OHEL DAVID EASTERN SYNAGOGUE

Registered charity 1166039 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Religious Activities

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE TRADITIONAL JEWISH FAITH.IN FURTHERANCE OF THE ABOVE BUT NOT FURTHER OR OTHERWISE THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO DO ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING;(A) TO CONDUCT DIVINE SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RITE OF EASTERN JEWRY(B) TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELIGIOUS NEEDS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SYNAGOGUE AND TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN SUCH INSTITUTIONS AS MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THIS PURPOSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH TRADITIONAL JEWISH LAW(C) TO MAINTAIN A TALMUD TORAH FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH(D) GENERALLY TO FOSTER THE PRACTICE AND SPIRIT OF TRADITIONAL JUDAISM(E) TO ACQUIRE, HOLD AND, IF NECESSARY, SELL PROPERTY, REAL AND PERSONAL, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FOSTERING AND PROMOTING THE ABOVE OBJECTS(F) TO RAISE FUNDS IN THE FORM OF MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION SALE OF PRIVILEGES ENDOWMENTS AND GIFTS OR BY ANY OTHER LAWFUL MEANS (OTHER THAN BY COMMERCIAL MEANS) FOR THE ATTAINMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS OR ANY OF THEM(G) TO DO ALL SUCH OTHER THINGS (CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARITABLE CHARACTER OF THE SYNAGOGUE) AS WILL FURTHER THE ATTAINMENT OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT THE ACTIVITIES SHALL BE CARRIED ON IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF TRADITIONAL JEWISH LAW AS LAID DOWN IN THE SHULCHAN ARUKH AND ITS COMMENTARIES AND NO ACTIVITY IN VIOLATION OF THESE PRINCIPLES SHALL BE PERMISSIBLE AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT IF ANY DOUBT SHALL ARISE AS TO THE PERMISSIBILITY OF ANY ACTIVITY SUCH DOUBT SHALL BE REFERRED TO A RECOGNISED RABBINICAL AUTHORITY.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a surplus of £106,900 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted funds increasing to £174,417. The trustees confirm that reserves are maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six months' expenditure, which they consider sufficient to ensure continuity of activities. The independent examiner reported no matters giving cause to believe that accounting records were not kept or that the financial statements did not accord with those records.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID GIGI
• GHASSAN COHEN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Naim Cohen
• SAMY DALLAL BSC
• SHIM FRASER
• YAKTHAN COHEN

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

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