Beis Gavriel
Template:Hatnote Hendon synagogue and grant-making charity, registered as The Hendon Families Synagogue Limited (charity 1129679)
| Beis Gavriel
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Synagogue and registered charity (company limited by guarantee) |
| Founded | 22 December 2008 (company); charity registered 18 May 2009 |
| Registration ID | 1129679 (Charity Commission); 06778461 (Companies House) |
| Status | Active (Companies House) and registered; reporting up to date (register, 13 November 2026) |
| Headquarters | 5 Sunningfields Road, London, NW4 4QR (register contact address) |
| Location | Hendon, London |
| Area served | England and Wales |
| Services | Prayer and study; grants and interest-free loans; poverty relief |
| Registration | England and Wales |
| Key people | Rabbi Menachem Junik (incumbent, 2025 trustees' report); Pesach Davidoff (chair); Menachem Mendel Freundlich |
Beis Gavriel is a synagogue and grant-making charity in Hendon, London. It is registered as The Hendon Families Synagogue Limited (company 06778461, charity 1129679) and trades as Beis Gavriel.[1][2] The register records the working names Beis Gavriel Chabad Lubavitch and Machne Israel Loan Fund, and lists the website as www.beisgavriel.com.[1] The contact address on the register is 5 Sunningfields Road, London NW4 4QR; the company's registered office is 105 Eade Road, OCC Building A, 2nd Floor, Unit 11a, London N4 1TJ.[3][4] For the year to 31 December 2025 the charity reported income of £286,877 and expenditure of £733,881.[1]
History
The company was incorporated on 22 December 2008 as Hendon Families Synagogue Limited and changed its name to The Hendon Families Synagogue Limited the following day. It is a private company limited by guarantee, without share capital. The charity was registered on 18 May 2009. Its memorandum and articles are those of 22 December 2008 as amended on 24 February 2009.[4][5]
The 2025 trustees' report describes the charity as "co-operating with the incumbent, Rabbi Menachem Junik, in promoting the Jewish faith and the Lubavitch ethos under the guidance of the Lubavitcher Rebbe". It records that in a previous year the charity joined Machne Israel Loan Fund (MILF) and that "Beis Gavriel operates all of the MILF activities", including grants, interest-free loans and poverty relief. Under what the report calls "the new partnership with the Federation", its objectives are now primarily grant-making, while it continues to hold prayer, studies and gatherings. Note 2 of the same accounts records donated services of £42,000 "in relation to rent payable to the Federation of Synagogues".[6]
In January 2025 the charity completed the transfer of its Benevolence Fund to Lynwood Charitable Foundation. The final cash grant under that transfer was £434,229.[6]
Activities
The 2025 report states that income of £286,877 came from sponsored services, assets, events and pledges (2024: £433,378). Donations to institutions were £499,394 (2024: £1,033,995), comprising the Lynwood grant of £434,229, £52,550 to Crown Heights Simchas Shabbos, and £12,615 in grants of less than £10,000. Grants to individuals were £153,009 (2024: £159,089). Other charitable expenditure was £81,478.[6][7]
Governance
The register lists two trustees: Pesach Davidoff, the chair, and Menachem Mendel Freundlich, appointed as a trustee on 16 October 2011, who is also a trustee of Gan Menachem Hendon Limited (charity 1144117) from 26 June 2011. The register does not give an appointment date for Pesach Davidoff and records no other trusteeships for him.[8] Both are also the company's current directors; their Companies House appointments and the related-party payment recorded in the 2025 accounts are set out on The Hendon Families Synagogue Limited.
Companies House records that Menachem Mendel Junik, born June 1966, was a director from 8 May 2019 until 29 August 2024.[9] The 2025 trustees' report, approved after that resignation, still refers to Rabbi Menachem Junik as the incumbent. This page records both facts and does not infer a change in the pulpit.
Finances
A five-year table of income and expenditure, the 2025 balance sheet, and a note of filings are on The Hendon Families Synagogue Limited. In the year to 31 December 2025 the charity spent more than it received, after the Benevolence Fund transfer, and closed with funds of £887,850 (2024: £1,334,854).[6]
See also
- The Hendon Families Synagogue Limited
- Chabad Lubavitch charities in the UK
- Federation of Synagogues
- Lynwood Charitable Foundation
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Charity Commission for England and Wales, The Hendon Families Synagogue Limited (1129679) Register of Charities, accessed 13 November 2026.
- ↑ The Hendon Families Synagogue Limited, trading as Beis Gavriel, Trustees' report and unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025 (approved 30 October 2026), as filed with the Charity Commission, obtained from the register's accounts and annual returns page, accessed 13 November 2026, p. 1.
- ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, The Hendon Families Synagogue Limited (1129679) – contact information Register of Charities, accessed 13 November 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Companies House, THE HENDON FAMILIES SYNAGOGUE LIMITED (06778461) Companies House register, accessed 13 November 2026.
- ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, The Hendon Families Synagogue Limited (1129679) – governing document Register of Charities, accessed 13 November 2026.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 The Hendon Families Synagogue Limited, trading as Beis Gavriel, trustees' report and unaudited financial statements year ended 31 December 2025, pp. 2, 16.
- ↑ The Hendon Families Synagogue Limited, trading as Beis Gavriel, trustees' report and unaudited financial statements year ended 31 December 2025, notes to the financial statements (grants).
- ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, The Hendon Families Synagogue Limited (1129679) – trustees Register of Charities, accessed 13 November 2026.
- ↑ Companies House, THE HENDON FAMILIES SYNAGOGUE LIMITED (06778461) – officers Companies House register, accessed 13 November 2026.