THE LIBERAL JEWISH SYNAGOGUE

Registered charity 1159292 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Liberal Jewish Synagogue maintains a place for public religious worship, provides and conducts religious services, provides religious education for children and adults, facilities for the solemnisation of marriages, civil partnerships, mixed faith blessings and also for burials and cremations. The Synagogue also facilitates and encourages inter-faith activities.

Causes: Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.9m

Latest spending

£2.3m

Registered

2014

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £447,780 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to the absence of a £500,000 legacy received in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £3,349,648, which significantly exceeds the stated policy target of £450,000. The trustees consider the level of reserves held to be reasonable and appropriate given anticipated maintenance costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,000 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£70k)

“In the band £80,000 - £90,000 2 2” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 2

“In the band £80,000 - £90,000 2 2” — page 22

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Eljayess Enterprises Limited, Pound Lane Holdings Limited

“The unquoted investment is in Eljayess Enterprises Limited and Pound Lane Holdings Limited, wholly owned subsidiaries of the LUS, which did not trade during the year.” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Barnes Roffe Audit Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Employees paid over £60,000: 4 (FY2024) → 2 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

What the charity says about itself (2025)

From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.

The report states that the first quarter of 2025 saw 50 new members join, predominantly young adults and families.

“The first quarter of 2025 saw an encouraging number of 50 new members at the LJS, predominantly young adults and families.”

The report details the security cost increase from £20k in 2022 to £55k in 2025.

“Our security costs increased from c£20k in 2022 to £55k in 2025.”

The report mentions that children raised funds for a water borehole in Kenya to provide fresh water for 2,000 people.

“And our children raised funds for a water borehole in Kenya to provide fresh water for 2,000 people”

The report notes that the 'Keep In Touch' (KIT) Tea Party in July welcomed 80 guests.

“In July the hugely popular Keep In Touch (KIT) Tea Party (pictured below) welcomed 80 guests to a glorious spread of sandwiches and cakes.”

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The LJS Drop-In for Asylum Seeker Families (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Jonathan Bruck — Executive Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income

£1.9m

Total spending

£2.3m

Cost of raising funds

£8k

Reserves (reported)

£9.5m

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~48.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Ashley Innes
Barbara Julia Fidler
Chloe Dora Lasher
Ellen Margaret Schmidt
James Lee Johnson
Joel Wolchover
Karen Melanie Newman · trustee of 1 other charity
Noemi Anna Csogor
Peter William Crouch
Raquel Sylvia Churba
Scott Kendall Dinwiddie · trustee of 1 other charity
Susan Patricia Head

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£1.9m	£2.3m
31/12/2024	£2.4m	£2.4m
31/12/2023	£2.0m	£2.1m
31/12/2022	£2.0m	£1.9m
31/12/2021	£2.1m	£1.8m

Common questions

Is THE LIBERAL JEWISH SYNAGOGUE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £447,780 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to the absence of a £500,000 legacy received in the prior year. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £3,349,648, which significantly exceeds the stated policy target of £450,000. The trustees consider the level of reserves held to be reasonable and appropriate given anticipated maintenance costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Barnes Roffe Audit Limited.

What does the highest-paid employee of THE LIBERAL JEWISH SYNAGOGUE earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,000 - £90,000 band, and 2 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds THE LIBERAL JEWISH SYNAGOGUE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE LIBERAL JEWISH SYNAGOGUE as a grant recipient include THE APELT AND LAZARUS CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE APELT AND LAZARUS CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
City Bridge Foundation	09/12/2016	£3k	Eco audit to The Liberal Jewish Synagogue

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 LAUFFER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£445k
THE ASSOCIATION OF JEWISH REFUGEES (AJR)	1	£139k
THE CHILDREN'S AID COMMITTEE CHARITABLE FUND	1	£13k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)	1	£8k
THE SYBIL SHINE MEMORIAL TRUST	1	£5k
THE SIERATZKI CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EAST LONDON & ESSEX LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE.

EAST LONDON & ESSEX LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE income £331k
THE LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE ELSTREE income £301k
THE NORTHWOOD AND PINNER LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE income £965k
KINGSTON LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE income £308k
SOUTH LONDON LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE income £218k
THE FINCHLEY PROGRESSIVE SYNAGOGUE income £1.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE LIBERAL JEWISH SYNAGOGUE	£1.9m	£80,000 - £90,000	2	above	—	no doubt
EAST LONDON & ESSEX LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE FY2025	£331k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE ELSTREE FY2025	£301k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE NORTHWOOD AND PINNER LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE FY2025	£965k	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KINGSTON LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE FY2024	£308k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SOUTH LONDON LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE FY2025	£218k	£60,001 - £70,000	1	within	—	no doubt

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