Chief Rabbinate Trust

Analysis

Chief Rabbinate Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04614285). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Chief Rabbinate Trust reported income of £998k and spending of £1.1m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £436k to £998k (+129%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Chief Rabbinate Trust sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council for the the Ecclesiastical Parish of Kingswood, Southwark (£997k), Utry (£998k) and Ateres (£997k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £610k. Reserves of £645k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate.