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Main Jewish social care and welfare charity in Glasgow, based at the Walton Community Care Centre, Giffnock (OSCR SC005267; company SC179994)

Jewish Care Scotland

Type Private company limited by guarantee (charitable company)
Founded 1858
Registration ID SC005267 (Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator)
Status Active
Headquarters The Walton Community Care Centre, May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD[1]
Area served Glasgow and East Renfrewshire Jewish community
Services Registered social support services, day services, financial assistance, meals and volunteer services
Registration Scotland (OSCR)
Website www.jcarescot.org.uk

Jewish Care Scotland (JCS) is the main social care charity of the Glasgow Jewish community. It has a "unique partnership agreement" with East Renfrewshire Council "for the provision of social work services to the Jewish Community", in place since 1996.[2] In 2024 its income was £645,338. This included £148,822 from East Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership, £81,600 from the Jewish Blind Society (Scotland) and £80,441 from Cosgrove Care. It held reserves of nearly £3.5 million, most of it in an investment portfolio.[2] In September 2025 it appointed as a director Shayna Conn, director of the UJIA-supported Scottish Jewish Youth Alliance.[3][4]

June 2007: Jewish Care Scotland chairman Maureen Solomons receives a cheque for £300 from Calderwood Lodge pupils Oliver Levy and Jenna Alexander. Source

Jewish Care Scotland (Company no. SC179994) is a Scottish registered company, incorporated on 27 October 1997.[5]

People

Directors

Information listed according to Companies House records.[6]

