THE LIBERAL JEWISH SYNAGOGUE

Charity number: 1159292
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The Liberal Jewish Synagogue maintains a place for public religious worship, provides and conducts religious services, provides religious education for children and adults, facilities for the solemnisation of marriages, civil partnerships, mixed faith blessings and also for burials and cremations. The Synagogue also facilitates and encourages inter-faith activities.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income:
£2,042,883

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Donations and legacies £1.23m
Charitable activities £688.08k
Other trading activities £0
Investments £122.15k
Other £6.95k

Total expenditure:
£2,093,472

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Raising funds £0
Charitable activities £2.09m
Other £0

-£18,827 investments gains (losses)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

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In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £0
Charitable expenditure £2.09m

People

24 Employee(s)

9 Trustee(s)

176 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£70k to £80k 2

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Religious Activities
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England

Governance

Registration history:
  • 20 November 2014: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
  • Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education)
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Barbara Fidler Trustee 13 February 2025
None on record
Peter Crouch Trustee 14 November 2024
None on record
Rafaelle Gelein Trustee 20 June 2024
None on record
James Johnson Trustee 20 June 2024
None on record
Scott Dinwiddie Trustee 22 June 2023
None on record
Tsvetyana Petrova Trustee 22 June 2023
None on record
Gabrielle Lazarus Trustee 22 June 2022
None on record
Simon Van Someren Trustee 19 June 2019
None on record
Harriett Faith Goldenberg Trustee 11 April 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £2.71m £2.05m £2.10m £2.00m £2.04m
Total expenditure £2.03m £1.93m £1.84m £1.87m £2.09m
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £1.83m £1.34m £1.40m £1.15m £1.23m
Income - Other trading activities £5.15k £0 £31.08k £0 £0
Income - Charitable activities £715.13k £566.53k £568.09k £684.23k £688.08k
Income - Endowments £292.76k £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £163.36k £145.69k £89.46k £172.07k £122.15k
Income - Other £0 £2.66k £3.89k £2.70k £6.95k
Income - Legacies £365.00k £70.50k £302.03k £20.50k £23.31k
Expenditure - Charitable activities £2.03m £1.92m £1.84m £1.87m £2.09m
Expenditure - Raising funds £0 £15.42k £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Governance £88.97k £10.71k £24.99k £26.94k £0
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £15.42k £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Own use assets £4.88m £4.83m £5.02m £5.16m £5.16m
Long-term investments £2.41m £2.89m £3.33m £2.89m £2.95m
Other assets £1.41m £1.08m £823.62k £705.32k £594.33k
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability -£317.00k £0 -£302.00k -£233.00k -£228.00k
Total liabilities £783.71k £1.08m £499.07k £311.20k £327.76k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 December 2023 24 June 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 24 June 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 28 June 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 28 June 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 24 June 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 24 June 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 23 September 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 23 September 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 22 September 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 22 September 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02 JUL 2014 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07/10/2014

Charitable objects

THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:- (1)TO ADVANCE THE JEWISH RELIGION BY TEACHING AND PRACTISING THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF LIBERAL JUDAISM, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY; (A)PROVIDING RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS AND PROVIDING FACILITIES AND TEACHING LEADING TO KABBALAT TORAH (CONFIRMATION); (B)PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING A PLACE FOR PUBLIC RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND TO PROVIDE, ARRANGE AND CONDUCT RELIGIOUS SERVICES; (C)PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE SOLEMNISATION OF MARRIAGES CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS AND MIXED-FAITH BLESSINGS AND FOR BURIALS AND CREMATIONS; (D)TO UNDERTAKE SUCH OTHER RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL AND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS THE COUNCIL MAY DECIDE IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS PURPOSE; AND (2)THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL HARMONY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY FURTHERING THE UNDERSTANDING OF JEWISH CULTURE AND OBSERVANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WIDER COMMUNITY AND BY FACILITATING AND ENCOURAGING INTER-FAITH AND INTER-CULTURAL EXCHANGE.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
Liberal Jewish Synagogue
28 St. Johns Wood Road
St Johns Wood
LONDON
NW8 7HA
Phone:
02072865181
Email:
ljs@ljs.org
Website:

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