SOUTH MANCHESTER SYNAGOGUE

Registered charity 1124507 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q7567906 · Wikipedia

The objectives of the charity are to cater for the religious requirements generally of the Jewish inhabitants of Manchester and the surrounding districts and to provide the normal facilities of a Synagogue in accordance with orthodox Jewish tradition.

Objects

TO PROVIDE FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY RELIGIONS SERVICES, PASTORAL CARE AND SUPPORT, EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, MANCHESTER.

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: Trafford, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus for the year, increasing its total unrestricted reserves to £4,623,184. The accounts state there is no formal policy to maintain a specific level of reserves, though the trustees monitor levels to ensure liabilities can be met. The auditor confirmed the use of the going concern basis is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited. 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold); recorded price paid £337k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~102.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (67% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTONY GOODMAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Aviva Hargreaves
• David Basger
• Gavin Rael Aaron Matz
• Jeremy Paul Bernstein
• Jodie Segal
• Philip Goldstone
• ROBERT MORYOUSSEF · trustee of 1 other charity
• Sarah Isaacs
• Wendy Schweiger

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• UNITED SYNAGOGUE income £50.7m
• THANET AND DISTRICT REFORM JEWISH SYNAGOGUE income £37k
• SOUTH HAMPSTEAD CHARITABLE TRUST income £934k
• THE OXFORD SYNAGOGUE AND JEWISH CENTRE LIMITED income £255k
• ADASS YESHURUN SYNAGOGUE income £162k
• MANCHESTER AND DISTRICT COUNCIL OF SYNAGOGUES income £218k

Side by side with its peers

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