Stepney Jewish (B'nai B'rith) Clubs & Settlement Limited
Dormant East End Jewish settlement company, now a linked charity of Jewish Care
| Stepney Jewish (B'nai B'rith) Clubs & Settlement Limited | |
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| Type | Private company limited by guarantee without share capital; linked charity |
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| Founded | 14 July 1937 |
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| Headquarters | |
| Location | Amelie House, Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Campus, 221 Golders Green Road, London NW11 9DQ |
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| Key people | Daniel Carmel-Brown (director) |
| Website | https://jewishcare.org/ |
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Stepney Jewish (B'nai B'rith) Clubs & Settlement Limited (company number 00329785) is a British private company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 14 July 1937. It is the legal shell of the old East End Jewish girls’ clubs and settlement at Beaumont Grove, Stepney. The company is active at Companies House but files dormant accounts. It is registered as linked charity 802559-5 of Jewish Care (charity number 802559).[1][2]
Jewish Care’s accounts state the object as: “To establish clubs for poor girls and infant welfare and play centres and generally to promote welfare of the poor and the relief of distress by social, educational and religious agencies.” The memorandum and articles date from 14 July 1937. A Charity Commission uniting direction was made on 24 October 2008; the body was registered as a linked charity on 26 November 2008.[2]
Registered office: Amelie House, Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Campus, 221 Golders Green Road, London NW11 9DQ. SIC 88990. Last accounts: dormant to 31 March 2025. Companies House lists 85 officers and 82 resignations. There is no registrable person with significant control.[1][3]
People
Current officers
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Susan Ruth Irene Lightman | Secretary | 23 June 2026 |
| Daniel Marc Carmel-Brown | Director | 25 September 2024 |
Former secretaries
| Name | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|
| Timothy Montagu Simon | before 27 November 1991 | 13 December 1995 |
| Melvyn Ian Carlowe | 13 December 1995 | 31 March 2000 |
| Jeremy Oppenheim | 31 March 2000 | 7 October 2003 |
| Brenda Ruth Feldman | 23 October 2003 | 1 June 2009 |
| Helen Verney | 1 June 2009 | 13 September 2010 |
| Wendy Hilary Goodkind | 15 September 2010 | 3 May 2011 |
| Andrew Hope | 4 May 2011 | 6 October 2022 |
| Jonathan West | 6 October 2022 | 10 April 2026 |
Former directors
| Name | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|
| Sheila Lisbeth Brodtman | before 27 November 1991 | 17 October 1994 |
| Zena De Groot | before 27 November 1991 | 13 December 1995 |
| Myrtle Franklin | before 27 November 1991 | 13 December 1995 |
| Charlotte Green-Lubett | before 27 November 1991 | 13 December 1995 |
| Edna Halle | before 27 November 1991 | 13 December 1995 |
| Cyril Julius | before 27 November 1991 | 13 December 1995 |
| Connie Elizabeth Levy | before 27 November 1991 | 9 November 1992 |
| Stella Lucas | before 27 November 1991 | 13 December 1995 |
| Anne Marks | before 27 November 1991 | 17 May 1995 |
| Anita Mellor | before 27 November 1991 | 13 December 1995 |
| Michael Ronald Nathan | before 27 November 1991 | 13 December 1995 |
| Barnett Anthony Saffron | before 27 November 1991 | 13 December 1995 |
| Joyce Valerie Saffron | before 27 November 1991 | 13 December 1995 |
| Timothy Montagu Simon | before 27 November 1991 | 13 December 1995 |
| Ann Spiro | before 27 November 1991 | 13 December 1995 |
| Ruth Elizabeth Hollander | 9 December 1992 | 13 December 1996 |
| Doris David | 5 May 1993 | 13 December 1995 |
| Sonia Senat | 5 May 1993 | 13 December 1995 |
| Frank Cass | 13 December 1995 | 31 March 2000 |
| Malcolm Dagul | 13 December 1995 | 31 December 2002 |
| Joan Beryl Freedman | 13 December 1995 | 31 December 1996 |
| Stuart Glyn | 13 December 1995 | 19 May 2003 |
| Alan Goldberg | 13 December 1995 | 23 October 2006 |
| Michael Goldmeier | 13 December 1995 | 2 May 2006 |
| David Robert Green | 13 December 1995 | 31 December 1997 |
| Charlotte Green-Lubett | 13 December 1995 | 18 June 1997 |
| Jeffrey Michael Greenwood | 13 December 1995 | 6 December 2000 |
| Margaretta Gremson | 13 December 1995 | 28 January 1998 |
| Michael John Ingram | 13 December 1995 | 6 December 2000 |
