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David at 16:13, 29 September 2025

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The objects of the Council are:
:i. to represent and work to advance the welfare of the Jewish community of Scotland and to promote its participation in the civic life of Scotland and the United Kingdom;
:ii. to advance citizenship and community development in the Jewish community of Scotland;
:iii. to work to relieve poverty and to provide relief to those in need in this community;
:iv. to advance the education of this community;
:v. to advance the health of this community;
:vi. to promote equality and diversity in this community;
:vii. to advance Jewish heritage, culture and arts in this community;
:viii. to advance the Jewish religion in this community;
:ix. to assist in the provision and organisation of recreational activities in this community;
:x. to promote racial and religious harmony and good relations between this community and other religious, ethnic, and racial groups and organisations in Scotland and with the general public in Scotland;
:xi. to advance the education of the general public about and to provide information regarding the Jewish religion and the Jewish community of Scotland.<ref>https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=sc029438</ref>

==Notes==

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 |  || [[Barry Berlow-Jackson]]
 |-
-|  || [[Micheline Brannan]]
+|  || [[Micheline Hadassah Brannan|Micheline Brannan]]
 |-
 |  || [[Henry Lovat]]
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 |  || [[Kenneth Collins]]
 |-
-|  || [[John Cosgrove]]
+|  || [[John A. Cosgrove|John Cosgrove]]
 |-
 | Hon Solicitor: || [[Joel Conn]]

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 Its two main funders are the [[Scottish Government]] and the [[Glasgow Jewish Community Trust]]. In 2025 it received grants of £122,337, including £60,000 from the Scottish Government and £57,022 from the "Community Trust".<ref name="JCOS2025" /> It works with the [[Community Security Trust]], the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]] and the [[Jewish Leadership Council]] "on challenging antisemitism". In March 2026 the First Minister set up a Working Group on Combatting Antisemitism and Enhancing Jewish Life "as a joint initiative between JCoS and the Scottish Government".<ref name="JCOS2025" />
-Previous legal name [[Scottish Council of Jewish Communities]] from 30 September 1999 to 19 February 2025.
+Previous legal name [[Scottish Council of Jewish Communities]] from 30 September 1999 to 19 February 2025; the earlier history of the council is on that page.<ref name="OSCRexport" />
 The objects of the Council are:
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 ==History and structure==
-The 2025 report gives this history: "The origins of JCoS go back to 1999 when the charity the [[Scottish Council of Jewish Communities]] (SCoJeC) was formed on 30th September. On 1st December 2011 SCoJeC was reformulated as a SCIO. Following an agreement between SCoJeC and the [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]] (GJRC, also a SCIO, registered number SC047108) on 19th January 2025 SCoJeC adopted a new constitution, changed its name to the Jewish Council of Scotland and assumed the responsibilities of GJRC."<ref name="JCOS2025" /> The OSCR register gives the previous legal name "Scottish Council Of Jewish Communities from 30 September 1999 to 19 February 2025".<ref name="OSCRexport">Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, [https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/download-the-scottish-charity-register/ Scottish Charity Register download] (current register, 14 October 2026, and former charities, 20 October 2026), accessed 20 October 2026.</ref> <!-- check: 19 January 2025 (accounts) vs 19 February 2025 (OSCR register) for the change of name --> GJRC's own final accounts say that on 19 January 2025 "all assets and liabilities were transferred to the new organisation", and [[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator|OSCR]] removed GJRC from the register on 6 May 2026 ("SCIO dissolved").<ref name="GJRC2024">Glasgow Jewish Representative Council, [https://oscr-docs.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/2025-09-29-accounts-017-sc047108-redacted-ff921910-349d-f011-bbd2-7ced8d392aab.pdf Report of the Trustees and Draft Financial Statements for the period 1 January 2024 to 18 January 2025] (redacted copy), note 10, via ''Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator'', accessed 20 October 2026.</ref><ref name="OSCRexport" /> JCoS's 2025 receipts include "Opening balances from GJRC" of £8,449.<ref name="JCOS2025" />
