WEST END GREAT SYNAGOGUE

Registered charity 1076252 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of regular Sabbath and other religious services in advancement of Orthodox Jewish Religion. The area of operation is in and around London.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION AND IN PARTICULAR BY ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING REGULAR SABBATH AND OTHER RELIGIOUS SERVICES AT WHICH THE FORM OF WORSHIP AND RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLISH OR GERMAN RITUAL LAID DOWN FOR ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUES BY THE CHIEF RABBI OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE COMMONWEALTH.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 unrestricted reserves decreased to £4,575 from £13,807 in the prior year, following a net expenditure of £9,232 against total income of £36,751. The trustees maintain that reserves should be kept at the year-end level to provide a buffer for uninterrupted services, noting that the major risk is the adequacy of income to cover expenses. The charity has no employees and relies on volunteer trustees, with governance costs included in the total charitable expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Harold Everett Wreford LLP. Discloses 4 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
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• HARVEY LAWRENCEchair
• David Feldman
• JOHN LONDON
• Sir Michael Pepper · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

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