WEST LONDON SYNAGOGUE ENDOWMENT FUND TRUST

Registered charity 1186205 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To support the charitable work of West London Synagogue and other charitable purposes.

Objects

3.1 THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME, AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH FAITH (A) BY MAKING GRANTS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE WEST LONDON SYNAGOGUE OF BRITISH JEWS, (B) BY PROMOTING AND FOSTERING JUDAISM BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION AND MAINTENANCE OF A PUBLIC PLACE OF WORSHIP FOLLOWING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE MOVEMENT FOR REFORM JUDAISM, (C) BY PROMOTING AND CO-ORDINATING THE EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION OF JEWS, (D) FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR, THE BENEFIT OF JEWISH PEOPLE IN THE UK, ISRAEL OR ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD, WHICH MAY BE CHARITABLE, 3.2 THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION, FOR THE PERIOD OF 21 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THIS DEED, INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN ANY YEAR, ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME BY INVESTING THE SAME, AND THE RESULTING INCOME, IN ANY INVESTMENTS AUTHORISED BY THIS DEED OR BY LAW AS AN ACCRETION TO AND AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THEIR RIGHT TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR AS IF THE SAME WERE INCOME OF THE CHARITY ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR.

Area of benefit: UK AND OVERSEAS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £254,822 for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by donations received. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds invested assets with an unrealised portfolio gain, resulting in a total balance carried forward of £564,128. Expenditure was minimal, consisting only of bank charges and a registration fee, indicating strong financial stability with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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 3 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
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen Moss CBEchair · trustee of 5 other charities
• Blair Jacobson
• Heidi Elizabeth Paradise
• MICHAEL WARSHAW · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHELSEA SYNAGOGUE TRUST.

• CHELSEA SYNAGOGUE TRUST income £128k
• THE WEST LONDON SYNAGOGUE OF BRITISH JEWS income £4.1m
• NORTH WEST SURREY SYNAGOGUE income £359k
• THE LONDON SCHOOL OF JEWISH STUDIES income £1.8m
• THE OXFORD SYNAGOGUE AND JEWISH CENTRE LIMITED income £255k
• LONDON ACADEMY OF JEWISH STUDIES income £628k

Side by side with its peers

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