Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue

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

Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue

Logo Sha'arei-tsedek-north-london-reform-synagogue-logo.png
Type Synagogue; registered charity; company limited by guarantee
Founded 1961
Registration ID 1171418 (Charity Commission); company 10514105
Headquarters Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue, 120 Oakleigh Road North, London N20 9EZ
Location Whetstone, north London
Registration England and Wales
Key people Shulamit Ambalu (rabbi); Andrea Laurence (chair listed on the charity register)
Website https://www.shaarei-tsedek.org.uk/


Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue is a Reform-heritage synagogue in Whetstone, north London. It is listed as a community of The Movement for Progressive Judaism.[1] Founded in 1961 as Southgate and District Reform Synagogue, it adopted its current name in 2010. It operates through company 10514105 and charity 1171418. JCR-UK dates Shulamit Ambalu's appointment as principal rabbi to January 2018; the synagogue's website publishes her sermons through August 2026.[2][3][4][5]


History

JCR-UK dates the congregation's foundation to 1961 and its adoption of the Sha'arei Tsedek name to 19 May 2010. It records earlier premises in Queens Avenue, Winchmore Hill, and Southgate High Street before the move in December 1999 to the former school building at Oakleigh Road North.[2]

JCR-UK records Sonny Herman as the initial student rabbi and later minister, followed by Colin Eimer from 1977 to March 2015 and thereafter emeritus, and Shulamit Ambalu as principal rabbi from January 2018. The current website's sermon list includes Ambalu's 2026 writing.[2][5]


Affiliation and governance

JCR-UK records membership of The Movement for Reform Judaism. The congregation is now listed in The Movement for Progressive Judaism's directory. JCR-UK records burial arrangements through the Jewish Joint Burial Society.[2][1]


Charity, officers and accounts

The Charity Commission records registration on 1 February 2017. Its institutional register contact address is Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue, 120 Oakleigh Road North, London N20 9EZ.[4][6]

The live charity register describes memorandum and articles “incorporated 20 Nov 2016”; Companies House records the company's incorporation on 7 December 2016, while the 2025 trustees' report refers to a memorandum dated 6 December 2016. These are the dates and descriptions given by the respective sources. The objects cover Jewish religious services and a place of worship, marriage, burial and cremation arrangements, education in Hebrew and religion, and other charitable objects. The register records funds received from predecessor charity 1076670 on 7 June 2018.[7][3][8][4]

Companies House records incorporation on 7 December 2016 and gives the registered office as 120 Oakleigh Road North, London, United Kingdom, N20 9EZ.[3]

The live charity register continues to list Andrea Kelmanson, Brian Carne and Naomi Franks as trustees. The 2025 annual report records resignations by Kelmanson and Carne on 1 September 2025 and Franks on 18 June 2025; Companies House also records those departures as directors. The charity register also continues to list Darren Shoffren, Fran Holmes and Anne Fredericks, whose director resignations Companies House dates to 15 October 2025, 7 December 2025 and 12 July 2026 respectively. The tables preserve the separate source positions rather than treating the charity-register list as a reconciled board list.[9][8][10]


Trustees

Trustees listed on the live charity register, 6 November 2026
Trustee Role Appointment recorded Register position Source
Andrea Laurence Chair 26 November 2017 Listed on the live register, 6 November 2026 [9]
Darren Shoffren Trustee 03 December 2023 Listed on the live register, 6 November 2026 [9]
Andrea Kelmanson Trustee 03 December 2023 Listed on the live register, 6 November 2026 [9]
Anne Fredericks Trustee 03 December 2023 Listed on the live register, 6 November 2026 [9]
Fran Holmes Trustee 03 December 2023 Listed on the live register, 6 November 2026 [9]
Pamela Sandler Trustee 03 December 2023 Listed on the live register, 6 November 2026 [9]
Brian Carne Trustee 12 December 2021 Listed on the live register, 6 November 2026 [9]
Anthony Mitchell Trustee 12 December 2021 Listed on the live register, 6 November 2026 [9]
Naomi Franks Trustee 12 December 2021 Listed on the live register, 6 November 2026 [9]
Justine Rochelle Khedoory Trustee 21 November 2016 Listed on the live register, 6 November 2026 [9]
Leslie Trevor Gold Trustee 20 November 2016 Listed on the live register, 6 November 2026 [9]
Departures or earlier terms recorded in the annual report
Officer Reported office Appointment Resignation or retirement Source
Andrea Kelmanson Trustee Not stated 1 September 2025 [8]
Brian Carne Trustee / treasurer Not stated 1 September 2025 [8]
Naomi Franks Trustee Not stated 18 June 2025 [8]


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.[10]

