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Shaarei Orah Ltd

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1133528LondonPoverty relief
Income£1.7m2025-02-28
Spending£1.8msame year
Spent / received101%5-year average
Size in its cause95th pctPoverty relief
Registered2010Charitable company
Employees0latest return

Analysis

Shaarei Orah Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 06807305). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Shaarei Orah Ltd reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.8m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £622k to £1.7m (+170%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Shaarei Orah Ltd sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include His Church (£1.7m), Yemin Charitable Trust Ltd (£1.7m) and Stella's Voice (£1.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%.

Income and spending

£0£445k£890k£1.3m£1.8m2021 Income: £622,2892021 Spending: £610,06620212022 Income: £662,0152022 Spending: £675,36220222023 Income: £1,243,7512023 Spending: £1,252,07320232024 Income: £1,586,3422024 Spending: £1,528,00120242025 Income: £1,681,3232025 Spending: £1,779,7472025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 100%
  • Investments 0.0%

In the charity's own words

(1) advancement of the orthodox Jewish faith and education in particular by establishing and running a talmudical college for boys of the Orthodox Jewish faith in NW London known as "Shaarei Orah institute"(2) relief of poverty, sickness and infirmity amongst the public at large for the public benefit(3) advancement of such other charitable objects as are for the benefit of the public

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