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{{short description|Registered charity in England and Wales}}
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{{Infobox organization
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|name=The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations
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|type=Registered charity and company limited by guarantee
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|founded=27 December 2012 (incorporated); 27 October 2014 (registered as a charity)
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|registration=Charity Commission for England and Wales; Companies House
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|registration_id=Charity 1158987; Company 08341721
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|status=Registered
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}}
  
 
According to JCR-UK<ref name="JCR">https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Affiliations/UOHC.htm</ref>:
 
According to JCR-UK<ref name="JCR">https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Affiliations/UOHC.htm</ref>:
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:Membership of UOHC and other congregations of a similar ethos (which collectively the [[Board of Deputies]] refers to as "Strictly Orthodox") constituted some 13.5% of total synagogue membership in the United Kingdom in 2016, membership numbers having increased by a massive 139% over the preceding six years.<ref name="JN">"Jewish News", Issue No. 1010, 6 July 2017, pp. 1 & 4, quoting report by Board of Deputies Policy Research, carried out between April and September 2016.</ref> The synagogues or bethei hamedresh of these congregations, situated mainly in London and Manchester, are much smaller, on average, than those of other strands of Judaism, having an average only 63 members per congregation. The number of such synagogues constitute some 37.4% of all British synagogues, being nearly three time the synagogue membership percentage.<ref name="JN"/>
 
:Membership of UOHC and other congregations of a similar ethos (which collectively the [[Board of Deputies]] refers to as "Strictly Orthodox") constituted some 13.5% of total synagogue membership in the United Kingdom in 2016, membership numbers having increased by a massive 139% over the preceding six years.<ref name="JN">"Jewish News", Issue No. 1010, 6 July 2017, pp. 1 & 4, quoting report by Board of Deputies Policy Research, carried out between April and September 2016.</ref> The synagogues or bethei hamedresh of these congregations, situated mainly in London and Manchester, are much smaller, on average, than those of other strands of Judaism, having an average only 63 members per congregation. The number of such synagogues constitute some 37.4% of all British synagogues, being nearly three time the synagogue membership percentage.<ref name="JN"/>
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As can be seen from the names of some of the congregations below significant numbers are from [[Hasidic dynasties]] including the following:
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{| class="wikitable"
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| [[Belz (Hasidic dynasty)|Belz]]
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|-
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| [[Biala (Hasidic dynasty)|Biala]]
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|-
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| [[Bobov (Hasidic dynasty)|Bobov]]
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|-
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| [[Bobov-45]]
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|-
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| [[Breslov (Hasidic dynasty)|Breslov]]
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|-
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| [[Chabad-Lubavitch]]
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|-
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| [[Ger (Hasidic dynasty)|Ger]]/[[Ger (Hasidic dynasty)|Gur]]
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|-
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| [[Karlin-Stolin (Hasidic dynasty)|Karlin-Stolin]]
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|-
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| [[Klausenburg (Hasidic dynasty)|Sanz-Klausenburg]]
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|-
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| [[Satmar (Hasidic dynasty)|Satmar]]
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|-
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| [[Skver (Hasidic dynasty)|Skver]]
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|-
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| [[Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok|Toldos&nbsp;Avrohom&nbsp;Yitzchok]]
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|-
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| [[Vizhnitz (Hasidic dynasty)|Vizhnitz]]
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|}
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==People==
 
==People==
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===Av Beis Din of the UOHC===
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*Rabbi Dr. [[Victor (Avigdor) Schonfeld]] - from 1926 to about 1930(?)
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*Rabbi Dr. [[Solomon Schonfeld]] - from about 1933(?) to 1965
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*Rabbi [[Chanoch Dov Padwa]] - from 1965 to 2000
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*Rabbi [[Ephraim Padwa]] - from 2000 to present (June 2017)<ref>https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Affiliations/UOHC.htm</ref>
 
===Trustees===
 
===Trustees===
 
{| class="wikitable" float="right" align="right" width="30%"
 
{| class="wikitable" float="right" align="right" width="30%"
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|[[Schloime Rand]] || Trustee || 21 November 2019 || [[Ranbell Ltd]] | [[Cosmon (Belz) Limited]] | [[Clapton Common Boys Club]] | [[Belz Foundation Ltd]] | [[Alglen Limited]] | [[Bourneheights Limited]]
 
|[[Schloime Rand]] || Trustee || 21 November 2019 || [[Ranbell Ltd]] | [[Cosmon (Belz) Limited]] | [[Clapton Common Boys Club]] | [[Belz Foundation Ltd]] | [[Alglen Limited]] | [[Bourneheights Limited]]
 
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|[[Abraham Schreiber]] || Trustee || 21 November 2019 || [[Ringtrop Limited]] | [[Kids Konnect Ltd.]] | [[Tiferet Torah]] | [[Friends Of Chosen Yeshias]]
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|[[Abraham Schreiber]] || Trustee || 21 November 2019 || [[Ringtrop Limited]] | [[Kids Konnect Ltd]] | [[Tiferet Torah]] | [[Friends of Chosen Yeshias]]
 
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|[[Benjamin Stern]] || Trustee || 21 November 2019 || [[Yad Shlomo Trust]] | [[Hatzola Trust Limited]] | [[Hatzola Trust]] | [[Talmud Torah Beis Shlomo Limited]] | [[Schiffshul Ltd]]
 
|[[Benjamin Stern]] || Trustee || 21 November 2019 || [[Yad Shlomo Trust]] | [[Hatzola Trust Limited]] | [[Hatzola Trust]] | [[Talmud Torah Beis Shlomo Limited]] | [[Schiffshul Ltd]]
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|[[Sydney Samuel Sinitsky]] || Trustee || 29 August 2013 || [[UOHC Properties Ltd]] | [[Trenhill Limited]] | [[UOHC Supervision Ltd]] | [[Beis Brucha Ltd]] | [[Beis Yaakov Girls School Limited]]
 
|[[Sydney Samuel Sinitsky]] || Trustee || 29 August 2013 || [[UOHC Properties Ltd]] | [[Trenhill Limited]] | [[UOHC Supervision Ltd]] | [[Beis Brucha Ltd]] | [[Beis Yaakov Girls School Limited]]
 
