THE SHAARE HAYIM CONGREGATION

Registered charity 1067759 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SEPHARDI CONGREGATION OF SOUTH MANCHESTER

The principal activity and objectives and activity of the Congregation are to facilitate Jewish Worship in the Sephardi tradition and rituals and other congregational educational and charitable purposes.

Objects

TO FACILITATE WORSHIP IN THE SEPHARDI TRADITION AND FOR SUCH OTHER CONGREGATIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE NEW CONGREGATION SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT

Area of benefit: GREATER MANCHESTER AND NORTH CHESHIRE

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £169,807 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted funds. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted cash reserves of £26,105, which is significantly below the stated policy target of £136,959. The charity remains reliant on unrestricted income from subscriptions and donations to meet its obligations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Royce Peeling Green Limited. Discloses 5 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (89% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (27/04/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (06/02/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen Blankchair
• ANTHONY MORRIS SULTAN
• Emma Solomons
• His Honour Clement Goldstone KC
• Jack Shalom
• Jonathan Victor Dwek · trustee of 1 other charity
• Judith Moryoussef
• PHILIP ISAAC HODARI · trustee of 1 other charity
• REUBEN SAMI SOLOMON
• jonathan shasha

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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