Finance Score: 3

Governance Score: 9

Support Score: 2

Fundraising costs low: +3

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 14

THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES

EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/07/23		£1,941	£1,673	£268	£47	£1,230	£1,168	8.4	17	4
31/07/22	*	£1,593	£2,108	£-515	£35	£962	£869	4.9	15	3
31/07/21		£1,622	£1,395	£227	£8	£1,477	£1,389	11.9	12	5
31/07/20		£1,350	£1,372	£-21	£22	£1,250	£1,197	10.5	12	6
31/07/19		£1,288	£1,348	£-60	£0	£1,272	£1,094	9.7	10	8
31/07/18		£1,247	£1,231	£16	£0	£1,397	£1,218	11.9	13	0
31/07/17		£1,140	£1,225	£-85	£0	£1,381	£1,193	11.7	10	0
31/07/16		£1,214	£1,257	£-43	£0	£1,467	£1,223	11.7	10	0
31/07/15		£1,241	£1,208	£33	£9	£1,509	£1,337	13.3	11	0
31/07/14		£1,157	£1,286	£-129	£16	£1,476	£1,253	11.7	11	0
31/07/13		£1,531	£1,600	£-69	£14	£1,605	£1,368	10.3	12	0
31/07/12		£1,641	£1,432	£209	£14	£1,674	£1,469	12.3	13	0
31/07/11?		£1,272	£732	£540	£19	£1,465	£1,262	20.7	10	0
30/09/10		£817	£796	£21	£17	£925	£560	8.4	10	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.7%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 31%
Highest pay band: £110,000-£120,000
Liabilities/Assets: 37%
Liabilities/Income: 37%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 95%
Reserves/Spending: 8.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3

Asset Split ?

Established: 15 years

www.lsjs.ac.uk

info@lsjs.ac.uk

02082036427

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training
Religious Activities

GiG Classification

Colleges and universities

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

17 employees
4 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Wolfson Foundation - Grant to London School of Jewish Studies
£0	10/08/2023	Grant of £3,000 awarded through Scoping Grant programme. Paid via Pilgrim Trust/National Archives joint programme Archives Revealed (22871).
The National Archives - London School of Jewish Studies
£3,000	01/08/2022	Scoping Grants is a partnership funding scheme between The National Archives, the Pilgrim Trust and the Wolfson Foundation. The aims of the Scoping Grant programme are:To enable grantees to develop a ....more Scoping Grants is a partnership funding scheme between The National Archives, the Pilgrim Trust and the Wolfson Foundation. The aims of the Scoping Grant programme are:To enable grantees to develop a better understanding of the content of their collectionTo enable grantees to strategically prioritise the development of their collectionTo enable grantees to advocate for the development of their serviceTo enable grantees to prepare an effective case for support when applying for funding.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 44-74

BILL BENJAMIN (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Property Developer

ELLIOT CONWAY Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director

MARGARET ROTHEM Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Retired

SARA GAMSU Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Teacher

SUSAN NYMAN Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Head Quality Assurance

GARY PHILLIPS Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Solicitor, Other trusteeships: THE INSTITUTE OF JEWISH STUDIES, LONDON MACCABI RECREATIONAL TRUST, THE MAX BARNEY FOUNDATION,

STEVEN MICHAEL NOE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Company Director, Other trusteeship: UNITED JEWISH ISRAEL APPEAL,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/09/2009, number: 1131850
Registered at Companies House on 21/08/2009, number: 06997994

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Other Regulators

Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

14 returns made; AR22: 56 days late,

Main office

Schaller House
44a Albert road
Hendon
London

Objectives

The Charity’s objects (the Objects) are: (i) the education, training and professional development of teachers, rabbis and community leaders for Jewish schools and communities; (ii) the delivery of Jewish education programmes; and (iii) the advancement of education generally, and in particular through collaboration with other organisations to improve educational outcomes within the UK Jewish community.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

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