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.

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Latest income

£735k

Latest spending

£744k

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £8,625 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the previous year. Despite this, the trustees confirm that free reserves of £226,089 are available to permit the charity to continue in operation in the medium to long term. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: satisfactory given the nature of revenue receipts against charitable activity and other costs (held: £226k)

“The Trustees are satisfied that the balance of the Fund is satisfactory given the nature of revenue receipts against charitable activity and other costs.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Total income

£735k

Total spending

£744k

Cost of raising funds

£3k

Reserves (reported)

£226k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~3.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (95% 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: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

MR M SCHLEIDER
Mr G Levin
YEHUDO MANKOFF · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Gateshead

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£735k	£744k
31/03/2024	£878k	£767k
31/03/2023	£825k	£757k
31/03/2022	£737k	£724k
31/03/2021	£880k	£592k

Common questions

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

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £8,625 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the previous year. Despite this, the trustees confirm that free reserves of £226,089 are available to permit the charity to continue in operation in the medium to long term. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination. Its FY2025 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.

Funder	Year	Amount
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	FY2023	£118k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	FY2022	£107k
KEREN TRUST	FY2025	£13k
KEREN TRUST	FY2024	£7k
MENDAN LIMITED	FY2023	£3k
MENDAN LIMITED	FY2024	£3k
THE GERTNER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED	3	£224k
THE AA TRUST	3	£25k
GERSON BERGER ASSOCIATION LIMITED	2	£1.6m
DILLHAVEN LIMITED	2	£206k
HAROFEH DONATIONS LIMITED	2	£78k
WISEHEIGHTS LIMITED	2	£31k
SABENO LIMITED	2	£25k
SHAAREI RACHAMIM LIMITED	2	£17k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MESIFTA TALMUDICAL COLLEGE.

MESIFTA TALMUDICAL COLLEGE income £1.6m
GATESHEAD TALMUDICAL COLLEGE income £3.8m
GATESHEAD KEHILLA KOLLEL LTD income £875k
THE NORTH WEST LONDON TALMUDICAL COLLEGE income £979k
THE TALMUD CENTRE TRUST income £145k
MERCAZ HATORAH NETZACH YISROEL income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SUNDERLAND JEWISH BOYS' HOSTEL AND TALMUDICAL COLLEGE	£735k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MESIFTA TALMUDICAL COLLEGE FY2025	£1.6m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
GATESHEAD TALMUDICAL COLLEGE FY2025	£3.8m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
GATESHEAD KEHILLA KOLLEL LTD FY2024	£875k	—	0	unclear	11.3%	no doubt
THE NORTH WEST LONDON TALMUDICAL COLLEGE FY2025	£979k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE TALMUD CENTRE TRUST FY2025	£145k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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