+The 2025 report gives this history: "The origins of JCoS go back to 1999 when the charity the [[Scottish Council of Jewish Communities]] (SCoJeC) was formed on 30th September. On 1st December 2011 SCoJeC was reformulated as a SCIO. Following an agreement between SCoJeC and the [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]] (GJRC, also a SCIO, registered number SC047108) on 19th January 2025 SCoJeC adopted a new constitution, changed its name to the Jewish Council of Scotland and assumed the responsibilities of GJRC."<ref name="JCOS2025" /> The OSCR register gives the previous legal name "Scottish Council Of Jewish Communities from 30 September 1999 to 19 February 2025".<ref name="OSCRexport">Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, [https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/download-the-scottish-charity-register/ Scottish Charity Register download] (current register, 14 October 2026, and former charities, 20 October 2026), accessed 20 October 2026.</ref> The 2025 accounts give 19 January 2025 for the change of name, while the OSCR register gives 19 February 2025.<ref name="JCOS2025" /><ref name="OSCRexport" /> GJRC's own final accounts say that on 19 January 2025 "all assets and liabilities were transferred to the new organisation", and [[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator|OSCR]] removed GJRC from the register on 6 May 2026 ("SCIO dissolved").<ref name="GJRC2024">Glasgow Jewish Representative Council, [https://oscr-docs.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/2025-09-29-accounts-017-sc047108-redacted-ff921910-349d-f011-bbd2-7ced8d392aab.pdf Report of the Trustees and Draft Financial Statements for the period 1 January 2024 to 18 January 2025] (redacted copy), note 10, via ''Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator'', accessed 20 October 2026.</ref><ref name="OSCRexport" /> JCoS's 2025 receipts include "Opening balances from GJRC" of £8,449.<ref name="JCOS2025" />
 The Council has up to 29 places: six for Glasgow, three for Edinburgh, one each for Aberdeen, Tayside & Fife and the Regional Communities, one each for Scotland-wide Jewish organisations (eight at present), up to eight co-optees and the immediate past chair. It has two standing committees, the [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]] and the [[Edinburgh Jewish Organisations Group]]. The Chair, Vice-chair, Secretary and Treasurer, with the President of GJRC, the Chair of EHC and the Regional Communities representative, form the Executive; "currently there are joint treasurers".<ref name="JCOS2025" />
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 | 31 December 2025 || 159,594 || 127,354 || 30 September 2026
 |}
-<!-- check: the 2025 accounts give 2024 payments as £109,109 in the receipts and payments account, but £109,769 in the financial review and on the OSCR register -->
+The 2025 accounts give 2024 payments as £109,109 in the receipts and payments account, but as £109,769 in the financial review; the register also gives £109,769.<ref name="JCOS2025" /><ref name="OSCR_JCOS" />
 {| class="wikitable"
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 | '''Total''' || '''122,337''' || '''109,026'''
 |}
-The report says the Scottish Government grant "remains at a level of £50,000, now from the Connected Communities Fund", plus "an additional one-off grant of £10,000 to reflect the significant costs we incurred supporting the community in the wake of the October 7th 2023 massacre". The CST grant "was to help support our joint working with them in relation to community security and in dealing with antisemitism, including liaison with the Scottish Government and Police Scotland".<ref name="JCOS2025" /> The [[Glasgow Jewish Community Trust]]'s own accounts show grants to the Jewish Council of Scotland of £40,000 (unrestricted) and £16,000 (restricted) in 2025, and £40,000 to the [[Scottish Council of Jewish Communities]] in 2024.<ref name="GJCT2025">Glasgow Jewish Community Trust, [https://oscr-docs.