THE HAMPSTEAD VILLAGE SHUL

Registered charity 1124605 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The principal activity of the Charity is that of a community centre and synagogue.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM THROUGH JEWISH EDUCATION AND THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A COMMUNITY CENTRE AND SYNAGOGUE FOR THE PURPOSE OF WORSHIP, CONDUCTING SERVICES, MEETINGS AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES; TO PROVIDE FOR SPIRITUAL AND RELIGIOUS NEEDS AND ADVANCING RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONAL AND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES TO BE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF TRADITIONAL ORTHODOX JEWISH LAWS AND PRACTICES AND SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS CHARITABLE AND TO ACT IN ASSOCIATION WITH OTHER BODIES HAVING SIMILAR OBJECTS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, CAMDEN.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,709,076, which the trustees confirm exceeds their policy target of three to six months' expenditure. While the charity reported a small surplus of £3,063 for the year, it notes a dependency on the nursery's membership levels for future income stability.

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.

• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~36.6 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 (92% 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).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/07/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ELLIS ANTHONY GREENchair
• Jason Kluk
• NEAL MENASHE
• Nigel Hikmet
• STUART ANTHONY CASH

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

Operates in: Camden

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH HAMPSTEAD CHARITABLE TRUST.

• SOUTH HAMPSTEAD CHARITABLE TRUST income £934k
• HAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY ACTION LIMITED income £421k
• HAMPSTEAD GARDEN SUBURB FREE CHURCH income £329k
• HAMPSTEAD SEPHARDI COMMUNITY income £132k
• THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FOR WEST HAMPSTEAD income £146k
• CHABAD OF WEST HAMPSTEAD LIMITED income £142k

Side by side with its peers

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