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Chief Rabbinate Trust
Chief Rabbinate Trust is a registered charity (number 1095878) based in London, governed by 8 trustees. Latest income £998k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
- 8 trustees
- Income £998k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Baroness Rosalind Miriam Altmann CBETrustee · since 2019
- Jonathan GoldsteinTrustee · since 2016
- Joshua RoweTrustee · since 2014
- Keith BarnettTrustee
- Lord Jonathan KestenbaumTrustee · since 2019
- Michael Howard GoldsteinTrustee · since 2017
- Mick DavisTrustee · since 2014
- Saul David TaylorTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Religious Activities
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.chiefrabbi.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Chief Rabbinate Trust
- Registered
- 2003
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£998k£1.1m
- 2024£943k£885k
- 2023£761k£866k
Earlier years
- 2022£871k£776k
- 2021£436k£617k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION:1. TO SECURE THE SUCCESSION TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI;2. TO SECURE THE SERVICES OF THE CHIEF RABBI FOR THE BENEFIT OF SYNAGOGUES WHICH RECOGNISE THE AUTHORITY OF THE CHIEF RABBI;3. TO FACILITATE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DUTIES OF THE CHIEF RABBI;4. TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF RABBI; AND5. TO FACILITATE THE ROLE OF THE CHIEF RABBI IN PROMOTING AND EXPOUNDING BELIEFS AND PRACTICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH JEWISH LAW AND TRADITION TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH FAITH AND OTHERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD.
Grants received
13 grants · £746,000 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Pears Foundation · £661,000 (12 grants)
- Pears Foundation · £85,000
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
8 trustees on the board
- Baroness Rosalind Miriam Altmann CBE since 2019
- Jonathan Goldstein since 2016
- Joshua Rowe since 2014
- Keith Barnett
- Lord Jonathan Kestenbaum since 2019
- Michael Howard Goldstein since 2017
- Mick Davis since 2014
- Saul David Taylor since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Baroness Rosalind Miriam Altmann CBE since 2019
- Jonathan Goldstein since 2016
- Joshua Rowe since 2014
- Lord Jonathan Kestenbaum since 2019
- Michael Howard Goldstein since 2017
- Mick Davis since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Baroness Rosalind Miriam Altmann CBE since 2019
- Jonathan Goldstein since 2016
- Keith Barnett
- Mick Davis since 2014
Portfolio (4)
- Joshua Rowe since 2014
- Lord Jonathan Kestenbaum since 2019
- Michael Howard Goldstein since 2017
- Saul David Taylor since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
9.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 21.6 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1095878
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11 DECEMBER 2002.
- Companies House
- Company number 04614285 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02083436301 · info@chiefrabbi.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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