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/gjct-signed-2025-accounts-0147GKMYOZLANGQOY73VFY6OLJT44DJC4E.pdf Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025], note 5, pp. 18-19, via ''Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator'', accessed 20 October 2026.</ref><ref name="GJCT2024">Glasgow Jewish Community Trust, [https://oscr-docs.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/gjct-script-signed-2024-accounts-1-redacted-ebee155e-f899-f011-b41b-7ced8d6b6449.pdf Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024] (redacted copy), note 5, via ''Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator'', accessed 20 October 2026.</ref> <!-- check: GJCT's figures (£56,000 in 2025; £40,000 in 2024 plus £2,750 to GJRC) do not match the £57,022 and £42,500 in JCoS's note 7 -->
+The report says the Scottish Government grant "remains at a level of £50,000, now from the Connected Communities Fund", plus "an additional one-off grant of £10,000 to reflect the significant costs we incurred supporting the community in the wake of the October 7th 2023 massacre". The CST grant "was to help support our joint working with them in relation to community security and in dealing with antisemitism, including liaison with the Scottish Government and Police Scotland".<ref name="JCOS2025" /> The [[Glasgow Jewish Community Trust]]'s own accounts show grants to the Jewish Council of Scotland of £40,000 (unrestricted) and £16,000 (restricted) in 2025, and £40,000 to the [[Scottish Council of Jewish Communities]] in 2024.<ref name="GJCT2025">Glasgow Jewish Community Trust, [https://oscr-docs.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/gjct-signed-2025-accounts-0147GKMYOZLANGQOY73VFY6OLJT44DJC4E.pdf Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025], note 5, pp. 18-19, via ''Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator'', accessed 20 October 2026.</ref><ref name="GJCT2024">Glasgow Jewish Community Trust, [https://oscr-docs.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/gjct-script-signed-2024-accounts-1-redacted-ebee155e-f899-f011-b41b-7ced8d6b6449.pdf Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024] (redacted copy), note 5, via ''Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator'', accessed 20 October 2026.</ref> The trust's own accounts give its grants to JCoS as £56,000 in 2025 and £40,000 in 2024 (plus £2,750 to the [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]]), which differ from the £57,022 and £42,500 in note 7 of the JCoS accounts.<ref name="GJCT2024" /><ref name="JCOS2025" />
 ===Year to 31 December 2025===
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 *'''Donation from Langside''': "A donation of £15,000 was received from the trustees of [[Langside Hebrew Congregation]] on the dissolution of the charity."<ref name="JCOS2025" />
 *'''Spending''': £127,354, including staff salaries of £67,305, sessional staff and contractors £29,270, and hospitality and events £9,667. The surplus was £32,240.<ref name="JCOS2025" />
-*'''Funds''': £80,748 at 31 December 2025. Restricted funds include a Photography Project (£6,817), a Pilgrimage Project (£3,575), "Jewish Youth" (£1,444), "Ajex" (£368), "Chanukah" (£1,345) and "Lev Echad" (£2,521).<ref name="JCOS2025" /> <!-- check: the reserves policy text says "We currently have assets of £80,874"; the statement of balances gives £80,748 --> <!-- check: "Lev Echad" (receipts £2,521, nothing spent) is not explained; Lev Echad is also the name of an Israeli civilian volunteer organisation, but the accounts do not say what the fund is for -->
+*'''Funds''': £80,748 at 31 December 2025. Restricted funds include a Photography Project (£6,817), a Pilgrimage Project (£3,575), "Jewish Youth" (£1,444), "Ajex" (£368), "Chanukah" (£1,345) and "Lev Echad" (£2,521).<ref name="JCOS2025" /> The reserves policy says "We currently have assets of £80,874", while the statement of balances gives £80,748. The accounts do not say what the Lev Echad fund is for.<ref name="JCOS2025" />
-*'''2024 comparatives''': "Donations and Events Income" included a "G'Hill Hostages Event" of £750, and payments included "Payments to / from GJRC" of £6,590.<ref name="JCOS2025" /> <!-- check: "G'Hill Hostages Event" is presumably a Giffnock (or Glasgow Hillel?) event about the Israeli hostages held in Gaza; the accounts do not explain it -->
+*'''2024 comparatives''': "Donations and Events Income" included a "G'Hill Hostages Event" of £750, and payments included "Payments to / from GJRC" of £6,590.<ref name="JCOS2025" /> The accounts do not explain the event.<ref name="JCOS2025" />
 *'''Independent examiner''': Kenneth C Livingstone BA, CA, AIPFM, Stewart Gilmour & Co, 24 Beresford Terrace, Ayr, KA7 2EG. His report, dated 30 September 2026, is addressed "To the trustees of the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities".<ref name="JCOS2025" />
 *'''Solicitor''': [[Joel Conn]], LLB, Mitchel Roberton LLP, 36 North Hanover Street, Glasgow, G1 2AD.<ref name="JCOS2025" />
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 | [[Philip Mendelsohn]] || [[Eastwood Jewish Community Centres]] (vice-chairman); [[Queens Park Charitable Trust]]<ref name="OSCR_EJCC">Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, [https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC048957 Eastwood Jewish Community Centres (SC048957)] ''Scottish Charity Register'', accessed 20 October 2026.</ref><ref name="OSCR_QPCT">Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, [https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC033701 Queens Park Charitable Trust (SC033701)] ''Scottish Charity Register'', accessed 20 October 2026.</ref> ||
 |-
-| [[Susan Diamond Siegel|Susan Siegal]] || || Chair (signed the 2025 report)<ref name="JCOS2025" /> <!-- check: OSCR and the accounts spell "Siegal"; the existing page is [[Susan Diamond Siegel]] - confirm same person -->
+| [[Susan Diamond Siegel|Susan Siegal]] || || Chair (signed the 2025 report)<ref name="JCOS2025" /> (the register and the accounts spell the name "Siegal")
 |-
 | [[Paul Spicker]] || ||
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 | [[Matthew Shaps]] || ||
 |-
-| [[Daniel Clapham]] || || Trustee of the [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]] in 2024<ref name="GJRCweb2025" /> <!-- check: same person as Daniel H Clapham, SCoJeC Hon Treasurer 2004-2009? -->
+| [[Daniel Clapham]] || || Trustee of the [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]] in 2024<ref name="GJRCweb2025" />
 |}
 ==Israel and Zionist links==
-*The JCoS council structure listed on this page includes an "Israelis in Scotland representative".<ref>[https://www.jewishglasgow.org/scottish-council-of-jewish-communities/ jewishglasgow.org: Scottish Council of Jewish Communities].</ref> <!-- check: from the council-members table above; confirm the role still exists under the 2025 constitution -->
+*The JCoS council structure listed on this page includes an "Israelis in Scotland representative".<ref>[https://www.jewishglasgow.org/scottish-council-of-jewish-communities/ jewishglasgow.org: Scottish Council of Jewish Communities].</ref>
 *The [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]], now a standing committee of JCoS, published a "Position on Israel" on 10 October 2024 saying the Glasgow community "has long been and continues to be strongly Zionist" (see that page).<ref name="GJRCweb2025" />
-*In 2025 JCoS received £10,000 extra from the [[Scottish Government]] for costs "supporting the community in the wake of the October 7th 2023 massacre"; its 2024 income included a "G'Hill Hostages Event"; and it holds a "Lev Echad" restricted fund.<ref name="JCOS2025" />
+*In 2025 JCoS received £10,000 extra from the [[Scottish Government]] for costs "supporting the community in the wake of the October 7th 2023 massacre"; and its 2024 income included a "G'Hill Hostages Event".<ref name="JCOS2025" />
 *Its largest private funder, the [[Glasgow Jewish Community Trust]], also funds [[United Jewish Israel Appeal|UJIA]] programmes through the Scottish Jewish Youth Alliance ("SJYA/UJIA" £32,200 in 2024; "SJYA" £31,800 in 2025).<ref name="GJCT2025" /><ref name="GJCT2024" /> JCoS says schools in Glasgow "have benefited from provision by the [[Scottish Jewish Youth Alliance]], with whom we retain a close partnership".<ref name="JCOS2025" />

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 | Tayside and Fife representative: || [[Bill Shackman]]
 |-
-| Student Chaplaincy representative: || [[Nicola Livingston]]
+| Student Chaplaincy representative: || [[Nicola Louise Livingston|Nicola Livingston]]
 |-
 | Students || [[vacant]]

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 | name            = Jewish Council of Scotland