| Marcel Jonathan Knobil | 13 December 1995 | 5 February 1997 |
| Edward Langton | 13 December 1995 | 31 December 1996 |
| Shirley Jean Lawson | 13 December 1995 | 13 February 2002 |
| Colin Ivor Lehmann | 13 December 1995 | 23 June 2004 |
| Phillip Leigh | 13 December 1995 | 23 June 2004 |
| David John Lewis | 13 December 1995 | 11 April 2000 |
| Hannah Lewis | 13 December 1995 | 5 February 1997 |
| Steven David Lewis | 13 December 1995 | 6 October 2022 |
| Paul Brian Marber | 13 December 1995 | 23 June 2004 |
| Richard Bruce Mintz | 13 December 1995 | 7 November 2011 |
| Martin David Paisner | 13 December 1995 | 23 June 2004 |
| Dame Gail Ronson | 13 December 1995 | 9 November 2009 |
| The Lord Levy | 13 December 1995 | 23 June 2004 |
| Claude James Weil | 13 December 1995 | 5 February 1997 |
| Lord Young of Graffham | 13 December 1995 | 31 December 1997 |
| Stephen Maurice Crown | 4 September 1996 | 6 December 2000 |
| Susan Melanie Grant | 4 September 1996 | 3 April 2009 |
| Frances Harris | 4 September 1996 | 3 April 2000 |
| Edward Michael Lee | 4 September 1996 | 23 June 2004 |
| Jeanie Cressida Rosefield | 13 December 1996 | 31 December 1998 |
| Shirley Jacobs | 16 April 1997 | 23 June 2004 |
| Lady Gilda Levy | 16 April 1997 | 13 June 2001 |
| Gary Louis Stern | 16 April 1997 | 8 April 1998 |
| Lloyd Marshall Dorfman | 18 June 1997 | 31 March 2004 |
| David Alan Pears | 17 June 1998 | 13 June 2001 |
| Bettina Lynda Bradfield | 1 January 1999 | 2 February 2003 |
| Brian Ivan Leaver | 1 January 1999 | 23 June 2004 |
| Philippa Mintz | 1 January 1999 | 23 June 2004 |
| Nigel Keith Ross | 15 September 1999 | 17 October 2002 |
| Jonathan Simon Goldstein | 29 February 2000 | 15 September 2008 |
| Ashley Harvey Mitchell | 28 June 2000 | 27 November 2007 |
| Stuart Grant Roden | 28 February 2001 | 23 June 2004 |
| James Elliot Diner | 13 June 2001 | 23 June 2004 |
| Stephen Anthony Zimmerman | 13 June 2001 | 7 November 2011 |
| Dr Suzanne Lea Joels | 13 February 2002 | 25 November 2014 |
| Anthony Abrahams | 19 June 2002 | 23 June 2004 |
| Alan Irving Goldman | 15 December 2003 | 8 November 2010 |
| Nigel Anthony Raine | 23 June 2004 | 31 March 2009 |
| Andrew Ian Rosenfeld | 23 June 2004 | 19 June 2006 |
| Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger | 19 July 2004 | 12 March 2007 |
| Malcolm Howard Brummer | 3 May 2006 | 12 March 2007 |
| Eli Allen Shahmoon | 12 March 2007 | 11 March 2013 |
| Howard Leigh, Baron Leigh of Hurley | 15 September 2008 | 29 October 2012 |
| Antony Ian Grossman | 22 April 2009 | 20 January 2022 |
| Jonathan David Zenios | 9 November 2009 | 19 July 2017 |
| Arnold Wagner OBE | 11 March 2010 | 31 December 2025 |
| Jonathan David Zenios | 6 October 2022 | 26 September 2024 |
History
The company name records two East End traditions: the Stepney Jewish girls’ club and settlement, and the fraternal order B'nai B'rith. A building at 2–8 Beaumont Grove, later Raine House, was opened by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother on 28 June 1956 as “The Stepney Jewish (B'Nai Brith) Club & Settlement.”[4]
The same site later housed the Settlement Synagogue (from the clubs of Basil Henriques and Rose Loewe Henriques). After the Brady Club closed in 1976 the congregation used Beaumont Grove until merger with South West Essex Reform Synagogue.[5]
Jewish Care lists the settlement among predecessor bodies absorbed after the 1990 merger of the Jewish Welfare Board and Jewish Blind Society. The East End service continued as the Stepney Jewish Community Centre at Raine House, later the Brenner Centre at Stepney. Jewish Care has called it “the only remaining Jewish service in the East End.”[6]
See also
- Jewish Care
- B'nai B'rith
- Basil Henriques
- Howard Leigh, Baron Leigh of Hurley
- Michael Levy, Baron Levy
- Lloyd Dorfman
- Gail Ronson
- Julia Neuberger, Baroness Neuberger
External links
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Companies House, STEPNEY JEWISH (B'NAI B'RITH) CLUBS & SETTLEMENT LIMITED overview Companies House, accessed 9 September 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jewish Care, Trustees’ Annual Report & Group Accounts 2023–24 Jewish Care, 2024.
- ↑ Companies House, STEPNEY JEWISH (B'NAI B'RITH) CLUBS & SETTLEMENT LIMITED people Companies House, accessed 9 September 2026.
- ↑ London Remembers, Stepney Jewish Club londonremembers.com, accessed 9 September 2026.
- ↑ JCR-UK, The former Settlement Synagogue, London E1 JewishGen / JCR-UK, accessed 9 September 2026.
- ↑ Jewish Care, Our organisation jewishcare.org, accessed 9 September 2026.