MEMORIAL SCROLLS TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 24 March 1980
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £0
Latest expenditure: £0
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: KENT HOUSE, RUTLAND GARDENS, LONDON, SW7 1BX

Website recorded by the regulator: www.memorialscrollstrust.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The Trust is charged with holding 1,564 Scrolls from Bohemian and Moravian congragations destroyed by the Nazis. It distibutes these worldwide on loan to Jewish communities. It has established a museum to explain the history of the Scrolls and its current work. It acts as a hub of a network of recipients of Scrolls.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 23 September 2026
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 14 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 17 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 18 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,988
Total Gross Expenditure: £709,777

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 26 August 2022
Date Accounts Received: 26 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £90,882
Total Gross Expenditure: £34,275

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 26 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £90,882
Total Gross Expenditure: £34,275
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: 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: 12

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: City Of Westminster
Parent Geographic Area Type: Metropolitan Counties
Parent Geographic Area Description: Greater London
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

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

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

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

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

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: MEMORIAL SCROLLS TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1980-03-24T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED DATED 04 MAR 1980AS AMENDED ON 21 JUL 2016
Charitable Objects: THE PROMOTION OF THE JEWISH RELIGION AND FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES CONSISTENT WITH THE PRACTICE OF JUDAISM AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 137052
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: MEMORIAL SCROLLS TRUST

Charity Name Id: 137061
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: WESTMINSTER SYNAGOGUE MEMORIAL SCROLLS TRUST

Charity Name Id: 137042
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: CZECH MEMORIAL SCROLLS CENTRE