BEVIS MARKS SYNAGOGUE HERITAGE FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1184803 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEVIS MARKS SYNAGOGUE HERITAGE TRUST

Bevis Marks , built in 1701, will undergo conservation work to protect its fabric and bring it up to the standards expected of a modern public building. The area and buildings around the synagogue will become an education and cultural centre telling the story of the community that made it within the context of it surroundings, and how it has become the longest serving synagogue in Europe

Objects

THE ONLY OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION ON THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION, THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF THE SPANISH & PORTUGUESE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND OTHER SEPHARDI COMMUNITIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE CURATION, PRESERVATION AND CATALOGUING AT THE BEVIS MARKS SYNAGOGUE SITE OF HISTORIC DOCUMENTS, RECORDS, ARTEFACTS AND SYNAGOGUE BUILDINGS FOR PUBLIC DISPLAY AND FOR THE PURPOSES OF RESEARCH AND FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY BE PROMOTED BY THE S&P CHARITY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £606,337 against a policy target of 3 to 6 months of budgeted expenditure. The charity reports sufficient reserve funds to meet expenses despite a net movement in funds of £(616,108) for the year. The Trustees confirm adequate resources to continue as an operating entity for the foreseeable future.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• New chair announced at Bevis Marks Synagogue heritage foundation jewishnews.co.uk · 14/09/2023

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bevis Marks Synagogue Heritage Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/10/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Melody Salemchair
• Audrey Sophie Mizrahi
• Benjamin Crowne
• Dr Alan Mendoza
• Hannah Lucy Talbot
• Jonathan Solomons
• Tali Krikler
• Tom Garcia

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

Operates in: City Of London

Income and spending

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