The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

United Synagogue

Registered charity 242552 Registered since 1965

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.

10 trustees on the board

3.8y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (5)

7
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 10Education/training 5Arts/culture/heritage/science 2General Charitable Purposes 2The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Other services 7Construction 6Tech and media 6

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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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£47.2m 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: 3.5 months · was 1.8 in 2020

797 from 833 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.

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.

Related organisations

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.theus.org.uk
Emailinfo@theus.org.uk
Phone02083438989
Address305 BALLARDS LANE, NORTH FINCHLEY, LONDON, N12 8GB

Finances

£47,207,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£41,587,000£37,662,000
2021£42,049,000£37,412,000
2022£41,956,000£43,141,000
2023£49,571,000£45,939,000
2024£47,207,000£49,946,000

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO FOUND, BUILD,MAINTAIN,CONDUCT,PROMOTE AND DEVELOP WITHIN THE UK, SYNAGOGUES WHICH CONFORM TO THE FORM OF WORSHIP FOR PERSONS OF THE JEWISH RELIGION; TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION IN RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS TO PERSONS OF THE JEWISH RELIGION, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE FORM OF WORSHIP, AND TO PROVIDE MEANS OF BURIAL FOR PERSONS OF THE JEWISH RELIGION; THE RELIEF OF POOR PERSONS OF THE JEWISH RELIGION; TO ADVANCE THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF OTHER JEWISH BODIES BY THE MAKING OF GRANTS OR LOANS TO THEM INCLUDING CONTRIBUTING WITH OTHER JEWISH BODIES TO THE MAINTENANCE OF A CHIEF RABBI AND OF OTHER ECCLESIASTICAL PERSONS, AND TO OTHER COMMUNAL DUTIES DEVOLVING ON METROPOLITAN CONGREGATIONS; AND ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE JEWISH RELIGION

Governing document: AN ACT FOR CONFIRMING A SCHEME OF THE C.C FOR THE JEWISH UNITED SYNAGOGUES (33 AND 34 VICT.CAP.116) AND SCHEMES OF 24/5/1880 31/10/1926 28/2/1954; COURT SCHEME OF 15/6/1959 AND STATUTES ADOPTED 19/4/99; SPECIAL RESOLUTION ADOPTED 17/3/2014 AND 12/12/2016 as amended on 13 Dec 2021 as amended on 27 Mar 2023

Trustees (10)

10trustees
51median age
1aged 70+

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