Name Correspondence address Role Position Date of birth Appointed on or before Resigned on Nationality Country of residence Occupation
Howard Jeremy Beach May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD Active Secretary on 28 February 2014
Barry Adams-Strump May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD Active Director June 1950 on 23 January 2024 British Scotland Retired General Practitioner
Howard Jeremy Beach May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD Active Director November 1959 on 28 February 2014 British Scotland Solicitor
Nicholas Howard Black May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD Active Director August 1965 on 23 January 2024 British Scotland Sales Director
Brian Michael Fox May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD Active Director September 1964 on 29 August 2013 British Scotland Chartered Accountant
Richard Elliot Groden May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD Active Director November 1966 on 30 March 2012 British Scotland Doctor
Tracy Louise Levy May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD Active Director January 1972 on 24 January 2023 British Scotland Director
Samantha Selkirk May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD Active Director July 1967 on 23 January 2024 British Scotland Retired Social Worker
Paul Anthony Winocour May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD Active Director October 1951 on 7 October 2014 British Scotland Director
Trevor Martin Schuster-Davis 4 Fourth gardens, Glasgow, G41 5NE Resigned Secretary on 27 October 1997 28 January 2014 British Solicitor
David Harry Bishop The Firs Broomfield Road, Whitecraigs, Glasgow, G46 6TS Resigned Director April 1939 on 2 December 1997 30 August 2012 British Scotland Company Director
Colin Jeffrey Black 9 Laigh Road, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, G77 5EX Resigned Director June 1950 on 1 November 2004 31 August 2011 British Scotland Optometrist
Natalie Jane Cahif May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD Resigned Director April 1973 on 15 November 2009 21 February 2017 UK Scotland Actuary
Eileen Carroll May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD Resigned Director October 1955 on 5 September 2018 28 February 2023 British Scotland Retired
Sylvia Cohen May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD Resigned Director October 1935 on 15 August 2006 26 August 2014 British United Kingdom None
John Harvey Dover 9 Greenhill Avenue, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6QX Resigned Director January 1939 on 27 October 1997 2 July 2002 British Scotland Chartered Accountant
Jeffrey Arnold Freeman 8 Beech Avenue, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, Strathclyde, G77 5PR Resigned Director October 1952 on 2 December 1997 27 August 2002 British United Kingdom Chartered Surveyor
Marcus Isadore Green The Coppice, Broom Road, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G77 5DN Resigned Director January 1932 on 31 August 1999 28 August 2007 British Solicitor
Angela Hecht 2 Montgomery Drive, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6PY Resigned Director June 1951 on 27 August 2007 25 August 2015 British Scotland Occupational Therapist
George Hecht 2 Montgomery Drive, Giffnock, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Great Britain, G46 6PY Resigned Director June 1949 on 19 March 2008 7 September 2016 British United Kingdom Chartered Accountant
George Hecht 2 Montgomery Drive, Giffnock, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Great Britain, G46 6PY Resigned Director June 1949 on 31 August 1999 1 November 2004 British Chartered Accountant
Freda Jackson Flat 2, Barcapel House Capelrig Road, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, G77 6QJ Resigned Director August 1929 on 2 December 1997 15 August 2006 British Director
Miriam Estelle Jackson May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD Resigned Director November 1952 on 11 January 2018 31 May 2022 British Scotland Retired Social Work Manager
Lucy Jacobs 4 Matherton Avenue, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, Scotland, G77 5EY Resigned Director December 1964 on 29 August 2013 31 August 2020 British Scotland Housewife
Jonathan Mark Lewis May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD Resigned Director October 1962 on 16 September 2015 23 January 2024 British Scotland Company Director
Brian Israel Links 4 Northkirklands East Kilbride Road, Eaglesham, Glasgow, G76 0NT Resigned Director April 1950 on 31 August 1999 19 March 2008 British Scotland Finance Director
Hilary Monica Livingston 15 Ayr Road, Giffnock, Glasgow, Scotland, G46 6SB Resigned Director June 1954 on 29 August 2013 5 September 2018 United Kingdom Scotland Consultant Psychiatrist
Martin Gerard Livingston May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD Resigned Director May 1953 on 29 August 2013 19 September 2023 British Scotland Consultant Psychiatrist
Paul Henry Morron 39 Birchview Drive, Busby, Glasgow, G76 8SW Resigned Director December 1947 on 28 August 2007 25 August 2015 British Scotland Social Work
Oliver James Norman May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD Resigned Director February 1978 on 25 November 2009 27 October 2011 British Scotland Managing Director
Melville Arthur Robinson 22 Newton Place, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, G77 5PG Resigned Director June 1931 on 27 October 1997 28 August 2007 British Scotland Company Director
Lesley Stirling Roles Chessington, 15 Neidparth Road East, Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, G46 6TX Resigned Director June 1948 on 28 September 2000 29 August 2013 British Scotland Housewife
Susan Louise Rose May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD Resigned Director January 1956 on 30 March 2012 29 August 2013 British Scotland Marketing Director
Albert Hyman Sammeroff 52a Thorn Road, Bearsden, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G61 4BP Resigned Director March 1935 on 2 December 1997 26 September 2000 British United Kingdom Company Director
Trevor Martin Schuster-Davis 4 Fourth gardens, Glasgow, G41 5NE Resigned Director February 1947 on 27 October 1997 30 August 2012 British Scotland Solicitor
Bernard Solomons Levern Lodge, 22 Davieland Road, Whitecraigs, Glasgow, Scotland, G46 7LL Resigned Director May 1944 on 2 December 1997 23 February 1999 British Director
Maureen Elinore Solomons Jewish Care Scotland, May Terrace, Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, G46 6LD Resigned Director July 1947 on 12 September 2016 24 August 2017 British United Kingdom None
Maureen Elinore Solomons May Terrace, Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, G46 6LD Resigned Director July 1947 on 2 December 1997 29 August 2013 British United Kingdom Director
David Strang 32 Sandringham Avenue, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, G77 5DU Resigned Director November 1930 on 2 December 1997 28 August 2007 British Retired
Vivian Strang 32 Sandringham Avenue, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G77 5DU Resigned Director July 1940 on 15 August 2006 26 August 2014 British Scotland None
Albert Edward Tankel 16 Glenville Gate, Clarkston, Glasgow, G76 8SS Resigned Director March 1934 on 27 October 1997 30 August 2012 British Scotland Director
Alice Tankel 16 Glenville Gate, Clarkston, Glasgow, G76 8SS Resigned Director July 1936 on 27 October 1997 17 September 2008 British None
Hazel Tenby May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD Resigned Director November 1969 on 29 September 2022 23 January 2024 British Scotland Director
Elisa Ann Walton 9 Dunvegan Drive, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, Scotland, G77 5EB Resigned Director June 1969 on 29 August 2013 14 September 2021 British Scotland Housewife
Jennifer Watson May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD Resigned Director February 1964 on 25 August 2017 29 September 2022 British United Kingdom Company Secretary

Honorary President

Honorary Vice-Presidents

Marcus Green | Angela Hecht | Paul Morron | Melville Robinson | Lesley Roles | Trevor Schuster-Davis | Joan Sellyn | David Strang.

