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List of 69 Jewish charities on the Scottish Charity Register, with income and expenditure
Jewish charities in Scotland is a list of 69 charities on the Scottish Charity Register, which is kept by the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR).[1] It covers charities whose names, purposes, objectives or activities in the register refer to Jewish religion, community, education or culture, using terms such as "Jewish", "synagogue", "Hebrew", "Torah", "Lubavitch" and "Holocaust", the same kind of keyword approach as the Jewish charities in England and Wales list. It also includes 17 charities identified from other sources whose register entries do not use these terms. Only charities on the current register are included; charities that have been removed from the register are left out.
The list includes 7 cross-border charities that were established elsewhere in the United Kingdom but are also on the Scottish register, such as the Community Security Trust. It also includes Messianic and Christian mission bodies whose register entries refer to Jewish people. 5 charities (Glasgow Hebrew Burial Society Charitable Fund Association, Jewish Lads & Girls Brigade, Jewish Learning Centre, Lodge Montefiore No 753 Benevolent & Annuity Fund, Lodge Montefiore No 753 Charity Special Projects Fund) have the register status "Not Submitted".
The 69 charities with figures had a combined latest recorded income of £124,396,167 and expenditure of £111,150,984. Figures are each charity's most recent year on the register, so financial years differ. Unlike the registers for England and Wales and Northern Ireland, the Scottish register does not record the countries a charity works in (only a general "geographical spread", such as "UK and overseas"), so this list has no "Operates in Israel" column.
Charities
| No. | Name | Charity number | Type | Area/postcode | Last financial year end | Income | Expenditure | Website | Charitable objects | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5th Giffnock Brownies | SC032036 | Unincorporated association | East Renfrewshire, G78 2BW | 30 June 2025 | £2,510 | £2,558 | Advancement of education | ||
| 2 | Aberdeen Hebrew Congregation | SC002901 | Trust | Aberdeen, AB11 6DS | 31 October 2025 | £0 | £0 | www.ASJCC.co.uk | The Purposes (hereinafter referred to as “The Trust Purposes”) are:- 4.1 To hold the Trust Fund to be used only for the carrying on of religious worship, education and related religious and social activities all of orthodox Jewish character and such similar charitable purposes for the benefit of the Jewish Community in Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire and Scotland. 4.2 The Trustees may make the Trust Property available for the use of the Aberdeen Synagogue and Jewish Community Centre. 4.3 All actions taken by the Trustees and the use of the Trust Property shall be in furtherance of the Trust Purposes and no use will be made otherwise than for charitable purposes. 4.4 In furtherance of the foregoing purposes set out in this clause the Trustees shall have regard to the spirit and intent of the Original Purposes. | |
| 3 | Aberdeen Synagogue and Jewish Community Centre | SC046585 | SCIO | Aberdeen, AB11 6DS | 31 October 2025 | £12,477 | £7,563 | www.asjcc.co.uk | 1.4.1 To advance the Jewish religion, in particular through: i. Making arrangements for persons who regard themselves as Jewish and/or who follow the Jewish faith to participate in public Jewish worship and religious ceremonies within North East Scotland. ii. Maintain a place for Jewish worship in North East Scotland. | |
| 4 | Alma & Leslie Wolfson Charitable Trust | SC014387 | Trust | Glasgow City, G2 6BQ | 5 April 2025 | £15,980 | £39,019 | The prevention and relief of poverty. The advancement of education. The advancement of religion. The advancement of health. The advancement of civic responsibility or community development. The advancement of, arts, heritage, culture, or science. | ||
| 5 | Arthur And Minnie Goodwin Charitable Trust | SC024360 | Trust | Glasgow City, G1 2LW | 31 December 2025 | £6,192 | £19,349 | 1. The advancement of education 2. The advancement of religion 3. The advancement of health 4. The relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage | ||
| 6 | Beit Rehovot Messianic Jewish Synagogue | SC038529 | Other | South Lanarkshire, G75 9HQ | 30 September 2025 | £23,343 | £16,211 | iii. Our purpose is to glorify G-d by: I. Serving as a living testimony of Messiah Yeshua within the Jewish Community of which we are a part. and encouraging Messianic Outreach within Scotland, all parts of the United Kingdom and across the world. Uniting Jews and Non-Jews in a co-operative fellowship within a Messianic Jewish Congregation. Advancing the spiritual growth, welfare and knowledge of each member of the Congregation. Promoting positive contact between Jews and Gentiles. combating Anti-Semitism. Demonstrating our unity with the whole Body of Messiah. Resisting and opposing movements and teaching based upon Replacement Theology, and which seek to repeat the apostacy of the 2'd and 3' Centuries, and the assimilation of the Jewish people. While seeking to reach-out to our brothers and sisters who have experienced a true regeneration through the Ruach HaKodesh in the historic Christian Churches, we reject any attempt towards ecumenical dialogue or co-operation, as contrary to the revealed word and will of Adonai. Standing with the State of Israel against a hostile world, looking for the total fulfillment of the Abrahamic Covenant through Ha Mashiach. We shall seek to advance the humanitarian work of Messianic Judaism across the world by our encouragement, prayers and financial support as is appropriate. To this end we undertake to raise whatever funding as is within our means. | ||
| 7 | Bnei Akiva Parents Association (Glasgow Branch) | SC007526 | Unincorporated association | East Renfrewshire, M7 3TX | 31 March 2025 | £1 | £0 | 1. The prevention and relief of poverty 2. The advancement of religion 3. The advancement of health 4. Saving of Lives 5. The advancement of environmental protection and improvement. | ||
