View source for Wimbledon and District Synagogue

{{short description|'''Reform synagogue in Wimbledon with small Israel-related funds'''}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Wimbledon and District Synagogue
| logo = [[File:Wimbledon_and_District_Synagogue_logo.png|200px]]
| type = Charitable company
| registration_id = Registered charity 1150678; company 08356706
| founded = 2013-02-04 (registered)
| headquarters = Wimbledon Synagogue, 1 Queensmere Road, London, SW19 5QD
| area_served = Kingston Upon Thames, Merton, Richmond Upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Wandsworth, Surrey, Ethiopia, Israel
| revenue = £555,070 (year to 2025-03-31)
| 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.<ref name="EXTRACT">[[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.</ref> 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).<ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5034606/accounts-and-annual-returns 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).</ref>

== Objects and activities ==
[[File:Wimbledon_Synagogue_2019.png|thumb|right|250px|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."<ref name="EXTRACT" />

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."<ref name="EXTRACT" />

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.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Kingston Upon Thames, Merton, Richmond Upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Wandsworth, Surrey, Ethiopia, Israel.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

== Trustees ==
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:<ref name="EXTRACT" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 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) ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ 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]] || <ref name="u687cc319">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20180104192743/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1150678&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 1150678, contact and trustees (capture of 20180104)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 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) || <ref name="u04fb0be3">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210107214806/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5034606/full-print Register entry 1150678, full print (capture of 20210107)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 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) || <ref name="u47fed461">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210705120705/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5034606/full-print Register entry 1150678, full print (capture of 20210705)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|}

The accounts record Camilla McGill and Paul Erdunast as resigning in November 2024 (PDF p.3).<ref name="ACC" /> [[Companies House]] records Ruth Bragman's resignation and the appointment of [[Shauna Leven]], Camilla McGill and [[Maurice Mark Woolf|Maurice Woolf]] on 30 November 2025.<ref name="CH_WIMB">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08356706/officers Company 08356706 (Wimbledon and District Synagogue): officers] ''Find and update company information'', viewed 15 October 2026.</ref>

=== Companies House officers ===
[[Companies House]] lists 63 current and former officers of the charitable company (08356706), 10 of them active.<ref name="u91969d72">[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08356706/officers Company 08356706: officers] ''Companies House'', viewed 15 October 2026.</ref>

== Finances ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ 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.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

=== Historical finances (UK Government Web Archive) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Income and spending shown on archived register pages
! Financial year end !! Income (£) !! Spending (£) !! Source
|-
| 31 Mar 2014 || 2,572,949 || 498,083 || <ref name="u1bb01ea8">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20180104192740/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/FinancialHistory.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1150678&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 1150678, financial history (capture of 20180104)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 31 Mar 2015 || 534,311 || 415,089 || <ref name="u1bb01ea8" />
|-
| 31 Mar 2016 || 873,563 || 510,111 || <ref name="u1bb01ea8" />
|}

=== 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<ref name="u757c6d22">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200103122211/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends78/0001150678_AC_20140331_E_C.PDF Wimbledon and District Synagogue accounts, year ended 2014-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200103).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015<ref name="u0f90c1b8">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200103120937/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends78/0001150678_AC_20150331_E_C.PDF Wimbledon and District Synagogue accounts, year ended 2015-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200103).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016<ref name="u90e14324">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200103120931/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends78/0001150678_AC_20160331_E_C.PDF Wimbledon and District Synagogue accounts, year ended 2016-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200103).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017<ref name="ubbe0ab11">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200103121717/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends78/0001150678_AC_20170331_E_C.PDF Wimbledon and District Synagogue accounts, year ended 2017-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200103).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018<ref name="u41481777">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200103121714/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends78/0001150678_AC_20180331_E_C.PDF Wimbledon and District Synagogue accounts, year ended 2018-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200103).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2019<ref name="u059bcb8c">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200703083232/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends78/0001150678_AC_20190331_E_C.PDF Wimbledon and District Synagogue accounts, year ended 2019-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200703).</ref>

== 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).<ref name="ACC" />

=== Israeli partners ===
Metiv project (not further identified).<ref name="ACC" />

== 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.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
! Finding !! Confidence
|-
| No place in Israel is named.<ref name="ACC" /> || Not established
|}

'''Support for the IDF:''' No IDF or military funding is stated.<ref name="ACC" />

