CHESHIRE REFORM CONGREGATION LIMITED

Registered charity 1124560 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Menorah Synagogue

To advance the Jewish religion by the provision and maintenance of a Synagogue for the purpose of public worship, marriages, burials and social, welfare, youth and other activities for its members and others and for such other charitable purposes as the Board shall determine.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE JEWISH RELIGION BY THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A SYNAGOGUE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC WORSHIP, MARRIAGES, BURIALS AND SOCIAL WELFARE, YOUTH AND OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR ITS MEMBERS AND OTHERS AND FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE BOARD SHALL DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Manchester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased to £1,653,622, supported by free cash reserves of £285,000, allowing the charity to meet its debts as they fall due. Staff costs decreased significantly due to the synagogue being without a Rabbi for 11 months, while total incoming resources remained above £435,000. The trustees confirm the charity has adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 13/11/2024, 287 days after the 31/01/2024 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 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 (20/11/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Cathy Schindel Knowleschair
• Belinda Jane Carp
• David Leno Balsamo
• Dr Laura Jane Rachel Cohen
• Dr Leslie Paul Fertig
• Henry Robert Fox
• IAN PAUL AVERY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Reuben Leon Saffer

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Lancashire · Manchester City · Stockport · Trafford · Warrington

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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• SHEFFIELD AND DISTRICT REFORM JEWISH CONGREGATION income £34k
• FINCHLEY REFORM SYNAGOGUE income £2.1m
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• SUKKAT SHALOM REFORM SYNAGOGUE income £226k
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