The Shaarei Torah Trust

Analysis

The Shaarei Torah Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in December 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Shaarei Torah Trust reported income of £961k and spending of £1.0m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £987k to £961k (-2.6%), an average of -0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2023, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Shaarei Torah 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 of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary, Islington (£959k), Al-Aqsa Schools Trust (£962k) and Golders Green Beth Hamedrash Congregation (£958k).

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 £916k. Reserves of £69k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate.