The Jacob Benjamin Elias Synagogue Association

Analysis

The Jacob Benjamin Elias Synagogue Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in May 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Jacob Benjamin Elias Synagogue Association reported income of £70k and spending of £75k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £75k to £70k (-6.5%), an average of -1.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Jacob Benjamin Elias Synagogue Association sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Rosie Childrens Cancer Research Fund (£70k), Pro-Tem Trust (£70k) and Chichester Area Mental Health Support Foundation (£70k).

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.