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Registered charity · London

The West London Synagogue of British Jews

The objects of the charity ("Objects") are:I. to promote and foster the Jewish religion by the provision and maintenance of a public place of worship consistent with the principles, practices, values and traditions of reform Judaism;II. to promote...

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £4.1m (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Religious Activities
Where
Israel, Throughout London
Website
www.wls.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
The West London Synagogue of British Jews
Registered
2014

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£4.1m£4.7m
  • 2023£4.0m£3.7m
  • 2022£3.6m£3.1m
Earlier years
  • 2021£3.1m£2.7m
  • 2020£3.4m£3.1m

Income trend, 2020 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2023: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The objects of the charity ("Objects") are:I. to promote and foster the Jewish religion by the provision and maintenance of a public place of worship consistent with the principles, practices, values and traditions of reform Judaism;II. to promote and co-ordinate the education and religious instruction of Jews; andIII. such other charitable purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the benefit of the Jewish people in the UK, in Israel or elsewhere in the world, which are charitable according to the laws of England and Wales.

Grants received

7 grants · £670,500 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

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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.

14 trustees on the board

1.6y median 1.5y
average tenure
5y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
4.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (13)

Portfolio (1)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 14General Charitable Purposes 14Religious Activities 14

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

Other services 13Business services 3Arts and leisure 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2025
incomespending£4.1m 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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 20.2 in 2020

51 from 64 in 2020
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.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1155821
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 10/02/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31 OCT 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 JUN 2020 as amended on 12 Oct 2021 as amended on 04 Nov 2021 as amended on 25 Jun 2024
Companies House
Company number 08578248 · Active
Contact on the register
02075350280 · admin@wls.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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