Wimbledon and District Synagogue

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Reform synagogue in Wimbledon with small Israel-related funds

Wimbledon and District Synagogue

Logo Wimbledon and District Synagogue logo.png
Type Charitable company
Founded 2013-02-04 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1150678; company 08356706
Headquarters Wimbledon Synagogue, 1 Queensmere Road, London, SW19 5QD
Area served Kingston Upon Thames, Merton, Richmond Upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Wandsworth, Surrey, Ethiopia, Israel
Website www.wimshul.org


Wimbledon and District Synagogue is a charitable company (08356706) registered on 4 February 2013; register areas are south-west London boroughs, Surrey, Ethiopia and Israel.[1] The accounts for the year to 31 March 2025 say it has operated as The Wimbledon Synagogue since March 2014, is affiliated to the Movement for Reform Judaism and was founded in 1949. Income was £555,070, expenditure £548,441 and funds £2,793,404, including a new building extension fund of £1,599,995; freehold property had a net book value of £2,318,373 (PDF p.5, 9, 16, 18).[2]

Objects and activities

Wimbledon Synagogue, London (2019), the Reform synagogue run by the charity

The charity's registered objects read: "THE OBJECTS OF THE SYNAGOGUE ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE PRACTICE, PROMOTION, DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF JUDAISM THROUGH PUBLIC WORSHIP, RELIGIOUS, EDUCATIONAL, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "Synagogue running Jewish religious services following reform practices.Education in the Jewish religion for children and adults.Education and community services for members and the wider community."[1]

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Recreation.[1]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Kingston Upon Thames, Merton, Richmond Upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Wandsworth, Surrey, Ethiopia, Israel.[1]

Trustees

Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]

Trustees of Wimbledon and District Synagogue (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Julian Hunt 2020-12-13 —
Graham Maurice Lust 2022-11-14 —
Edward Jonathan Salter Leek 2022-11-14 Jewish Music Institute (328228)
Wendy Levy 2023-11-19 —
Josie Knox 2023-11-19 —
Jonathan Eric Koplin 2024-11-24 —
Shauna Leven 2025-11-30 —
Maurice Mark Woolf 2025-11-30 —
Camilla Elizabeth McGill 2025-11-30 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2018-01-04 Lucy Hammond; Patrick Bower; Carra Elizabeth Kane; Adam Joe Parker; Robert Maxwell Glaser; Stella Ann Mason; Josie Estelle Knox; Roberto Lampl; Yvette Carol Ball; Andres Kupfer; Jeff Ehrenkranz; Jack Steinert [3]
2021-01-07 Liat Korduene-Hearn (from 24 November 2019); Camilla McGill (from 02 December 2018); Robert Maxwell Glaser (chair) (from 22 April 2020); Carra Elizabeth Kane (from 23 November 2014); Hilary Frances Leek (from 13 May 2020); Adam Joe Parker (from 23 November 2014); Stella Ann Mason (from 22 November 2015); Ruth Bragman (from 02 December 2018); Jeff Ehrenkranz (from 26 November 2017); Roberto Lampl (from 27 November 2016) – also trustee of The Movement for Reform Judaism; Marian Conn (from 24 November 2019); Jack Steinert (from 26 November 2017); Anthony Ascher Salem (from 15 January 2020) – also trustee of Hammersmith and Fulham Citizens Advice Bureaux Service; Wendy Vanessa Levy (from 02 December 2018); Susan Bennett (from 24 November 2019) [4]
2021-07-05 Camilla McGill (from 02 December 2018); Robert Maxwell Glaser (chair) (from 22 April 2020); Julian Hunt (from 13 December 2020); Hilary Frances Leek (from 13 May 2020); Jack Steinert (from 26 November 2017); Stella Ann Mason (from 22 November 2015); Yvonne Mason (from 13 December 2020); Anthony Ascher Salem (from 15 January 2020) – also trustee of Hammersmith and Fulham Citizens Advice Bureaux Service; Lysbeth Fox (from 13 December 2020) – also trustee of Save a Valuable Elephant; Ruth Bragman (from 02 December 2018); Wendy Vanessa Levy (from 02 December 2018); Susan Bennett (from 24 November 2019) [5]

The accounts record Camilla McGill and Paul Erdunast as resigning in November 2024 (PDF p.3).[2] Companies House records Ruth Bragman's resignation and the appointment of Shauna Leven, Camilla McGill and Maurice Woolf on 30 November 2025.[6]

Companies House officers

Companies House lists 63 current and former officers of the charitable company (08356706), 10 of them active.[7]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-03-31 £516,790 £448,931
2022-03-31 £481,497 £481,971
2023-03-31 £481,617 £530,231
2024-03-31 £482,882 £542,218
2025-03-31 £555,070 £548,441

Source: register annual-return history.[1]

Historical finances (UK Government Web Archive)

Income and spending shown on archived register pages
Financial year end Income (£) Spending (£) Source
31 Mar 2014 2,572,949 498,083 [8]
31 Mar 2015 534,311 415,089 [8]
31 Mar 2016 873,563 510,111 [8]

Archived accounts

Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:

  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2014[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2019[14]

Funding in Israel

  • Year to March 2025: the South London Israel Forum fund closed at £1,949 and the synagogue Israel fund at £403; the Metiv project fund is described as "an Israeli healthcare programme" (PDF p.18, 20).[2]

Israeli partners

Metiv project (not further identified).[2]