 | type            = Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO)
-| founded         = Registered charity 30 September 1999 (as the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities); SCIO from 1 December 2011<ref name="OSCR_JCOS">Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, [https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=SC029438 Jewish Council of Scotland (SC029438)] ''Scottish Charity Register'', accessed 20 October 2026.</ref>
+| founded         = {{Start date|1999|09|30}}
-| registration    = [[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator]]
+| registration    = Scotland (OSCR)
-| registration_id = SC029438
+| registration_id = SC029438 ([[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator]])
 | headquarters    = 222 Fenwick Rd, Glasgow, G46 6UE<ref name="OSCR_JCOS" />
 | area_served     = Scotland
 | services        = Representation of the Jewish community to government and public bodies; community events; schools work
 | status          = Active
 | website         = [https://www.jewishscotland.org/ www.jewishscotland.org]
 }}
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 :ix. to assist in the provision and organisation of recreational activities in this community;
 :x. to promote racial and religious harmony and good relations between this community and other religious, ethnic, and racial groups and organisations in Scotland and with the general public in Scotland;
-:xi. to advance the education of the general public about and to provide information regarding the Jewish religion and the Jewish community of Scotland.<ref>https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=sc029438</ref>
+:xi. to advance the education of the general public about and to provide information regarding the Jewish religion and the Jewish community of Scotland.<ref>Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, [https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/charity-details?number=sc029438 Jewish Council of Scotland (SC029438)] ''Scottish Charity Register'', accessed 21 October 2026.</ref>
 ==People==
 *Chairman: [[Timothy Lovat]]  (Chair@jewishscotland.org)
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 *Administrator: [[Stacey Devlin]] (Admin@jewishscotland.org)
 *Senior Community Worker – Jewish Education and Young Adult Engagement: [[Sydney Switzer]] (Sydney@jewishscotland.org)
-*Research & Publications: [[Leah Rivka]] (Research@jewishscotland.org)<ref>https://www.jewishglasgow.org/scottish-council-of-jewish-communities/</ref>
+*Research & Publications: [[Leah Rivka]] (Research@jewishscotland.org)<ref>[https://www.jewishglasgow.org/scottish-council-of-jewish-communities/ Jewish Council of Scotland (JCoS)] ''Glasgow Jewish'' (jewishglasgow.org), accessed 21 October 2026.</ref>
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 | Students || [[vacant]]
 |-
-| Scottish Jewish Archives Centre representative: || [[Fiona Brodie]]
+| [[Scottish Jewish Archives Centre]] representative: || [[Fiona Brodie]]
 |-
 | Co-optees: || [[John Danzig]]
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 |  || [[Jackie Sevitt]]
 |-
-| Interfaith Scotland: || [[Susan Siegel]]
+| [[Interfaith Scotland]]: || [[Susan Siegel]]
 |-
 | Ex Officio (BEMIS): || [[Ephraim Borowski]]
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 ==History and structure==
-The 2025 report gives this history: "The origins of JCoS go back to 1999 when the charity the [[Scottish Council of Jewish Communities]] (SCoJeC) was formed on 30th September. On 1st December 2011 SCoJeC was reformulated as a SCIO. Following an agreement between SCoJeC and the [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]] (GJRC, also a SCIO, registered number SC047108) on 19th January 2025 SCoJeC adopted a new constitution, changed its name to the Jewish Council of Scotland and assumed the responsibilities of GJRC."<ref name="JCOS2025" /> The OSCR register gives the previous legal name "Scottish Council Of Jewish Communities from 30 September 1999 to 19 February 2025".<ref name="OSCRexport">Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, [https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/download-the-scottish-charity-register/ Scottish Charity Register download] (current register, 14 October 2026, and former charities, 20 October 2026), accessed 20 October 2026.</ref> <!