WESTERN MARBLE ARCH SYNAGOGUE

Registered charity 1154188 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WMAS · filing overdue (register status)

The activities currently carried out are as follows. 1 The provision of a place off worship, religious activities and support. 2. Arranging communal events and activities.The Charity carries out a wide range of activities in pursuance of its charitable aims and the Board consider these activities are of benefit to all those who worship at and identify with the Synagogue.

Objects

THE WMA SHALL BE COMMITTED TO THE PRINCIPLES OF TORAH AND HALACHAH AND PROVIDE FOR THE RELIGIOUS NEEDS AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH OF ITS MEMBERS.IT SHALL HAVE AS ITS MAIN OBJECTS THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF REGULAR SABBATH AND OTHER RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND, SHOULD THE NUMBER OF THE CHILDREN OF ITS MEMBERS SO JUSTIFY, THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF HEBREW AND RELIGION CLASSES OF A STANDARD APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OF THE UNITED SYNAGOGUE.

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: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£41k

Latest spending

£41k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £857,167, which are entirely represented by the net book value of its freehold property, as it had no free reserves at the year end prior to the asset transfer. The charity remains inactive apart from holding the property and receiving rental income, with all running costs borne by the associated charitable company. The trustees confirm adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: The Western Marble Arch Synagogue occupies, rent-free, the property owned by the charity, and further more, the charity gave a grant of £37,067 (2023:£36,569) to the Synagogue.

“The Western Marble Arch Synagogue occupies, rent-free, the property owned by the charity, and furthermore, the charity gave a grant of £37,067 (2023:£36,569) to the Synagogue. All running costs of the property are borne by the Synagogue.” — page 15

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Complaints handling
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
Volunteer management

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

1 annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

1 Wallenberg Place Limited
The Western Charitable Foundation

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	—	—
31/12/2024	£41k	£41k
31/12/2023	£40k	£40k
31/12/2022	£36k	£36k
31/12/2021	£27k	£27k

Common questions

Is WESTERN MARBLE ARCH SYNAGOGUE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £857,167, which are entirely represented by the net book value of its freehold property, as it had no free reserves at the year end prior to the asset transfer. The charity remains inactive apart from holding the property and receiving rental income, with all running costs borne by the associated charitable company. The trustees confirm adequate resources to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds WESTERN MARBLE ARCH SYNAGOGUE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WESTERN MARBLE ARCH SYNAGOGUE as a grant recipient include THE MARCUS MARGULIES CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MARCUS MARGULIES CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£2k

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
THE ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH REFUGEES (AJR)	1	£139k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED	1	£20k
THE SIERATZKI CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WESTERN MARBLE ARCH SYNAGOGUE.

THE WESTERN MARBLE ARCH SYNAGOGUE income £1.2m
NORTH WEST SURREY SYNAGOGUE income £272k
WEST END GREAT SYNAGOGUE income £37k
WESTCLIFF CHAREDI SYNAGOGUE income £85k
WINCHESTER MUSLIM CULTURAL ASSOCIATION (WMCA) income £56k
ST LAWRENCE CHAPEL WARMINSTER income £48k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WESTERN MARBLE ARCH SYNAGOGUE	£41k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WESTERN MARBLE ARCH SYNAGOGUE FY2024	£1.2m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTH WEST SURREY SYNAGOGUE FY2026	£272k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST END GREAT SYNAGOGUE FY2025	£37k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WESTCLIFF CHAREDI SYNAGOGUE FY2025	£85k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WINCHESTER MUSLIM CULTURAL ASSOCIATION (WMCA) FY2025	£56k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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