Activity beyond the Green Line and support for the IDF

Findings are graded by confidence. "Partner" findings concern the Israeli recipient organisation, not proven use of UK funds.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
Finding Confidence
No place in Israel is named.[2] Not established

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[2]

Controversies and regulatory action

  • No Charity Commission inquiry, Official Warning or Gazette insolvency notice naming this charity was found, and its register entry shows no regulatory alert;[15] it is not among the charities named in the Commission's cheque-cashing class-inquiry announcements (May, September and December 2025) or in the September 2026 statement of results.[16][17][18][19] The charities in the Commission's settlements class inquiry (opened August 2026) have not been named, so it is not known whether this charity is among them.[20]
  • Payment to a trustee. Note 7 records that Camilla McGill, a trustee, was paid £1,520 for religious school work (PDF p.15).[2]
  • Burial loan. The Jewish Joint Burial Society made an interest-free loan of £63,750 relating to 87 grave spaces at Randalls Park Cemetery (PDF p.17).[2]

Other registers and records

Scotland and Northern Ireland

No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (register export dated 14 October 2026, downloaded 15 October 2026 and searched by name).[21] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[22]

The Gazette

Apart from Companies House filing lists, The Gazette returned a 1998 Marriage Acts notice listing "Wimbledon and District Synagogue, 44-46 Worple Road, Wimbledon"; no insolvency notice naming the charity was found.[23]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[24]

Sanctions screening

The charity's name, its current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees and officers named in the accounts read for this profile and (for charitable companies) its Companies House officers were screened against the UK Sanctions List and the OFSI Consolidated List. No match was found.[25]

Land and property

The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased.[26] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[27]

  • 1 Queensmere Road, London SW19 5QD (title TGL138751, freehold, proprietor added 6 June 2013) – CCOD match on company number 08356706 (proprietor WIMBLEDON AND DISTRICT SYNAGOGUE); the accounts show freehold property with a net book value of £2,318,373 (PDF p.16) (source: [27])

Parliament

Selected Hansard references
Date House Member Debate
2023-01-26 Commons Fleur Anderson Holocaust Memorial Day[28]

Hansard searches for 'Wimbledon and District Synagogue', 'Wimbledon Synagogue' returned 1 contribution in total.[28]

Web archive

  • wimshul.org: 24 yearly captures, first 2002-02-16, last 2026-01-06.[29]

The UK Government Web Archive holds 3 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile (cited in the sections above). The 2021 archived full print showed the status "Charity reporting is up to date" and "Other regulators: No information available".[4]

See also

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities public extract (tables charity, charity_trustee, charity_annual_return_history, charity_area_of_operation, charity_classification), extract dated 14 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Charity Commission, Wimbledon and District Synagogue (1150678): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 1150678, contact and trustees (capture of 20180104) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1150678, full print (capture of 20210107) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 1150678, full print (capture of 20210705) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Companies House, Company 08356706 (Wimbledon and District Synagogue): officers Find and update company information, viewed 15 October 2026.
  7. ↑ Company 08356706: officers Companies House, viewed 15 October 2026.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Register entry 1150678, financial history (capture of 20180104) UK Government Web Archive.
  9. ↑ Wimbledon and District Synagogue accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  10. ↑ Wimbledon and District Synagogue accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  11. ↑ Wimbledon and District Synagogue accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  12. ↑ Wimbledon and District Synagogue accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  13. ↑ Wimbledon and District Synagogue accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  14. ↑ Wimbledon and District Synagogue accounts, year ended 2019-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200703).
  15. ↑ Charity Commission, Register of Charities, charity overview page (register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/ followed by the organisation number) for every charity in batches 1–7 (175 pages, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026) and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section. Alerts appeared only for Mifal Hachesed Vehatzedokoh (1139320), Ezer Viznitz Foundation (1161881), BC Trust (1155555), Vyoel Moshe Charitable Trust (327054) – all named in the cheque-cashing class inquiry – and The Gevurath Ari Torah Academy Trust (1003102).
  16. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  17. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  18. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  19. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator concludes investigation into 4 charities as class inquiry continues GOV.UK, 9 September 2026, with Statement of the results of a class inquiry (same date), both retrieved 15 October 2026.
  20. ↑ Charity Commission, Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements GOV.UK, 5 August 2026, retrieved 15 October 2026 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").
  21. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, downloaded October 2026; keyword search of the batch-7 charity names found no matching Scottish registration (the only hit, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Lieutenancy of Scotland, is a separate Scottish body).
  22. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-7 charity name returned zero results).
  23. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Wimbledon Synagogue' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
  24. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1150678 360Giving, queried 15 October 2026.
  25. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-7 screening covered 428 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the charitable companies, and trustees, officers, lenders, subsidiaries and related bodies named in the accounts read for this batch (including Ambertown International Ltd); matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. The single forename-and-surname candidate (a former Wimbledon and District Synagogue director against a UK counter-terrorism designation) has different middle names and was not treated as a match; all other candidates were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps; lists downloaded October 2026.
  26. ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK, accessed October 2026; no titles were looked up or purchased. Candidate title numbers below come from the free CCOD / OCOD datasets (October 2026 release), not from paid title registers.
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 HM Land Registry, UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD) and Overseas companies that own property in England and Wales (OCOD) full extracts, October 2026 release, matched on charitable company numbers, registered names and the names of subsidiaries named in the accounts; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Wimbledon Synagogue' Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
  29. ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for wimshul.org Wayback Machine, queried 15 October 2026.
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