Chabad Lubavitch South East Counties Ltd
Chabad-Lubavitch student centre in Brighton serving universities in the South East, run by the registered charity and company Chabad Lubavitch South East Counties Ltd (charity 1144438, company 07652293)
- This page is about charity 1144438 and company 07652293. A separate charity, Chabad Lubavitch Brighton (charity 1192044), is registered for Jewish people in East and West Sussex.
| Chabad Lubavitch South East Counties Ltd
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|---|---|
| Type | Registered charity (charitable company limited by guarantee) |
| Founded | 31 May 2011 (incorporated); 26 October 2011 (registered charity) |
| Registration ID | 1144438 (Charity Commission); company 07652293 (Companies House) |
| Status | Registered charity (registered 26 October 2011); active company; accounts to 31 May 2025 filed (registers, 11 November 2026) |
| Headquarters | Chabad House, 14 Richmond Terrace, Brighton, BN2 9SA (registered office and register contact address) |
| Location | Brighton, East Sussex |
| Area served | Brighton and the South East counties; universities of Brighton, Kent, Sussex and Southampton |
| Services | Student services and Jewish educational programmes |
| Registration | England and Wales |
| Key people | Pesach Efune (chair); Rabbi Lewis; Yeremi Antony James Angyalfi (trustees) |
| Website | chabadsussex.org |
Chabad Lubavitch South East Counties Ltd is a registered charity and private company limited by guarantee (charity 1144438, company 07652293) that runs the student centre of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement at Chabad House, 14 Richmond Terrace, Brighton BN2 9SA.[1][2] The register gives its activities as advancing "Orthodox Judaism as expounded by the teachings of Chabad Lubavitch" and "the understanding of Judaism amongst Jews and people of other faiths, primarily amongst students in the South East Counties and on the South Coast of England".[1]
The Charity Commission register records the charity under this name.[1]
For the year to 31 May 2025 it reported income of £81,957 and expenditure of £91,410.[3]
History
The company was incorporated on 31 May 2011 with Pesach Efune and Yitzchok Sufrin as directors; Rabbi Shlomo Reuven Lewis and Rabbi Yeremi Antony James Angyalfi were appointed directors on 15 September 2011 and Yitzchok Sufrin resigned the same day. The charity was registered on 26 October 2011.[2][4][1] Companies House records the company as a private company limited by guarantee without share capital, with the business classified as "activities of religious organisations".[2] The governing document is a memorandum and articles of association incorporated on 31 May 2011 and amended by special resolution registered at Companies House on 21 October 2011.[5]
The Jewish Communities and Records – UK (JCR-UK) site lists the centre as "Chabad at South East Coast Universities", established in 2006 at 14 Richmond Terrace, Brighton, with Rabbi Zalman Lewis and Shterna Lewis as directors from 2006, and links it to the separate Brighton charity Chabad Lubavitch Brighton.[6]
Premises and property
Chabad House, 14 Richmond Terrace, Brighton BN2 9SA is both the registered office and the register contact address, and the register records that the charity holds land.[2][7][8] Companies House lists one outstanding legal mortgage, created on 3 August 2012 and delivered on 14 August 2012, in favour of Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) over the freehold property known as 14 Richmond Terrace, Brighton.[9] The trustees' report for 2025 says that the unrestricted funds deficit "has significantly improved following the refinancing of the mortgage secured on the Charity's freehold property".[10]
Activities
The trustees' report for the year to 31 May 2025 describes the charity as providing educational and social resources "primarily but not exclusively for the benefit of Jewish students and students of other faiths, in Brighton and the South East Counties", with a "Rabbi and Rebbitzin' couple" employed to lead its activities. It describes associations with the University of Brighton, the University of Kent (Canterbury), the University of Sussex and the University of Southampton, where it says its rabbi serves as chaplain or faith adviser. Its listed activities include weekly "Lunch n Learn" sessions at the Universities of Kent, Southampton and Sussex, "Pizza n Parsha" study sessions, one-to-one study and weekly Friday night Shabbat dinners. It records a Friday night dinner at the University of Sussex in February 2025 for more than 130 attendees, at which the university's vice-chancellor and other senior staff were guests, and a "Pegisha" Shabbaton in Budapest in March 2025 attended by 15 students, which the report says was funded by Chabad on Campus International Inc..[10]