| 8 | Calderwood Lodge School Parent Council | SC041318 | Unincorporated association | East Renfrewshire, G77 5GP | 30 June 2025 | £16,455 | £16,311 | www.calderwoodlodge.e-renfrew.sch.uk | The Parent Council exists to advance education and support the welfare of pupils at Calderwood Lodge Primary School. All activities must be aligned with this charitable purpose. | |
| 9 | Chabad Lubavitch of Edinburgh Limited | SC045668 | Charitable company | City of Edinburgh, EH3 9AL | 30 June 2025 | £165,882 | £204,319 | www.chabadofedinburgh.com | To advance, promote and provide facilities for the practice of the Jewish religion in accordance with Chabad Lubavitch tenets, and in particular by advancing and promoting the appreciation and study of Jewish religious literature. The relief of poverty and financial crisis management. | |
| 10 | Clarkston Chanukah Celebration Association | SC051087 | SCIO | East Renfrewshire, G76 7RA | 30 June 2026 | £2,798 | £2,798 | 4 The organisation’s purposes are: 4.1 The advancement of religion by acquiring a large Menorah and by organising an annual communal Chanukah celebration and lighting of the Menorah at or in the vicinity of Clarkston Toll for the Jewish community and the general public, the event to include having prayers, talks and readings, having food provided and money being raised for other deserving charities: 4.2 The promotion of religious and racial harmony by involving the leaders and members of other religions, faith groups and races in taking part in the annual communal Chanukah celebration detailed in clause 4.1. | ||
| 11 | Clive Jay Berkley Foundation | SC017216 | Unincorporated association | Glasgow City, G1 3NQ | 5 April 2025 | £184,758 | £161,426 | The advancement of religion in the Jewish Faith The relief of poverty and for such other purposes as are recognised by the law as charitable. | ||
| 12 | Community Security Trust | SC043612 | Trust (cross-border; also registered in England and Wales, 1042391) | Outwith Scotland, NW4 2BZ | 31 December 2025 | £34,995,677 | £29,944,546 | www.cst.org.uk | 1.1 The objects of the Charity shall be: 1.1.1 to promote good race relations between the Jewish community and other members of society by working towards the elimination of racism in the form of anti-Semitism. 1.1.2 to promote the efficiency of the police within the community at large and the promotion of good citizenship and greater public participation in the prevention of crime with particular reference to the maintenance of public order and racially motivated especially anti-Semitic crime. 1.1.3 to relieve the victims of racial or religious harassment and especially anti-Semitic harassment who are in need or who have suffered hardship or distress. 1.1.4 to promote research into racism and anti-Semitism and to publish the useful results of such research and otherwise to promote public education about racism and anti-Semitism. 1.1.5 Subject to clause 1.3 to promote and support such other purposes as are charitable in accordance with the laws of England and Wales, as the Trustees may from time to time think fit. | |
| 13 | Cosgrove Care | SC013208 | Charitable company | East Renfrewshire, G46 6LD | 31 March 2025 | £5,426,549 | £5,236,342 | www.cosgrovecare.org.uk | 4.1 The objects of the Company are:- (a) to provide persons with learning disabilities, mental health difficulties and/or related conditions with care and support, tailored to the needs of the individual, and focusing on t hat individual's wishes and preferences. The desired outcome for such individuals is assistance to lead the life they choose, with access to the best possible standard of physical care and emotional well-bei ng, meaningful employment and activity, and assistance to live as independently as possible. (b) to provide services that take account of the needs for carers of such individuals, recognising the importance of their wishes, and supporting them in their ca ring roles. (c) Founded wit hin the Jewish community and still providing faith-specific services to the Jewish population, Cosgrove Care also offers services to those outwith the Jewish community on an equal basis. and (d} to promote such similar charitable purposes, objects or inst itutions in such proportions and manner as the Trustees shall think fit. The expressions 'charitable purpose' or 'charitable object' shall mean a charitable purpose under section 7 of the 2005 Act which is also regarded as a charitable purpose in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts and a 'charitable institution' shall mean a charity in terms of the 2005 Act which is also regarded as a charity in relat ion to the application of the Taxes Acts, or a charity under the law of any other jurisdiction which is also regarded as a charity in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts, provided t hat nothing in these Articles shall authorise an application of the property of the Company other than in furtherance of a charitable purpose. | |
| 14 | Cyril And Evelyn Miller Charitable Trust | SC031672 | Trust | East Renfrewshire, G77 5QP | 5 April 2025 | £742 | £0 | (a) for the relief of poverty (b) for the advancement of education (c) for the advancement of religion (d) For any other purposes the law regards as charitable | ||
| 15 | Eastwood Jewish Community Centres | SC048957 | SCIO | East Renfrewshire, G46 6UE | 31 August 2025 | £163,072 | £72,435 | www.giffnockshul.co.uk | The principal Object of the charity shall be to contribute to public benefit by providing and maintaining premises for the use of organisations within the Jewish Community whose own objectives and activities promote any of the charitable purposes prescribed in statute or regulations, and in particular, but not limited to, the advancement of education, religion, community development, heritage and culture, recreation, the promotion of equality, diversity, and religious or racial harmony. and secondarily to make these premises available to other organisations and individuals for those or analogous purposes. | |
