Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue

Analysis

Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Edgware. It was registered in April 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 10622971). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.5m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £2.1m (+16%), an average of +3.8% a year. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Edgware and Hendon Reform Synagogue 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 Sheffield Methodist Circuit (£2.1m), Religious of the Assumption (£2.1m) and The Loyola Preparatory School (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 65%, charitable activities 25%, investments 6.3% and trading 2.7%. Charitable activities took 89% of spending and raising funds 10%. Grants to other organisations totalled £25k. Reserves of £621k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 66 people.

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.