LONDON SEPHARDI HEBREW CONGREGATION

Registered charity 1062880 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PORAT YOSEF

To advance the Jewish faith and advance the religious education of the public by the provision and maintenance of a place of worship and by the provision of classes.

Objects

TO ADVANCE JEWISH FAITH AND ADVANCE THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY MEMBERS OF THE SEPHARDI JEWISH COMMUN ITY, BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A PLACE OF WORSHIP, THE PROVISION OF STIPENDS TO MINISTERS, THE PROVISION OF CLASSES AND IN SUCH OTHER WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: LONDON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £12,468 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total net assets of £3,656,784. The charity holds significant unrestricted reserves of £862,228 and maintains a substantial revaluation reserve of £2,794,556 derived from property and investment assets. Per the trustees' report, these reserves are intended to further advance the charity's objectives, and the independent examiner confirmed no material matters were identified during the examination.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHEL DADOUNchair
• ALBERT OBADIA
• BERNARD BENARROCH

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

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