CENTRAL SQUARE MINYAN

Registered charity 1106681 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CSM

TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE JEWISH RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS AND PRACTICE OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM AND THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUE

Objects

TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE THE JEWISH RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHINGS AND PRACTICES OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM AND THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF AN ORTHODOX SYNAGOGUE SITUATED IN OR NEAR HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB, LONDON NW11, FOR THE PURPOSES OF PUBLIC WORSHIP, CONDUCTING RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND PROVIDING RELIGIOUS EDUCATION.

Area of benefit: IN OR NEAR HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB, LONDON NW11

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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Registered contact address: Barnet, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£135k
Latest spending
£138k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,439 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £12,888 to £9,449. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, supported by a cash balance of £13,580. The charity holds minimal unrestricted reserves of £411 against a policy to hold reserves at the lowest level commensurate with smooth running, excluding loan repayment requirements.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: lowest level commensurate with the smooth running of its activities (reserves figure: £411)
“With the exception of this requirement, its policy is to hold reserves at the lowest level commensurate with the smooth running of its activities.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: 15
“Donations received from trustees and their close family members were all unconditional and totalled £4,359.” — page 26
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2025

  • Volunteers: 5

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2024

  • Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/06/2023

  • Volunteers: 6

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 30/06/2023 (received 05/06/2024, 36 days after the 30/04/2024 due date); year ending 30/06/2022 (received 03/07/2023, 64 days after the 30/04/2023 due date); year ending 30/06/2021 (received 23/05/2022, 23 days after the 30/04/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/06/2025£135k£138k
30/06/2024£185k£197k
30/06/2023£157k£219k
30/06/2022£125k£173k
30/06/2021£92k£163k

Common questions

Is CENTRAL SQUARE MINYAN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £3,439 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £12,888 to £9,449. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern, supported by a cash balance of £13,580. The charity holds minimal unrestricted reserves of £411 against a policy to hold reserves at the lowest level commensurate with smooth running, excluding loan repayment requirements. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CENTRAL SQUARE MINYAN?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CENTRAL SQUARE MINYAN as a grant recipient include THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024Unverified read£27kCharitable Donations
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£6kGeneral charitable purposes
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5k
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
THE LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1kGeneral charitable purposes
THE VIVIENNE AND SAMUEL COHEN CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Funders of similar charities

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YESHUAS CHAIM SYNAGOGUE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CENTRAL SQUARE MINYAN£135k—0within—no doubt
YESHUAS CHAIM SYNAGOGUE FY2025£169k—0below—no doubt
THE BL MINYAN FY2025£44k——unclear—no doubt
SQUARE FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025£38k—0unclear—no doubt
CENTRAL HENDON MIKVAH FY2025£69k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MINYAN FY2025£1.1m—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.