Nottingham Liberal Synagogue
Liberal-heritage synagogue in Sherwood, Nottingham, formed in 1965
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| Type | Synagogue; registered charity (unincorporated) |
| Founded | 19 May 1965 |
| Registration ID | 246773 (Charity Commission) |
| Headquarters | Lloyd Street, Sherwood, Nottingham NG5 4BP |
| Location | Sherwood, Nottingham |
| Registration | England and Wales |
| Website | https://nottinghamliberalsynagogue.com/ |
Nottingham Liberal Synagogue (NLS) is a Liberal-heritage synagogue in Lloyd Street, Sherwood, Nottingham, formed in 1965 as Nottingham Progressive Jewish Congregation and a registered charity (246773).[1][2] Its website describes a community “based in Sherwood, close to Nottingham city centre”, with members across the city and county.[3]
History
The synagogue’s history page says a group of Jewish families met on 9 March 1965 at the home of David and Rae Lipman to discuss a progressive synagogue in Nottingham, approached both the Reform movement and the ULPS and “chose to become a Liberal congregation”, partly because of a more proactive response and partly because of the newly developed Liberal prayer book; it says services were held at the Quaker Meeting House in Clarendon Street, that an extraordinary general meeting in December 1970 agreed to build a synagogue before engaging a rabbi, and that the synagogue was consecrated on 1 October 1972 at a service led by David Goldberg and Sidney Brichto.[4] JCR-UK says a formal meeting on 19 May 1965 approved the congregation, the first services were held on 11 June 1965, the congregation joined the ULPS in September 1965 and the purpose-built synagogue was in use from 1971; Rosita Rosenberg gives 19 May 1965 for the official formation, an application for ULPS affiliation in September 1965 and consecration in October 1972.[1][5]
JCR-UK lists as ministers Julia Neuberger (about 1978–79), Alan Mann (1979–91, part-time and voluntary), Seth Kunin (1993–94), Amanda Golby (1995 to about 2000), Tanya Sakhnovich (from about 2007 to about 2021) and Gili Zidkiyahu (from 2022); the website describes Zidkiyahu as coming “from an Israeli family with roots in Iraq, Riga, Hebron and Jerusalem”.[1][3] The 2025 accounts report that about 1,150 children from 39 schools visited the premises, and that the synagogue gained 25 full members, 8 associate members and 11 regular visitors in the year.[6] JCR-UK gives 114 members in 1996 and 100 to 199 households in the 2010 and 2016 surveys, and says the congregation’s cemetery is at Wilford Hill.[1]
The website lists social action through Nottingham Citizens (an alliance of more than 30 organisations), a food bank collection, support for a Syrian refugee family through Sherwood Sponsors Refugees, Mitzvah Day projects, and Salaam Shalom Kitchen, which it describes as “a joint Muslim-Jewish led project” reducing food poverty.[7]
Affiliation and governance
The website says the synagogue “is affiliated to Liberal Judaism”, according with it “in valuing truth above tradition, sincerity above conformity, and all human needs above legal technicalities”.[8] The 2025 accounts give the object as “to accord with the principles and rules for the time being of the union of liberal and progressive synagogues” and record the constitution as adopted on 15 September 1965 and most recently amended on 21 April 2024.[6] JCR-UK records the charity as registered on 28 February 1966.[1] Neither source opened states its position after the 1 January 2026 union that formed the Movement for Progressive Judaism.[9]
Charity, officers and accounts
The charity is registered with the Charity Commission as Nottingham Liberal Synagogue, number 246773. The register records standard registration on 28 February 1966.[2] Other names recorded: NOTTINGHAM PROGRESSIVE JEWISH CONGREGATION (Previous name).
