Registered charity · London
The Liberal Jewish Synagogue
- 12 trustees
- Income £1.9m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
Network
The large node is The Liberal Jewish Synagogue. Red nodes are organisations, white nodes are people. Sign in free to explore further.
Who leads it
- Ashley InnesTrustee · since 2026
- Barbara Julia FidlerTrustee · since 2025
- Chloe Dora LasherTrustee · since 2025
- Ellen Margaret SchmidtTrustee · since 2025
- James Lee JohnsonTrustee · since 2024
- Joel WolchoverTrustee · since 2025
- Karen Melanie NewmanTrustee · since 2025
- Noemi Anna CsogorTrustee · since 2025
- Peter William CrouchTrustee · since 2024
- Raquel Sylvia ChurbaTrustee · since 2026
- Scott Kendall DinwiddieTrustee · since 2023
- Susan Patricia HeadTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
Do you help lead this organisation? Set up its network · How it works
About
- What it does
- Religious Activities, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.ljs.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Liberal Jewish Synagogue
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.9m£2.3m
- 2024£2.4m£2.4m
- 2023£2.0m£2.1m
Earlier years
- 2022£2.0m£1.9m
- 2021£2.1m£1.8m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-(1)TO ADVANCE THE JEWISH RELIGION BY TEACHING AND PRACTISING THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF LIBERAL JUDAISM, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY;(A)PROVIDING RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS AND PROVIDING FACILITIES AND TEACHING LEADING TO KABBALAT TORAH (CONFIRMATION);(B)PROVIDING AND MAINTAINING A PLACE FOR PUBLIC RELIGIOUS WORSHIP AND TO PROVIDE, ARRANGE AND CONDUCT RELIGIOUS SERVICES;(C)PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR THE SOLEMNISATION OF MARRIAGES CIVIL PARTNERSHIPS AND MIXED-FAITH BLESSINGS AND FOR BURIALS AND CREMATIONS;(D)TO UNDERTAKE SUCH OTHER RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, RECREATIONAL AND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS THE COUNCIL MAY DECIDE IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS PURPOSE; AND(2)THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL HARMONY, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY FURTHERING THE UNDERSTANDING OF JEWISH CULTURE AND OBSERVANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE WIDER COMMUNITY AND BY FACILITATING AND ENCOURAGING INTER-FAITH AND INTER-CULTURAL EXCHANGE.
Grants received
5 grants · £83,000 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 · £80,000 (4 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £3,000
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Ashley Innes since 2026
- Barbara Julia Fidler since 2025
- Chloe Dora Lasher since 2025
- Ellen Margaret Schmidt since 2025
- James Lee Johnson since 2024
- Joel Wolchover since 2025
- Karen Melanie Newman since 2025
- Noemi Anna Csogor since 2025
- Peter William Crouch since 2024
- Raquel Sylvia Churba since 2026
- Scott Kendall Dinwiddie since 2023
- Susan Patricia Head since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (10)
- Ashley Innes since 2026
- Barbara Julia Fidler since 2025
- Chloe Dora Lasher since 2025
- Ellen Margaret Schmidt since 2025
- James Lee Johnson since 2024
- Joel Wolchover since 2025
- Noemi Anna Csogor since 2025
- Peter William Crouch since 2024
- Raquel Sylvia Churba since 2026
- Susan Patricia Head since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Karen Melanie Newman since 2025
- Scott Kendall Dinwiddie since 2023
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
48.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 11.2 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1159292
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02 JUL 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07/10/2014
- Companies House
- Company number 09113305 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02072865181 · ljs@ljs.org
- 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.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Report an issue · How we handle data