Other figures

Donors

Association of Jewish Refugees | Bonnyton Golf Club | Calderwood Lodge Primary School | Clive Jay Berkley Foundation | Community Security Trust | Convalescent Holiday Fund | Cyril & Evelyn Miller Charitable Trust | David & Ruth Lewis Family Charitable Trust | East Renfrewshire Council | East Renfrewshire Good Causes | Edinburgh Liberal Jewish Community | Ethel & Joseph Collins Charitable Trust | Frederick Miller Charitable Trust | Giffnock & Newlands Hebrew Congregation | Glasgow Jewish Community Trust | Glasgow New Synagogue | Goldberg Family Trust | Iris Alexander Walker Naddell Charitable Trust | Jewish Blind society (Scotland) | Jonah and Irene Guttentag Charitable Trust | Livingstone Charitable Trust | Netherlee & Clarkston Charitable Trust | Olam Hazeh Charitable Trust | Ralph Slater Foundation | Talteg Limited | The Alexander Stone Foundation | The Alma & Leslie Wolfson Charitable Trust | The Arbib Lucas Charity | The Arthur & Minnie Goodwin Charitable Trust | The David & Carole Walton Charitable Trust | The Elaine & Joe Gerber Charitable Trust | The Fanny & Moray Glasser Charitable Trust | The Glasgow Girls in London | The Meyer Oppenheim Trust | The Phyllis Shulman Trust | The Walton Foundation | Thistle Indoor Bowling Club | [7]

Registration and history

  • Founded: 1858 (as stated in its accounts); company incorporated 27 October 1997[2][8]
  • Income and expenditure: Income £645,338; expenditure £717,354 (year ending 31 December 2024); total funds £3,492,709[1][2]

The accounts say that JCS's objectives were "established in 1858". The company was "constituted ... by Memorandum and Articles of Association on 22 August 1997".[2] Companies House gives the incorporation date as 27 October 1997 and the registered office as May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD.[8] The OSCR register shows it as a registered charity from 25 March 1996.[1] The former Glasgow Jewish Welfare Board (SC012878) was removed from the register on 2 June 2012.[9]

On 20 October 2026 the OSCR register showed "Documents overdue: 19 days" for the year ended 31 December 2025.[1] Companies House shows those accounts as due by 31 December 2026.[8] The register records 14 staff.[1]

Finances

Annual returns to OSCR[1]
Year ending Income (£) Expenditure (£) Annual return received
31 December 2021 1,041,185 624,821 27 September 2022
31 December 2022 691,641 622,930 17 August 2023
31 December 2023 734,452 663,715 25 September 2024
31 December 2024 645,338 717,354 25 September 2025
31 December 2025 – – Not received
Income, 2023-2024 (£)[2]
Item 2024 2023
East Renfrewshire HSCP funding 148,822 157,652
"JBS income" (Jewish Blind Society (Scotland)) 81,600 96,000
"Cosgrove Care income" 80,441 58,765
Registered and non-registered services, other 27,844 26,437
Grants 70,781 12,983
Legacies 65,803 89,679
Annual appeal / Yom Kippur appeal 36,691 43,739
Other donations, subscriptions, Gift Aid, hardship fund, minibus appeal 37,727 174,730
Other trading activities 19,010 9,533
Investment income (dividends, interest, rent) 76,619 64,934
Total income 645,338 734,452

Spending in 2024 was £717,354. This was made up of care services of £642,284 (including staff of £278,603, heat and light of £63,424 and repairs of £58,025) and fundraising costs of £75,070. Net gains on investments of £157,714 left net income of £85,698. At 31 December 2024 total funds were £3,492,709, of which £582,017 was restricted (mainly for the Walton Community Care Centre building). The trustees counted £1,399,641 as free reserves.[2] The investments, managed by RBC Brewin Dolphin, were worth £2,253,133, and a half share in a property left as a legacy in 2017 was valued at £105,000.[2] The 2023 figures include "a one-off special donation of £100,000", which the trustees later designated for vocational training of people in need.[2] In 2024 the charity paid out 35 financial assistance grants, including "Jewish Festival grants, Maccabi Summer Scheme grants and shopping vouchers".[2]

