Ahavas Torah

Analysis

Ahavas Torah is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Ahavas Torah reported income of £16k and spending of £12k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £22k to £16k (-29%), an average of -8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income dropped by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Ahavas Torah sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Droylsden & District Foodbank (£16k), The Resources in Community Trust (£16k) and Sunflower Manchester (£16k).