The register address is Nottingham Liberal Synagogue, Lloyd Street, NOTTINGHAM, NG5 4BP.[10] The governing document is CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 15/09/1965 AS AMENDED ON 27/04/1969 AS AMENDED ON 30/04/1972 AS AMENDED ON 20/03/1994 AS AMENDED ON 12/01/1995 AS AMENDED ON 23/04/1995 AS AMENDED ON 08/05/2005 AS AMENDED ON 29/04/2012 AS AMENDED ON 17/03/2013 AS AMENDED ON 06/12/2013 AS AMENDED ON 30 March 2014 AS AMENDED ON 17 April 2016 as amended on 15 April 2018 as amended on 13 September 2020 as amended on 13 September 2020 as amended on 13 September 2020 as amended on 13 September 2020 as amended on 13 September 2020 as amended on 13 September 2020 as amended on 24 April 2022 as amended on 21 April 2024 as amended on 26 April 2026.[11] Its registered objects are: “The object of the congregation is the advancement of Liberal and Progressive Judaism.”[11]
Trustees
The register lists 13 trustees on 11 November 2026.[12]
| Trustee | Role | Appointment recorded by the Charity Commission | Source |
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| Saul Jonathan Benjamin Tendler | Trustee | 26 April 2026 | [12] |
| David Erel | Trustee | 26 April 2026 | [12] |
| Catherine Strauss | Trustee | 26 April 2026 | [12] |
| Joseph Harvey Goodman | Trustee | 26 April 2026 | [12] |
| Georgia Parmar-Thresh | Trustee | 11 June 2025 | [12] |
| Benjamin Raymond Price | Trustee | 13 May 2025 | [12] |
| Peter Gordon | Trustee | 23 April 2023 | [12] |
| Antony Joel Moss | Trustee | 24 April 2022 | [12] |
| Rachel Elisheva Reeves | Trustee | 13 September 2020 | [12] |
| Allyson Kingsley | Trustee | 13 September 2020 | [12] |
| Geoffrey Adam Book | Trustee | 14 April 2019 | [12] |
Accounts
For the financial year ended 31 December 2025 the register records total income of £243,226 and total expenditure of £200,762, with 50 volunteers.[13]
| Financial year end | Total gross income | Total expenditure | Source |
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| 31 December 2021 | £128.49k | £141.22k | [14] |
| 31 December 2022 | £155.34k | £157.22k | [14] |
| 31 December 2023 | £286.04k | £202.62k | [14] |
| 31 December 2024 | £189.51k | £198.18k | [14] |
| 31 December 2025 | £243.23k | £200.76k | [14] |
See also
External links
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 David Shulman, Nottingham Liberal Synagogue, Nottingham, England, JCR-UK, amended 5 May 2023, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Nottingham Liberal Synagogue: governance, Register of Charities, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nottingham Liberal Synagogue, Who We Are, Nottingham Liberal Synagogue, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ Nottingham Liberal Synagogue, Our History, Nottingham Liberal Synagogue, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ Lawrence Rigal and Rosita Rosenberg, Liberal Judaism: The First Hundred Years, London: Liberal Judaism / Union of Liberal and Progressive Synagogues, 2004, pp. 149–151.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Nottingham Liberal Synagogue, Financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2025, Annual report and accounts, trustees’ annual report, pp. 2–4 (scanned PDF, read by OCR), accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ Nottingham Liberal Synagogue, Social Action, Nottingham Liberal Synagogue, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ Nottingham Liberal Synagogue, Liberal Judaism, Nottingham Liberal Synagogue, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ The Movement for Progressive Judaism, Applications open for candidates for MPJ Chair of Trustees, The Movement for Progressive Judaism, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, Nottingham Liberal Synagogue: contact information, Register of Charities, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Nottingham Liberal Synagogue: governing document, Register of Charities, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Nottingham Liberal Synagogue: trustees, Register of Charities, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, Nottingham Liberal Synagogue: overview, Register of Charities, accessed 11 November 2026.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Nottingham Liberal Synagogue: financial history, Register of Charities, accessed 11 November 2026.