Newark Care

Jewish care-home charity in Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, founded in 1950 as the Jewish Old Age Home for Scotland (OSCR SC009334; company SC248341)

Newark Care
Type	Private company limited by guarantee (charitable company)
Founded	25 May 1950
Founder(s)	A. A. Collins, L. S. Sellyn and others
Registration ID	SC009334 (Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator); company SC248341 (Companies House)
Status	Active
Headquarters	32 Burnfield Road, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 7PZ
Location	Giffnock, East Renfrewshire
Area served	East Renfrewshire and the south side of Glasgow
Services	Residential and nursing care for older people, within an Orthodox Jewish setting
Registration	Scotland (OSCR)
Key people	Michael Jackson (Chair); Caroline Louise Gurevitz (Vice Chair); Martin Berman (Company Secretary); Graham Richmond (Chief Executive)
Website	newarkcare.org.uk
Remarks	Investigations by Police Scotland, the Health and Safety Executive, the Care Inspectorate and East Renfrewshire HSCP after an accident at Westacres Care Home in November 2022; police and HSE reports passed to the Crown Office

Newark Care is a Scottish charity that runs a care home for older people at Burnfield, Giffnock, in East Renfrewshire. It was founded as the Jewish Old Age Home for Scotland, registered as a charity on 25 May 1950, renamed Newark Lodge in April 1983 and Newark Care in July 1995. Its objects are to care for "frail and/or confused elderly, young disabled and terminally ill persons of the Jewish faith" within "an orthodox residential, day or domiciliary setting". To keep its homes full, the board has extended care "to those not of the Jewish faith", an approach which the 2025 accounts accept "is outwith the stated objects of the charity in its original constitution".

In 2024-25 Newark Care had income of £4,946,480, almost all of it residents' board charges (£4,815,191), and spent £5,120,414, a deficit of £169,763. It employed an average of 147 staff. Until November 2025 it ran two homes, Westacres in Newton Mearns and Burnfield in Giffnock. It sold Westacres on 5 November 2025 for £2,250,000, and the Care Inspectorate now lists that home's registration as cancelled. Its auditor, Armstrong Watson Audit Limited of Caledonia House, 89 Seaward Street, Glasgow, has the same address as the Walton Foundation.

Registration and objects

Newark Care is a Scottish registered company (Company no. SC248341), incorporated on 25 April 2003. Newark Care was registered as a charity from 25 May 1950 before it was incorporated to it's constitutional form of being a company.

• Constitutional Form: Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

• Company Type: Private Limited Company by guarantee without share capital use of 'Limited' exemption

• Address: 32 Burnfield Road, Giffnock, Glasgow G46 7PZ

• Object: 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;

Details of charity's operations

• Charity Status: Active
• Last Updated: 31 Mar 2025
• Constitutional Form Date: 25 May 1950
• Geographical Spread: One or a few bases or facilities serving people who come from a broad area
• Main Operating Location: East Renfrewshire
• Purposes: "the advancement of religion","the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage"
• Beneficiaries: "Older People"
• Types of activity undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
• Notes: email from accountants advising 3+ months delay
• Number of Staff: 147

The details above are from the OSCR register entry.

History

According to the 2025 accounts, the original constitution "was established in the name of the Jewish Old Age Home for Scotland by Mr A. A. Collins, Mr L.S. Sellyn and others" and was recognised by the Inland Revenue as a charity on 25 May 1950. The name changed to Newark Lodge in April 1983 and to Newark Care in July 1995, when the constitution was revised. The charity says it began "in the late 1940s as the Jewish Old Age Home for Scotland, opening its doors at 43 Newark Drive in Pollokshields", later taking over number 41 next door. By about 2000 it was caring for "almost one hundred residents", and it then moved to purpose-built homes. The present company (SC248341) was incorporated on 25 April 2003.

In 2024-25 the charity ran two nursing homes in East Renfrewshire, Westacres (Newton Mearns) and Burnfield (Giffnock), with 78 rooms for up to 79 residents. The board decided in 2024-25 to sell Westacres. The sale of the business and assets was completed on 5 November 2025 for £2,250,000 (net proceeds about £2.12 million), against a carrying value of £1,762,341. The Care Inspectorate lists Westacres (3 Westacres Road, Glasgow, G77 6WW) as cancelled, with Newark Care as provider. The charity now describes Burnfield as its only home, with places for up to 40 residents. It says it observes "Jewish dietary laws (kashrut)" and Jewish festivals, and welcomes "residents of all faiths and none".