| 16 | Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation (EHC) SCIO | SC016924 | SCIO | City of Edinburgh, EH16 5AB | 31 December 2025 | £174,616 | £164,269 | www.ehcong.com | Purposes 4 The organisation’s purposes are: 4.1 To provide a place of worship for Jewish people in the manner of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. 4.2 To provide religious instruction in the same manner. 4.3 To provide information about matters of Kashrut and Jewish interest, and to organize communal events. 4.4 To advance Jewish education and promote interfaith links. 4.5 To provide relief for those in need, in accordance with Judaism. | |
| 17 | Edinburgh Jewish Cultural Centre SCIO | SC048275 | SCIO | City of Edinburgh, EH16 5PZ | 31 March 2025 | £18,574 | £13,378 | jcc.scot | 4 The organisation’s purposes are the advancement of Jewish culture and Judaism. the promotion of religious and racial harmony. the provision of recreational facilities and the organisation of recreational activities through the following: 4.1 the management of a Jewish Cultural Centre located in Edinburgh. 4.2 the creation, presentation and promotion of Jewish cultural activity throughout Scotland to both Jewish and non-Jewish audiences. 4.3 providing and supporting cultural activity, facilities and services for Jewish people throughout Scotland. 4.4 collaborating with other Scottish national Jewish organisations with similar or complementary aims. 4.5 collaborating with other Jewish communities in Scotland to promote Jewish arts and culture. 4.6 collaborating with other communities to increase understanding of Jewish arts and culture. 4.7 fostering and supporting community cohesion throughout Scotland. | |
| 18 | Esterson Trust | SC002824 | Trust | East Renfrewshire, G77 5PW | 5 April 2026 | £28,348 | £14,643 | The Trust Estate... shall be held by the Trustees in trust always for the following charitable purposes, namely:- ... 2. For the charitable purpose of applying any part or parts or the whole of the Trust Estate or the income thereof in making payments to such Charitable Funds of an educational, medical or geriatric character as the Trustees may deem appropriate preference always being given by the Trustees to such funds as are of Jewish origin and for persons and children of such faith and to such Funds as the late Miss Amy Rachel Grace Esterson, who resided at One hundred and forty Hyndland Road, Glasgow, was associated with personally as a subscriber or otherwise, including but not limited to such Funds as the Trustees acting under the Deed of Trust granted by the said Miss Amy Grace Rachel Esterson dated the Twenty eighth day of March and registered in the Books of Council and Session on the Twenty sixth day of August both months in the year Nineteen hundred and sixty six may identify by writing under their hands as having been the object of such association as aforesaid. | ||
| 19 | Ethel & Joseph Collins Charitable Trust | SC035455 | Trust | Glasgow City, G41 1HJ | 5 April 2025 | £3,014 | £1,950 | In implement of the foregoing trust purposes (hereinafter referred to as the 'primary trust purposes') the Trustees shall in their selection of purposes, institutions, foundations, bodies or trusts which are charitable in law take into consideration and pay special regard to (a) the advancement of religion and education and (b) the relief of poverty, suffering, disease, sickness, infirmity, age, distress and the physically and mentally handicapped, all whether in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland or elsewhere | ||
| 20 | Friends Of Lubavitch Scotland | SC031458 | Trust | Renfrewshire, G46 7NR | 31 December 2025 | £236,351 | £245,883 | Any purpose which is beneficial to the community ans also charitable including in so far as they may be charitable in the advancement of religion, the relief of poverty and suffering, law and the advancement of education. | ||
| 21 | Garnethill Hebrew Congregation | SC010788 | Unincorporated association | Glasgow City, G3 6UB | 31 August 2025 | £78,193 | £77,775 | to provide and maintain the synagogue building and open same for public worship and general enjoyment of persons of the Jewish faith | ||
| 22 | Garnethill Synagogue Preservation Trust | SC043103 | Charitable company | Glasgow City, G46 7LE | 31 August 2025 | £53,718 | £44,697 | 1. To advance heritage through preserving for public benefit the historical, cultural, architectural and constructional heritage that exists in the building forming Garnethill Synagogue, Glasgow and the Jewish prayer house at the Western Necropolis, Glasgow. and, as ancillary to those aims 2.To support or assist any other charitable body (without displacing the primary objects as set out in articles 4.1) where the provision of such support may contribute towards ensuring the ongoing occupation and use ofthe building forming Garnethill Synagogue, Glasgow. | ||
| 23 | Giffnock Newton Mearns Synagogue | SC049806 | SCIO | East Renfrewshire, G46 6UE | 31 August 2025 | £451,236 | £457,531 | www.giffnockshul.co.uk | 1.1. The principal Object of the charity shall be to contribute to public benefit by arranging Jewish worship and religious ceremonies and enabling persons of the Jewish faith to participate in them. It shall also, both on its own behalf and in collaboration with others, promote religious harmony and good relations between the Jewish Community and other religious, ethnic and racial groups, promote the participation of the Jewish community in civic life, and contribute to the education of the general public about the Jewish religion and the Jewish community. 1.2. It shall have the power to undertake any lawful activity that is intended to further these Objects or any of the charitable purposes prescribed in statute or regulations, in particular, but not limited to, the advancement of education, religion, community development, heritage and culture, recreation, the promotion of equality, diversity, and religious or racial harmony, and other analogous purposes. | |
