Registered charity · Middlesex
The Gesher Trust
- 6 trustees
- Income £4.1m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Disability
- Where
- Throughout London, Hertfordshire
- Website
- www.gesherschool.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Gesher Trust
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4.1m£3.4m
- 2024£4.3m£3.4m
- 2023£4.7m£4.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.8m£2.7m
- 2021£3.5m£2.0m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 72%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('THE OBJECTS') ARE TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING, CARRYING ON, MANAGING AND DEVELOPING A SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS PROVIDING EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS FOLLOWING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE JEWISH FAITH. (4.1 OF GOVERNING DOCUMENT)IN CASE OF DISPUTE, REFERENCE TO "THE PRINCIPLES OF THE JEWISH FAITH" IS A REFERENCE TO THOSE PRINCIPLES AS UNDERSTOOD BY THE UNITED SYNAGOGUE. (4.2 OF GOVERNING DOCUMENT).
Grants received
4 grants · £182,667 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £100,000
- BBC Children in Need · £47,000
- Joseph Levy Foundation · £20,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £15,667
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
6 trustees on the board
- Alison Luise Durban since 2014
- Howard Zetter since 2018
- LEE Richard Joseph Portnoi since 2020
- Michael Kutner since 2018
- Sarah Sultman since 2014
- Steven Michael Daniels since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Alison Luise Durban since 2014
- Howard Zetter since 2018
- LEE Richard Joseph Portnoi since 2020
- Michael Kutner since 2018
- Sarah Sultman since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Alison Luise Durban since 2014
- Howard Zetter since 2018
- Michael Kutner since 2018
Portfolio (3)
- LEE Richard Joseph Portnoi since 2020
- Sarah Sultman since 2014
- Steven Michael Daniels since 2024
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 9.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1160465
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/09/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 09223197 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02078845102 · admin@gesherschool.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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