People

Directors

Information listed according to Companies House records.

Name	Correspondence address	Role	Position	Date of birth	Appointed on or before	Resigned on	Nationality	Country of residence	Occupation
Martin Berman	Newark Care, 32 Burnfield Road, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 7PZ	Active	Secretary		on 22 June 2023
Martin Berman	7 Sunningdale Avenue, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, G77 5PE	Active	Director	January 1956	on 25 April 2003		British	Scotland	Solicitor
Martin Walter Diamond	35 Woodvale Avenue, Giffnock, Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, United Kingdom, G46 6RG	Active	Director	October 1944	on 30 November 2011		Scottish	Scotland	Company Director
Caroline Louise Gurevitz	Newark Care, 32 Burnfield Road, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 7PZ	Active	Director	November 1986	on 27 April 2019		British	Scotland	Hr Consultant
Michael Jackson	17 Burnside Road, Whitecraigs, Glasgow, G46 6TT	Active	Director	June 1962	on 25 April 2003		British	Scotland	Solicitor
Rochelle Pinder	Newark Care, 32 Burnfield Road, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 7PZ	Active	Director	August 1960	on 18 February 2015		British	Scotland	Company Secretary
Barry John Elder	16 Carolside Gardens, Clarkston, Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, Scotland, G76 7BX	Resigned	Secretary		on 2 October 2012	27 July 2013
Jennifer Kate Goldberg	1 Wellknowe Place, Thorntonhall, Glasgow, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom, G74 5AX	Resigned	Secretary		on 11 January 2012	2 October 2012
Stephen Jacobs	Newark Care, 32 Burnfield Road, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 7PZ	Resigned	Secretary		on 2 October 2013	22 June 2023
Cecil Strang	7 Forrestfield Gardens, Crookfur, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, G77 6RN	Resigned	Secretary		on 25 April 2003	30 November 2011
Clive Joseph Aronson	Whitelodge 28 Ayr Road, Giffnock, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G46 6RY	Resigned	Director	July 1949	on 1 December 2004	1 September 2022	British	Scotland	Retired
Anita Dorothy Berkley	32 Burnfield Road, Giffnock, Glasgow, Scotland, G46 7PZ	Resigned	Director	July 1956	on 22 April 2015	30 May 2022	British	Scotland	Dietitian
Michael Berkley	17a Broomcroft Road, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, G77 5ER	Resigned	Director	February 1957	on 25 April 2003	12 December 2007	British		Company Director
Stanley Bernstein	9 Burnfield Gardens, Giffnock, Lanarkshire, G46 7EB	Resigned	Director	April 1938	on 6 February 2008	14 April 2021	British	Scotland	Retired
Clifford Douglas	23 Kirkvale Drive, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G77 5HQ	Resigned	Director	September 1945	on 25 April 2003	14 December 2016	British	Scotland	Retired
Jennifer Kate Goldberg	1 Wellknowe Place, Thorntonhall, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, G74 5AX	Resigned	Director	March 1951	on 24 June 2009	2 October 2012	British	Scotland	Retired
Stephen Leslie Jacobs	Newark Care, 32 Burnfield Road, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 7PZ	Resigned	Director	August 1963	on 18 October 2012	9 March 2024	British	Scotland	Company Director
Arthur A Jacobson	Flat E, 15 Mains Avenue, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6QY	Resigned	Director	March 1923	on 25 April 2003	1 December 2014	British	Scotland	Retired
Daniel Kersh	Newark Care, 32 Burnfield Road, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 7PZ	Resigned	Director	March 1975	on 1 May 2014	24 May 2023	British	United Kingdom	Chief Executive Marketing Agency
Malcolm George Maddox	19 Elliot Avenue, Giffnock, Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, G46 7NS	Resigned	Director	September 1944	on 1 January 2009	25 April 2018	British	Scotland	Retired
Cecil Strang	7 Forrestfield Gardens, Crookfur, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, G77 6RN	Resigned	Director	June 1925	on 25 April 2003	30 November 2011	British	Scotland	Retired

Trustees and management, 2025

The 2025 accounts list the trustees as Michael Jackson (Chair), Martin Berman, Martin Walter Diamond, Rochelle Pinder and Caroline Louise Gurevitz (Vice Chair), with Martin Berman as company secretary and Graham Richmond as chief executive. The OSCR register lists the same five trustees. The Companies House officer list matches the table above. Trustees receive no pay or expenses. Key management pay was £79,870 in 2024-25 (2023-24: £89,144).