| 24 | Glasgow Hebrew Burial Society Charitable Fund Association | SC014704 | Trust | East Renfrewshire, G46 9DB | 31 December 2021 | £123,428 | £109,255 | (a) The Association is established for charitable purposes only. (b) In particular the Association is established:- ( i) to promote the preservation, repair and maintenance of the, Jewish Burial grounds in Glasgow including the following cemeteries: Sandymount, Glenduffhill, and Riddrie Maryhill, Janefield and in particular, for the repair, maintenance and renewal of the bier house within each cemetery. (ii) to erect headstones on unmarked graves, where the graves would otherwise remain unmarked through lack of funds. (iii) to provide free burial for members of the Jewish faith who are poor and needy, and (iv) to do all such lawful acts or things either incidental to the attainment of the primary objects of the Association and so far as may be necessary or desirable to do such acts or things in collaboration with any person, body, institution, authority or otherwise. | ||
| 25 | Glasgow Jewish Community Trust | SC013684 | Trust | Glasgow City, G41 1HJ | 31 December 2025 | £1,592,088 | £263,670 | To hold and to use the Funds of the Trust on behalf of the Jewish Community of the City of Glasgow and the surrounding districts for the charitable, religious and educational purposes of the said Jewish Community. The advancement of Jewish religion, the advancement of Jewish religious or secular education. the relief of poverty. or any other purpose or purposes deemed by a majority of Trustees in office for the time being beneficial to the Glasgow Jewish Community which are, in law recognised as charitable. | ||
| 26 | Glasgow Kollel | SC015742 | Unincorporated association | East Renfrewshire, N15 6NB | 31 January 2025 | £135,220 | £147,816 | The aim of the Kollel is to introduce a higher standard of Orthodox Jewish Religious knowledge, appropriate for the members of the Glasgow Jewish Community and in doing so establish Kolleldi and other similar orthodox Torah educational institutions in Glasgow and elsewhere both in the United Kingdom and abroad either independently or as joint ventures with other orthodox Jewish Associations with similar aims. | ||
| 27 | Glasgow Maccabi | SC019965 | Unincorporated association | East Renfrewshire, G46 6LD | 31 December 2025 | £243,170 | £263,796 | To provide for Youth in its area, facilities for revreation and other leisure time occupation, such faciliities to be provided in the interests of social welfare within the meaning and subject to the conditions of the Recreational Charities Act 1958. To encourage and develop among youth the playing of games and sports by amatuers of both sexes and especially thereby to inculcate a team spirit, fair play, good citizenship and self discipline | ||
| 28 | Glasgow Rabbinical College and Mikveh | SC008431 | Unincorporated association | East Renfrewshire, G46 7JN | 31 December 2025 | £29,984 | £31,102 | The object of the College shall be to promote Jewish Education at all levels and by all proper methods and to engage in such activities as will lead to the accomplishment of this end in Glasgow and the surrounding area. | ||
| 29 | Glasgow Reform Synagogue SCIO | SC052553 | SCIO | East Renfrewshire, G77 6RE | 31 December 2025 | £158,633 | £178,335 | www.grs.org.uk | The Synagogue's purposes are to be a congregation of persons of the Jewish religion formed for the purpose of maintaining a place of worship and of furthering religious, congregational, educational and charitable objectives for the Jewish community of Glasgow, Scotland and globally. | |
| 30 | Goldberg Charitable Trust | SC012305 | Trust | Glasgow City, G41 1HJ | 5 April 2025 | £32,481 | £84,876 | for the relief of poverty. For the advancement of education. For the advancement of religion. For any other purpose beneficial to the community which, in law, is charitable | ||
| 31 | Hanover (Scotland) Housing Association Limited | SC014738 | Registered Society | City of Edinburgh, EH7 4NS | 31 March 2025 | £51,394,000 | £45,169,000 | www.hanover.scot | 2 The objects of the Association are: 2.1 to provide for the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage through the provision, construction, improvement and management of land and accommodation and the provision of care and support. and 2.2 any other purpose or object permitted under Section 24 of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 which is charitable both for the purposes of Section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and also in relation to the application of the Taxes Acts. | |
| 32 | Harry & Esther Livingstone's Charitable Trust | SC010808 | Trust | East Renfrewshire, G46 7JN | 5 April 2026 | £4,578 | £6,493 | The Trust Fund shall be held by the Trustees with full power to pay and apply the same as they in their sole and absolute discretion shall think fit for any purpose which is beneficial to the community and also charitable including in so far as they may be charitable in law the relief of poverty, the advancement of education and the advancement of religion. | ||
| 33 | Holocaust Educational Trust | SC042996 | Charitable company (cross-border; also registered in England and Wales, 1092892) | Outwith Scotland, WC1N 3XX | 31 March 2025 | £4,906,879 | £5,669,729 | www.het.org.uk | 2. OBJECTS 2.1 The Charity's objects are restricted specifically, in each case only for the public benefit: (a) to advance the education of the public in the history of the Holocaust and in particular European history and the history of European Jewry relevant to the Holocaust. and (b) the promotion of religious and racial harmony, equality, diversity and citizenship by advancing education about the Holocaust and its contemporary relevance. | |
| 34 | Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | SC051197 | Charitable company (cross-border; also registered in England and Wales, 1109348) | Outwith Scotland, SE1P 5BX | 31 March 2026 | £1,375,499 | £1,424,799 | www.hmd.org.uk | Objects 4 The charity's objects ('Objects') are specifically restricted to the following: 4.1 The promotion of the mental and moral improvement of mankind by: (a) commemorating and remembering the victims of the Holocaust (the persecution and mass murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis and their accomplices during the period 1933-45) and the victims of the persecution and murder that resulted from the targeting of other groups of people by Nazi policies - including Roma, Sinti, black people, mentally and physically disabled people, lesbian and gay people and many of the Slavic peoples - by the promotion organisation and support of the annual Holocaust Memorial Day in accordance with the attached Statement of Purpose (Schedule 1) and Statement of Commitment (Schedule 2). (b) promoting a public sentiment in favour of the exercise and protection of those fundamental human rights which constitute freedom from genocide, torture, inhuman or degrading treatment, slavery and unlawful forced labour, the right to freedom of thought, conscience, expression and religion and the right to asylum from persecution. and (c) promoting harmony between communities including racial and religious harmony. 4.2 The advancement of education for the public benefit in the history of the Holocaust and also of the persecution and murder of other groups of people as part of Nazi policies together with the contemporary relevance of such events. 4.3 The promotion of equality and diversity for the public benefit and in particular the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of race, disability, sexual orientation, gender or religion by raising the awareness of the public concerning the causes and effects of racism and prejudice in society including the significant impact of the Holocaust and subsequent acts of systematic discrimination in particular those leading to genocide. | |
| 35 | Hyman Phillips Trust | SC003044 | Trust | Midlothian, EH16 6FL | 5 April 2025 | £73 | £0 | The relief of indigent Jews. Education of Jews in secular and religious subjects. Upkeep of an orphanage for Jewish orphan children. | ||
| 36 | International Mission to Jewish People | SC041720 | Charitable company (cross-border; also registered in England and Wales, 271323) | Outwith Scotland, OX29 4TP | 31 March 2025 | £1,664,545 | £1,905,343 | www.imjp.org | The Charity's object ('the Object') is 3.1 the advancement of the Christian faith | |
| 37 | Jesner Charitable Trust | SC009340 | Trust | Glasgow City, G41 1HJ | 5 April 2026 | £13,566 | £17,939 | The ends, uses and purposes of the Trust are, and the Trust funds both capital, (subject as aftermentioned) and income shall be held and applied by the Trustees for payment of the expenses of creating and administering the Trust hereby created (under declaration that I the said Isaac Jesner shall receive no payment of whatever nature in connection with my services as a Trustee) and for the following charitable purposes, videlicet:- (First) for the advancement of such Jewish Religious purposes as may be selected by the Trustees (Second) for the advancement of learning and education, (Third) for the relief of poverty and suffering, (Fourth) for the advancement of any hospitals, infirmaries, homes, asylums and institutions promoting the foregoing objects or any of them wherever situated (Fifth) for the constitution in name of the Trust of such foundations, bursaries, scholarships and prizes of a charitable or educational nature as the Trustees may at their absolute discretion from time to time decide and (Sixth) for the advancement of any similar charitable purposes. And we expressly provide and declare that the Trustees shall have full power in their absolute discretion to hold, pay and apply the Trust Estate, both capital and income, for the foregoing purposes in such way and manner and in such proportions as between recipients and in such amount or amounts and at such time or times as they may see fit. Provided always that the aggregate of cash or other assets (if any) paid or conveyed out of the capital of the Trust funds shall never exceed one half of the value (taken as at the date or receipt or the same by the Trustees) or the sums or assets paid or conveyed by us or any of us to the Trustees. | ||
| 38 | Jewish Board Of Guardians | SC004015 | Unincorporated association | City of Edinburgh, EH52 5TL | 31 December 2022 | £4 | £0 | To grand relief and assistance to the poor, needy or distressed of the Jewish Community of Edinburgh and District. The board may relieve distress among Jewish visitors. It may also grant support to hospitals and charitable institutions whether they be Jewish of non-Jewish. | ||
| 39 | Jewish Care Scotland | SC005267 | Charitable company | East Renfrewshire, G46 6LD | 31 December 2024 | £645,338 | £717,354 | www.jcarescot.org.uk | (1) To relieve the needs of people in the Jewish community who are in necessitous financial circumstances or who are suffering from mental or physical disability, illness or impairment. (2) To promote education, and in particular to provide information to people in the Jewish community with regard to sources of support, health issues and similar matters. (3) To promote, establish, operate and/or support other projects and programmes of a charitable nature for the benefit of the Jewish community. | |
| 40 | Jewish Council of Scotland | SC029438 | SCIO | East Renfrewshire, G46 6UE | 31 December 2025 | £159,594 | £127,354 | www.jewishscotland.org | The objects of the Council are: i. to represent and work to advance the welfare of the Jewish community of Scotland and to promote its participation in the civic life of Scotland and the United Kingdom. ii. to advance citizenship and community development in the Jewish community of Scotland. iii. to work to relieve poverty and to provide relief to those in need in this community. iv. to advance the education of this community. v. to advance the health of this community. vi. to promote equality and diversity in this community. vii. to advance Jewish heritage, culture and arts in this community. viii. to advance the Jewish religion in this community. ix. to assist in the provision and organisation of recreational activities in this community. x. to promote racial and religious harmony and good relations between this community and other religious, ethnic, and racial groups and organisations in Scotland and with the general public in Scotland. xi. to advance the education of the general public about and to provide information regarding the Jewish religion and the Jewish community of Scotland. | |
| 41 | Jewish Lads & Girls Brigade | SC017139 | Unincorporated association | Glasgow City, G3 7LW | 31 July 2023 | £483 | £90 | To train its members in loyalty, honour, disipline and self-respect, that they shall become worthy and usefull citizens, and a credit to their country and their community. | ||
| 42 | Jewish Learning Centre | SC023944 | Unincorporated association | East Renfrewshire, 99641 | 31 December 2023 | £0 | £60 | The objects of the charity are by such means as are charitable to provide Jewish education to any person who is a member of the Jewish faith residing in Scotland or elsewhere who so desires | ||
| 43 | Jewish Student Chaplaincy Scotland | SC005999 | SCIO | Glasgow City, G46 6UE | 30 June 2025 | £26,346 | £26,693 | jscs.scot | The organisation’s purpose is the advancement of religion: 4.1 to provide a Jewish chaplaincy service in Scotland to Jewish Students or members of Jewish Student Societies in tertiary education including 4.1.1 appoint or employ Jewish Chaplain(s) or in their absence appropriate support worker(s) 4.1.2 provide, facilitate and support the wellbeing of said students 4.1.3 provide Jewish education for said students 4.1.4 retain, develop and strengthen Jewish identity of Students 4.1.5 develop individual Jewish leadership and promotion of Jewish Student Societies 4.1.6 promote knowledge and mutual understanding between Jewish and other communities. | |
| 44 | KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust | SC037850 | Charitable company | East Renfrewshire, G46 6UE | 31 March 2026 | £73,454 | £76,175 | 1) To promote the advancement of environmental protection or improvement by supporting charitable projects within the State of Israel, particularly but not exclusively those carried out by Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael which promote the environmental reclamation of the lands of the State of Israel, the afforestation of the land, the preparation of the land to consolidate agricultural and urban settlement, the building of water reservoirs, the rehabilitation of rivers, the preservation of open spaces for the benefit of the public and other projects to enhance the physical and natural environment of the State of Israel for the benefit of all its residents. 2) To advance the education of the public in the State of Israel and worldwide in relation to the environmental reclamation and development of land, in particular but not exclusively in relation to the environmental reclamation and development of the lands of the State of Israel, and in relation to the role and importance of afforestation and water conservation and other forms of ecological conservation in order to improve the natural environment of the State of Israel and the quality of life of its residents, where appropriate, by supporting relevant charitable projects of Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael. 3) The prevention or relief of poverty in the State of Israel, where appropriate, by supporting relevant charitable projects of Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael. 4) To advance such other similar charitable objects for the benefit of the public, particularly but not exclusively the residents of the State of Israel, as the Trustees may determine. | ||
| 45 | Lodge Montefiore No 753 Benevolent & Annuity Fund | SC017144 | Other | East Renfrewshire, KA3 5JH | 30 June 2024 | £932 | £350 | The object of the Fund is to assist any brother should he unfortunately require aid. No casual relief to members of other Lodges can be taken from this Fund. | ||
| 46 | Lodge Montefiore No 753 Charity Special Projects Fund | SC036125 | Other | East Renfrewshire, KA3 5JH | 30 June 2024 | £32 | £820 | Advancement of Education. Advancement of Health. Relief of those in need through Age, Ill Health, Disability. | ||
| 47 | M Charitable Trust | SC036416 | Trust | Glasgow City, G2 2BX | 31 March 2025 | £3,730 | £1,288 | mcharitabletrust.co.uk | The relief of poverty, the advancement of education, the advancement of religion, the advancement of animal welfare and any purposes expressly charitable in nature and beneficial to the community at large. | |
| 48 | Mark Goldberg Charitable Trust | SC009398 | Trust | Glasgow City, G41 1HJ | 5 April 2026 | £3,286 | £4,581 | These presents are granted in trust only, and the Trust Estate shall be held by the Trustees, for the following charitable purposes, or any one or more of such purposes, videlicet:- FIRST: For the relief of poverty. SECOND: For the advancement of education. THIRD: For the advancement of religion. and FOURTH: For any other purpose beneficial to the community which in law is charitable. | ||
| 49 | Meyer Oppenheim Trust | SC004976 | Trust | City of Edinburgh, RG20 0HR | 5 April 2025 | £6,541 | £4,695 | www.meyeroppenheim.org | The prevention and relief of poverty. The advancement of education. The advancement of religion. The advancement of health. The advancement of, arts, heritage, culture, or science. Any other purpose that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to any of the other preceding purposes. | |
| 50 | Netherlee and Clarkston Charitable Trust | SC042072 | Trust | Glasgow City, G74 5BQ | 31 March 2026 | £13,927 | £32,088 | The advancement of Orthodox Judaism and Jewish Education, for the benefit of Jewish community development in Scotland. Provided that at all times the aforementioned Trust purposes of the Charity shall be seen to be wholly charitable. | ||
| 51 | Newark Care | SC009334 | Charitable company | East Renfrewshire, G46 7PZ | 31 March 2025 | £4,946,480 | £5,120,414 | Subject to that over-riding qualification, the Company's objects are:- To relieve the needs of, and to provide care for, frail and/or confused elderly, young disabled and terminally ill persons of the Jewish faith. In furtherance thereof, but not otherwise, the Company shall seek:- (a) to provide and develop a quality, holistic and integrated programme of care for all such persons as aforesaid. (b) to deliver that care within an orthodox residential, day or domiciliary setting. and (c) to develop and provide any other ancillary services conducive to the stated objects. | ||
| 52 | Olam Hazeh Charitable Trust | SC022663 | Trust | East Renfrewshire, N12 7EL | 5 April 2026 | £21,888 | £17,954 | The Trust Fund shall be held by the Trustees with full power to pay and apply the same as they in their sole and absolute discretion shall think fit for any purpose which is beneficial to the community and also charitable including in so far as they may be charitable in law the relief of poverty, the advancement of education and the advancement of religion. | ||
| 53 | Queens Park Charitable Trust | SC033701 | Trust | Glasgow City, G46 6UE | 30 November 2025 | £91,896 | £89,188 | (a) The advancement of the Orthodox Jewish religion. (b) The advancement of Orthodox Jewish education. (c) The support of such charitable institution or institutions established for similar purposes as the Trustees may from time to time decide. (d) The provision and administration of Jewish cemeteries. | ||
| 54 | Rabbi M Fletcher & Mrs M Fletcher Charitable Trust - Tzedokoh | SC002723 | Trust | Glasgow City, 99641 | 31 December 2024 | £241 | £270 | The objects of the charity are by, such means as are charitable to promote the Jewish faith and Jewish Charitable Institutions and the advancement of Jewish Education and the knowledge and practice of Judaism and to provide assistance to persons in need whomsoever. | ||
| 55 | Scottish Jewish Archives Centre | SC030542 | Charitable company | Glasgow City, G77 5HA | 31 December 2025 | £114,851 | £63,525 | www.sjac.org.uk | To advance, promote, maintain, encourage and improve the education of the public by increasing the public's awareness of Jewish heritage and Jewish culture in Scotland and by encouraging the study of the history of the Jewish community in Scotland by such means and in such manner as may be considered appropriate for the achievement of such object including, without prejudice to the foregoing generality, by gathering, preserving and archiving written, audio-visual and other material in respect of Jewish culture and heritage and the history of the Jewish Community in Scotland and by providing public access to such archives | |
| 56 | Second Henry Joseph Levitt Scholarship | SC005287 | Trust | City of Edinburgh, EH4 1BT | 8 October 2025 | £9,957 | £10,929 | The Trust's main objective is to award a travelling scholarship annually to boys or girls of the Jewish Religion resident in Edinburgh, who have attained the age of fourteen years but have not attained the age of eighteeen years and who have attended the Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation Religious Classes. The Scholarship will be awarded to any pupil who fulfils the comprehensive set of criteria determined by the Education Committee of the Edinburgh Hebrew Congregation and agreed by the Trustees. Each winner of the said Scholarship shall receive a payment out of the income of the Trust Fund to enable him or her to travel to the State of Israel in association with a Jewish Education Scheme. | ||
| 57 | Sheila & Denis Cohen Charitable Trust | SC009930 | Trust | Outwith Scotland, E1 8FA | 5 April 2025 | £130,102 | £173,871 | The Trustees shall hold and apply the said sum of five pounds and such other funds and assets as may from time to time be received by them... for payment of the whole or such part of the free income or capital of the Trust Estate or for conveyance of such assets comprised in the Trust Estate as the Trustees may from time to time consider desirable for such charitable purposes or to such charitable institutions, societies, foundations or funds as the Trustees may in their discretion select in such manner and in such amounts and upon such terms and conditions as the Trustees may in their discretion determine. | ||
| 58 | Shul in the Park (Scotland) | SC046529 | Trust | Glasgow City, G46 6LD | 31 March 2025 | £61,373 | £56,420 | (a) to operate a synagogue, and through that medium: (b) to advance education and religion (c) to assist with the relief of those in need, be it through age, health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage | ||
| 59 | Simon Dover Charitable Trust | SC036095 | Trust | East Renfrewshire, G46 7JE | 5 April 2025 | £1,338 | £1,715 | a) The relief of poverty and other necessitous circumstances in such ways as are charitable in law b) The care of patients whether hospitalised or not, other than such care as is the statutory responsibility of the health authorities and the support of medical research, ensuring so far as is within the power of the trustees to do so that the results of such research is disseminated c) The advancement of education and research generally d) The support of general charitable, religious and educational purposes within The Jewish Community e) Any other purpose which is beneficial to the community and also charitable in law | ||
| 60 | Sukkat Shalom Edinburgh Liberal Jewish Community (SCIO) | SC035678 | SCIO | City of Edinburgh, EH3 6AS | 31 August 2025 | £39,557 | £43,997 | www.eljc.org | The Congregation's objects are: to advance, promote and support the progressive branch of the Jewish reliigon in Edinburgh and the East of Scotland. | |
