NORWICH HEBREW CONGREGATION

Registered charity 1187450 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NHC, NORWICH JEWISH COMMUNITY AND HERITAGE CENTRE

The Charity is the Norwich Hebrew Congregation. This is is a traditional Anglo Jewish congregation providing religious services and facilities for individuals of the Jewish faith. The Congregation has a synagogue and a communal hall and provides a programme of educational and cultural events and school visits for the residents of Norwich and the surrounding district.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE JEWISH RELIGION THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUITABLE PREMISES, RESOURCES AND SUPPORT FOR THE WORSHIP OF THE JEWISH RELIGION, THE PROVISION OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES ON THE JEWISH SABBATH, HIGH HOLY DAYS AND OTHER JEWISH FESTIVALS, THE PROVISION AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE JEWISH FAITH FOR THE RESIDENTS OF AND VISITORS TO NORWICH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AND ACTING AS A FOCUS FOR JEWISH CULTURE, TRADITIONS, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES IN NORWICH AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.”

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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Registered contact address: Norwich, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£59k
Latest spending
£68k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total charity funds were approximately £355,000 as of 31 October 2025. The trustees hold a general reserve to secure running costs for up to 10 years. No material uncertainties regarding the charity's continuation as a going concern are disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: up to 10 years (reserves figure: £355k)
“General Reserve is held to secure running costs for Synagogue and Congregation for up to 10 years”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2025

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2024

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/10/2023

  • Volunteers: 5

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/10/2025£59k£68k
31/10/2024£91k£95k
31/10/2023£69k£81k
31/10/2022£56k£32k
31/10/2021£290k£431k

Common questions

Is NORWICH HEBREW CONGREGATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total charity funds were approximately £355,000 as of 31 October 2025. The trustees hold a general reserve to secure running costs for up to 10 years. No material uncertainties regarding the charity's continuation as a going concern are disclosed.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CARMONA CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORWICH HEBREW CONGREGATION£59k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH HENDON SYNAGOGUE FY2025£209k—0unclear—no doubt
NOTTINGHAM HEBREW CONGREGATION FY2025£120k——unclear—no doubt
THE NORRICE LEA CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT FY2025£25k——unclear—no doubt
PRESTWICH HEBREW CONGREGATION FY2025£427k—0unclear—no doubt
SALE & DISTRICT HEBREW CONGREGATION FY2025£39k—0unclear—no doubt

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