EAST LONDON & ESSEX LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE

Registered charity 1171254 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main objectives of the synagogue is to further the advancement of Liberal Judaism. It provides a place of worship, provides rabbinical services, arranges conversions to Judaism, the solemnisation of marriages and funerals to members. It provides a religion school for children and adult education and a friendship club for senior members and the wider community.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF LIBERAL JUDAISM AND, FOR SUCH PURPOSES, TO BE AFFILIATED TO THE UNION OF LIBERAL JUDAISM (FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE UNION OF LIBERAL AND PROGRESSIVE SYNAGOGUES).

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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Latest income

£331k

Latest spending

£315k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £2,737,360, with unrestricted reserves standing at £2,731,049. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £16,066 for the year, supported by incoming resources of £331,152 against total expenditure of £315,086. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate and the independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention for a proper understanding of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 10089003

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.

LEWIS, Kira Millana — director, appointed 12/07/2026on trustee list
CAMLETT, Sarah — director, appointed 22/06/2025on trustee list
BARNETT, Jennifer — director, appointed 07/07/2024on trustee list
BAUM, Andrew — director, appointed 06/07/2022on trustee list
DAWSON, Julian Nigel — director, appointed 06/07/2022on trustee list
MUSCOVITCH, Sonia — director, appointed 20/09/2021on trustee list
GREEN, Darren Harvey — director, appointed 09/08/2020on trustee list
NEWHAM, Joshua — director, appointed 07/06/2018on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (28/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Joseph Baum
Darren Harvey Green
JENNIFER BARNETT
JOSHUA NEWHAM
Julian Nigel Dawson
Kira Lewis
Mohamed Kamall
Sarah Camlett
Sonia Muscovitch

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

Operates in: Essex · Redbridge

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£331k	£315k
31/12/2024	£331k	£300k
31/12/2023	£262k	£252k
31/12/2022	£243k	£271k
31/12/2021	£236k	£251k

Common questions

Is EAST LONDON & ESSEX LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £2,737,360, with unrestricted reserves standing at £2,731,049. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £16,066 for the year, supported by incoming resources of £331,152 against total expenditure of £315,086. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate and the independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention for a proper understanding of the accounts. Its FY2025 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
THE RAYNE FOUNDATION	1	£125k
THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION	1	£100k
THE A M CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
THE TOMORO FOUNDATION	1	£18k
The Marks Family Charitable Trust	1	£10k
SHORESH CHARITABLE TRUST (DR RUTH BORCHARD GIFT)	1	£10k
THE ROSE FOUNDATION	1	£5k
JEWISH JOINT BURIAL SOCIETY	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE ELSTREE.

THE LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE ELSTREE income £301k
THE LIBERAL JEWISH SYNAGOGUE income £1.9m
KINGSTON LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE income £308k
THE NORTHWOOD AND PINNER LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE income £947k
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
EAST LONDON & ESSEX LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE	£331k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE ELSTREE FY2025	£301k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE LIBERAL JEWISH SYNAGOGUE FY2025	£1.9m	£80,000 - £90,000	2	above	—	no doubt
KINGSTON LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE FY2024	£308k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
THE NORTHWOOD AND PINNER LIBERAL SYNAGOGUE FY2025	£947k	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	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.