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The centre takes institutional form via [[Chabad Lubavitch (Leeds) Limited]] (Company No.06494965 and Charity number: 1123578).

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−	Chabad-Lubavitch Centre of Leeds is part of [[Chabad-Lubavitch UK]].	+	{{Chabad sidebar}}
−	The centre ~~takes institutional form via~~ [[Chabad Lubavitch (Leeds) Limited]] (~~Company No~~.~~06494965~~ and Charity ~~number~~: 1123578).	+	{{short description\|'''Chabad-Lubavitch centre at 168 Shadwell Lane, Leeds, run by the registered charity Chabad Lubavitch (Leeds) Limited (charity 1123578)'''}}
		+	:''The legal entity is the charitable company [[Chabad Lubavitch (Leeds) Limited]] (charity 1123578, company 06494965), which holds the charity and company details, including the trustees and directors tables.''
		+	{{Infobox organization
		+	\| name = Chabad-Lubavitch Centre of Leeds
		+	\| logo =
		+	\| type = Religious charity; centre of [[Chabad Lubavitch UK]]
		+	\| founded = {{Start date\|1975}} (centre); {{Start date\|2008\|02\|06}} (company)
		+	\| founder = Rabbi [[Yirmiyahu Angyalfi]] and Shoshana Angyalfi (according to JCR-UK)
		+	\| registration_id = 1123578 ([[Charity Commission for England and Wales\|Charity Commission]]); company 06494965 ([[Companies House]])
		+	\| status = Registered charity; reporting up to date (register, 11 November 2026)
		+	\| headquarters = 168 Shadwell Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS17 8AD
		+	\| location = Leeds, England
		+	\| area_served = Leeds and Yorkshire
		+	\| services = Advancement of the Jewish religion in accordance with Orthodox tenets; relief of poverty
		+	\| registration = England and Wales
		+	\| key_people = [[Yirmiyahu Angyalfi]]; [[Reuven Cohen (Leeds)\|Reuven Cohen]]; [[Michael Danow]]
		+	\| website = [https://www.judaismlive.com judaismlive.com]
		+	}}
		+	The '''Chabad-Lubavitch Centre of Leeds''' (also '''Chabad Lubavitch Leeds''' and the '''Lubavitch Centre of Leeds''') is the local centre of the [[Chabad-Lubavitch movement]] in Leeds. Its legal entity is the charitable company '''[[Chabad Lubavitch (Leeds) Limited]]''' (company number 06494965, registered charity 1123578), a company limited by guarantee incorporated on 6 February 2008 whose objects are to advance and promote the Jewish religion in accordance with Orthodox tenets and to relieve poverty.<ref name="CH06494965">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06494965 Chabad Lubavitch (Leeds) Limited (06494965)] ''Companies House'', accessed 11 November 2026.</ref><ref name="CCLeeds2026">[[Charity Commission for England and Wales]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4037597 Chabad Lubavitch (Leeds) Limited (1123578)] ''Register of Charities'', accessed 11 November 2026.</ref><ref name="AccLeeds2025">Chabad Lubavitch (Leeds) Limited, ''Report of the trustees and financial statements for the year ended 28 February 2025'' (independent examiner's report dated 23 December 2025), as filed with the Charity Commission and obtained from the register's [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4037597/accounts-and-annual-returns accounts and annual returns page], accessed 11 November 2026.</ref> It is part of the network of centres coordinated by [[Chabad Lubavitch UK]].
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		+	The legal entity is the charitable company [[Chabad Lubavitch (Leeds) Limited]] (charity 1123578, company 06494965). JCR-UK is cited on this page for the centre's history and name forms.<ref name="CCLeeds2026" /><ref name="JCRLeeds" />
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		+	For the year ended 28 February 2025 the charity reported income of £85,132 and expenditure of £99,358, owned a freehold property at a cost of £700,000, and had two staff on average.<ref name="AccLeeds2025" />
		+
		+	== History ==
		+	The Jewish Communities and Records – UK (JCR-UK) website gives 1975 as the year the centre was formed, names Rabbi Yirmiyahu Angyalfi and his wife Shoshana Angyalfi as "founders and directors from 1975 to present", and says that 168 Shadwell Lane was acquired in 1986.<ref name="JCRLeeds">JCR-UK, [https://www.jewishgen.org/JCR-uk/Community/le43-lubavitch/index.htm Chabad Lubavitch Leeds, West Yorkshire, England] ''JCR-UK'', accessed 11 November 2026.</ref> The same page lists further rabbinic couples attached to the centre, including Reuven and Ruth Cohen (youth and community development, from 1980), Eli and Dabrushy Pink (education and community programmes, from 2007) and Sholem and Devorah Leah Kalmenson (children's and family programmes, from 2023).<ref name="JCRLeeds" /> The present charity was registered by the Charity Commission on 11 April 2008, after the company was incorporated on 6 February 2008.<ref name="CCLeeds2026" /><ref name="CH06494965" />
		+
		+	== Premises ==
		+	The company's registered office and the centre's address is 168 Shadwell Lane, Leeds LS17 8AD.<ref name="CH06494965" /> The accounts for the year ended 28 February 2025 show freehold property at cost of £700,000, and bank overdrafts and loans of £329,924, which the accounts say "are secured by legal charges over the charity's freehold property".<ref name="AccLeeds2025" />
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		+	Companies House lists two outstanding charges in favour of [[Handelsbanken]]: a legal mortgage created on 27 February 2009 over "property at raven house 81 clarendon road leeds and each…" (Companies House's abbreviated description), and a legal mortgage created on 4 August 2025 over "168 shadwell lane, leeds…".<ref name="CHCharges06494965">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06494965/charges Chabad Lubavitch (Leeds) Limited – charges] ''Companies House'', accessed 11 November 2026.</ref> 81 Clarendon Road is also the address of the separate [[Chabad Lubavitch at Leeds Campus]] centre, directed by Rabbi [[Michael Danow]], who is also a trustee and director of this charity; JCR-UK gives the campus centre's establishment as 2007.<ref name="JCRLeeds" /><ref name="CHOff06494965">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06494965/officers Chabad Lubavitch (Leeds) Limited – officers] ''Companies House'', accessed 11 November 2026.</ref>
		+
		+	== Activities ==
		+	The trustees' report for the year ended 28 February 2025 says that the charity "continues to deliver a wide range of educational, social and welfare services to the Jewish community across Leeds and Yorkshire". It lists children's and family programmes (after-school clubs, mini camps and a summer camp), weekly Shabbat and Sunday services and festival services at the Chabad House, a young professionals' group, a women's circle, the Friendship Circle for children and adults with additional needs, the preparation and delivery of "over 2000 Shabbat Dinner Packs" to elderly, isolated or financially vulnerable people, the Jewish Learning Institute's three semesters of classes a year, workshops in local schools, and public Chanukah and Purim events.<ref name="AccLeeds2025" />
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		+	Grants paid in the year totalled £11,100: £10,600 to individuals for the relief of poverty and £500 to institutions for the advancement of education.<ref name="AccLeeds2025" />
		+
		+	== Governance ==
		+
		+	The centre is run by the registered charity and private company limited by guarantee [[Chabad Lubavitch (Leeds) Limited]] (charity 1123578, company 06494965). The Charity Commission register lists seven trustees. Charity and company particulars, including the trustees and directors tables, are set out on that page.<ref name="CCLeeds2026" /><ref name="CCTrustees1123578" /><ref name="CHOff06494965" />
		+
		+	== Finances ==
		+	The register's financial history and the filed accounts give the following figures. Financial years end at the end of February; the register dates them to 27 February and the accounts to 28 or 29 February.
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		+	{\| class="wikitable"
		+	\|+ Chabad Lubavitch (Leeds) Limited (1123578): income and expenditure
		+	! Year !! Total income !! Total expenditure !! Government grants (register)
		+	\|-
		+	\| Year to February 2021 \|\| £41,180 \|\| £16,630 \|\| £25,820
		+	\|-
		+	\| Year to February 2022 \|\| £13,610 \|\| £24,960 \|\| not recorded
		+	\|-
		+	\| Year to February 2023 \|\| £17,910 \|\| £25,360 \|\| £4,910
		+	\|-
		+	\| Year to February 2024 \|\| £78,940 \|\| £84,470 \|\| £6,000
		+	\|-
		+	\| Year to February 2025 \|\| £85,132 \|\| £99,358 \|\| £11,500
		+	\|}
		+	<ref name="CCFin1123578">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4037597/financial-history Chabad Lubavitch (Leeds) Limited (1123578) – financial history] ''Register of Charities'', accessed 11 November 2026. (The register rounds earlier years to the nearest £10; the 2025 figures are from the accounts.)</ref>
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		+	In the year to 28 February 2025 the charity's donations rose to £69,993 (£29,683 the year before) while grants fell to £15,000 (£49,013), of which £10,000 was restricted. Staff costs were £30,691 (£16,510 the year before), and the trustees say that "although income rose by 7%, due to the increased activities expenditure went up by 17%", leaving a deficit of £14,226. Net assets at the year end were £375,209 (£389,435 a year earlier): fixed assets of £701,326 (almost all the freehold property) less bank borrowings of £329,924 and other liabilities.<ref name="AccLeeds2025" /> The register records that the total income for that year "includes £11,500 from 3 government grant(s)".<ref name="CCLeeds2026" /> The accounts do not name the grant-makers.
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		+	The accounts record that the charity made no donation in the year to a charity with a trustee in common, against £2,400 in the previous year.<ref name="AccLeeds2025" />
		+
		+	== Related institutions ==
		+	* [[Chabad Lubavitch at Leeds Campus]], the university centre at 81 Clarendon Road, which JCR-UK says serves the Universities of Leeds, York and Huddersfield.<ref name="JCRLeeds" />
		+	* [[Leeds Menorah School]], a Chabad school in Leeds; its trust, [[Leeds Menorah School Trust]] (charity 517679), has Rabbi Reuven Zanvill Cohen as a trustee, and JCR-UK says the school was established in 1978.<ref name="JCRLeeds" /><ref name="CCTrustees1123578" />
		+	* [[Chabad Lubavitch UK]], the national organisation, and [[Chabad Lubavitch charities in the UK]], which lists this charity in its table.
		+
		+	== See also ==
		+	* [[Chabad Lubavitch centres in the UK outside London]]
		+	* [[Chabad Lubavitch companies in the UK]]
		+
		+	== External links ==
		+	* [https://www.judaismlive.com Chabad Lubavitch Leeds (official website)]
		+
		+	== Notes ==
		+	<ref name="CCTrustees1123578">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4037597/trustees Chabad Lubavitch (Leeds) Limited (1123578) – trustees] ''Register of Charities'', accessed 11 November 2026.</ref>
		+	<references/>
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		+	[[Category:Chabad-Lubavitch]]
		+	[[Category:Chabad-Lubavitch organisations]]
		+	[[Category:Charities in England and Wales]]
		+	[[Category:Jewish organisations in the United Kingdom]]

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Chabad research: Replace the page with a sourced account from the Charity Commission register and Companies House (checked 11 November 2026).

David at 14:07, 12 December 2022

David: Created page with " The centre takes institutional form via Chabad Lubavitch (Leeds) Limited (Company No.06494965 and Charity number: 1123578)."