The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Federation of Synagogues

Registered charity 254951 Registered since 1968

Operates: Throughout London, Manchester City

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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.

7 trustees on the board

6y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

3
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 7Education/training 2General Charitable Purposes 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.

Health and social care 12Finance 4Property 4

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£5.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
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: 3.7 months

92 from 77 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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.federation.org.uk
Emailinfo@federation.org.uk
Phone02082022263
AddressFEDERATION OF SYNAGOGUES, 65 WATFORD WAY, LONDON, NW4 3AQ

Finances

£5,553,362 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£3,930,310£4,710,748
2021£4,586,374£4,390,806
2022£4,675,933£4,570,398
2023£5,076,254£5,055,287
2024£5,553,362£5,272,199

What it does

What

Religious Activities

Who

People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

THE INCOME AND PROPERTY OF THE FEDERATION SHALL BE APPLIED SOLELY TOWARDS THE PROMOTION OF THE OBJECTS WHICH ARE:3.1 TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN JEWISH PLACES OF WORSHIP AND COMMUNITY AND EDUCATIONAL CENTRES;3.2 TO PROVIDE SERVICES OF DAYANIM, RABBIS AND OTHER RELIGIOUS OFFICIANTS;3.3 TO ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND SUPPORT INSTITUTIONS, ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL PURPOSES;3.4 TO ESTABLISH, PROMOTE AND CARRY ON AND ASSIST IN THE ESTABLISHMENT, PROMOTION AND CARRYING ON OF INSTITUTIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR THE PROMOTION, PROVISION ANDMAINTENANCE OF KASHRUT; AND3.5 TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN CEMETERIES AND FUNERAL SERVICES FOR JEWS.

Governing document: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 01/01/1948AS AMENDED ON 23/03/2014

Trustees (7)

7trustees
46median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (5)

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