-- check: 19 January 2025 (accounts) vs 19 February 2025 (OSCR register) for the change of name --> GJRC's own final accounts say that on 19 January 2025 "all assets and liabilities were transferred to the new organisation", and OSCR removed GJRC from the register on 6 May 2026 ("SCIO dissolved").<ref name="GJRC2024">Glasgow Jewish Representative Council, [https://oscr-docs.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/2025-09-29-accounts-017-sc047108-redacted-ff921910-349d-f011-bbd2-7ced8d392aab.pdf Report of the Trustees and Draft Financial Statements for the period 1 January 2024 to 18 January 2025] (redacted copy), note 10, via ''Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator'', accessed 20 October 2026.</ref><ref name="OSCRexport" /> JCoS's 2025 receipts include "Opening balances from GJRC" of £8,449.<ref name="JCOS2025" />
+The 2025 report gives this history: "The origins of JCoS go back to 1999 when the charity the [[Scottish Council of Jewish Communities]] (SCoJeC) was formed on 30th September. On 1st December 2011 SCoJeC was reformulated as a SCIO. Following an agreement between SCoJeC and the [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]] (GJRC, also a SCIO, registered number SC047108) on 19th January 2025 SCoJeC adopted a new constitution, changed its name to the Jewish Council of Scotland and assumed the responsibilities of GJRC."<ref name="JCOS2025" /> The OSCR register gives the previous legal name "Scottish Council Of Jewish Communities from 30 September 1999 to 19 February 2025".<ref name="OSCRexport">Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, [https://www.oscr.org.uk/about-charities/search-the-register/download-the-scottish-charity-register/ Scottish Charity Register download] (current register, 14 October 2026, and former charities, 20 October 2026), accessed 20 October 2026.</ref> <!-- check: 19 January 2025 (accounts) vs 19 February 2025 (OSCR register) for the change of name --> GJRC's own final accounts say that on 19 January 2025 "all assets and liabilities were transferred to the new organisation", and [[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator|OSCR]] removed GJRC from the register on 6 May 2026 ("SCIO dissolved").<ref name="GJRC2024">Glasgow Jewish Representative Council, [https://oscr-docs.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/2025-09-29-accounts-017-sc047108-redacted-ff921910-349d-f011-bbd2-7ced8d392aab.pdf Report of the Trustees and Draft Financial Statements for the period 1 January 2024 to 18 January 2025] (redacted copy), note 10, via ''Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator'', accessed 20 October 2026.</ref><ref name="OSCRexport" /> JCoS's 2025 receipts include "Opening balances from GJRC" of £8,449.<ref name="JCOS2025" />
 The Council has up to 29 places: six for Glasgow, three for Edinburgh, one each for Aberdeen, Tayside & Fife and the Regional Communities, one each for Scotland-wide Jewish organisations (eight at present), up to eight co-optees and the immediate past chair. It has two standing committees, the [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]] and the [[Edinburgh Jewish Organisations Group]]. The Chair, Vice-chair, Secretary and Treasurer, with the President of GJRC, the Chair of EHC and the Regional Communities representative, form the Executive; "currently there are joint treasurers".<ref name="JCOS2025" />
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 ==Finances==
 {| class="wikitable"
-|+ Annual returns to OSCR<ref name="OSCR_JCOS" />
+|+ Annual returns to [[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator|OSCR]]<ref name="OSCR_JCOS" />
 ! Year ending !! Income (£) !! Expenditure (£) !! Annual return received
 |-
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 | '''Total''' || '''122,337''' || '''109,026'''
 |}
