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United Synagogue

United Synagogue is a registered charity (number 242552) based in London, governed by 10 trustees and chaired by Saul David Taylor since 2017. Latest income £47m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

  • 10 trustees
  • Income £47m (2024)
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About

What it does
Religious Activities
Where
Throughout England And Wales
Website
www.theus.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1965

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£47m£50m
  • 2023£50m£46m
  • 2022£42m£43m
Earlier years
  • 2021£42m£37m
  • 2020£42m£38m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Income source mix, 2024: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.

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

Grants received

12 grants · £2,148,476 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.

Top funders

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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.

10 trustees on the board

3.8y median 3y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.8y
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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
242552
Status
Registered
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
Contact on the register
02083438989 · info@theus.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
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