SOUTHEND AND DISTRICT REFORM SYNAGOGUE

Registered charity 237616 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q21474160 · Wikipedia · also known as SOUTHEND PROGRESSIVE SYNAGOGUE

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Objects

TO PROVIDE, ARRANGE AND CONDUCT RELIGIOUS SERVICES, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF REFORM AND PROGRESSIVE JUDAISM. WITH THE ADVICE AND GUIDANCE OF ITS MINISTER(S) AND COUNCIL, TO PROVIDE AND CONDUCT RELIGIOUS SERVICES FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE SYNAGOGUE, IN SUCH FORM AND MANNER, AND AT SUCH TIMES AS SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE COUNCIL. TO PROVIDE, MAINTAIN AND CARRY ON A PLACE OF WORSHIP FOR REFORM JUDAISM. TO PROVIDE, ARRANGE AND CONDUCT, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE RELIGIOUS SERVICES, CLASSES AND SERVICES FOR CHILDREN. TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE SOLEMNISATION OF MARRIAGES. TO PROVIDE MEANS OF BURIAL OR CREMATION FOR MEMBERS OF THE SYNAGOGUE. TO PERFORM SUCH OTHER RELIGIOUS RITES AND CHARITABLE DUTIES AS THE COUNCIL SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: SOUTHEND-ON-SEA.

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: Southend-on-Sea, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£78k
Latest spending
£91k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £108,034 against a policy target of six months' projected operational costs. The charity reported a net deficit of £13,277 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £262,431 to £249,154.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months' projected operational costs (reserves figure: £108k)
“The trustees endeavour to maintain sufficient funds in the unrestricted reserves to cover six months' projected operational costs” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 8

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 12

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 23/02/2024, 23 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Southend-on-sea

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£78k£91k
31/03/2024£88k£105k
31/03/2023£66k£124k
31/03/2022£73k£69k
31/03/2021£56k£61k

Common questions

Is SOUTHEND AND DISTRICT REFORM SYNAGOGUE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £108,034 against a policy target of six months' projected operational costs. The charity reported a net deficit of £13,277 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total net assets from £262,431 to £249,154. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH WEST ESSEX & SETTLEMENT REFORM SYNAGOGUE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
SOUTHEND AND DISTRICT REFORM SYNAGOGUE£78k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH WEST ESSEX & SETTLEMENT REFORM SYNAGOGUE FY2024£568k——unclear—no doubt
BETH SHALOM REFORM SYNAGOGUE FY2025£226k—0above—no doubt
RADLETT REFORM SYNAGOGUE FY2025£830k£90,001 - £100,0001unclear—no doubt
BROMLEY & DISTRICT REFORM SYNAGOGUE LIMITED FY2024£288k—0unclear—no doubt
MOSAIC REFORM SYNAGOGUE FY2025£277k£60,001 - £80,0001below—no doubt

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