-The report says the Scottish Government grant "remains at a level of £50,000, now from the Connected Communities Fund", plus "an additional one-off grant of £10,000 to reflect the significant costs we incurred supporting the community in the wake of the October 7th 2023 massacre". The CST grant "was to help support our joint working with them in relation to community security and in dealing with antisemitism, including liaison with the Scottish Government and Police Scotland".<ref name="JCOS2025" /> The [[Glasgow Jewish Community Trust]]'s own accounts show grants to the Jewish Council of Scotland of £40,000 (unrestricted) and £16,000 (restricted) in 2025, and £40,000 to the Scottish Council of Jewish Communities in 2024.<ref name="GJCT2025">Glasgow Jewish Community Trust, [https://oscr-docs.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/gjct-signed-2025-accounts-0147GKMYOZLANGQOY73VFY6OLJT44DJC4E.pdf Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025], note 5, pp. 18-19, via ''Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator'', accessed 20 October 2026.</ref><ref name="GJCT2024">Glasgow Jewish Community Trust, [https://oscr-docs.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/gjct-script-signed-2024-accounts-1-redacted-ebee155e-f899-f011-b41b-7ced8d6b6449.pdf Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024] (redacted copy), note 5, via ''Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator'', accessed 20 October 2026.</ref> <!-- check: GJCT's figures (£56,000 in 2025; £40,000 in 2024 plus £2,750 to GJRC) do not match the £57,022 and £42,500 in JCoS's note 7 -->
+The report says the Scottish Government grant "remains at a level of £50,000, now from the Connected Communities Fund", plus "an additional one-off grant of £10,000 to reflect the significant costs we incurred supporting the community in the wake of the October 7th 2023 massacre". The CST grant "was to help support our joint working with them in relation to community security and in dealing with antisemitism, including liaison with the Scottish Government and Police Scotland".<ref name="JCOS2025" /> The [[Glasgow Jewish Community Trust]]'s own accounts show grants to the Jewish Council of Scotland of £40,000 (unrestricted) and £16,000 (restricted) in 2025, and £40,000 to the [[Scottish Council of Jewish Communities]] in 2024.<ref name="GJCT2025">Glasgow Jewish Community Trust, [https://oscr-docs.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/gjct-signed-2025-accounts-0147GKMYOZLANGQOY73VFY6OLJT44DJC4E.pdf Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2025], note 5, pp. 18-19, via ''Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator'', accessed 20 October 2026.</ref><ref name="GJCT2024">Glasgow Jewish Community Trust, [https://oscr-docs.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/gjct-script-signed-2024-accounts-1-redacted-ebee155e-f899-f011-b41b-7ced8d6b6449.pdf Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024] (redacted copy), note 5, via ''Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator'', accessed 20 October 2026.</ref> <!-- check: GJCT's figures (£56,000 in 2025; £40,000 in 2024 plus £2,750 to GJRC) do not match the £57,022 and £42,500 in JCoS's note 7 -->
 ===Year to 31 December 2025===
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 *The JCoS council structure listed on this page includes an "Israelis in Scotland representative".<ref>[https://www.jewishglasgow.org/scottish-council-of-jewish-communities/ jewishglasgow.org: Scottish Council of Jewish Communities].</ref> <!-- check: from the council-members table above; confirm the role still exists under the 2025 constitution -->
 *The [[Glasgow Jewish Representative Council]], now a standing committee of JCoS, published a "Position on Israel" on 10 October 2024 saying the Glasgow community "has long been and continues to be strongly Zionist" (see that page).<ref name="GJRCweb2025" />
-*In 2025 JCoS received £10,000 extra from the Scottish Government for costs "supporting the community in the wake of the October 7th 2023 massacre"; its 2024 income included a "G'Hill Hostages Event"; and it holds a "Lev Echad" restricted fund.<ref name="JCOS2025" />
+*In 2025 JCoS received £10,000 extra from the [[Scottish Government]] for costs "supporting the community in the wake of the October 7th 2023 massacre"; its 2024 income included a "G'Hill Hostages Event"; and it holds a "Lev Echad" restricted fund.<ref name="JCOS2025" />
 *Its largest private funder, the [[Glasgow Jewish Community Trust]], also funds [[United Jewish Israel Appeal|UJIA]] programmes through the Scottish Jewish Youth Alliance ("SJYA/UJIA" £32,200 in 2024; "SJYA" £31,800 in 2025).<ref name="GJCT2025" /><ref name="GJCT2024" /> JCoS says schools in Glasgow "have benefited from provision by the [[Scottish Jewish Youth Alliance]], with whom we retain a close partnership".<ref name="JCOS2025" />

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 ==Notes==