== 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;<ref name="ALERTS">[[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).</ref> 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.<ref name="CC_CHEQUE1">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/serious-concerns-over-use-of-22-million-triggers-investigation-by-charity-regulator Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator] ''GOV.UK'', 14 May 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE2">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-opens-next-phase-of-investigation-into-105-charities-connected-to-company-cashing-cheques Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques] ''GOV.UK'', 1 September 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE3">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-announces-next-charities-to-be-investigated-as-part-of-inquiry-connected-to-company-cashing-cheques Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques] ''GOV.UK'', 4 December 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE4">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-concludes-investigation-into-4-charities-as-class-inquiry-continues Regulator concludes investigation into 4 charities as class inquiry continues] ''GOV.UK'', 9 September 2026, with [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-the-results-of-a-class-inquiry/statement-of-the-results-of-a-class-inquiry Statement of the results of a class inquiry] (same date), both retrieved 15 October 2026.</ref> 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.<ref name="CC_SETTLE">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/charity-regulator-opens-inquiry-into-charities-working-in-illegal-israeli-settlements 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").</ref>
* '''Payment to a trustee.''' Note 7 records that [[Camilla McGill]], a trustee, was paid £1,520 for religious school work (PDF p.15).<ref name="ACC" />
* '''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).<ref name="ACC" />

== Other registers and records ==
=== Scotland and Northern Ireland ===
No entry was found on the [[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator|Scottish Charity Register]] for this charity (register export dated 14 October 2026, downloaded 15 October 2026 and searched by name).<ref name="OSCR">[[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator]], [https://www.oscr.org.uk/download/charity-register 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).</ref> No entry was found on the [[Charity Commission for Northern Ireland]] register (API name searches returned zero results).<ref name="CCNI">[[Charity Commission for Northern Ireland]], [https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/api/charity-search/results?searchText=Migdal%20Ohr&pageNumber=1 Register of charities search API] ''CCNI'', searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-7 charity name returned zero results).</ref>

=== 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.<ref name="u29c787c0">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Wimbledon%20Synagogue The Gazette: notices matching 'Wimbledon Synagogue'] ''The Gazette'', searched 15 October 2026.</ref>

=== Grants recorded by 360Giving ===
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.<ref name="u0a786deb">[https://api.threesixtygiving.org/api/v1/org/GB-CHC-1150678/grants_received/?limit=100 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1150678] ''360Giving'', queried 15 October 2026.</ref>

=== 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.<ref name="SANC">[[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.</ref>

=== Land and property ===
The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property.<ref name="EXTRACT" /> No title registers were purchased.<ref name="HLRWEB">[[HM Land Registry]], [https://search-property-information.service.gov.uk/ 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 [[Corporate and Commercial Ownership Data|CCOD]] / [[Overseas Companies Ownership Data|OCOD]] datasets (October 2026 release), not from paid title registers.</ref> Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):<ref name="CCOD">[[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.</ref>
* 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: <ref name="CCOD" />)

=== Parliament ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Selected Hansard references
! Date !! House !! Member !! Debate
|-
| 2023-01-26 || Commons || [[Fleur Anderson]] || Holocaust Memorial Day<ref name="HANS">UK Parliament, [https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/search/contributions/Spoken.json?queryParameters.searchTerm=Wimbledon%20Synagogue&queryParameters.take=100&queryParameters.orderBy=SittingDateAsc Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Wimbledon Synagogue'] ''Hansard'', queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).</ref>
|}
Hansard searches for 'Wimbledon and District Synagogue', 'Wimbledon Synagogue' returned 1 contribution in total.<ref name="HANS" />

== Web archive ==
* wimshul.org: 24 yearly captures, first 2002-02-16, last 2026-01-06.<ref name="u893c1301">[https://web.archive.org/cdx/search/cdx?url=wimshul.org&output=json&fl=timestamp,original,statuscode&filter=statuscode:200&collapse=timestamp:4 Internet Archive CDX index for wimshul.org] ''Wayback Machine'', queried 15 October 2026.</ref>

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".<ref name="u04fb0be3" />

== See also ==

== External links ==
* [https://www.wimshul.org Official website]

==Notes==
<references/>

[[Category:Reform synagogues]]
[[Category:Jewish charities in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Charities based in London]]
[[Category:Israel]]
[[Category:Charities]]
[[Category:Charities in England and Wales]]