Chovevei Torah Synagogue

Analysis

Chovevei Torah Synagogue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in December 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Chovevei Torah Synagogue reported income of £72k and spending of £84k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £87k to £72k (-18%), an average of -4.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 232%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Chovevei Torah Synagogue sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include UK Friends of Unique Home (Punjab) (£72k), Brent Cultural Centre (£72k) and East Bedlington Community Centre (£72k).

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.