The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Chief Rabbinate Trust

Registered charity 1095878 Registered since 2003

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

8.3y median 9y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

27y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

Portfolio (4)

8
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Religious Activities 8Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 2Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Finance 21Other services 21Property 20

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  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£943k latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

9.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 21.6 in 2020

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EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.chiefrabbi.org
Emailinfo@chiefrabbi.org
Phone02083436301
AddressOffice of the Chief Rabbi, 305 Ballards Lane, LONDON, N12 8GB

Finances

£943,350 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£594,634£446,804
2021£435,597£617,451
2022£870,575£776,491
2023£761,304£866,048
2024£943,350£885,375

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Services

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.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11 DECEMBER 2002.

Trustees (8)

8trustees
66median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Chief Rabbinate Trust · 04614285 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 11/12/2002

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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