The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Dower Societies

Analysis

The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Dower Societies is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending October 2025, The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Dower Societies reported income of £24k and spending of £31k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income fell from £26k to £24k (-9.0%), an average of -2.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2022, when income rose by 133%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Dower Societies sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Fletcher Charity (£24k), Saltpeter Trust (£24k) and Aylesbury Deanery Trust (£24k).