COLLEGE FOR HIGHER RABBINICAL STUDIES

Registered charity 803466 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COLLEGE FOR HIGHER RABBINICAL STUDIES TCHABE KOLLEL, COLLEGE FOR HIGHER RABBINICAL STUDIES TIFERETH SHOLOM, TCHABE KOLLEL

Providing facilities to study Jewish law and ethics and making study grants to mature students at Tchabe Kollel.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.6m
Latest spending
£3.5m
Registered
1990
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £3,541,067 while total expenditure rose to £3,544,067, resulting in a small net surplus of £35,809. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £218,402, which the trustees note is significantly below their ideal target of £15,000 (representing 12 months of administrative costs), although total unrestricted funds stand at £3,442,798.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months of administrative costs, being approximately £15,000 (held: £218k)
“The trustees consider that the ideal level of reserves as at 31 March 2025 would be would be 12 months of administrative costs, being approximately £15,000.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 18. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
“During the current and previous periods, rents for the use of the study hall were received from Tchabe Kollel Limited, a charity of which Mr G R Conrad is a trustee.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£3.6m
Total spending
£3.5m
Cost of raising funds
£68k
Reserves (reported)
£15k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 1.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Belgium · Canada · Hackney · Haringey · Israel · United States

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.6m£3.5m
31/03/2024£2.9m£2.7m
31/03/2023£4.1m£3.4m
31/03/2022£2.3m£2.3m
31/03/2021£2.5m£2.1m

Common questions

Is COLLEGE FOR HIGHER RABBINICAL STUDIES financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £3,541,067 while total expenditure rose to £3,544,067, resulting in a small net surplus of £35,809. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £218,402, which the trustees note is significantly below their ideal target of £15,000 (representing 12 months of administrative costs), although total unrestricted funds stand at £3,442,798. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited.

Who funds COLLEGE FOR HIGHER RABBINICAL STUDIES?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COLLEGE FOR HIGHER RABBINICAL STUDIES as a grant recipient include CANNON CHARITABLE TRUST, UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTD, KEREN CHOCHMAS SHLOMA TRUST, GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED, PARKWILL LIMITED.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
CANNON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£865k
UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTDFY2022£174kGrants to other grant making charities
KEREN CHOCHMAS SHLOMA TRUSTFY2021£139kAdvancement of religion
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITEDFY2025£133kGrant to institution
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITEDFY2023£126k
PARKWILL LIMITEDFY2023£109k
YIZAL EDUCATION LIMITEDFY2024£105k
UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTDFY2023£100k
YIZAL EDUCATION LIMITEDFY2025£100k
UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTDFY2025£94k
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITEDFY2024£90k
UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTDFY2025£89k
THE MELOW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£87k
CANNON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£80k
THE MELOW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£78k
UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTDFY2023£75k
PARKWILL LIMITEDFY2024£71k
LATATE LIMITEDFY2024£63k
THE MELOW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£60k
UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTDFY2024£56k
PARKWILL LIMITEDFY2022£56k
UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTDFY2024£53k
YAD SHLOMO TRUSTFY2023£52kEducation
PARKWILL LIMITEDFY2025£50k
UNITED TALMUDICAL ASSOCIATES LTDFY2022£50kGrants to other grant making charities
JAY EDUCATION TRUSTFY2022£50k
THE MELOW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£49k
ZOREYA TZEDOKOSFY2023£47k
SAND AND STARS TRUSTFY2025£40k
SF FOUNDATIONFY2024£40k
LATATE LIMITEDFY2025£38k
THE WINEBURG FOUNDATIONFY2023£38k
CHALFORDS LIMITEDFY2021£36k
JEG TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£35k
CHARITWORTH LIMITEDFY2023£35kSupport of education and relief of poverty
UOHC FOUNDATION LTDFY2024£34k
COMET CHARITIES LTDFY2022£31k
THE MELOW CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£30k
C S KAUFMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£30k
NES FOUNDATION LTDFY2021£30k
CHALFORDS LIMITEDFY2022£30k
HARBO CHARITIES LIMITEDFY2023£30k
BESIYATAFY2024£30kGrants to institutions
HURDALE CHARITY LIMITEDFY2025£30k
HARBO CHARITIES LIMITEDFY2025£28k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITEDFY2023£27k
YBP LIMITEDFY2024£26k
JAY EDUCATION TRUSTFY2023£25knull
C S KAUFMAN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£25k
KEHAL CHASIDEI WIZNITZ LIMITEDFY2025£24kSocial welfare

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 THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COLLEGE FOR HIGHER RABBINICAL STUDIES£3.6m—0unclear—no doubt
THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES FY2025£1.8m——unclear—no doubt
INSTITUTE FOR HIGHER RABBINICAL STUDIES FY2025£798k—0unclear—no doubt
KOLLEL RABINOW (DIVRE SHIR) FOUNDATION FY2025£337k—0unclear—no doubt
FRIENDS OF THE RABBINICAL COLLEGE KOL TORA JERUSALEM FY2025£148k—0below—no doubt
ACADEMY FOR TALMUDICAL RESEARCH (KOLEL HARABANIM) FY2025£593k—0within—no doubt

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