MASORTI JUDAISM

Registered charity 1117590 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ASSEMBLY OF MASORTI SYNAGOGUES

Our purpose is to develop flourishing communities, rooted in traditional practice and modern values, where people can find meaning by connecting to Judaism and to each other. We build capacity for a network of communities in London, Hertfordshire and across the UK. Core activities include leadership training, community development and organising, youth work, education and thought leadership.

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Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Masorti Judaism reported a surplus of £46,954 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £1,335,578 against expenditure of £1,288,624. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £221,489, which exceeds its stated hard floor reserves policy of £175,000. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Masorti Judaism (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/08/2025)

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.3m
Cost of raising funds
£73k
Reserves (reported)
£220k
Employees
12

Reported reserves equal ~2.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (55% 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: 5.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Israel · Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£1.3m£1.3m
31/08/2024£1.3m£1.3m
31/08/2023£1.4m£1.4m
31/08/2022£1.5m£1.5m
31/08/2021£1.2m£1.1m

Common questions

Is MASORTI JUDAISM financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Masorti Judaism reported a surplus of £46,954 for the year ended 31 August 2025, with total income of £1,335,578 against expenditure of £1,288,624. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £221,489, which exceeds its stated hard floor reserves policy of £175,000. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.

Who funds MASORTI JUDAISM?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MASORTI JUDAISM as a grant recipient include SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT), JOHN LYON'S CHARITY, THE CASCIA TRUST, JEWISH JOINT BURIAL SOCIETY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)FY2023£5kcontributions towards funding participants' bursaries and teachers salaries
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)FY2022£3kcontribution to Our Second Home 2022 Residentials programme
JOHN LYON'S CHARITYFY2025£3kBuilding community - school holiday day camps
THE CASCIA TRUSTFY2024£3k
JEWISH JOINT BURIAL SOCIETYFY2025£2k
THE CASCIA TRUSTFY2022£2k
THE CASCIA TRUSTFY2021£2k
THE CASCIA TRUSTFY2023£2k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)FY2022£500contributions towards funding participants' bursaries and teachers salaries

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/04/2022£99k"Sharing the UK's Jewish liturgical heritage"
City Bridge Foundation06/04/2022£91kGrant to Masorti Judaism
The National Lottery Community Fund18/06/2020£50kRequest for Emergency Covid-19 Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund14/05/2018£8kTraining for Community Outreach
The National Lottery Community Fund08/02/2017£8kReaching out, building communities
The National Lottery Community Fund21/05/2014£8kLead for the future - training young people for leadership
The National Lottery Community Fund15/12/2011£10kActive citizenship and community cohesion on campus.
The National Lottery Community Fund18/12/2009£10kLeadership Development for Community Organising

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NEW NORTH LONDON SYNAGOGUE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MASORTI JUDAISM£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
NEW NORTH LONDON SYNAGOGUE FY2025£2.2m—3within—no doubt
SOUTH HERTS AND EDGWARE MASORTI FY2024£238k—0above—no doubt
LIBERAL JUDAISM (ULPS) FY2025£1.8m——below—no doubt
THE MOVEMENT FOR REFORM JUDAISM FY2025£3.1m——unclear—no doubt
MERCAZ TORAH VECHESED LIMITED FY2025£1.9m—0unclear—no doubt

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