The Rabbi Moshe & Leah Dermer Foundation

Analysis

The Rabbi Moshe & Leah Dermer Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03753983). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Rabbi Moshe & Leah Dermer Foundation reported income of £108k and spending of £263k, spending 245% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £68k to £108k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 255%. Over the whole period it spent 189% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Rabbi Moshe & Leah Dermer Foundation sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ensemble Manchester (£108k), Q York (£108k) and The Victoria Cross and George Cross Association (£108k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.