Average staff numbers were 14 (2023: 15), and key management pay was £122,549. No employee earned more than £60,000.[2] The auditor is Armstrong Watson Audit Limited, Caledonia House, 89 Seaward Street, Glasgow G41 1HJ (senior statutory auditor Duncan MacCaig CA; audit fee £12,240). The firm's predecessor was Martin Aitken & Co.[2]

Related parties and funders

  • Jewish Blind Society (Scotland): trustee Paul Winocour, and Jonathan Lewis (a trustee until January 2024), are also trustees of the Jewish Blind Society (Scotland), "which provided funding totalling £81,600 (2023: £96,991)".[2]
  • Glasgow Jewish Community Trust: annual grants of £12,000 (2023), £15,000 (2024) and £15,000 (2025).[10][11] Secretary Howard Beach is a GJCT trustee.[12]
  • Cosgrove Care: the two charities share the Walton Community Care Centre and ran a joint firewalk there in early 2024. JCS recorded £80,441 of "Cosgrove Care income" in 2024.[2]

Trustees and management, 2024-2026

Directors (trustees) at October 2026[3][1][2]
Name Role (2024 accounts) Appointed (Companies House) Correspondence address (Companies House)
Dr Richard Groden Chair 30 March 2012 May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD
Paul Winocour Vice Chair from March 2025 7 October 2014 May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD
Brian Fox Honorary Treasurer; signed the 2024 accounts 29 August 2013 May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD
Howard Beach Company Secretary 28 January 2014 (director and secretary) May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD
Tracy Levy 24 January 2023 May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD
Barry Adams-Strump 23 January 2024 May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD
Nicholas Black 23 January 2024 May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD
Samantha Selkirk 23 January 2024 May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD
David Mark Barnett 16 September 2025 May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD
Shayna Conn 16 September 2025 May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6LD

Day-to-day management in 2024-25 was led by Linda Kemp (Interim Chief Executive), Robyn Friel (Deputy Chief Executive) and Karen Ruth (Head of Finance and Administration). The Honorary President is Maureen Solomons.[2]

Israel and Zionist links

  • Scottish Jewish Youth Alliance: director Shayna Conn (appointed 16 September 2025)[3] runs the SJYA, "a project of Glasgow Maccabi, and supported by UJIA". Its aim includes "promoting Jewish identity and the centrality of Israel".[4] The Glasgow Jewish community directory lists "shayna.conn@gmail.com" as the contact for the "Glasgow Israel Committee".[13]
  • Maccabi: JCS funds "Maccabi Summer Scheme grants".[2] In 2025 it offered £175 grants for the Maccabi Summer Scheme, paid "directly to Maccabi", in partnership with the SJYA.[14] Treasurer Brian Fox is a trustee of Glasgow Maccabi.[15]

Resources

Contact

Maccabi Centre, May Terrace, Giffnock, Glasgow G46 6LD

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Jewish Care Scotland (SC005267) Scottish Charity Register, accessed 20 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 Jewish Care Scotland, Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024, filed at Companies House 2 October 2025, accessed 21 October 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Companies House, JEWISH CARE SCOTLAND (SC179994) – officers, accessed 21 October 2026.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Glasgow Jewish Representative Council, Scottish Jewish Youth Alliance jewishglasgow.org, accessed 21 October 2026.
  5. ↑ Jewish Care Scotland, Companies House. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  6. ↑ Jewish Care Scotland people, Companies House. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  7. ↑ Annual Review 2016
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Companies House, JEWISH CARE SCOTLAND (SC179994), accessed 21 October 2026.
  9. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download (current register, 14 October 2026, and former charities, 20 October 2026), accessed 20 October 2026.
  10. ↑ Glasgow Jewish Community Trust, Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024 (redacted copy), note 5, via Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, accessed 20 October 2026.
  11. ↑ Glasgow Jewish Community Trust, Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025, note 5, via Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, accessed 20 October 2026.
  12. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Glasgow Jewish Community Trust (SC013684) Scottish Charity Register, accessed 20 October 2026.
  13. ↑ Glasgow Jewish Representative Council, Community Directory jewishglasgow.org, accessed 21 October 2026 (undated).
  14. ↑ Jewish Care Scotland, Jewish Care Scotland and Scottish Jewish Youth Alliance team up to support Maccabi's Summer Scheme 25 jcarescot.org.uk, 31 March 2025.
  15. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Glasgow Maccabi (SC019965) Scottish Charity Register, accessed 20 October 2026.
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