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Registered charity · London

Federation of Synagogues

Federation of Synagogues is a registered charity (number 254951) based in London, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Andrew Selwyn Cohen since 2013. Latest income £5.6m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as The Federation (Charity Commission)

  • 7 trustees
  • Income £5.6m (2025)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Religious Activities
Where
Throughout London, Manchester City
Website
www.federation.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1968

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£5.6m£5.5m
  • 2024£5.6m£5.3m
  • 2023£5.1m£5.1m
Earlier years
  • 2022£4.7m£4.6m
  • 2021£4.6m£4.4m

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

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.

Grants received

2 grants · £20,000 total

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Top funders

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £20,000 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002019-07-18
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002017-11-01
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.

7 trustees on the board

6y median 4y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.8y
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 12Property 6Finance 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
254951
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 01/01/1948AS AMENDED ON 23/03/2014
Contact on the register
02082022263 · info@federation.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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