The Beth Ha-Talmud Scholarship Fund

Analysis

The Beth Ha-Talmud Scholarship Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gateshead. It was registered in April 1984, 42 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 trust. It says it makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Beth Ha-Talmud Scholarship Fund reported income of £164k and spending of £171k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £174k to £164k (-6.1%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 28%. 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, The Beth Ha-Talmud Scholarship Fund sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mogok Dhamma Trust (£163k), Goodnews Assemblies of God (£164k) and The Latif Foundation (£163k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.