BLACKPOOL REFORM JEWISH CONGREGATION

Registered charity 1148088 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Objects of the charity are:(i) to advance the Jewish religion for the benefit of the public in accordance with the doctrines of the Jewish religion(ii) to advance education for the benefit of the public(iii) for any such purposes deemed charitable by the law of England and Wales as the Trustees of the Congregation shall from time to time determine.

Objects

(A)TO ADVANCE THE JEWISH RELIGION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC,IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES OF THE JEWISH RELIGION;(B)TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC;(C)FOR ANY SUCH OTHER PURPOSES DEEMED CHARITABLE BY THE LAW OFENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES OF THE CONGREGATION SHALLFROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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 the Congregation reported a deficit of income over expenditure of £15,938 for the year ended 31 December 2025, compared to a deficit of £11,277 in the prior year. Per the balance sheet, total assets decreased from £137,171 to £123,083, with the General Reserve falling from £105,671 to £94,083. The Trustees' report indicates a policy to maintain reserves covering liabilities and the coming 12 months' likely expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by David Williamson Limited. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Investment
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08091243

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.

• HARDMAN, James — director, appointed 01/01/2026on trustee list
• TAX, Michael Benjamin — director, appointed 28/04/2019on trustee list
• BLOCK, Martin Daniel — director, appointed 25/10/2012on trustee list
• TAX, Nancy Elizabeth — director, appointed 25/10/2012on trustee list
• TAX, Sara Rebekah — director, appointed 25/10/2012on trustee list
• CANTOR, Alan Charles Martin — director, appointed 31/05/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (03/04/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rachel Davina Taxchair
• Alan Charles Martin Cantor · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Whippman
• ELIZABETH TAX
• James Hardman
• MARTIN BLOCK
• Michael Benjamin Tax
• SARA REBEKAH TAX

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen · Blackpool · Cumbria · Lancashire

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