THE OXFORD SYNAGOGUE AND JEWISH CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 267045 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main objectives are to make the premises owned by the charity available for Jewish religious and cultural activities and to promote charitable work on behalf of the students and wider community.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £5,747 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total incoming resources of £254,825 against expenditure of £249,078. Per the trustees' report, total charity funds stood at £1,059,698, comprising £991,924 in tangible assets and £67,774 in available funds. The trustees note that sufficient reserves are held to meet foreseeable liabilities, having built up a building and security reserve over recent years.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01156003

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• BERGER, Jake Marcus — director, appointed 11/11/2024on trustee list
• ROSE, Matthew Saul — director, appointed 20/12/2023on trustee list
• SIMON, Benedict Mark Leylester — director, appointed 27/11/2023on trustee list
• SILVER, Gerald David — director, appointed 01/06/2019on trustee list
• SHATZ, Jill — director, appointed 03/06/2018on trustee list
• STEIN, Alan Leslie, Professor — director, appointed 01/03/2012on trustee list
• RYDE, Simon Alan — director, appointed 29/06/2003on trustee list
• VAN NOORDEN, Sally Shena — director, appointed 07/07/1996not on trustee list
• SYMCOX, Brian John — secretary, appointed 02/12/2019

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Silverchair
• Benedict Mark Leycester Simon
• Jake Marcus Berger
• Jill Shatz · trustee of 1 other charity
• Matthew Saul Rose
• PROFESSOR ALAN LESLIE STEIN
• SALLY SHENA VAN NOORDEN
• Simon Alan Ryde · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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