Registered charity · London
Sandys ROW Synagogue Spitalfields Limited
- 9 trustees
- Income £130k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Barbara Jane ShafranTrustee · since 2016
- Barry John KafkaTrustee · since 2021
- David LewisTrustee · since 2026
- Harvey RifkindTrustee · since 2013
- Henry Samuel FreedmanTrustee
- Jerry Melvyn ShaerTrustee · since 2022
- Rose Hester EdmandsTrustee · since 2016
- Victoria Jane GordonTrustee · since 2026
- Zack Joseph FortagTrustee · since 2021
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- City Of London, Tower Hamlets
- Website
- www.sandysrowsynagogue.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Sandys ROW Synagogue Spitalfields Limited
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£130k£101k
- 2024£148k£147k
- 2023£84k£111k
Earlier years
- 2022£105k£80k
- 2021£102k£113k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF THE COMPANY ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH FAITH BY(A) THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF A CENTRE AT SANDYS ROW SYNAGOGUE ("THESYNAGOGUE") FOR RELIGIOUS WORSHIP, EDUCATION AND THE GENERATION OF PUBLICKNOWLEDGE BOTH OF THE JEWISH RELIGION AND ITS HERITAGE TOGETHER WITH THEKNOWLEDGE OF OTHER FAITHS IN THE EAST LONDON AREA,(B) TO ENSURE THE MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF THE SYNAGOGUE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALLTHE INHABITANTS OF THE EAST LONDON AREA,(C)TO FOSTER AND MAINTAIN GOOD AND WELL-INFORMED RELATIONS AMONG OTHER FAITHS INTHE EAST LONDON AREA,(D) TO PROVIDE AND PROMOTE SUPPORT PROJECTS TO ENHANCE GOOD RELATIONS AMONG THEDIVERSE PEOPLE OF THE EAST LONDON AREA, AND(E) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONG BOTH THE MEMBERS OF THE CONGREGATION OF THESYNAGOGUE AND OTHER NEEDY PEOPLE IN THE EAST LONDON AREATHESE ARE ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE 2006 ACT FOR AS LONG AS THECOMPANY IS A CHARITY, ITS PURPOSES MAY ONLY BE ALTERED WITH THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THECHARITY COMMISSION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO SUCH CONSENT
Grants received
2 grants · £25,000 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £25,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Barbara Jane Shafran since 2016
- Barry John Kafka since 2021
- David Lewis since 2026
- Henry Samuel Freedman
- Harvey Rifkind since 2013
- Jerry Melvyn Shaer since 2022
- Rose Hester Edmands since 2016
- Victoria Jane Gordon since 2026
- Zack Joseph Fortag since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Barbara Jane Shafran since 2016
- Harvey Rifkind since 2013
- Rose Hester Edmands since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Barbara Jane Shafran since 2016
- Barry John Kafka since 2021
- David Lewis since 2026
- Henry Samuel Freedman
- Harvey Rifkind since 2013
- Jerry Melvyn Shaer since 2022
- Rose Hester Edmands since 2016
- Victoria Jane Gordon since 2026
- Zack Joseph Fortag since 2021
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.
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1136453
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 11 MARCH 2010AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 17 DEC 2015
- Companies House
- Company number 07186887 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02084464242
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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