Keren Hatorah

Analysis

Keren Hatorah is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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, makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Keren Hatorah reported income of £149k and spending of £210k, spending 141% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £277k to £149k (-46%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Keren Hatorah sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shanti Dham (£149k), The Feoffee Charity (£149k) and East Durham Circuit of the Methodist Church (£149k).

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.