Current and former company officers: 10514105
Officer Office Appointment Resignation Company-register status Source
James Andrew Burton-Lee Director 2 May 2026 — Active [10]
Rochelle Collins Director 27 July 2026 — Active [10]
Dee Eimer Director 21 January 2026 — Active [10]
Leslie Trevor Gold Director 7 December 2016 — Active [10]
Justine Rochelle Khedoory Director 19 April 2017 — Active [10]
Andrea Michelle Laurence Director 26 November 2017 — Active [10]
Karen Luftig de Vallejo Director 5 December 2025 — Active [10]
David Mendes Director 21 January 2026 — Active [10]
Anthony Mitchell Director 12 December 2021 — Active [10]
Pamela Sandler Director 3 December 2023 — Active [10]
Andrea Laurence Secretary 4 November 2018 16 December 2020 Resigned [10]
Darren Shoffren Secretary 19 April 2017 4 November 2018 Resigned [10]
Barbara Carmel Director 26 November 2017 12 December 2021 Resigned [10]
Brian Jonathan Carne Director 12 December 2021 1 September 2025 Resigned [10]
Rochelle Collins Director 21 January 2026 29 April 2026 Resigned [10]
Ashley Leon Feldman Director 19 April 2017 1 December 2019 Resigned [10]
Naomi Franks Director 12 December 2021 18 June 2025 Resigned [10]
Anne Fredericks Director 3 December 2023 12 July 2026 Resigned [10]
Danny Goldblum Director 26 November 2017 1 December 2019 Resigned [10]
Keith Harris Director 16 December 2020 22 June 2022 Resigned [10]
John Hesse Director 19 April 2017 16 December 2020 Resigned [10]
Sue Hesse Director 4 November 2018 30 April 2021 Resigned [10]
Fran Holmes Director 3 December 2023 7 December 2025 Resigned [10]
Joel Hyams Director 17 January 2023 1 May 2024 Resigned [10]
Joel Hyams Director 17 December 2022 9 January 2023 Resigned [10]
Susan Ingle Director 4 December 2022 21 June 2023 Resigned [10]
Adam Joelson Director 19 April 2017 26 November 2017 Resigned [10]
Simon Kaufman Director 26 November 2017 18 July 2018 Resigned [10]
Andrea Abigail Kelmanson Director 3 December 2023 1 September 2025 Resigned [10]
Andrea Abigail Kelmanson Director 19 April 2017 1 December 2019 Resigned [10]
Andy Kelmanson Director 16 December 2020 22 January 2021 Resigned [10]
Dan Kelmanson Director 7 December 2016 1 December 2019 Resigned [10]
Samuel Abraham Leon Kornhauser Director 19 April 2017 12 December 2021 Resigned [10]
Caroline Morris Director 19 April 2017 16 May 2018 Resigned [10]
Martin Paltnoi Director 19 April 2017 26 November 2017 Resigned [10]
Janet Renton Director 19 April 2017 12 December 2021 Resigned [11]
Darren Shoffren Director 3 December 2023 15 October 2025 Resigned [11]
Darren Shoffren Director 19 April 2017 1 December 2019 Resigned [11]
Mark Werblow Director 26 November 2017 12 December 2021 Resigned [11]
Richard Philip Woolf Director 19 April 2017 3 December 2023 Resigned [11]


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 March 2023 £722.56k £724.87k £930,020 [12] [13]
31 March 2024 £753.56k £730.22k £953,361 [12] [14]
31 March 2025 £826.62k £814.08k £965,908 [12] [8]


Relations with Israel

A synagogue website notice advertised a joint Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut evening on 21 April 2026 with The Liberal Synagogue Elstree, Southgate Progressive Synagogue and Radlett Reform Synagogue. It described speakers, choir music, remembrance and celebration marking the seventy-eighth anniversary of Israel's independence. It is evidence of the advertised programme, not a list of attendees.[15]

The 2025 annual report records a “Shir Sing-along for Israel” fundraiser and a Huddle for Israel group. It does not identify the fundraiser's beneficiary or proceeds, and is not treated as evidence of an Israel Defence Forces or Lone Soldier grant.[8]


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 JCR-UK, Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue, JCR-UK, accessed 6 November 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Companies House, Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue (10514105): overview, Find and update company information, accessed 6 November 2026.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue: governance, Register of Charities, accessed 6 November 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sha’arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue, Sermons and Writing from Rabbi Shulamit Ambalu, Sha’arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue, accessed 6 November 2026.
  6. ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue: contact information, Register of Charities, accessed 6 November 2026.
  7. ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue: governing document and objects, Register of Charities, accessed 6 November 2026.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue, Report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025, Annual report and accounts, PDF pp. 3, 5–9, 13, accessed 6 November 2026.
  9. ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue: trustees, Register of Charities, accessed 6 November 2026.
  10. ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 10.15 10.16 10.17 10.18 10.19 10.20 10.21 10.22 10.23 10.24 10.25 10.26 10.27 10.28 10.29 10.30 10.31 10.32 10.33 10.34 10.35 10.36 Companies House, Company 10514105: officers, Find and update company information, accessed 6 November 2026.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Companies House, Company 10514105: officers (continuation), Find and update company information, accessed 6 November 2026.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue: financial history, Register of Charities, accessed 6 November 2026.
  13. ↑ Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue, Report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023, Annual report and accounts, PDF p. 10, accessed 6 November 2026.
  14. ↑ Sha'arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue, Report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024, Annual report and accounts, PDF p. 12, accessed 6 November 2026.
  15. ↑ Sha’arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue, Yom HaAtzmaut, Sha’arei Tsedek North London Reform Synagogue, event advertised for 21 April 2026, Wayback capture, 24 March 2026, accessed 6 November 2026.
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