Governance
The register lists three trustees.[11]
| Name | Role | Appointed | Other charity trusteeships on the register |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rabbi Pesach Efune | Chair | 21 June 2011 | Chabad Lubavitch of Birmingham Campuses Limited; Chabad Lubavitch of Bristol |
| Rabbi Lewis | Trustee | 26 October 2011 | None on record |
| Rabbi Yeremi Antony James Angyalfi | Trustee | 26 October 2011 | Chabad Lubavitch of Nottingham; Chabad Lubavitch of Birmingham Campuses Limited |
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | Born (month and year) | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yeremi Antony James Angyalfi | Director | 15 September 2011 | – | May 1950 | British |
| Paul Pesach Efune | Director | 31 May 2011 | – | February 1960 | British |
| Shlomo Reuven Lewis | Director | 15 September 2011 | – | July 1949 | British |
| Yitzchok Sufrin | Director | 31 May 2011 | 15 September 2011 | February 1940 | British |
Companies House lists three current directors, one former director, and three persons with significant control, each notified on 31 May 2016 as holding more than 25% but not more than 50% of the voting rights "with control over the trustees of a trust": Rabbi Shlomo Reuven Lewis (born July 1949), Rabbi Paul Pesach Efune (born February 1960) and Rabbi Yeremi Antony James Angyalfi (born May 1950).[12] The register's "Rabbi Lewis" is not given a first name; Companies House lists a director named Shlomo Reuven Lewis. Companies House names Efune as "Paul Pesach" where the register says "Pesach". The accounts were examined by Shaya Grosskopf FCA of 1g Accountants, 137–139 Brent Street, London NW4 4DJ.[10] No trustee received remuneration or benefits, according to the register.[1]
Finances
The register gives the following figures.
| Year ended | Total income | Total expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 31 May 2021 | £160,601 | £112,968 |
| 31 May 2022 | £93,184 | £84,380 |
| 31 May 2023 | £54,558 | £69,172 |
| 31 May 2024 | £99,633 | £87,850 |
| 31 May 2025 | £81,957 | £91,410 |
The trustees' report says that in the year to 31 May 2025 income was £81,957 (2024: £99,633) and expenditure £91,410 (2024: £87,850), a deficit of £9,453 (2024: surplus £11,783). It says the charity "was unsuccesful in obtaining a number of grants this year which were obtained last year", that it is working to increase donor income, and that the trustees see no material uncertainty about going concern.[10] The accounts for the five years in the register's record were all received on time.[13]
See also
- Chabad on Campus UK
- Chabad Lubavitch Brighton
- Chabad Lubavitch charities in the UK
- Chabad Lubavitch centres in the UK outside London
External links
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Chabad Lubavitch South East Counties Ltd (1144438) Register of Charities, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Companies House, Chabad Lubavitch South East Counties Ltd (07652293) Companies House, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities public data extract: annual return history (extract dated 11 November 2026), accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Companies House, Chabad Lubavitch South East Counties Ltd (07652293) – officers Companies House, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, Chabad Lubavitch South East Counties Ltd (1144438) – governing document Register of Charities, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ Jewish Communities and Records – UK, Chabad (Lubavitch) Brighton, Hove JCR-UK (page amended June 2026), accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, Chabad Lubavitch South East Counties Ltd (1144438) – contact information Register of Charities, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities public data extract: charity (extract dated 11 November 2026), accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ Companies House, Chabad Lubavitch South East Counties Ltd (07652293) – charges Companies House, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Chabad Lubavitch South East Counties Ltd, Trustees' report and financial statements for the year ended 31 May 2025, as filed with the Charity Commission (read from page images), obtained from the register's accounts and annual returns page, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Chabad Lubavitch South East Counties Ltd (1144438) – trustees Register of Charities, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ Companies House, Chabad Lubavitch South East Counties Ltd (07652293) – persons with significant control Companies House, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, Chabad Lubavitch South East Counties Ltd (1144438) – accounts and annual returns Register of Charities, accessed 11 November 2026.