The accounts disclose two related-party transactions:

• £10,475 (2023-24: £9,334) paid to AVIOHR Ltd, "a company in which one of the trustees, Caroline Gurevitz, is a director"
• £4,114 paid to Carr Berman Crichton Limited, "a company in which trustee, Martin Berman, is a director"

Income & Expenditure

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Annual returns to OSCR

Year ending	Income (£)	Expenditure (£)	Annual return received
31 March 2022	4,645,009	4,651,819	31 March 2023
31 March 2023	4,877,226	5,190,375	27 December 2023
31 March 2024	5,026,825	5,212,244	19 December 2024
31 March 2025	4,946,480	5,120,414	17 December 2025
31 March 2026	–	–	Not yet received

OSCR has published no accounts documents for Newark Care, and its register entry carries the note "email from accountants advising 3+ months delay". The accounts are filed at Companies House.

Income and expenditure, year ended 31 March 2025

Item	2025 (£)	2024 (£)
Board charges (care)	4,815,191	4,915,667
Donations and legacies	42,285	39,916
Festival donations	12,572	14,181
Investment income (including rents of £15,912)	64,144	56,810
Other income	12,288	251
Total income	4,946,480	5,026,825
Raising funds (portfolio management)	16,156	16,372
Care costs	5,104,258	5,195,872
Total expenditure	5,120,414	5,212,244
Net gains on investments	4,171	123,157
Net income/(expenditure)	(169,763)	(62,262)
Total funds at year end	5,310,816	5,480,579

Donations and legacies in 2024-25 comprised donations of £14,557, legacies of £16,958, grants of £10,620 and covenants of £150. Staff costs were £4,028,376, and four employees earned more than £60,000. The charity held listed investments of £1,410,366, an investment property valued at £105,000 and heritable property with a net book value of £3,423,747. Free reserves were £1,129,471. The "Newark Care Charity Reserve Fund" pays the gap between local authority rates and fees for Jewish residents "fully reliant on local authority funding". It paid out £115,762 in 2024-25, and the board "has determined that the reserve is now closed to any new applicants".

The auditor is Armstrong Watson Audit Limited ("formerly Martin Aitken & Co Ltd"), Caledonia House, 89 Seaward Street, Glasgow G41 1HJ. The senior statutory auditor, Duncan MacCaig, signed on 16 December 2025, and the audit fee was £13,200. The bankers are the Royal Bank of Scotland, and the investment adviser is Kenny McKenzie of The Wealth Office, Glasgow.

Regulatory matters

The 2025 strategic report states that "the tragic accident at Westacres Care Home in November 2022 resulted in investigations by Police Scotland, the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), the Care Inspectorate (CI) and East Renfrewshire Health & Social Care Partnership (HSCP)". The Care Inspectorate and HSCP investigations are complete, and the HSCP decided that no further action was needed. Police Scotland finished around August 2023 and the HSE in November 2023, and "both bodies have submitted their reports to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS)", from which there had been "no further communication". The accounts carry this as a contingent liability whose financial consequences "will not be known until all the investigations are complete". Newark Care is also "co-operating with Police Scotland" in the Crown Office-led investigation into COVID-related deaths in Scottish care homes. The Care Inspectorate records two complaints about Westacres, dated 10 December 2014 and 4 January 2023.

Funding and network links

• Glasgow Jewish Community Trust: a special grant of £10,620 to Newark Care in 2024. Newark Care's 2024-25 accounts record a grant of £10,620 "towards capital expenditure".
• Its auditor, Armstrong Watson Audit Limited at Caledonia House, 89 Seaward Street, Glasgow, also audits the Walton Foundation, whose principal office is at the same address. The Glasgow Jewish Community Trust gives the same address as its principal address.
• Former directors include Anita Dorothy Berkley (2015 to 2022), Michael Berkley (2003 to 2007) and Stanley Bernstein (2008 to 2021).

Israel and Zionist links

No Israel-related grants, events or trustee roles appear in the 2025 accounts, the OSCR register entry or the Companies House officer list.

Contact

Registered office address: Newark Care, 32 Burnfield Road, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 7PZ

See also

• Glasgow Jewish Community Trust
• Walton Foundation
• Jewish Care Scotland
• Cosgrove Care

External links

• Newark Care website