SOUTH WEST ESSEX & SETTLEMENT REFORM SYNAGOGUE

Registered charity 236663 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Oaks Lane Reform Synagogue, SWESRS, THE SETTLEMENT SYNAGOGUE

Religious Activities, Education and Youth work

Objects

(A) TO ADVANCE RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF REFORM JUDAISM BY PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING A SYNAGOGUE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUBLIC WORSHIP; (B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES OF REFORM JUDAISM; (C) FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE SYNAGOGUE THROUGH ITS COUNCIL MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: FORMER M.B. OF STEPNEY AND SURROUNDING AREA

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 · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net overall deficit of £23,353 for the year ended 31 December 2024, compared to a surplus in the previous year. Total reserves carried forward were £3,316,398, with unrestricted funds amounting to £3,188,431. The trustees consider the financial performance satisfactory and are satisfied that assets are adequate to fulfil obligations.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Prestons & Jacksons Partnership LLP. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• lester Allenchair
• Ben Brickley
• Claire Hartley · trustee of 1 other charity
• EVELYN DALTON
• Jeff Fenton
• Joe Crook
• Karen Janice Dalton
• Leah Biller
• Lee Goldsmith
• Miklos Hajnal
• Paul Flanagan
• RUTH CANN
• Robert Young
• Sasha Stolerman
• Susan Terpilowski · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Redbridge

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH HERTS AND EDGWARE MASORTI.

• SOUTH HERTS AND EDGWARE MASORTI income £238k
• RADLETT REFORM SYNAGOGUE income £809k
• NORTH WEST SURREY SYNAGOGUE income £359k
• FINCHLEY REFORM SYNAGOGUE income £2.1m
• CHABAD LUBAVITCH CENTRES NORTH EAST LONDON AND ESSEX LIMITED income £813k
• HAMPSTEAD SEPHARDI COMMUNITY income £132k

Side by side with its peers

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