The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations

Analysis

The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08341721). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.7m, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.6m (+20%), an average of +4.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Great St Bartholomew (£1.6m), Kenneth Copeland Ministries (£1.6m) and The Carmelite Charitable Trust (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 88% and charitable activities 12%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £808k. Reserves of £149k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.