|}
 
|}
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===Historic trustees===
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Trustees as listed in archived snapshots of the Charity Commission register (first and last snapshot in which each name appears; not a record of actual appointment or resignation dates).
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Name !! First seen !! Last seen !! Snapshots listing name
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|-
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| [[Benzion Schalom Eliezer Freshwater]] || 26 July 2017 || 2 January 2019 || 4 <ref name="ARC1158987_1">UK Government Web Archive, [https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20170726184727/http://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=1158987&subid=0 The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations – register entry (26 July 2017)], archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 26 July 2017, accessed 14 October 2026.</ref><ref name="ARC1158987_2">UK Government Web Archive, [https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20190102180357/http://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=1158987&subid=0 The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations – register entry (2 January 2019)], archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 2 January 2019, accessed 14 October 2026.</ref>
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|-
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| [[David Frand]] || 26 July 2017 || 2 January 2019 || 4 <ref name="ARC1158987_1" /><ref name="ARC1158987_2" />
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|-
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| [[Sydney Samuel Sinitsky]] || 26 July 2017 || 2 January 2019 || 4 <ref name="ARC1158987_1" /><ref name="ARC1158987_2" />
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|-
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| [[Myer Bernard Rothfeld]] || 4 January 2018 || 2 January 2019 || 3 <ref name="ARC1158987_3">UK Government Web Archive, [https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20180104091409/http://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=1158987&subid=0 The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations – register entry (4 January 2018)], archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 4 January 2018, accessed 14 October 2026.</ref><ref name="ARC1158987_2" />
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|-
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| [[Moses Theo Bibelman]] || 4 January 2018 || 2 January 2019 || 3 <ref name="ARC1158987_3" /><ref name="ARC1158987_2" />
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|-
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| [[Henri Konig]] || 4 January 2018 || 2 January 2019 || 3 <ref name="ARC1158987_3" /><ref name="ARC1158987_2" />
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|-
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| [[Jehuda Baumgarten]] || 4 January 2018 || 2 January 2019 || 3 <ref name="ARC1158987_3" /><ref name="ARC1158987_2" />
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|-
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| [[Jacob Goldman]] || 4 January 2018 || 2 January 2019 || 3 <ref name="ARC1158987_3" /><ref name="ARC1158987_2" />
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|-
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| [[Alexander Heilpern]] || 4 January 2018 || 2 January 2019 || 3 <ref name="ARC1158987_3" /><ref name="ARC1158987_2" />
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|-
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| [[Benjamin Roth]] || 4 January 2018 || 2 January 2019 || 3 <ref name="ARC1158987_3" /><ref name="ARC1158987_2" />
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|-
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| [[Judah Feldman]] || 4 January 2018 || 2 January 2019 || 3 <ref name="ARC1158987_3" /><ref name="ARC1158987_2" />
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|-
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| [[Michael Lobenstein]] || 4 January 2018 || 2 January 2019 || 3 <ref name="ARC1158987_3" /><ref name="ARC1158987_2" />
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|-
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| [[Percy Mett]] || 4 January 2018 || 2 January 2019 || 3 <ref name="ARC1158987_3" /><ref name="ARC1158987_2" />
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|-
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| [[Abraham Mordecai Pinter]] || 4 January 2018 || 2 January 2019 || 3 <ref name="ARC1158987_3" /><ref name="ARC1158987_2" />
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|}
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===Directors===
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Name !! Role !! Position !! Date of birth !! Appointed on !! Resigned on !! Nationality !! Country of residence !! Occupation
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| [[Moses Theo Bibelman]] || Active || Director || February 1936 || 27 January 2016 ||  || Danish || England || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Nathan Benjamin Bindinger]] || Active || Director || August 1968 || 21 November 2019 ||  || British || England || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Victor Brinner]] || Active || Director || October 1970 || 21 November 2019 ||  || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Joseph Feld]] || Active || Director || August 1979 || 11 February 2024 ||  || British || England || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Benzion Schalom Eliezer Freshwater]] || Active || Director || April 1948 || 27 December 2012 ||  || British || England || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Jacov Friesel]] || Active || Director || June 1980 || 11 February 2024 ||  || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Moshe Getter]] || Active || Director || January 1983 || 11 February 2024 ||  || British || England || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Aron Goldman]] || Active || Director || August 1957 || 21 November 2019 ||  || British || England || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Chaim Solomon Goldman]] || Active || Director || November 1974 || 21 November 2019 ||  || British || England || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Jacob Goldman]] || Active || Director || December 1961 || 27 January 2016 ||  || British || England || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Robert Grussgott]] || Active || Director || August 1972 || 21 November 2019 ||  || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Michael Just]] || Active || Director || September 1971 || 21 November 2019 ||  || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Ahron Klein]] || Active || Director || August 1976 || 21 November 2019 ||  || British || England || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Michael Lobenstein]] || Active || Director || September 1955 || 27 January 2016 ||  || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Daniel Joshua Alexander Ost]] || Active || Director || February 1945 || 21 November 2019 ||  || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Ahron Rand]] || Active || Director || December 1958 || 21 November 2019 ||  || British || England || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Benjamin Roth]] || Active || Director || March 1964 || 27 January 2016 ||  || Canadian || England || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Myer Bernard Rothfeld]] || Active || Director || June 1954 || 27 January 2016 ||  || British || England || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Abraham Schreiber (born 1979)|Abraham Schreiber]] || Active || Director || October 1979 || 21 November 2019 ||  || British || England || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Shalom Seidenfeld]] || Active || Director || February 1960 || 21 November 2019 ||  || British || England || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Sydney Samuel Sinitsky]] || Active || Director || May 1948 || 27 December 2012 ||  || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Chaim Steinhart]] || Active || Director || November 1971 || 11 February 2024 ||  || British || England || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Mordechai Steren]] || Active || Director || July 1987 || 21 November 2019 ||  || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Benjamin Stern]] || Active || Director || October 1970 || 21 November 2019 ||  || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Mordechai Jaakow Wind]] || Active || Director || July 1988 || 11 February 2024 ||  || Swiss || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
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|-
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| The Talmud Centre Trust || Resigned || Secretary ||  || 27 December 2012 || 9 July 2024 UK Limited Company What's this? ||  ||  ||
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|-
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| [[Jehuda Baumgarten]] || Resigned || Director || June 1948 || 22 July 2020 || 11 February 2024 || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
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| [[Jehuda Baumgarten]] || Resigned || Director || June 1948 || 27 January 2016 || 21 November 2019 || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
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| [[Ralph Raphael Bergman]] || Resigned || Director || December 1943 || 27 December 2012 || 16 October 2013 || British || England || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Judah Feldman]] || Resigned || Director || August 1967 || 27 January 2016 || 15 April 2017 || British || England || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[David Frand]] || Resigned || Director || October 1942 || 27 January 2016 || 22 July 2020 || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
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| [[David Frand]] || Resigned || Director || October 1942 || 27 December 2012 || 27 January 2016 || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Benzion Goldstein]] || Resigned || Director || March 1980 || 21 November 2019 || 11 February 2024 || British || England || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Brian Colin Gordon]] || Resigned || Director || October 1955 || 21 November 2019 || 10 September 2020 || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Alexander Heilpern]] || Resigned || Director || June 1940 || 27 January 2016 || 21 November 2019 || British || England 1 2 Next page || Not disclosed
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| [[Henri Konig]] || Resigned || Director || February 1949 || 27 January 2016 || 21 November 2019 || Belgian || England || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Percy Mett]] || Resigned || Director || November 1945 || 27 January 2016 || 21 November 2019 || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
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|-
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| [[Joshua Muller]] || Resigned || Director || September 1984 || 21 November 2019 || 11 February 2024 || Belgian || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
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| [[Abraham Mordecai Pinter]] || Resigned || Director || January 1949 || 27 January 2016 || 13 April 2020 || English || England || Not disclosed
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| [[Chaim Pinter]] || Resigned || Director || October 1979 || 22 July 2020 || 11 February 2024 || British || England || Not disclosed
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| [[Schloime Rand]] || Resigned || Director || October 1964 || 21 November 2019 || 11 February 2024 || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
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| [[Zalman Roth]] || Resigned || Director || March 1981 || 21 November 2019 || 11 February 2024 || American || United Kingdom Previous page 1 2 || Not disclosed
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Source: Companies House officers register.<ref name="CHOfficers">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08341721/officers THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS officers] ''Companies House'', accessed 13 October 2026.</ref>
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===Persons with significant control===
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Name !! Status !! Notified on !! Ceased on !! Date of birth !! Nationality !! Country of residence !! Nature of control
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| [[Benjamin Stern]] || Ceased || 24 December 2020 || 17 September 2024 || October 1970 || British || United Kingdom || Has significant influence or control
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| [[Benzion Schalom Eliezer Freshwater]] || Ceased || 6 April 2016 || 17 September 2024 || April 1948 || British || England || Has significant influence or control
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|-
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| [[Sidney Samuel Sinitsky]] || Ceased || 6 April 2016 || 17 September 2024 || May 1948 || British || United Kingdom || Has significant influence or control
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| [[David Frand]] || Ceased || 6 April 2016 || 24 December 2020 || October 1942 || British || United Kingdom || Has significant influence or control
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|}
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*PSC statement: The company knows or has reasonable cause to believe that there is no registrable person or registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the company (notified 17 September 2024)
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Source: Companies House PSC register.<ref name="CHPSC">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08341721/persons-with-significant-control THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS persons with significant control] ''Companies House'', accessed 13 October 2026.</ref>
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==Synagogues==
 
==Synagogues==
 
Most of the affillated congregations are to be found in the London suburbs of Stamford Hill, Golders Green, Hendon and Edgware.<ref name="JCR"/>
 
Most of the affillated congregations are to be found in the London suburbs of Stamford Hill, Golders Green, Hendon and Edgware.<ref name="JCR"/>
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===London - Stamford Hill and District===
 
