PLYMOUTH HEBREW CONGREGATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 7 July 1966
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
Latest income: £58,736
Latest expenditure: £68,688
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: SYNAGOGUE CHAMBERS, CATHERINE STREET, PLYMOUTH, PL1 2AD

Website recorded by the regulator: www.plymouthsynagogue.com (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Religious services following the practices of Orthodox Jewry.Reception of adults and schools of all faiths or none to the Synagogue for the purpose of seeing the historic II* listed building and hearing about Jews and Judaism

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2027
Date Annual Return Received: 3 August 2026
Date Accounts Received: 3 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £58,736
Total Gross Expenditure: £68,688

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 4 July 2025
Date Accounts Received: 4 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £55,335
Total Gross Expenditure: £34,915

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 5 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 5 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £27,366
Total Gross Expenditure: £116,092

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 14 May 2024
Total Gross Income: £20,965
Total Gross Expenditure: £27,443

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 26 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £21,985
Total Gross Expenditure: £31,588

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR26
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2026
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2027
Ar Received Date: 3 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £58,736
Total Gross Expenditure: £68,688
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 4

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 4 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £55,335
Total Gross Expenditure: £34,915
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 5 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £27,366
Total Gross Expenditure: £116,092
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £1,500
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 14 May 2024
Total Gross Income: £20,965
Total Gross Expenditure: £27,443
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 26 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £21,985
Total Gross Expenditure: £31,588
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 1

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Plymouth City
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Devon
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cornwall
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 108
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Religious Activities

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: PLYMOUTH HEBREW CONGREGATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1966-07-07T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: RULES ADOPTED 6 FEBRUARY 1949 AND AMENDED 17 JANUARY 1999, 21 JANUARY 2007 AND 16 DECEMBER 2008 as amended on 08 Jan 2023
Charitable Objects: TO MAINTAIN AND CONTROL THE AFFAIRS OF THE PLYMOUTH SYNAGOGUE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRACTICE OF ORTHODOX JEWS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE BETH DIN.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures