Mosaic Reform Synagogue

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Reform-heritage synagogue in Stanmore, north-west London, belonging to the Movement for Progressive Judaism

Mosaic Reform Synagogue

Logo Mosaic-reform-synagogue-logo.jpg
Type Synagogue; registered charity; company limited by guarantee
Founded 1959
Registration ID 1159303 (Charity Commission); company 08825271
Headquarters 1A Halsbury Close, Stanmore, Middlesex HA7 3DY
Location Stanmore, north-west London
Registration England and Wales
Key people Kathleen de Magtige-Middleton (rabbi)
Website https://www.choosemosaic.org/reform/


Mosaic Reform Synagogue is a Reform-heritage synagogue in Stanmore, north-west London. It is listed as a community of The Movement for Progressive Judaism.[1] Founded in 1959 as Middlesex New Synagogue, it adopted its current name in 2014. It is the Reform constituent of Mosaic Jewish Community, distinct from the umbrella body and the Liberal and Masorti congregations. The Reform congregation operates through company 08825271 and charity 1159303.[2][3][4][5]


History

JCR-UK dates the foundation of Middlesex New Synagogue to 1959 and records its premises at Bessborough Road, Harrow, from 1962. The congregation's own history says that its March 2014 AGM voted to join Mosaic Jewish Community, adopting the Mosaic Reform name. JCR-UK dates the move to the shared purpose-built Stanmore complex to October 2022.[2][6]

The congregation's website records Kathleen de Magtige-Middleton's appointment as minister in 2008, succeeding Simon Franses.[7]

Selected clergy recorded by JCR-UK
Clergy member Recorded service Source
Lionel Blue 1961–1964; first minister [2]
Michael Goulston 1965–1968 [2]
Michael Standfield 1971–1986 [2]
Simon Franses 1987–2008; thereafter emeritus until 2009 [2]
Kathleen de Magtige-Middleton From 2008; also identified by the current website [2]


Affiliation and governance

JCR-UK and the congregation's own website record its Reform affiliation. It is listed in The Movement for Progressive Judaism's current directory, following heritage in The Movement for Reform Judaism. Within Mosaic Jewish Community it shares premises with Mosaic Liberal Synagogue and Mosaic Masorti Synagogue. JCR-UK records burial arrangements through the Jewish Joint Burial Society.[2][3][1]


Charity, officers and accounts

The Charity Commission records registration on 20 November 2014. Its institutional register contact address is 1A Halsbury Close, Stanmore, Middlesex HA7 3DY.[5][8]

The company was incorporated on 23 December 2013 as The New Reform Synagogue Limited and renamed Mosaic Reform Synagogue on 19 November 2014. The charity register identifies memorandum and articles incorporated on 23 December 2013 and amended on 17 November 2014; its objects concern advancing the Jewish religion, particularly through synagogue worship, and other charitable purposes. The register records funds received from predecessor Middlesex New Synagogue, charity 1077299, on 16 October 2018. JCR-UK separately dates the operational transfer of the predecessor's assets and liabilities to 3 January 2016; these are differently described events, not silently substituted dates.[4][9][5][2]

Companies House records incorporation on 23 December 2013 and gives the registered office as 1a Halsbury Close, Stanmore Hill, Stanmore, England, HA7 3DY.[4]


Trustees

Trustees listed on the live charity register, 6 November 2026
Trustee Role Appointment recorded Register position Source
Robin Paul Grainger Trustee 14 July 2026 Listed on the live register, 6 November 2026 [10]
Sharron Shackell Trustee 14 January 2025 Listed on the live register, 6 November 2026 [10]
Joel Abrahams Trustee 07 December 2022 Listed on the live register, 6 November 2026 [10]
Jane Prentice Trustee 07 December 2022 Listed on the live register, 6 November 2026 [10]
Linda Holman Trustee 07 December 2022 Listed on the live register, 6 November 2026 [10]
Gillian Goldsmith Trustee 21 July 2021 Listed on the live register, 6 November 2026 [10]
Jonathan Feldman Trustee 21 July 2021 Listed on the live register, 6 November 2026 [10]
Victoria Bacon Trustee 21 July 2021 Listed on the live register, 6 November 2026 [10]
Andrew Harry Grant Trustee 28 December 2018 Listed on the live register, 6 November 2026 [10]


Company officers

The following are company-office records from Companies House, not a reconciled list of synagogue trustees. Company and charity appointment dates, and the lists of people shown, can differ.[11]

Current and former company officers: 08825271
Officer Office Appointment Resignation Company-register status Source
Joel Marc Abrahams Director 7 December 2022 — Active [11]
Victoria Rita Bacon Director 21 July 2021 — Active [11]
Anne Hilary Banks Director 10 February 2026 — Active [11]
Jonathan Paul Feldman Director 21 July 2021 — Active [11]
Gillian Goldsmith Director 21 July 2021 — Active [11]
Robin Paul Grainger Director 14 July 2026 — Active [11]
Andrew Harry Grant Director 28 December 2018 — Active [11]
Linda Ruth Holman Director 7 December 2022 — Active [11]
Richard Clive Phillips Director 10 February 2026 — Active [11]
Jane Patricia Prentice Director 7 December 2022 — Active [11]
Sharron Shackell Director 14 January 2025 — Active [11]
Anne Hilary Banks Director 5 July 2017 21 July 2021 Resigned [11]
Jeremy Daniel Banks Director 5 January 2016 7 May 2017 Resigned [11]
Caroline Yvonne Chadwick Director 15 May 2018 12 July 2023 Resigned [11]
Lawrence Stephen Chadwick Director 11 January 2017 21 July 2021 Resigned [11]
Lawrence Stephen Chadwick Director 11 January 2017 12 January 2023 Resigned [11]
Robin Leopold Charles Goldsmith Director 5 January 2016 8 September 2020 Resigned [11]
Juliet Anne Grainger Director 5 January 2016 15 May 2018 Resigned [11]
Barbara Marianne Grant Director 25 July 2014 15 May 2018 Resigned [11]
Michael Lionel Harris Director 23 December 2013 18 January 2016 Resigned [11]
Jane Simone Harrison Director 5 January 2016 7 May 2017 Resigned [11]
Jeffrey Highfield Director 14 December 2018 21 July 2021 Resigned [11]
Linda Ruth Holman Director 11 January 2017 15 May 2018 Resigned [11]
Victoria Kenton Director 12 July 2023 31 July 2025 Resigned [11]
Elizabeth Jayne Kingsley Director 7 December 2022 14 July 2026 Resigned [11]
David Philip Leigh-Ellis Director 21 July 2021 7 December 2022 Resigned [11]
David Martin Director 5 January 2016 21 July 2021 Resigned [11]
Mark Adrian Newman Director 27 September 2017 21 July 2021 Resigned [11]
Joan Evelyn Noble Director 8 September 2020 20 July 2021 Resigned [11]
Stephen Anthony Noble Director 5 January 2016 21 July 2021 Resigned [11]
Benjamin David Noble-Bougay Director 5 January 2016 15 May 2018 Resigned [11]
Richard Clive Phillips Director 8 January 2016 7 May 2017 Resigned [11]
Gillian Devorah Reik Director 5 January 2016 15 May 2018 Resigned [11]
Michael Kurt Reik Director 8 September 2020 21 July 2021 Resigned [11]
Stefan Roos Director 15 May 2018 7 December 2022 Resigned [11]
David Safir Director 5 July 2017 21 July 2021 Resigned [12]
Michelle Anne Singer Director 5 January 2016 8 September 2020 Resigned [12]
David Wyman Director 8 September 2020 21 July 2021 Resigned [12]


Accounts

Income and expenditure as displayed on the charity register (k = £1,000; m = £1 million); net assets are assets less liabilities
Period ended Income Expenditure Net assets Sources
31 December 2023 £279.95k £272.40k £4,869,530 [13] [14]
31 December 2024 £279.09k £303.00k £4,845,622 [13] [14]
31 December 2025 £276.59k £302.12k £4,820,093 [13] [15]


Relations with Israel

The shared Mosaic Jewish Community website publishes the umbrella board's support for the State of Israel and says displaying Israeli flags at community and constituent-synagogue events is not inappropriate. It describes an Israel@Mosaic Committee led by Michael Reik, with talks, cultural events, Hebrew conversation groups and political discussions. The statement is attributed to the umbrella body, not to each individual member or trustee.[16]

The same page records twinning with Darchei Noam in Ramat Hasharon, a congregation of the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism, and support for Kibbutz Re’im. It says Mosaic raised £4,000 towards rebuilding the kibbutz medical centre and that children correspond with children there. The site also lists links to the New Israel Fund, Israel Religious Action Center, The Abraham Initiatives and Israel Bonds. These are the umbrella website's reported activities and links; it does not assign the £4,000 specifically to the Reform charity or establish grants to every linked organisation.[16][17]


See also

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Movement for Progressive Judaism, Find a Community, The Movement for Progressive Judaism, accessed 6 November 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 JCR-UK, Mosaic Reform Synagogue, JCR-UK, accessed 6 November 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mosaic Reform Synagogue, About Us: Mosaic Reform, Mosaic Jewish Community, accessed 6 November 2026.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Companies House, Mosaic Reform Synagogue (08825271): overview, Find and update company information, accessed 6 November 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Mosaic Reform Synagogue: governance, Register of Charities, accessed 6 November 2026.
  6. ↑ Mosaic Reform Synagogue, History of the synagogue, Mosaic Jewish Community, accessed 6 November 2026.
  7. ↑ Mosaic Reform Synagogue, Our Rabbi, Mosaic Jewish Community, accessed 6 November 2026.
  8. ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, Mosaic Reform Synagogue: contact information, Register of Charities, accessed 6 November 2026.
  9. ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, Mosaic Reform Synagogue: governing document and objects, Register of Charities, accessed 6 November 2026.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Mosaic Reform Synagogue: trustees, Register of Charities, accessed 6 November 2026.
  11. ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 11.14 11.15 11.16 11.17 11.18 11.19 11.20 11.21 11.22 11.23 11.24 11.25 11.26 11.27 11.28 11.29 11.30 11.31 11.32 11.33 11.34 11.35 Companies House, Company 08825271: officers, Find and update company information, accessed 6 November 2026.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Companies House, Company 08825271: officers (continuation), Find and update company information, accessed 6 November 2026.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Mosaic Reform Synagogue: financial history, Register of Charities, accessed 6 November 2026.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Mosaic Reform Synagogue, Report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024, Annual report and accounts, PDF p. 12, accessed 6 November 2026.
  15. ↑ Mosaic Reform Synagogue, Report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025, Annual report and accounts, PDF pp. 2–5, 14, accessed 6 November 2026.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Mosaic Jewish Community, Mosaic Jewish Community and Israel, Mosaic Jewish Community, accessed 6 November 2026.
  17. ↑ Mosaic Jewish Community, Twinned Communities, Mosaic Jewish Community, accessed 6 November 2026.
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