===London - Stamford Hill and District===
  
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[[Ahavat Israel Chasidey Wiznitz Synagogue]]* (formerly [[Ahavat Yisrael Synagogue]], [[Ahvas Torah Synagogue]]) | [[Amhurst Park Synagogue]] | [[Amhurst Synagogue of the Ezra Noar Agudati]] | [[Atereth Zvi Beth Hamedrash]] (formerly [[Damesek Eliezer Beth Hamedrash]]) | [[Beis Gavriel Lubavitch]]◊ - Hendon | [[Beis Hamedresh Biala]]* (formerly [[Birkas Zvi Biala]])]] | [[Beis Hamedash D'Chasidei Satmar]] - Bethune Road* | [[Beis Hamedash Kehal Yetev Lev]] - Craven Walk* | [[Beis Hamedrash Maharim Dushinsky]]* | [[Beis Hamedrash Noam Hatorah]]* | [[Beis Hamedrash 'Oraysoh]]']]* | [[Beis Hamedrash Sharei Shulem Tchabe]]* | [[Beis Hamedash Tehillois Yoel]]* | [[Beis Hamedrash V'Yoel Moshe]]* | [[Beis Kossov]]* | [[Beis Sholem D'Sholtz*(formerly Beit Sholom Synagogue)]] | [[Beis Nadvorna Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Beis Yitzchak Dovid, Avreichei Gur]]* | [[Beth Chodesh Synagogue]]* | [[Beth Ephraim Beth Hamedrash]] | [[Beth Hachnesseth Schomre Hadass]] | [[Beth Hamedrash (Lordship Road)]] | [[Beth Hamedrash Cheishev Hoeifod]]* | [[Beth Hamedrash D'Chasidei Wiznitz]]* | [[Beth Hamedash Kehal Yetev Lev - Cazenove Road]]* | [[Beth Hamedash Kehal Yetev Lev - Clapton Common]]* | [[Beth Israel (Trisker) Synagogue]] | [[Beth Joseph Synagogue]] | [[Beth Joseph Zvi]]* | [[Beth Levy Synagogue]] | [[Beth Talmud Centre]]* | [[Beth Yisroel Synagogue]] | [[Biala (Chelkas Yehoshua) Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Biala Synagogue]] | [[Brith Sholom Society]] | [[Cazenove Road Beth Hamedash]] | [[Central Hackney Synagogue]] | [[Chabad Synagogue]] | [[Chasidey Alexander Me'oron Shel Yisrael Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Belz Beth Hamedrash]]* - N16 | [[Chasidey Belz Beth Hamedrash]]* - E5 | [[Chasidey Bobov-45 Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Bobov Ohel Naphtali and Yeshiva Bnei Zion Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Gur Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Gur (Avreichium) Beth Hamedrash]] | [[Chasidey Ryzhin Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Sanz-Klausenburg Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Skver Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Wiznitz-Monsey Imrey Chaim  Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Cheishev Sofer D'Pressburg Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chevras Shass Zichron Shlomo Beth Hamedrash]]* (formerly [[Zichron Shlomo Beth Hamedrash)]] | [[Chida Beit Knesset]] | [[Clapton Orthodox Synagogue]] | [[Commercial Street Tamud Torah]]◊ - Stamford Hill | [[Halaser Birkath Yehuda Beth Hamedrash]] (formerly [[Birkath Yehuda Beth Hamedrash)]] | [[Heichal Hatorah]]* | [[Kehal Chareidim Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Kehal Chassidim D'Munkatch Synagogue]]* (formerly [[Kehillath Chasidim Synagogue]]) | [[Kehileth Jacob Synagogue]] | [[Knightland Road Synagogue]]* | [[Kol Jacob Synagogue]] | [[Lieger Beth Hamedrash Torah Chaim]]* - Stamford Hill and Upper Clapton (also incorporating [[Ohel Shmuel Sholem Beth Hamedrash]]; [[Torah Chaim Beth Hemedrash]]) | [[Lubavitch Synagogue]]* | [[Mesifta Synagogue]]* | [[Moriah Beth Hamedrash]] | [[Nachlei Emunah Chasidey Kretchif]]* | [[Northfield Synagogue]] | [[Northwold Road Synagogue (formerly Ohel Israel Beth Hamedrash, Brooke Road Synagogue)]] | [[Nusach Ari Synagogue]] | [[O'hal Jacob Synagogue]] | [[Ohel Moshe Beth Hamedrash]] | [[Ohel Yaakov Beiss Hamedrash (Pshevorsk)]]* | [[Or Israel Synagogue]] | [[Rosener Synagogue]] | [[Satmar Beth Hamedash Kehal Yetev Lev]]* | [[Sdei Chemed D'Nitra Beth Hamedash]]* | [[Sharei Zion Beth Hamedrash (formerly Seven Sister Road Hebrew Congregation)]] | [[Spinke Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Springfield Synagogue /Ohal Jacob Synagogue]]◊ | [[Stamford Hill Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Stanislowa Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Stolin Karlin]]* | [[Succath Sholom Synagogue]] | [[Talmud Study Circle (formerly South Hackney Talmud Torah)]] | [[Tchechenover Synagogue]] | [[Tiferez Amrom Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Torah Etz Chayim Beth Hamedrash]]* (formerly [[Zeire Yisroel Beth Hamedrash)]] | [[Walford Road Synagogue]]◊ | [[Victory Hebrew Friendly Society]] | [[Yeshiva Horomoh Beth Hamedrash]] | [[Yeshivas Ahavas Torah]]* ([[Heichal Tiferes Zvi]]) | [[Yeshivas Toras Chesed]]* | [[Yeshuath Chaim Synagogue]]* | [[Yesodey Hatorah Beth Hamedrash]]* (formerly [[Voydislav Synagogue]]) | [[Yotzei Teimon Beis Hamedrash]] | [[Zeire Agudath Yisrael Beth Hamedrash]]* ([[Beth Hamedrash of the Agudah Youth Movement]])
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[[Ahavat Israel Chasidey Wiznitz Synagogue]]* (formerly [[Ahavat Yisrael Synagogue]], [[Ahvas Torah Synagogue]]) | [[Amhurst Park Synagogue]] | [[Amhurst Synagogue of the Ezra Noar Agudati]] | [[Atereth Zvi Beth Hamedrash]] (formerly [[Damesek Eliezer Beth Hamedrash]]) | [[Beis Gavriel Lubavitch]]◊ - Hendon | [[Beis Hamedresh Biala]]* (formerly [[Birkas Zvi Biala]])]] | [[Beis Hamedash D'Chasidei Satmar]] - Bethune Road* | [[Beis Hamedash Kehal Yetev Lev]] - Craven Walk* | [[Beis Hamedrash Maharim Dushinsky]]* | [[Beis Hamedrash Noam Hatorah]]* | [[Beis Hamedrash 'Oraysoh]]'* | [[Beis Hamedrash Sharei Shulem Tchabe]]* | [[Beis Hamedash Tehillois Yoel]]* | [[Beis Hamedrash V'Yoel Moshe]]* | [[Beis Kossov]]* | [[Beis Sholem D'Sholtz*(formerly Beit Sholom Synagogue)]] | [[Beis Nadvorna Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Beis Yitzchak Dovid, Avreichei Gur]]* | [[Beth Chodesh Synagogue]]* | [[Beth Ephraim Beth Hamedrash]] | [[Beth Hachnesseth Schomre Hadass]] | [[Beth Hamedrash (Lordship Road)]] | [[Beth Hamedrash Cheishev Hoeifod]]* | [[Beth Hamedrash D'Chasidei Wiznitz]]* | [[Beth Hamedash Kehal Yetev Lev - Cazenove Road]]* | [[Beth Hamedash Kehal Yetev Lev - Clapton Common]]* | [[Beth Israel (Trisker) Synagogue]] (closed)<ref name="jcr_trisker">JCR-UK, [https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/london/stamford_shteibls/beth-israel.htm Beth Israel Synagogue - Trisker Synagogue (closed), Stamford Hill, London N16, England], ''JewishGen'', accessed 31 October 2026.</ref> | [[Beth Joseph Synagogue]] | [[Beth Joseph Zvi]]* | [[Beth Levy Synagogue]] | [[Beth Talmud Centre]]* | [[Beth Yisroel Synagogue]] | [[Biala (Chelkas Yehoshua) Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Biala Synagogue]] | [[Brith Sholom Society]] | [[Cazenove Road Beth Hamedash]] | [[Central Hackney Synagogue]] | [[Chabad Synagogue]] | [[Chasidey Alexander Me'oron Shel Yisrael Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Belz Beth Hamedrash]]* - N16 | [[Chasidey Belz Beth Hamedrash]]* - E5 | [[Chasidey Bobov-45 Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Bobov Ohel Naphtali and Yeshiva Bnei Zion Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Gur Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Gur (Avreichium) Beth Hamedrash]] | [[Chasidey Ryzhin Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Sanz-Klausenburg Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Skver Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chasidey Wiznitz-Monsey Imrey Chaim  Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Cheishev Sofer D'Pressburg Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Chevras Shass Zichron Shlomo Beth Hamedrash]]* (formerly [[Zichron Shlomo Beth Hamedrash)]] | [[Chida Beit Knesset]] | [[Clapton Orthodox Synagogue]] | [[Commercial Street Tamud Torah]]◊ - Stamford Hill | [[Halaser Birkath Yehuda Beth Hamedrash]] (formerly [[Birkath Yehuda Beth Hamedrash)]] | [[Heichal Hatorah]]* | [[Kehal Chareidim Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Kehal Chassidim D'Munkatch Synagogue]]* (formerly [[Kehillath Chasidim Synagogue]]) | [[Kehileth Jacob Synagogue]] | [[Knightland Road Synagogue]]* | [[Kol Jacob Synagogue]] | [[Lieger Beth Hamedrash Torah Chaim]]* - Stamford Hill and Upper Clapton (also incorporating [[Ohel Shmuel Sholem Beth Hamedrash]]; [[Torah Chaim Beth Hemedrash]]) | [[Lubavitch Synagogue]]* | [[Mesifta Synagogue]]* | [[Moriah Beth Hamedrash]] | [[Nachlei Emunah Chasidey Kretchif]]* | [[Northfield Synagogue]] | [[Northwold Road Synagogue (formerly Ohel Israel Beth Hamedrash, Brooke Road Synagogue)]] | [[Nusach Ari Synagogue]] | [[O'hal Jacob Synagogue]] | [[Ohel Moshe Beth Hamedrash]] | [[Ohel Yaakov Beiss Hamedrash (Pshevorsk)]]* | [[Or Israel Synagogue]] | [[Rosener Synagogue]] | [[Satmar Beth Hamedash Kehal Yetev Lev]]* | [[Sdei Chemed D'Nitra Beth Hamedash]]* | [[Sharei Zion Beth Hamedrash (formerly Seven Sister Road Hebrew Congregation)]] | [[Spinke Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Springfield Synagogue /Ohal Jacob Synagogue]]◊ | [[Stamford Hill Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Stanislowa Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Stolin Karlin]]* | [[Succath Sholom Synagogue]] | [[Talmud Study Circle (formerly South Hackney Talmud Torah)]] | [[Tchechenover Synagogue]] | [[Tiferez Amrom Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Torah Etz Chayim Beth Hamedrash]]* (formerly [[Zeire Yisroel Beth Hamedrash)]] | [[Walford Road Synagogue]]◊ | [[Victory Hebrew Friendly Society]] | [[Yeshiva Horomoh Beth Hamedrash]] | [[Yeshivas Ahavas Torah]]* ([[Heichal Tiferes Zvi]]) | [[Yeshivas Toras Chesed]]* | [[Yeshuath Chaim Synagogue]]* | [[Yesodey Hatorah Beth Hamedrash]]* (formerly [[Voydislav Synagogue]]) | [[Yotzei Teimon Beis Hamedrash]] | [[Zeire Agudath Yisrael Beth Hamedrash]]* ([[Beth Hamedrash of the Agudah Youth Movement]])
  
 
===London - East End (E1)===
 
===London - East End (E1)===
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===London - Others Areas===
 
===London - Others Areas===
  
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[[Canonbury Bikur Cholim Synagogue]] - N5 | [[Cricklewood Beth Hamedresh]] ([[Keser Torah D'Radzin Synagogue]])◊ ([[Rav. Finklestein's Minyan]]) | [[Deneburger Friendly Society]] - East Twickenham | [[Dollis Hill Beth Hamedrash ]](Rav. Yehudalieb's Minyan) - NW10 | [[Edgware Adath Yisroel Congregation]]*(BS) | [[Edmonton & District Hebrew Congregation]] - N18 | [[Garden Suburb Beth Hamedrash]] - N2 | [[Goldblum Synagogue]] - Highbury, N5| [[Hampstead Adath Yisroel Congregation]]◊ - [[Sarah Klausner Memorial Synagogue]] - NW6 | [[Ilford Beth Hamedrash]] | [[Kehillath Israel Synagogue]] - N2 | [[Kehillath Israel Synagogue]], NW2, previously E.1 ([[Premishlaner Rabbi's Synagogue]]) | [[Kingsley Way Beth Hamedrash]]* - N2]] | [[Kol Yaacov Beis Hamedrash]]~ - Edgware | [[Lubavitch of Edgware]]* | [[Machzikei Hadass Edgware Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Old Hampstead Synagogue]] - NW3 | [[Palmers Green Synagogue]] - N11 | [[Tree of Life Synagogue]] (formerly [[Highbury New Park Synagogue]] / [[Beth Hamedrash]]) - N5
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[[Canonbury Bikur Cholim Synagogue]] - N5 | [[Cricklewood Beth Hamedresh]] ([[Keser Torah D'Radzin Synagogue]])◊ ([[Rav. Finklestein's Minyan]]) | [[Deneburger Friendly Society]] - East Twickenham | [[Dollis Hill Beth Hamedrash ]](Rav. Yehudalieb's Minyan) - NW10 | [[Edgware Adath Yisroel Congregation]]*(BS) | [[Edmonton & District Hebrew Congregation]] - N18 | [[Garden Suburb Beth Hamedrash]] - N2 | [[Goldblum Synagogue]] - Highbury, N5| [[Hampstead Adath Yisroel Congregation]]◊ - [[Sarah Klausner Memorial Synagogue]] - NW6 | [[Ilford Beth Hamedrash]] | [[Kehillath Israel Synagogue]] - N2 | [[Kehillath Israel Synagogue]], NW2, previously E.1 ([[Premishlaner Rabbi's Synagogue]]) | [[Kingsley Way Beth Hamedrash]]* - N2 | [[Kol Yaacov Beis Hamedrash]]~ - Edgware | [[Lubavitch of Edgware]]* | [[Machzikei Hadass Edgware Beth Hamedrash]]* | [[Old Hampstead Synagogue]] - NW3 | [[Palmers Green Synagogue]] - N11 | [[Tree of Life Synagogue]] (formerly [[Highbury New Park Synagogue]] / [[Beth Hamedrash]]) - N5
  
 
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===Provincial & Outer London===
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*◊ A congregation that left the UOHC and became affiliated to the [[Federation of Synagogues]] or independent but did not remain affiliated to the UOHC's Burial Society.
 
