ST ALBANS MASORTI SYNAGOGUE
Registered charity 1118649 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Education and training in religious activities
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £13,858 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £199,772. Per the trustees' report, these reserves remain above the charity's minimum reserves policy threshold of £90,000. The charity is currently in the final phase of its existing premises lease, which expires in June 2026, with negotiations for a lease extension expected to be finalised in July 2026.
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.
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.
- LEIGH, David Ralph — director, appointed 14/05/2026not on trustee list
- JACOBS, Alison Ruth — director, appointed 16/06/2025on trustee list
- STARKEY, Lee — director, appointed 16/06/2025on trustee list
- LEVY, Howard — director, appointed 20/05/2025on trustee list
- SHAPIRO, Benjamin — director, appointed 21/05/2024on trustee list
- KEENE, Michelle Sara — director, appointed 30/06/2021on trustee list
- ROUKIN, Benjamin Darren — director, appointed 30/06/2020on trustee list
- HOFFBRAND, Paul — secretary, appointed 20/05/2025
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
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Register events
- Received assets from another charity (15/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Michelle Keenechair
- Alison Ruth Jacobs
- Benjamin Darren Roukin
- Benjamin Shapiro
- Beverly Naomi Cohen
- Charlotte Schlosberg
- Dr Jonathan Freedman
- Howard Levy
- Lee Starkey
- Lionel Taylor
- Moira Greta Hart
- Paul Hoffbrand
- Simon Samuels · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Hertfordshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is ST ALBANS MASORTI SYNAGOGUE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £13,858 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £199,772. Per the trustees' report, these reserves remain above the charity's minimum reserves policy threshold of £90,000. The charity is currently in the final phase of its existing premises lease, which expires in June 2026, with negotiations for a lease extension expected to be finalised in July 2026. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Government & lottery funding
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