Reserves (reported)
£70k
Employees
14

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 1.1% 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
31/03/2026£854k£828k
31/03/2025£735k£744k
31/03/2024£878k£767k
31/03/2023£825k£757k
31/03/2022£737k£724k

Common questions

Is SUNDERLAND JEWISH BOYS' HOSTEL AND TALMUDICAL COLLEGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity reported a surplus of £26,069 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total funds increasing to £2,362,226. Free reserves stood at £157,116, which the trustees consider satisfactory given the nature of revenue receipts. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SUNDERLAND JEWISH BOYS' HOSTEL AND TALMUDICAL COLLEGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SUNDERLAND JEWISH BOYS' HOSTEL AND TALMUDICAL COLLEGE as a grant recipient include ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED, KEREN TRUST, MENDAN LIMITED, THE GERTNER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2023£118k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2021£117k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2022£107k
KEREN TRUSTFY2025£13k
KEREN TRUSTFY2024£7k
MENDAN LIMITEDFY2023£3k
MENDAN LIMITEDFY2024£3k
THE GERTNER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2k

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 SALFORD TALMUDIC ASSOCIATION LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SUNDERLAND JEWISH BOYS' HOSTEL AND TALMUDICAL COLLEGE£854k—0unclear—no doubt
SALFORD TALMUDIC ASSOCIATION LTD FY2025£121k—0unclear—no doubt
HIGHER TALMUDICAL EDUCATION LIMITED FY2025£420k—0unclear—no doubt
THE NORTH WEST LONDON TALMUDICAL COLLEGE FY2025£979k—0unclear—no doubt
LTC TRUST CO FY2025£413k—0unclear—no doubt
HOLMFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£350k—0unclear—no doubt

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