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BETH SHMUEL SYNAGOGUE LIMITED

Registered charity 251044 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BETH SHMUEL SYNAGOGUE

The charity maintains the Beth Shmuel Synagogue and its allied charitable activities.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Latest income
£492k
Latest spending
£481k
Registered
1967
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £10,406 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £491,807 and total expenditure of £481,401. However, the Statement of Financial Position reveals net current liabilities of £858,138, which the trustees address by citing continued creditor support and the value of fixed assets to ensure going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to ensure that it is in a position to continue its charitable activities at a level consistent to those which have been maintained in recent years or above that level and to cover contingencies (held: £1.5m)
“The charity has a reserve policy to ensure that it is in a position to continue its charitable activities at a level consistent to those which have been maintained in recent years or above that level and to cover contingencies.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The trustees consider this to be appropriate given the continued support of the charity's trustees and creditors and the value in its fixed assets to repay its loans, if required.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Woodstock Mikvah Limited is a charity with a common trustee.
“Included in other debtors is £11,000 owed from The Woodstock Mikvah Limited, a charity with a common trustee.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (4 freehold); recorded price paid £1.8m. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2023)

Total income
£503k
Total spending
£394k
Cost of raising funds
£58k
Reserves (reported)
£300k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~9.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (77% 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: 11.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£492k£481k
31/03/2024£475k£457k
31/03/2023£503k£394k
31/03/2022£504k£332k
31/03/2021£387k£305k

Common questions

Is BETH SHMUEL SYNAGOGUE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported an operating surplus of £10,406 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £491,807 and total expenditure of £481,401. However, the Statement of Financial Position reveals net current liabilities of £858,138, which the trustees address by citing continued creditor support and the value of fixed assets to ensure going concern status. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BETH SHMUEL SYNAGOGUE LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BETH SHMUEL SYNAGOGUE LIMITED as a grant recipient include ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED, THE BUTTON FOUNDATION, MENDAN LIMITED, THE BENZI DUNNER SCHOOLS TRUST, FRANKGIVING LIMITED.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2023£126k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITEDFY2022£101k
THE BUTTON FOUNDATIONFY2024£12k
MENDAN LIMITEDFY2025£9k
THE BENZI DUNNER SCHOOLS TRUSTFY2025£7k
FRANKGIVING LIMITEDFY2025£4k
BALSTRAW LIMITEDFY2022£3kSupport of education and relief of poverty
MENDAN LIMITEDFY2023£2k
MENDAN LIMITEDFY2024£2k

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
M AND R GROSS CHARITIES LIMITED1£312k
PARKWILL LIMITED1£236k
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED1£210k
BOURNEHEIGHTS LIMITED1£96k
CHALFORDS LIMITED1£66k
HARBO CHARITIES LIMITED1£57k
LATATE LIMITED1£56k
SF FOUNDATION1£56k

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BETH SHMUEL SYNAGOGUE LIMITED£492k—0unclear—noted
CHELSEA SYNAGOGUE TRUST FY2024£114k—0unclear—no doubt
GERER SHTIEBEL SYNAGOGUE FY2025£189k—0unclear—no doubt
BETH JACOB TEACHERS' SEMINARY FY2025£113k—0unclear—no doubt
OIRAYSA LIMITED FY2025£103k—0unclear—no doubt
SHIMON YEHUDA LIMITED FY2025£540k—0unclear—no doubt

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