*◊ A congregation that left the UOHC and became affiliated to the [[Federation of Synagogues]] or independent but did not remain affiliated to the UOHC's Burial Society.
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==Finances==
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Financial year end !! Total income !! Total expenditure !! Income from donations and legacies !! Expenditure on charitable activities !! Grants to institutions !! Total funds (assets less liabilities) !! Cash !! Employees !! Volunteers !! Accounts received
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|-
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| December 2015 || £0 || £0 || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Archived register entry<ref name="ARC1158987_1" />
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|-
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| December 2016 || £2,717,801 || £1,522,505 || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Archived register entry<ref name="ARC1158987_3" />
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|-
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| December 2017 || £2,095,255 || £1,442,497 || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Archived register entry<ref name="ARC1158987_2" />
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|-
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| 31 December 2020 || £1,447,816 || £1,893,633 || £1,239,424 || £1,893,633 || £1,290,110 || £2,082,018 || £1,257,567 || 23 || 0 || 29 October 2021 (due 31 October 2021)
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|-
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| 31 December 2021 || £1,374,538 || £2,528,643 || £1,203,677 || £2,528,643 || £1,888,850 || £927,912 || £196,403 || 23 || 0 || 31 October 2022 (due 31 October 2022)
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|-
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| 31 December 2022 || £879,484 || £1,220,893 || £699,796 || £1,220,893 || £478,392 || £586,503 || £92,884 || 24 || 0 || 25 October 2023 (due 31 October 2023)
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|-
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| 31 December 2023 || £1,193,855 || £1,345,680 || £981,760 || £1,345,680 || £393,941 || £434,678 || £110,726 || 26 || 0 || 28 October 2024 (due 31 October 2024)
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|-
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| 31 December 2024 || £1,261,191 || £1,473,386 || £1,106,814 || £1,473,386 || £431,310 || £222,483 || £128,511 || 26 || 0 || 29 October 2025 (due 31 October 2025)
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|}
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Source: Charity Commission financial history and register data.<ref name="CCFin">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5040692/financial-history THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS financial history] ''Charity Commission for England and Wales'', accessed 13 October 2026; figures from the Commission's public register data extract dated 13 October 2026.</ref> The Commission records grant-making as the charity's main activity.<ref name="CCOverview">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5040692 THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS overview] ''Charity Commission for England and Wales'', accessed 13 October 2026.</ref> Trustee payments: "No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity."<ref name="CCOverview" />
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*Companies House: last accounts made up to 31 December 2025 (Full accounts, filed 28 Sep 2026); next accounts made up to 30 December 2026, due by 30 September 2027.<ref name="CHCompany">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08341721 THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS overview] ''Companies House'', accessed 13 October 2026.</ref><ref name="CHAcc">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08341721/filing-history THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS filing history] – Full accounts made up to 31 December 2025, filed 28 Sep 2026, ''Companies House'', accessed 13 October 2026.</ref>
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*Companies House: last confirmation statement dated 27 December 2025; next due by 10 January 2027.<ref name="CHCompany" />
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*Archived accounts: [https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200108195744/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends87/0001158987_AC_20161231_E_C.PDF year ending 31 December 2016]; [https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200108193451/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends87/0001158987_AC_20171231_E_C.PDF year ending 31 December 2017]; [https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200108194314/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends87/0001158987_AC_20181231_E_C.PDF year ending 31 December 2018].<ref name="ARC1158987_4">UK Government Web Archive, [https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200108195744/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends87/0001158987_AC_20161231_E_C.PDF The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations – archived accounts], archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 8 January 2020, accessed 14 October 2026.</ref>
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*'''Land Registry (company-owned property):''' HM Land Registry's company ownership data (October 2026) lists 1 title(s) registered to the organisation or a linked company: The Stamford Hill Mikve, Margaret Road, London (N16 6UX) (title AGL279871, leasehold; registered proprietor THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS (08341721); proprietor registered 21-03-2013).<ref name="LRCCOD">HM Land Registry, [https://use-land-property-data.service.gov.uk/datasets/ccod UK companies that own property in England and Wales] dataset, October 2026, accessed 14 October 2026.</ref>
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==Controversies and conflicts==
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*'''Related-party transactions:''' The latest filed accounts state: "During the year the charity received donations of £ 5,392 (202 4 : £ Nil ) from Kedassia Supervision Limited, a company with a common trustee. At the year end £52,020 was due from Kedassia Supervision Limited (2024: £51,087 due to Kedassia Supervision Limited). At the year end £379,411 (202 4 : £ 379,411 ) was due from K Poultry Limited, a subsidiary undertaking of UOHC Foundation Limited, a charitable company with common trustees. During the year, the charity received donations of £302,500 (2024: £173,000) from K Poultry Limited."<ref name="CHAcc" />
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*'''Filing compliance:''' All 5 annual returns and accounts on the Charity Commission record were received by their due dates, and the register states "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)".<ref name="CCFin" /><ref name="CCOverview" />
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*'''Companies House notices:''' 06 Apr 2016: Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued (DISS40); 22 Mar 2016: First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off (GAZ1); 29 Apr 2014: Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued (DISS40); 22 Apr 2014: First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off (GAZ1).<ref name="CHFH">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08341721/filing-history THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS filing history] ''Companies House'', accessed 13 October 2026.</ref>
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*'''Overlapping trusteeships:''' [[Benzion Schalom Eliezer Freshwater]] is also a trustee of [[Sassov Beis Hamedrash]] (1102303), [[Beth Jacob Grammar School for Girls Limited]] (248708), [[Mayfair Charities Limited]] (255281), [[The Raphael Freshwater Memorial Association]] (313890), [[Service To The Aged]] (1001916), [[Regent Charities Limited]] (1059253), [[Parsha Limited]] (267986). [[Sydney Samuel Sinitsky]] is also a trustee of [[Trenhill Limited]] (272180), [[Uohc Supervision Ltd]] (1164378), [[Uohc Properties Ltd]] (1164379), [[Beis Brucha Ltd]] (1131109), [[Cprm Management Ltd]] (1209707), [[Side By Side (children) Limited]] (1135723). [[Moses Theo Bibelman]] is also a trustee of [[(trust Property Held In Connexion With) Adath Yisroel Synagogue]] (207956). [[Jacob Goldman]] is also a trustee of [[Ichud Mosdos Gur Limited]] (1096711), [[Yeshivas Lev Simcha Limited]] (1120748), [[Kupat Ezer Lenisuin Beth Yisroel]] (1147263), [[Gerer Shtiebel Synagogue]] (1180593), [[Reach Out Uk]] (1144818). [[Benjamin Roth]] is also a trustee of [[Reach Out Uk]] (1144818). [[Myer Bernard Rothfeld]] is also a trustee of [[Resolve Now]] (1189333). [[Rabbi Nathan Benjamin Bindinger]] is also a trustee of [[Kehal Charedim Trust]] (1098484), [[Yesamach Levav]] (1127977), [[Darkei Chaim]] (1190418). [[Chaim Solomon Goldman]] is also a trustee of [[Hatzola Trust]] (278914), [[Hatzola Trust Limited]] (1160299), [[Cprm Management Ltd]] (1209707). [[Robert Grussgott]] is also a trustee of [[The Eliezer Foundation]] (1126142), [[Britefield Trust]] (1133072), [[Bikur Cholim Limited]] (1085965), [[The Zeire Agudath Israel General Charitable Trust]] (280604), [[A T.i.m.e. Limited]] (1128756), [[Agudas Israel Community Services]] (287367), [[Agudas Israel Organisation Of Great Britain]] (290191), [[Uohc Properties Ltd]] (1164379). [[Michael Just]] is also a trustee of [[Newpier Charity Limited]] (293686), [[Uohc Properties Ltd]] (1164379), [[Cprm Management Ltd]] (1209707). [[Ahron Klein]] is also a trustee of [[Yedidim Association Ltd]] (1111411). [[Abraham Schreiber (born 1979)|Abraham Schreiber]] is also a trustee of [[Ringtrop Limited]] (276021), [[Tiferet Torah]] (1191188), [[Friends Of Chosen Yeshias]] (1196784), [[Kids Konnect Ltd.]] (1199033). [[Shalom Seidenfeld]] is also a trustee of [[United Talmudical Associates Ltd]] (291834), [[Friends Of Yeshiva Luzern]] (1118086), [[Palmcourt Limited]] (1070679), [[Luzern Yeshiva Talmudical College]] (1201551). [[Rabbi Mordechai Steren]] is also a trustee of [[Viznitz Institutions Trust]] (1073284), [[Blossoms London Ltd]] (1198424). [[Benjamin Stern]] is also a trustee of [[Talmud Torah Beis Shlomo Limited]] (1119165), [[Yad Shlomo Trust]] (1122011), [[Schiffshul Ltd]] (1071348), [[Hatzola Trust]] (278914), [[Hatzola Trust Limited]] (1160299). [[Daniel Joshua Alexander Ost]] is also a trustee of [[Bridge Lane Foundation Limited]] (1103512), [[Goodheights Limited]] (802589), [[Woodlands Green Ltd]] (277299), [[Gitter Foundation Ltd]] (1129108), [[The Tmc Trust Limited]] (1139316). [[Joseph Feld]] is also a trustee of [[Trenhill Limited]] (272180). [[Moshe Getter]] is also a trustee of [[Bais Rizhin Trust]] (285562). [[Chaim Steinhart]] is also a trustee of [[Hhec]] (1168502), [[Amazing Kids Club Ltd]] (1191936).<ref name="CCTrustees">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5040692/trustees THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS trustees] ''Charity Commission for England and Wales'', accessed 13 October 2026.</ref>
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*'''Shared address and control:''' [[Benjamin Roth]], [[Chaim Steinhart]], [[Jacob Goldman]], [[Jacov Friesel]], [[Joseph Feld]], [[Michael Just]], [[Michael Lobenstein]], [[Mordechai Jaakow Wind]], [[Moses Theo Bibelman]], [[Moshe Getter]], [[Myer Bernard Rothfeld]], [[Robert Grussgott]], [[Sydney Samuel Sinitsky]] give the same correspondence address (140 Stamford Hill, London, United Kingdom, N16 6QT).<ref name="CHOfficers" />
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*'''Register inconsistencies:''' [[Jacov Friesel]], [[Mordechai Jaakow Wind]] are listed as trustees by the Charity Commission<ref name="CCTrustees" /> but not as a current director at Companies House.<ref name="CHOfficers" /> [[Jacov Friesel]], [[Mordechai Jaakow Wind]] are a current director at Companies House<ref name="CHOfficers" /> but not listed as trustees by the Charity Commission.<ref name="CCTrustees" />
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== List of associated congregations ==
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JCR-UK lists 85 active congregations as associated with the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations. Associated congregations retain their independence but accept the authority of the UOHC rabbinate.<ref name="jcr_uohc">JCR-UK, [https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Affiliations/UOHC.htm Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations], ''JewishGen'', accessed 29 October 2026.</ref>
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Congregation !! Town !! Charity no. !! Hasidic dynasty !! Status
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|-
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| [[Adath Yisroel Synagogue]] || London (Stamford Hill) || CC 207956 ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Adath Yisroel Tottenham Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Ahavat Israel Chasidey Wiznitz Synagogue]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Vizhnitz || associated
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|-
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| [[Beis Hamedash Tehillois Yoel]] || London (Upper Clapton) || CC [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1177104 1177104]<ref name="cc_1177104">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1177104 Tehilois Yoel, registered charity no. 1177104], ''Charity Commission'', accessed 31 October 2026.</ref><ref name="cb_tehilois">Charity Bank, [https://www.charitybank.org/news/securing-a-synagogues-future/ Securing a synagogue's future], ''Charity Bank'', 13 October 2026, accessed 31 October 2026.</ref><ref name="jcr_tehillois">JCR-UK, [https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/london/stamford_shteibls/satmar_tehillois_yoel.htm (Satmar) Beth Hamedrash Tehillois Yoel, Upper Clapton Road, London E5], ''JewishGen'', accessed 31 October 2026.</ref> || Satmar || associated
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| [[Beis Hamedrash 'Oraysoh']] || London (Stamford Hill) || – ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Beis Hamedrash Avreichim Golders Green]] || London (Golders Green) || – ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Beis Hamedrash Biala]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Biala || associated
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|-
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| [[Beis Hamedrash D'Chasidei Satmar]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Satmar || associated
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|-
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| [[Beis Hamedrash Kehal Yetev Lev - Craven Walk]] || London (Stamford Hill) || –<ref name="jcr_cravenwalk">JCR-UK, [https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/london/stamford_shteibls/satmar_craven_walk.htm (Satmar) Beth Hamedrash Kehal Yetev Lev - Craven Walk, Stamford Hill, London N16], ''JewishGen'', accessed 31 October 2026.</ref> || Satmar || associated
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|-
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| [[Beis Hamedrash Noam Hatorah]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Congregation Sharei Sholom Tchabe Limited|Beis Hamedrash Sharei Shulem Tchabe]] || London (Stamford Hill) || CC 1116596 || Tchabe || associated
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|-
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| [[Beis Hamedrash V'Yoel Moshe]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Satmar || associated
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|-
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| [[Beis Hemedrash Maharim Dushinsky]] || London (Stamford Hill) || CC 1121622 || Dushinsky || associated
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|-
 +
| [[Beis Kossov]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Kosov || associated
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|-
 +
| [[Beis Nadvorna Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Nadvorna || associated
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|-
 +
| [[Beis Sholem D'Shotz]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Shotz || associated
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|-
 +
| [[Beis Yitzchak Dovid, Avreichei Gur]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Ger (Gur) || associated
 +
|-
 +
| [[Beth Abraham (Goschalks) Synagogue]] || London (Golders Green) || CC 1142879 ||  || associated
 +
|-
 +
| [[Beth Chodesh Synagogue]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – ||  || associated
 +
|-
 +
| [[Beth Hamedrash Cheishev Hoeifod]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – ||  || associated
 +
|-
 +
| [[Beth Hamedrash D'Chasidei Wiznitz]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Vizhnitz || associated
 +
|-
 +
| [[Beth Hamedrash Kehal Yetev Lev (Cazenove Road)]] || London (Stamford Hill) || CC 1004327 || Satmar || associated
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|-
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| [[Beth Hamedrash Kehal Yetev Lev (Clapton Common)]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Satmar || associated
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|-
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| [[Beth Joseph Zvi]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – ||  || associated
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|-
 +
| [[Beth Shmuel Synagogue]] || London (Golders Green) || CC 251044 ||  || associated
 +
|-
 +
| [[Beth Talmud Centre]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – ||  || associated
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|-
 +
| [[Beth Yisochor Dov Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Golders Green) || – ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Biala (Chelkas Yehoshua) Beth Hamedrash]] || London (South Tottenham) || – || Biala || associated
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|-
 +
| [[Bridge Lane Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Golders Green) || CC 1130334 ||  || associated
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|-
 +
| [[Chasidey Alexander Me'oron Shel Yisrael Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Alexander || associated
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|-
 +
| [[Chasidey Belz Beth Hamedrash (Stamford Hill)|Chasidey Belz Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Belz || associated
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|-
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| [[Chasidey Belz Beth Hamedrash (Upper Clapton)|Chasidey Belz Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Upper Clapton) || – || Belz || associated
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|-
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| [[Chasidey Gur Beth Hamedrash (Golders Green)|Chasidey Gur Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Golders Green) || – || Ger (Gur) || associated
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|-
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| [[Chasidey Gur Beth Hamedrash (Stamford Hill)|Chasidey Gur Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Ger (Gur) || associated
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|-
 +
| [[Chasidey Ryzhin Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Ruzhin (branch not stated) || associated
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|-
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| [[Chasidey Ryzin - Sadigur Or Yisrael Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Golders Green) || CC 285475 || Ruzhin-Sadigura || associated
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|-
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| [[Chasidey Sanz-Klausenburg Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Sanz-Klausenburg || associated
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|-
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| [[Chasidey Skver Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Skver || associated
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|-
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| [[Chasidey Wiznitz-Monsey Imrey Chaim Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Upper Clapton) || – || Vizhnitz (Vizhnitz-Monsey) || associated
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|-
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| [[Cheishev Sofer D'Pressburg Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Upper Clapton) || CC 1171399 ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Chesidey Bobov-45 Beth Hemedrash]] || London (Upper Clapton) || – || Bobov (Bobov-45) || associated
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|-
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| [[Chevras Shass Zichron Shlomo Beth Hamedrash]] || London (South Tottenham) || – ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Congregation Chovevei Torah]] || London (Golders Green) || CC 1139436 ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Divrei Chaim Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Golders Green) || – || Sanz (probable) || associated
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|-
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| [[Edgware Adath Yisroel Congregation]] || Edgware || CC 1123950 ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Etz Chaim Yeshiva]] || London (Golders Green) || – ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Sassov Beis Hamedrash|Finchley Road Synagogue]] || London (Golders Green) || CC 1102303 || Sassov || associated
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|-
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| [[Gateshead Kolel Synagogue]] || Gateshead || – ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Golders Green Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Golders Green) || CC 1138578 ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Heichal Hatorah]] || London (Stamford Hill) || CC 264361 ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Hekhal Leah Synagogue]] || London (Hendon) || – ||  || associated
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|-
 +
| [[Hendon Adath Yisroel Synagogue]] || London (Hendon) || CC 1184204<br />CC 1187431 ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Hendon Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Hendon) || – ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Kehal Chareidim Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Upper Clapton) || CC 1098484 ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Kehal Chasidey Bobov Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Bobov || associated
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|-
 +
| [[Kehal Chassidim Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Golders Green) || – ||  || associated
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|-
 +
| [[Kehal Chassidim D'Munkatch Synagogue]] || London (Stamford Hill) || CC 1157128 || Munkacs || associated
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|-
 +
| [[Kingsley Way Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Hampstead Garden Suburb) || CC 1113847 || Chabad-Lubavitch || associated
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|-
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| [[Knesset Yehezkel Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Golders Green) || CC 299763 ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Knightland Road Synagogue]] || London (Upper Clapton) || – ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Kol Yaacov Beis Hamedrash]] || Edgware || CC 1072715<br />CC 1219627 ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Lieger Beth Hamedrash Torah Chaim]] || London (Upper Clapton) || – ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Lubavitch of Edgware]] || Edgware || – || Chabad-Lubavitch || associated
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|-
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| [[Lubavitch Synagogue]] || London (Stamford Hill) || CC 1171625 || Chabad-Lubavitch || associated
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|-
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| [[Machzikei Hadass Edgware Beth Hamedrash]] || Edgware || CC 1133264 ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Mesifta Synagogue]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Nachlei Emunah Chasidey Kretchif]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Kretchnif || associated
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|-
 +
| [[North Hendon Adath Yisroel Synagogue]] || London (Hendon) || CC 1152757 ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Ohel Israel (Skoler) Synagogue]] || London (Hendon) || – || Skole || associated
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|-
 +
| [[Bais Hamedrash Ohel Yakov Ltd|Ohel Yaakov Beiss Hamedrash (Pshevorsk)]] || London (Stamford Hill) || CC 1115308 || Pshevorsk || associated
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|-
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| [[Satmar Beth Hamedash Yetev Lev]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Satmar || associated
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|-
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| [[Beth Hamedrash D'Nitra|Sdei Chemed D'Nitra Beth Hamedash]] || London (Upper Clapton) || CC 1058820 ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Spinke Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Spinka || associated
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|-
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| [[Stamford Hill Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Upper Clapton) || – ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Stanislowa Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Stanislov || associated
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|-
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| [[Stolin Karlin]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Karlin-Stolin || associated
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|-
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| [[Talmud Torah Chinuch N'orim Synagogue]] || Salford || – ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Tiferez Amrom Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Torah Etz Chayim Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Yeshivas Ahavas Torah]] || London (South Tottenham) || – ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Yeshivas Ohr Torah]] || Hitchin || – ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Yeshivas Toras Chesed]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – || Satmar || associated
 +
|-
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| [[Yeshuath Chaim Synagogue]] || London (Stamford Hill) || CC 260802 ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Yesodey Hatorah Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Stamford Hill) || – ||  || associated
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|-
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| [[Zeire Agudath Yisrael Beth Hamedrash]] || London (Stamford Hill) || CC 1187313 ||  || associated
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|}
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== See also ==
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* [[Jewish Schools in the UK]]
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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[[Category:Charities]]
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[[Category:Jewish charities in the United Kingdom]]

