Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Only 4 Trustees: -1
  • Grant maker support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

OHEL TORAH 

Education by communal worship and the study of talmudical, biblical and other Jewish religious sources.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 4 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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
05/04/23£348£317£31n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/22£301£229£72n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/21£221£183£38n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/20£257£177£81n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/19£317£123£194n/an/an/an/an/a0
05/04/18*£80£60£20£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/17*£711£51£660£0£1,678£22252.120
05/04/16*£211£50£162£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/15*£58£50£8£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/14*£79£46£34£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/13*£54£42£13£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/12*£59£44£15£0£0£0n/a00
05/04/11*£289£39£250£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 14 years

01617926971

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Religious Activities
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Jewish religious associations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Salford City,
Who it helps
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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
National Lottery Community Fund - Ohel Torah Library Project
£9,997 23/03/2022
The charity will acquire books in English and Yiddish on the topic of men's mental health together with software to operate the library and related administration costs. The project aims to cultivate ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/07/2010, number: 1136772
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
13 returns made; AR18: 11 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 95 days late, AR15: 68 days late, AR14: 37 days late, AR13: 102 days late, AR12: 155 days late, AR11: 426 days late,
Main office

61 BROOM LANE
SALFORD
M7 4FF

Objectives

A) THE PROMOTION OF THE JEWISH FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT .B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY SUCH MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FITC) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ORTHODOX JEWISH EDUCATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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