MANCHESTER AND DISTRICT COUNCIL OF SYNAGOGUES

Registered charity 1136024 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The council operates the burial service for most of the Orthodox Jewish Community in the region as well as the Scan Levy Scheme and co-ordinates and contributes to the maintenance and improvement of the Jewish cemeteries.

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Latest income

£210k

Latest spending

£182k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £27,759 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £82,008. The trustees consider these reserves to be adequate to cover approximately 4½ months of outgoing resources. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 4½ months of outgoing resources (held: £82k)

“The charity is currently holding total reserves of £82,008 (2023: £54,249) which the trustees consider to be adequate to cover approximately 4½ months of outgoing resources of the charity.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

HOWARD GORDONchair · trustee of 2 other charities
PHILIP LANGER

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£210k	£182k
31/12/2023	£211k	£190k
31/12/2022	£135k	£182k
31/12/2021	£153k	£174k
31/12/2020	£262k	£187k

Common questions

Is MANCHESTER AND DISTRICT COUNCIL OF SYNAGOGUES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £27,759 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £82,008. The trustees consider these reserves to be adequate to cover approximately 4½ months of outgoing resources. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
M AND L COHEN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£38k
BAIN CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MANCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE.

MANCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE income £492k
JEWISH JOINT BURIAL SOCIETY income £2.6m
NEW CENTRAL VILNA SYNAGOGUES income £566k
SHA'AREI SHALOM, THE NORTH MANCHESTER REFORM CONGREGATION income £161k
CHASSIDEI BELZ MANCHESTER income £530k
MACHZIKE HADATH COMMUNITY income £197k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MANCHESTER AND DISTRICT COUNCIL OF SYNAGOGUES	£210k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MANCHESTER JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2024	£492k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
JEWISH JOINT BURIAL SOCIETY FY2025	£2.6m	£60,001 - £70,000	2	above	—	no doubt
NEW CENTRAL VILNA SYNAGOGUES FY2025	£566k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SHA'AREI SHALOM, THE NORTH MANCHESTER REFORM CONGREGATION FY2025	£161k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CHASSIDEI BELZ MANCHESTER FY2025	£530k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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