| 61 | Tayside & Fife Jewish Community | SC012108 | SCIO | Dundee City, G46 6UE | 31 December 2025 | £101 | £532 | www.scojec.org/communities/dundee/ind... | The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 to advance the Jewish religion, in particular through: 4.1.1 making arrangements for persons of the Jewish faith to participate in public worship and religious activities, including the maintenance of synagogue facilities within Tayside and Fife. 4.1.2 operating and managing the Dundee Jewish Burial Society and ensuring the availability of regional Jewish funerals and funerary practices. 4.2 to relieve the needs of the Jewish community of Tayside and Fife and to promote its participation in civic life. 4.3 to advance the education of the general public about the Jewish religion and the Jewish community of Tayside and Fife. and 4.4 to promote religious harmony and good relations between the Jewish Community and other religious, ethnic and racial groups. | |
| 62 | The Gathering the Voices Association | SC047809 | SCIO | Glasgow City, G43 2ED | 31 December 2025 | £1,565 | £4,296 | gatheringthevoices.com | The advancement of education and the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science by providing a website, information, educational resources, talks and exhibitions about the Holocaust and the refugee experience to the general public, students and school children and by learning from testimonies of Holocaust survivors and refugees from Nazi persecution who have settled in Scotland. | |
| 63 | The Jonah and Irene Guttentag Charitable Trust | SC038718 | Trust | Glasgow City, G1 2LW | 31 December 2025 | £8,385 | £23,535 | I direct my executors to retain the residue of my estate to beheld as the Jonah and Irene Guttentag Charitable Trust, and to pay the net revenue therefrom equally among The Jewish Welfare Board, The Jewish Blind Society and the Gateshead Yeshivah. And I grant to my executors all the usual powers including without prejudice to the foregoing generality the power to sell any heritage of which I may die possessed. | ||
| 64 | The Linn Foundation | SC051500 | SCIO | Glasgow City, G76 0EQ | 31 January 2026 | £30,211 | £44,081 | The SCIO's purposes are: - the prevention or relief of poverty. - the advancement of education. - the advancement of health. - the saving of lives. - the advancement of citizenship or community development. - the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science. - the advancement of public participation in sport. - the provision of recreational facilities, or the SCIO of recreational activities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the persons for whom the facilities or activities are primarily intended. - the promotion of equality and diversity. - the advancement of environmental protection or improvement. and - the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. through the provision of financial support to further the above aims. and on the basis that the SCIO shall seek to harness, and maximise the effectiveness of, the efforts of Linn Products Limited and its partners and staff (individually and collectively) in raising funds, volunteering and/or otherwise supporting organisations, initiatives and events which further any one or more of the above aims. | ||
| 65 | The Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre | SC051205 | SCIO | Glasgow City, G3 6UB | 30 September 2025 | £124,406 | £72,366 | www.sjhc.org.uk | 4 The organisation's purposes are: 4.1 To advance education in relation to the history, contribution and contemporary life of the Scottish Jewish community. and 4.2 To advance the cultural heritage of Garnethill Synagogue. through the development, management and operation of the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre. and (as a secondary objective, to be pursued only to the extent that doing so would cause no detriment to the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre): 4.3 To advance human rights, promote religious and racial harmony, and promote equality and diversity, by engaging with young people and communities (directly or in liaison with education authorities, community and interfaith groups, and others) on issues relating to anti-semitism, racism, sectarianism, and the situation of asylum seekers and refugees. | |
| 66 | United Jewish Israel Appeal | SC039181 | Charitable company (cross-border; also registered in England and Wales, 1060078) | Outwith Scotland, NW11 9DQ | 30 September 2025 | £12,531,000 | £10,759,000 | www.ujia.org | The object for which the Company is established is the promotion of such purposes (wherever effected or to be effected) as for the time being are charitable purposes (Full purposes are available on the constitution) | |
| 67 | University Jewish Chaplaincy | SC045950 | Charitable company (cross-border; also registered in England and Wales, 1126031) | Outwith Scotland, N12 8GB | 31 August 2025 | £1,403,174 | £1,406,488 | www.mychaplaincy.co.uk | The exclusively charitable objects for which the Company is established are:- To advance the social welfare, spiritual and educational needs of Jewish students at universities and institutions of higher education in the United Kingdom and to promote, improve and develop Jewish education for the public benefit. | |
| 68 | Walton Foundation | SC004005 | Trust | Glasgow City, G41 1HJ | 31 December 2025 | £142,141 | £99,567 | The advancement of education. The advancement of health. | ||
| 69 | Westleague Limited | SC038854 | Charitable company (cross-border; also registered in England and Wales, 292282) | Glasgow City, G3 7PR | 31 March 2025 | £69,204 | £156,132 | 1) The advancement of religion in accordance with the Orthodox Jewish Faith. 2) The relief of poverty. | ||
| Total (69 charities with figures) | £124,396,167 | £111,150,984 | ||||||||
See also
- Jewish charities in England and Wales
- Jewish charities in Northern Ireland
- Charities in England and Wales operating in 'Israel' 2026
- Charities in England and Wales operating in 'Israel' 2026 - A-G
- Charities in England and Wales operating in 'Israel' 2026 - H-S
- Charities in England and Wales operating in 'Israel' 2026 - T-Z
Notes
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Download the Scottish Charity Register, register export dated 14 October 2026.