The Conference of European Rabbis

Analysis

The Conference of European Rabbis is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Conference of European Rabbis reported income of £43k and spending of £1,245, leaving 97% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £127k to £43k (-66%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Conference of European Rabbis sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Men Too (£43k), The International Orthodontics Foundation (£43k) and The Sarvajanik Medical Trust (£43k).