Kolel Bys Shlome Arye Trust

Analysis

Kolel Bys Shlome Arye Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2011, 15 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. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Kolel Bys Shlome Arye Trust reported income of £857k and spending of £1.0m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £451k to £857k (+90%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2022, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Kolel Bys Shlome Arye Trust sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Interdoceo (£856k), One Kind Act (£857k) and Omega Community Living Limited (£856k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 95% and investments 4.5%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 4.1%. Grants to other organisations totalled £970k. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate.