The Shaarei Torah Trust

Registered charity 326442 · since 1983·Manchester, Salford·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£916k
Annual giving, year to 31 August 2025
From filed accounts
£916k
Typical grant (median)
1 published grants
Open to applications
Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

  • The Trust funds Jewish Talmudical education through grants to institutions, so an organisation whose work is not in that field is unlikely to fit its stated theme.
  • Its objects are promoting Jewish education and relieving poverty, and the trustees decide whether a proposal fits those objects, so frame any request around Jewish Talmudical education.
  • It accepts applications on a rolling basis, so there is no deadline to plan around.
  • It does not state a grant range or a geographic focus, so ask it directly about the size of request it would consider before writing a budget.
  • It does not say how competitive its grants are or whether existing relationships matter, so a short enquiry before a full application is a sensible first step.

Overview

The Shaarei Torah Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 326442).

The Shaarei Torah Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It exists to promote Jewish education and the relief of poverty, and its stated aim is to provide support for the Shaarei Torah Talmudical College. Its annual giving was £916,200, according to its annual report.

What they fund

Profile based on the charity's Charity Commission register entry and annual report (year to 31 August 2025) only: no website or other web source for the charity was found. Every statement is checked against them. Sources read on 30 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The foundation funds Jewish Talmudical education through grants to institutions. It invites applications for this education when the trustees consider it appropriate to the trust’s objects: promoting Jewish education and relieving poverty. Its stated aim is to support a Talmudical college, and it says its grants are made in line with those objects. This gives the grant-making an institutional focus on Jewish religious education: applicants seek support for Jewish Talmudical education, while the trustees judge whether the proposed support fits the objects.

Themes

  • Jewish Talmudical education

How to apply

The Trust invites applications for funding of Jewish Talmudical education that the trustees consider appropriate to its objects.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

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Grants

1 published grants analysed · median £916k

The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:

  • Shaarei Torah
    £916,200year to 31 August 2025

Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts.

Five years of accounts

Financial yearIncomeExpenditureGrants paidAccounts document
year to 31 August 2021£987,256£897,695£868,200Accounts for year to 31 August 2021
year to 31 August 2022£840,859£953,100£893,500Accounts for year to 31 August 2022
year to 31 August 2023£987,653£960,795£844,800Accounts for year to 31 August 2023
year to 31 August 2024£1,144,768£1,147,629—Accounts for year to 31 August 2024
year to 31 August 2025£961,487£1,032,227£916,200Accounts for year to 31 August 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2021
£868k grants
YE 2022
£894k grants
YE 2023
£845k grants
YE 2025
£916k grants

In 1 of the 4 years shown, grants paid exceeded income.

  • Grants paid, year to 31 August 2021; year to 31 August 2022; year to 31 August 2023: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
  • Grants paid, year to 31 August 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

— No grants figure for that year.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.

Sources

  • Annual report (year to 31 August 2025)

This profile rests on the charity’s filed accounts and register entry only, so check with the funder directly before applying.

Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.

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