Common questions about The London School of Jewish Studies's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.
Is The London School of Jewish Studies a good charity? +
The London School of Jewish Studies scores 73 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 96% of its spending goes to charitable activities (3-yr avg) and its accounts are late. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.
Is The London School of Jewish Studies a legitimate charity? +
The register data used for this profile lists The London School of Jewish Studies as a registered charity (charity number 1131850). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=1131850&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.
What is The London School of Jewish Studies's charity number? +
The London School of Jewish Studies's charity number is 1131850. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.
What is The London School of Jewish Studies's charity rating? +
The London School of Jewish Studies scores 73 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.
Does The London School of Jewish Studies have reviews and complaints? +
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for The London School of Jewish Studies. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (one red flag on this profile: late accounts filing). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How much of my donation reaches The London School of Jewish Studies? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 96% of The London School of Jewish Studies's total spending went to charitable activities (3-yr avg across disclosed years). That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.
What are The London School of Jewish Studies's overheads? +
Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 4% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 4% of expenditure (2023–2025, disclosed years); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at The London School of Jewish Studies. The London School of Jewish Studies's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports 5 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £100,001–£110,000 (1 employee). Individual salaries, including the chief executive's, are disclosed in the trustees' annual report rather than on the register.
How much income does The London School of Jewish Studies receive? +
The London School of Jewish Studies reported £1.8m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: stable.
Are The London School of Jewish Studies's accounts up to date? +
Filing status: late (last filing 2025-12-22). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.
Where is The London School of Jewish Studies based? +
The London School of Jewish Studies's register entry is at United Kingdom. It tells the regulator it operates in England and Wales, with a focus on religion.
How much is The London School of Jewish Studies's chief executive paid? +
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. The London School of Jewish Studies's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports 5 employees paid more than £60,000, including 1 employee paid more than £100,000. The highest reported pay band is £100,001–£110,000 (1 employee). Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Where does The London School of Jewish Studies's money come from? +
The London School of Jewish Studies reported £1.8m total income for the year ending 31 July 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £894k (49%), charitable activities £694k (38%), other income £220k (12%).
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to The London School of Jewish Studies? +
The register records The London School of Jewish Studies as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are The London School of Jewish Studies's trustees paid? +
The London School of Jewish Studies's annual return for the year ending 31 July 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
What was The London School of Jewish Studies previously called? +
The register lists this previous name for The London School of Jewish Studies: Jews' College.
When was The London School of Jewish Studies registered as a charity? +
The London School of Jewish Studies was entered on the register on 28 September 2009. It is also a company registered at Companies House (company number 06997994).
How does CharityCompare score The London School of Jewish Studies? +
We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in The London School of Jewish Studies's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.
How often is this page updated? +
This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and The London School of Jewish Studies's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.