Latest revision as of 21:20, 5 November 2026

Registered charity in England and Wales

The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations

Type Registered charity and company limited by guarantee
Founded 27 December 2012 (incorporated); 27 October 2014 (registered as a charity)
Registration ID Charity 1158987; Company 08341721
Status Registered
Registration Charity Commission for England and Wales; Companies House


According to JCR-UK[1]:

The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (UOHC) is an umbrella organisation of Haredi (Ultra-Orthodox) Jewish congregations, primarly in London. It was founded by the late Rabbi Dr. Victor Schonfeld in 1926 with the stated mission "to protect traditional Judaism" and has an affiliation of nearly 90 synagogues, as well as a number of educational institutions, which, while retaining their independence, accept the authority of the rabbinate of the UOHC.
Membership of UOHC and other congregations of a similar ethos (which collectively the Board of Deputies refers to as "Strictly Orthodox") constituted some 13.5% of total synagogue membership in the United Kingdom in 2016, membership numbers having increased by a massive 139% over the preceding six years.[2] The synagogues or bethei hamedresh of these congregations, situated mainly in London and Manchester, are much smaller, on average, than those of other strands of Judaism, having an average only 63 members per congregation. The number of such synagogues constitute some 37.4% of all British synagogues, being nearly three time the synagogue membership percentage.[2]

As can be seen from the names of some of the congregations below significant numbers are from Hasidic dynasties including the following:

Belz
Biala
Bobov
Bobov-45
Breslov
Chabad-Lubavitch
Ger/Gur
Karlin-Stolin
Sanz-Klausenburg
Satmar
Skver
Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok
Vizhnitz

People

Av Beis Din of the UOHC

Trustees

Trustees of the UOHC
Name Role Date Of Appointment Other Trusteeships
Jehudah Baumgarten Trustee 22 July 2020 British Friends Of The Rabbi Meir Baal Haness Charity (Kollel Shomrei Hachomos) | UOHC Foundation | Keren Yesomim | Resolve Now | Clapton Common Boys Club | The Talmud Torah Machzikei Hadass Trust | Nachlath Sholomo Ltd | UOHC Foundation Ltd | Chinuch UK Limited | Cosmon (Belz) Limited
Chaim Pinter Trustee 22 July 2020 Be'er Miriam Trust | Yesodey Hatorah Trust
Robert Grussgott Trustee 21 November 2019 The Eliezer Foundation | Borbat Limited | Bikur Cholim Limited | The Zeire Agudath Israel General Charitable Trust | Britefield Trust | Agudas Israel Organisation Of Great Britain | A T.I.M.E. Limited | Agudas Israel Community Services
Shalom Seidenfeld Trustee 21 November 2019 United Talmudical Associates Ltd | Friends Of Yeshiva Luzern | Luzern Yeshiva Talmudical College | Y G S Yeshiva Gedola Seminar | Palmcourt Limited
Schloime Rand Trustee 21 November 2019 Ranbell Ltd | Cosmon (Belz) Limited | Clapton Common Boys Club | Belz Foundation Ltd | Alglen Limited | Bourneheights Limited
Abraham Schreiber Trustee 21 November 2019 Ringtrop Limited | Kids Konnect Ltd | Tiferet Torah | Friends of Chosen Yeshias
Benjamin Stern Trustee 21 November 2019 Yad Shlomo Trust | Hatzola Trust Limited | Hatzola Trust | Talmud Torah Beis Shlomo Limited | Schiffshul Ltd
Ahron Klein Trustee 21 November 2019 Moreshet Hatorah Ltd | Clapton Common Boys Club | Yedidim Association Ltd | Belz Foundation Ltd | Children Ahead Ltd
Chaim Solomon Goldman Trustee 21 November 2019 Hatzola Trust Limited | Hatzola Trust
Zalman Roth Trustee 21 November 2019 Technology Awareness Group | Vaidichka | Beis Shuloim Ltd
Nathan Benjamin Bindinger Trustee 21 November 2019 Darkei Chaim | Yesamach Levav | Kehal Charedim Trust
Mordechai Steren Trustee 21 November 2019 Viznitz Institutions Trust | Blossoms London Ltd
Ahron Rand Trustee 21 November 2019 None On Record
Michael Just Trustee 21 November 2019 None On Record
Joshua Muller Trustee 21 November 2019 None On Record
Victor Brinner Trustee 21 November 2019 None On Record
Benzion Goldstein Trustee 21 November 2019 Beis Yaakov London Seminary
Aron Goldman Trustee 21 November 2019 Talmud Torah D'chasidei Gur Limited
Daniel Joshua Ost Trustee 21 November 2019 Woodlands Green Ltd | The TMC Trust Limited
Jacob Goldman Trustee 27 January 2016 Gerer Shtiebel Synagogue | Yeshivas Lev Simcha Limited | Kupat Ezer Lenisuin Beth Yisroel | Ichud Mosdos Gur Limited | Reach Out UK
Myer Bernard Rothfeld Trustee 27 January 2016 Resolve Now
Benjamin Roth Trustee 27 January 2016 Reach Out UK
Michael Lobenstein Trustee 27 January 2016 None On Record
Moses Theo Bibelman Trustee 27 January 2016 (Trust Property Held In Connexion With) Adath Yisroel Synagogue
Benzion Schalom Eliezer Freshwater Trustee 29 August 2013 Regent Charities Limited | Service To The Aged | Sassov Beis Hamedrash | The Raphael Freshwater Memorial Association | Beth Jacob Grammar School For Girls Limited | Mayfair Charities Limited
Sydney Samuel Sinitsky Trustee 29 August 2013 UOHC Properties Ltd | Trenhill Limited | UOHC Supervision Ltd | Beis Brucha Ltd | Beis Yaakov Girls School Limited

Historic trustees

Trustees as listed in archived snapshots of the Charity Commission register (first and last snapshot in which each name appears; not a record of actual appointment or resignation dates).

Name First seen Last seen Snapshots listing name
Benzion Schalom Eliezer Freshwater 26 July 2017 2 January 2019 4 [4][5]
David Frand 26 July 2017 2 January 2019 4 [4][5]
Sydney Samuel Sinitsky 26 July 2017 2 January 2019 4 [4][5]
Myer Bernard Rothfeld 4 January 2018 2 January 2019 3 [6][5]
Moses Theo Bibelman 4 January 2018 2 January 2019 3 [6][5]
Henri Konig 4 January 2018 2 January 2019 3 [6][5]
Jehuda Baumgarten 4 January 2018 2 January 2019 3 [6][5]
Jacob Goldman 4 January 2018 2 January 2019 3 [6][5]
Alexander Heilpern 4 January 2018 2 January 2019 3 [6][5]
Benjamin Roth 4 January 2018 2 January 2019 3 [6][5]
Judah Feldman 4 January 2018 2 January 2019 3 [6][5]
Michael Lobenstein 4 January 2018 2 January 2019 3 [6][5]
Percy Mett 4 January 2018 2 January 2019 3 [6][5]
Abraham Mordecai Pinter 4 January 2018 2 January 2019 3 [6][5]

Directors

Name Role Position Date of birth Appointed on Resigned on Nationality Country of residence Occupation
Moses Theo Bibelman Active Director February 1936 27 January 2016 Danish England Not disclosed
Nathan Benjamin Bindinger Active Director August 1968 21 November 2019 British England Not disclosed
Victor Brinner Active Director October 1970 21 November 2019 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Joseph Feld Active Director August 1979 11 February 2024 British England Not disclosed
Benzion Schalom Eliezer Freshwater Active Director April 1948 27 December 2012 British England Not disclosed
Jacov Friesel Active Director June 1980 11 February 2024 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Moshe Getter Active Director January 1983 11 February 2024 British England Not disclosed
Aron Goldman Active Director August 1957 21 November 2019 British England Not disclosed
Chaim Solomon Goldman Active Director November 1974 21 November 2019 British England Not disclosed
Jacob Goldman Active Director December 1961 27 January 2016 British England Not disclosed
Robert Grussgott Active Director August 1972 21 November 2019 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Michael Just Active Director September 1971 21 November 2019 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Ahron Klein Active Director August 1976 21 November 2019 British England Not disclosed
Michael Lobenstein Active Director September 1955 27 January 2016 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Daniel Joshua Alexander Ost Active Director February 1945 21 November 2019 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Ahron Rand Active Director December 1958 21 November 2019 British England Not disclosed
Benjamin Roth Active Director March 1964 27 January 2016 Canadian England Not disclosed
Myer Bernard Rothfeld Active Director June 1954 27 January 2016 British England Not disclosed
Abraham Schreiber Active Director October 1979 21 November 2019 British England Not disclosed
Shalom Seidenfeld Active Director February 1960 21 November 2019 British England Not disclosed
Sydney Samuel Sinitsky Active Director May 1948 27 December 2012 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Chaim Steinhart Active Director November 1971 11 February 2024 British England Not disclosed
Mordechai Steren Active Director July 1987 21 November 2019 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Benjamin Stern Active Director October 1970 21 November 2019 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Mordechai Jaakow Wind Active Director July 1988 11 February 2024 Swiss United Kingdom Not disclosed
The Talmud Centre Trust Resigned Secretary 27 December 2012 9 July 2024 UK Limited Company What's this?
Jehuda Baumgarten Resigned Director June 1948 22 July 2020 11 February 2024 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Jehuda Baumgarten Resigned Director June 1948 27 January 2016 21 November 2019 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Ralph Raphael Bergman Resigned Director December 1943 27 December 2012 16 October 2013 British England Not disclosed
Judah Feldman Resigned Director August 1967 27 January 2016 15 April 2017 British England Not disclosed
David Frand Resigned Director October 1942 27 January 2016 22 July 2020 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
David Frand Resigned Director October 1942 27 December 2012 27 January 2016 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Benzion Goldstein Resigned Director March 1980 21 November 2019 11 February 2024 British England Not disclosed
Brian Colin Gordon Resigned Director October 1955 21 November 2019 10 September 2020 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Alexander Heilpern Resigned Director June 1940 27 January 2016 21 November 2019 British England 1 2 Next page Not disclosed
Henri Konig Resigned Director February 1949 27 January 2016 21 November 2019 Belgian England Not disclosed
Percy Mett Resigned Director November 1945 27 January 2016 21 November 2019 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Joshua Muller Resigned Director September 1984 21 November 2019 11 February 2024 Belgian United Kingdom Not disclosed
Abraham Mordecai Pinter Resigned Director January 1949 27 January 2016 13 April 2020 English England Not disclosed
Chaim Pinter Resigned Director October 1979 22 July 2020 11 February 2024 British England Not disclosed
Schloime Rand Resigned Director October 1964 21 November 2019 11 February 2024 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Zalman Roth Resigned Director March 1981 21 November 2019 11 February 2024 American United Kingdom Previous page 1 2 Not disclosed

Source: Companies House officers register.[7]

Persons with significant control

Name Status Notified on Ceased on Date of birth Nationality Country of residence Nature of control
Benjamin Stern Ceased 24 December 2020 17 September 2024 October 1970 British United Kingdom Has significant influence or control
Benzion Schalom Eliezer Freshwater Ceased 6 April 2016 17 September 2024 April 1948 British England Has significant influence or control
Sidney Samuel Sinitsky Ceased 6 April 2016 17 September 2024 May 1948 British United Kingdom Has significant influence or control
David Frand Ceased 6 April 2016 24 December 2020 October 1942 British United Kingdom Has significant influence or control
  • PSC statement: The company knows or has reasonable cause to believe that there is no registrable person or registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the company (notified 17 September 2024)

Source: Companies House PSC register.[8]

Synagogues

Most of the affillated congregations are to be found in the London suburbs of Stamford Hill, Golders Green, Hendon and Edgware.[1]

London - Stamford Hill and District

Ahavat Israel Chasidey Wiznitz Synagogue* (formerly Ahavat Yisrael Synagogue, Ahvas Torah Synagogue) | Amhurst Park Synagogue | Amhurst Synagogue of the Ezra Noar Agudati | Atereth Zvi Beth Hamedrash (formerly Damesek Eliezer Beth Hamedrash) | Beis Gavriel Lubavitch◊ - Hendon | Beis Hamedresh Biala* (formerly Birkas Zvi Biala)]] | Beis Hamedash D'Chasidei Satmar - Bethune Road* | Beis Hamedash Kehal Yetev Lev - Craven Walk* | Beis Hamedrash Maharim Dushinsky* | Beis Hamedrash Noam Hatorah* | Beis Hamedrash 'Oraysoh'* | Beis Hamedrash Sharei Shulem Tchabe* | Beis Hamedash Tehillois Yoel* | Beis Hamedrash V'Yoel Moshe* | Beis Kossov* | Beis Sholem D'Sholtz*(formerly Beit Sholom Synagogue) | Beis Nadvorna Beth Hamedrash* | Beis Yitzchak Dovid, Avreichei Gur* | Beth Chodesh Synagogue* | Beth Ephraim Beth Hamedrash | Beth Hachnesseth Schomre Hadass | Beth Hamedrash (Lordship Road) | Beth Hamedrash Cheishev Hoeifod* | Beth Hamedrash D'Chasidei Wiznitz* | Beth Hamedash Kehal Yetev Lev - Cazenove Road* | Beth Hamedash Kehal Yetev Lev - Clapton Common* | Beth Israel (Trisker) Synagogue (closed)[9] | Beth Joseph Synagogue | Beth Joseph Zvi* | Beth Levy Synagogue | Beth Talmud Centre* | Beth Yisroel Synagogue | Biala (Chelkas Yehoshua) Beth Hamedrash* | Biala Synagogue | Brith Sholom Society | Cazenove Road Beth Hamedash | Central Hackney Synagogue | Chabad Synagogue | Chasidey Alexander Me'oron Shel Yisrael Beth Hamedrash* | Chasidey Belz Beth Hamedrash* - N16 | Chasidey Belz Beth Hamedrash* - E5 | Chasidey Bobov-45 Beth Hamedrash* | Chasidey Bobov Ohel Naphtali and Yeshiva Bnei Zion Beth Hamedrash* | Chasidey Gur Beth Hamedrash* | Chasidey Gur (Avreichium) Beth Hamedrash | Chasidey Ryzhin Beth Hamedrash* | Chasidey Sanz-Klausenburg Beth Hamedrash* | Chasidey Skver Beth Hamedrash* | Chasidey Wiznitz-Monsey Imrey Chaim Beth Hamedrash* | Cheishev Sofer D'Pressburg Beth Hamedrash* | Chevras Shass Zichron Shlomo Beth Hamedrash* (formerly Zichron Shlomo Beth Hamedrash) | Chida Beit Knesset | Clapton Orthodox Synagogue | Commercial Street Tamud Torah◊ - Stamford Hill | Halaser Birkath Yehuda Beth Hamedrash (formerly Birkath Yehuda Beth Hamedrash) | Heichal Hatorah* | Kehal Chareidim Beth Hamedrash* | Kehal Chassidim D'Munkatch Synagogue* (formerly Kehillath Chasidim Synagogue) | Kehileth Jacob Synagogue | Knightland Road Synagogue* | Kol Jacob Synagogue | Lieger Beth Hamedrash Torah Chaim* - Stamford Hill and Upper Clapton (also incorporating Ohel Shmuel Sholem Beth Hamedrash; Torah Chaim Beth Hemedrash) | Lubavitch Synagogue* | Mesifta Synagogue* | Moriah Beth Hamedrash | Nachlei Emunah Chasidey Kretchif* | Northfield Synagogue | Northwold Road Synagogue (formerly Ohel Israel Beth Hamedrash, Brooke Road Synagogue) | Nusach Ari Synagogue | O'hal Jacob Synagogue | Ohel Moshe Beth Hamedrash | Ohel Yaakov Beiss Hamedrash (Pshevorsk)* | Or Israel Synagogue | Rosener Synagogue | Satmar Beth Hamedash Kehal Yetev Lev* | Sdei Chemed D'Nitra Beth Hamedash* | Sharei Zion Beth Hamedrash (formerly Seven Sister Road Hebrew Congregation) | Spinke Beth Hamedrash* | Springfield Synagogue /Ohal Jacob Synagogue◊ | Stamford Hill Beth Hamedrash* | Stanislowa Beth Hamedrash* | Stolin Karlin* | Succath Sholom Synagogue | Talmud Study Circle (formerly South Hackney Talmud Torah) | Tchechenover Synagogue | Tiferez Amrom Beth Hamedrash* | Torah Etz Chayim Beth Hamedrash* (formerly Zeire Yisroel Beth Hamedrash) | Walford Road Synagogue◊ | Victory Hebrew Friendly Society | Yeshiva Horomoh Beth Hamedrash | Yeshivas Ahavas Torah* (Heichal Tiferes Zvi) | Yeshivas Toras Chesed* | Yeshuath Chaim Synagogue* | Yesodey Hatorah Beth Hamedrash* (formerly Voydislav Synagogue) | Yotzei Teimon Beis Hamedrash | Zeire Agudath Yisrael Beth Hamedrash* (Beth Hamedrash of the Agudah Youth Movement)

London - East End (E1)

Beth Jacob Synagogue | Beth Sholom Synagogue | Commercial Street Tamud Torah◊ (also known Christian Street Synagogue) | Hebrew Centre Synagogue | Jewish Centre Synagogue | Kehal Chasidim Synagogue | Kehillath Israel Synagogue later NW2, (Premishlaner Rabbi's Synagogue) | Kehillath Moshe Anshe Belz Synagogue | Mile End Talmud Torah "Yavnah" Synagogue | Nezach Israel Beth Hamedrash | Ohavei Emeth Synagogue | Sons of Grodno Society | Special Society "Bikur Cholim"

London - Golders Green (NW11)

Beis Hamedrash Avreichim Golders Green* | Beth Abraham (Goschalks) Synagogue* | Beth Shmuel Synagogue* | Beth Yisochor Dov Beth Hamedrash* (formerly North-West Sephardish Synagogue) | Bridge Lane Beth Hamedrash*(BS) (formerly Adath Yeshurun Synagogue) | Chasidey Gur Beth Hamedrash* | Chasidey Ryzin - Sadigur Or Yisrael Beth Hamedrash* | Congregation Chovevei Torah* | Divrei Chaim Beth Hamedrash* | Etz Chaim Yeshiva* | Finchley Road Synagogue* (also known as Sasover Finchley Road Synagogue) | Golders Green Beth Hamedrash*(BS) (formerly Golders Green Beth Hamedrash and Lincoln Centre) | Heichal Menachem* | Kehal Chassidim Beth Hamedrash* (formerly Kehal Chareidim Beth Hamedrash) | Kehillos Yaakov Beth Hamedrash | Knesset Yehezkel Beth Hamedrash*(BS) | Kol Jacob Synagogue | North West London (Golders Green) Synagogue◊

London - Hendon (NW4)

Beis Gavriel Lubavitch* | Heichal Leah* | Hendon Adath Yisroel Synagogue* | Hendon Beth Hamedrash* | Hendon Beth Hamedrash Shaare Avraham | North Hendon Adath Yisroel Synagogue~~(BS) (formerly North Hendon Synagogue) | Ohel Israel (Skoler) Synagogue* | Shivtei Israel Hekhal Leah◊ (a Sephardi congregation) | Southfields Synagogue | Sunny Hill Adath Yisroel Synagogue |

London - Others Areas

Canonbury Bikur Cholim Synagogue - N5 | Cricklewood Beth Hamedresh (Keser Torah D'Radzin Synagogue)◊ (Rav. Finklestein's Minyan) | Deneburger Friendly Society - East Twickenham | Dollis Hill Beth Hamedrash (Rav. Yehudalieb's Minyan) - NW10 | Edgware Adath Yisroel Congregation*(BS) | Edmonton & District Hebrew Congregation - N18 | Garden Suburb Beth Hamedrash - N2 | Goldblum Synagogue - Highbury, N5| Hampstead Adath Yisroel Congregation◊ - Sarah Klausner Memorial Synagogue - NW6 | Ilford Beth Hamedrash | Kehillath Israel Synagogue - N2 | Kehillath Israel Synagogue, NW2, previously E.1 (Premishlaner Rabbi's Synagogue) | Kingsley Way Beth Hamedrash* - N2 | Kol Yaacov Beis Hamedrash~ - Edgware | Lubavitch of Edgware* | Machzikei Hadass Edgware Beth Hamedrash* | Old Hampstead Synagogue - NW3 | Palmers Green Synagogue - N11 | Tree of Life Synagogue (formerly Highbury New Park Synagogue / Beth Hamedrash) - N5

Provincial & Outer London

Bletchley Hebrew Congregation | Gateshead Kolel Synagogue~ | Glasgow - Yeshivah Synagogue | Leeds - Shalom Beth Hamedrash | Staines Hebrew Congregation (formerly Law of Life College and Synagogue) | Sunderland Yeshiva Synagogue | Yeshivas Ohr Torah~ (formerly Yeshivas Toras Chessed) - Great Offley, near Hitchin, Herts

Manchester

Ohel Torah Synagogue◊ Shomre Shabbas Synagogue | Shotzer Beth Hamidrash | Sellel & Psalms Synagogue | Talmud Torah Chinuch N'orim Synagogue~


  • ~ A congregation that is still active.
  • ~~(BS) An active independent congregation that left the UOHC and is still affiliated its Burial Society.
  • ◊ A congregation that left the UOHC and became affiliated to the Federation of Synagogues or independent but did not remain affiliated to the UOHC's Burial Society.

Finances

Financial year end Total income Total expenditure Income from donations and legacies Expenditure on charitable activities Grants to institutions Total funds (assets less liabilities) Cash Employees Volunteers Accounts received
December 2015 £0 £0 Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Archived register entry[4]
December 2016 £2,717,801 £1,522,505 Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Archived register entry[6]
December 2017 £2,095,255 £1,442,497 Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Archived register entry[5]
31 December 2020 £1,447,816 £1,893,633 £1,239,424 £1,893,633 £1,290,110 £2,082,018 £1,257,567 23 0 29 October 2021 (due 31 October 2021)
31 December 2021 £1,374,538 £2,528,643 £1,203,677 £2,528,643 £1,888,850 £927,912 £196,403 23 0 31 October 2022 (due 31 October 2022)
31 December 2022 £879,484 £1,220,893 £699,796 £1,220,893 £478,392 £586,503 £92,884 24 0 25 October 2023 (due 31 October 2023)
31 December 2023 £1,193,855 £1,345,680 £981,760 £1,345,680 £393,941 £434,678 £110,726 26 0 28 October 2024 (due 31 October 2024)
31 December 2024 £1,261,191 £1,473,386 £1,106,814 £1,473,386 £431,310 £222,483 £128,511 26 0 29 October 2025 (due 31 October 2025)

Source: Charity Commission financial history and register data.[10] The Commission records grant-making as the charity's main activity.[11] Trustee payments: "No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity."[11]

  • Companies House: last accounts made up to 31 December 2025 (Full accounts, filed 28 Sep 2026); next accounts made up to 30 December 2026, due by 30 September 2027.[12][13]
  • Companies House: last confirmation statement dated 27 December 2025; next due by 10 January 2027.[12]
  • Archived accounts: year ending 31 December 2016; year ending 31 December 2017; year ending 31 December 2018.[14]
  • Land Registry (company-owned property): HM Land Registry's company ownership data (October 2026) lists 1 title(s) registered to the organisation or a linked company: The Stamford Hill Mikve, Margaret Road, London (N16 6UX) (title AGL279871, leasehold; registered proprietor THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS (08341721); proprietor registered 21-03-2013).[15]

Controversies and conflicts

List of associated congregations

JCR-UK lists 85 active congregations as associated with the Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations. Associated congregations retain their independence but accept the authority of the UOHC rabbinate.[18]

Associated congregations (85)
Congregation Town Charity no. Hasidic dynasty Status
Adath Yisroel Synagogue London (Stamford Hill) CC 207956 associated
Adath Yisroel Tottenham Beth Hamedrash London (Stamford Hill) – associated
Ahavat Israel Chasidey Wiznitz Synagogue London (Stamford Hill) – Vizhnitz associated
Beis Hamedash Tehillois Yoel London (Upper Clapton) CC 1177104[19][20][21] Satmar associated
Beis Hamedrash 'Oraysoh' London (Stamford Hill) – associated
Beis Hamedrash Avreichim Golders Green London (Golders Green) – associated
Beis Hamedrash Biala London (Stamford Hill) – Biala associated
Beis Hamedrash D'Chasidei Satmar London (Stamford Hill) – Satmar associated
Beis Hamedrash Kehal Yetev Lev - Craven Walk London (Stamford Hill) –[22] Satmar associated
Beis Hamedrash Noam Hatorah London (Stamford Hill) – associated
Beis Hamedrash Sharei Shulem Tchabe London (Stamford Hill) CC 1116596 Tchabe associated
Beis Hamedrash V'Yoel Moshe London (Stamford Hill) – Satmar associated
Beis Hemedrash Maharim Dushinsky London (Stamford Hill) CC 1121622 Dushinsky associated
Beis Kossov London (Stamford Hill) – Kosov associated
Beis Nadvorna Beth Hamedrash London (Stamford Hill) – Nadvorna associated
Beis Sholem D'Shotz London (Stamford Hill) – Shotz associated
Beis Yitzchak Dovid, Avreichei Gur London (Stamford Hill) – Ger (Gur) associated
Beth Abraham (Goschalks) Synagogue London (Golders Green) CC 1142879 associated
Beth Chodesh Synagogue London (Stamford Hill) – associated
Beth Hamedrash Cheishev Hoeifod London (Stamford Hill) – associated
Beth Hamedrash D'Chasidei Wiznitz London (Stamford Hill) – Vizhnitz associated
Beth Hamedrash Kehal Yetev Lev (Cazenove Road) London (Stamford Hill) CC 1004327 Satmar associated
Beth Hamedrash Kehal Yetev Lev (Clapton Common) London (Stamford Hill) – Satmar associated
Beth Joseph Zvi London (Stamford Hill) – associated
Beth Shmuel Synagogue London (Golders Green) CC 251044 associated
Beth Talmud Centre London (Stamford Hill) – associated
Beth Yisochor Dov Beth Hamedrash London (Golders Green) – associated
Biala (Chelkas Yehoshua) Beth Hamedrash London (South Tottenham) – Biala associated
Bridge Lane Beth Hamedrash London (Golders Green) CC 1130334 associated
Chasidey Alexander Me'oron Shel Yisrael Beth Hamedrash London (Stamford Hill) – Alexander associated
Chasidey Belz Beth Hamedrash London (Stamford Hill) – Belz associated
Chasidey Belz Beth Hamedrash London (Upper Clapton) – Belz associated
Chasidey Gur Beth Hamedrash London (Golders Green) – Ger (Gur) associated
Chasidey Gur Beth Hamedrash London (Stamford Hill) – Ger (Gur) associated
Chasidey Ryzhin Beth Hamedrash London (Stamford Hill) – Ruzhin (branch not stated) associated
Chasidey Ryzin - Sadigur Or Yisrael Beth Hamedrash London (Golders Green) CC 285475 Ruzhin-Sadigura associated
Chasidey Sanz-Klausenburg Beth Hamedrash London (Stamford Hill) – Sanz-Klausenburg associated
Chasidey Skver Beth Hamedrash London (Stamford Hill) – Skver associated
Chasidey Wiznitz-Monsey Imrey Chaim Beth Hamedrash London (Upper Clapton) – Vizhnitz (Vizhnitz-Monsey) associated
Cheishev Sofer D'Pressburg Beth Hamedrash London (Upper Clapton) CC 1171399 associated
Chesidey Bobov-45 Beth Hemedrash London (Upper Clapton) – Bobov (Bobov-45) associated
Chevras Shass Zichron Shlomo Beth Hamedrash London (South Tottenham) – associated
Congregation Chovevei Torah London (Golders Green) CC 1139436 associated
Divrei Chaim Beth Hamedrash London (Golders Green) – Sanz (probable) associated
Edgware Adath Yisroel Congregation Edgware CC 1123950 associated
Etz Chaim Yeshiva London (Golders Green) – associated
Finchley Road Synagogue London (Golders Green) CC 1102303 Sassov associated
Gateshead Kolel Synagogue Gateshead – associated
Golders Green Beth Hamedrash London (Golders Green) CC 1138578 associated
Heichal Hatorah London (Stamford Hill) CC 264361 associated
Hekhal Leah Synagogue London (Hendon) – associated
Hendon Adath Yisroel Synagogue London (Hendon) CC 1184204
CC 1187431
associated
Hendon Beth Hamedrash London (Hendon) – associated
Kehal Chareidim Beth Hamedrash London (Upper Clapton) CC 1098484 associated
Kehal Chasidey Bobov Beth Hamedrash London (Stamford Hill) – Bobov associated
Kehal Chassidim Beth Hamedrash London (Golders Green) – associated
Kehal Chassidim D'Munkatch Synagogue London (Stamford Hill) CC 1157128 Munkacs associated
Kingsley Way Beth Hamedrash London (Hampstead Garden Suburb) CC 1113847 Chabad-Lubavitch associated
Knesset Yehezkel Beth Hamedrash London (Golders Green) CC 299763 associated
Knightland Road Synagogue London (Upper Clapton) – associated
Kol Yaacov Beis Hamedrash Edgware CC 1072715
CC 1219627
associated
Lieger Beth Hamedrash Torah Chaim London (Upper Clapton) – associated
Lubavitch of Edgware Edgware – Chabad-Lubavitch associated
Lubavitch Synagogue London (Stamford Hill) CC 1171625 Chabad-Lubavitch associated
Machzikei Hadass Edgware Beth Hamedrash Edgware CC 1133264 associated
Mesifta Synagogue London (Stamford Hill) – associated
Nachlei Emunah Chasidey Kretchif London (Stamford Hill) – Kretchnif associated
North Hendon Adath Yisroel Synagogue London (Hendon) CC 1152757 associated
Ohel Israel (Skoler) Synagogue London (Hendon) – Skole associated
Ohel Yaakov Beiss Hamedrash (Pshevorsk) London (Stamford Hill) CC 1115308 Pshevorsk associated
Satmar Beth Hamedash Yetev Lev London (Stamford Hill) – Satmar associated
Sdei Chemed D'Nitra Beth Hamedash London (Upper Clapton) CC 1058820 associated
Spinke Beth Hamedrash London (Stamford Hill) – Spinka associated
Stamford Hill Beth Hamedrash London (Upper Clapton) – associated
Stanislowa Beth Hamedrash London (Stamford Hill) – Stanislov associated
Stolin Karlin London (Stamford Hill) – Karlin-Stolin associated
Talmud Torah Chinuch N'orim Synagogue Salford – associated
Tiferez Amrom Beth Hamedrash London (Stamford Hill) – associated
Torah Etz Chayim Beth Hamedrash London (Stamford Hill) – associated
Yeshivas Ahavas Torah London (South Tottenham) – associated
Yeshivas Ohr Torah Hitchin – associated
Yeshivas Toras Chesed London (Stamford Hill) – Satmar associated
Yeshuath Chaim Synagogue London (Stamford Hill) CC 260802 associated
Yesodey Hatorah Beth Hamedrash London (Stamford Hill) – associated
Zeire Agudath Yisrael Beth Hamedrash London (Stamford Hill) CC 1187313 associated

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Affiliations/UOHC.htm
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Jewish News", Issue No. 1010, 6 July 2017, pp. 1 & 4, quoting report by Board of Deputies Policy Research, carried out between April and September 2016.
  3. ↑ https://www.jewishgen.org/jcr-uk/Affiliations/UOHC.htm
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 UK Government Web Archive, The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations – register entry (26 July 2017), archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 26 July 2017, accessed 14 October 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 UK Government Web Archive, The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations – register entry (2 January 2019), archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 2 January 2019, accessed 14 October 2026.
  6. ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 UK Government Web Archive, The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations – register entry (4 January 2018), archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 4 January 2018, accessed 14 October 2026.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Companies House, THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS officers Companies House, accessed 13 October 2026.
  8. ↑ Companies House, THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS persons with significant control Companies House, accessed 13 October 2026.
  9. ↑ JCR-UK, Beth Israel Synagogue - Trisker Synagogue (closed), Stamford Hill, London N16, England, JewishGen, accessed 31 October 2026.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Charity Commission for England and Wales, THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS financial history Charity Commission for England and Wales, accessed 13 October 2026; figures from the Commission's public register data extract dated 13 October 2026.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Charity Commission for England and Wales, THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS overview Charity Commission for England and Wales, accessed 13 October 2026.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Companies House, THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS overview Companies House, accessed 13 October 2026.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Companies House, THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS filing history – Full accounts made up to 31 December 2025, filed 28 Sep 2026, Companies House, accessed 13 October 2026.
  14. ↑ UK Government Web Archive, The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations – archived accounts, archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 8 January 2020, accessed 14 October 2026.
  15. ↑ HM Land Registry, UK companies that own property in England and Wales dataset, October 2026, accessed 14 October 2026.
  16. ↑ Companies House, THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS filing history Companies House, accessed 13 October 2026.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Charity Commission for England and Wales, THE UNION OF ORTHODOX HEBREW CONGREGATIONS trustees Charity Commission for England and Wales, accessed 13 October 2026.
  18. ↑ JCR-UK, Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, JewishGen, accessed 29 October 2026.
  19. ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, Tehilois Yoel, registered charity no. 1177104, Charity Commission, accessed 31 October 2026.
  20. ↑ Charity Bank, Securing a synagogue's future, Charity Bank, 13 October 2026, accessed 31 October 2026.
  21. ↑ JCR-UK, (Satmar) Beth Hamedrash Tehillois Yoel, Upper Clapton Road, London E5, JewishGen, accessed 31 October 2026.
  22. ↑ JCR-UK, (Satmar) Beth Hamedrash Kehal Yetev Lev - Craven Walk, Stamford Hill, London N16, JewishGen, accessed 31 October 2026.