CharKty nllmbeT: 1037099 Ealing Liberal SyDagogue Trustee's report and flnAn¢lal 8tatemeDts For the year ended 31 M2r¢h 2023 Ealing Lfiberal Synagogue Contents P4¢ Trustees Yepoft Strt¢n￿ of fill￿141 aetivities BdAne¢ sh¢ Notes to the fio#wial Stateme 10-15 Eajing Liber81 Synggogue LegAI fdnd gdmllltstrative inforn￿th)n ChArlty ttumb¢r 1037099 Buiitte*s address Lyntoll Avenue LoThl¢)n W13 OEB Trn$tee The cbArity has beeD ￿'VeTh a Independent EsaJDlner ATViDd Joshi FC& CT& DCkA * PartsKrs Litnitcd 7-8 Ritz P8rad¢ WS 31L4 Banken lTheMall W5 2PL LE30 4GB Egiing LibernR Sya*gogne Rep)rt of the Trnstees For the year ended 31 Mareh 2023 Struetury governance management Ealin8 ￿l>traI SyDaBosue (ELS) is 8ov¢rned by its constiti￿t0n & Rules &$ revrsed at an AGM on 15th November 2020. Its PrO￿ty and affairs ate uttder the goven)aDce control of a CowKil. The Councd co￿51sts of a Pr¢$idenL 2 Vace Presidents, ex officio the Mtllister (Rabbil, the Chair 9 ordiDAry members. The Cowteil bas the p)wer to appoint th¢ Millister and oth¢r employees, ￿tablY the Ad[ni￿tor. ELS8 prowty i8 Ve*￿1 in the Official Custodian. ELS 1$ affiliated to Lfftberal JudatsTL. ObJeetlves a) The adYatt¢ement of Liberal Jwlail b) Provision of religious servictt.. C) Provisiott of pb¢¢ of wOrs￿p. d) Provision of setvkces aNI ¢Lgsge4 for ckn'ldrw. e) Arranwn8 for burial aThJ cremation of ts￿)er￿" Enabling solemtiisatiOD of rnarria Perfor￿1￿8 Ottm reb"￿0￿. Commun￿ And elwritsblt duties j￿h￿ing a FthD)rial Welfare h) Cry out other activitt.es ttlatsve to above. Aehlevements and perfonnan¢e Membenblp mar￿ 2023 M*rth 2021 128 28 Full members Friends Young adults Affiliat¢8 Total 26 161 Despite our best efforts thj a hcajthy int¢rest in th¢ ¢omnytsw. our numbts5 continuc ￿ fall. Some of our more eld¢rly member8 have p888ed away and pmibty the CO￿ of is discournw new membu3 frorn joining. We ¢ontsnue lo follow up on every ellquiry. and Organi￿ various services arml Activities de8i8ned to poteJ)tt'&l new members. Servlees Throughout th¢ year we have provided SI)￿bal aThl Fe#ivai #tvic¢8 Ix>th in the Syiwgu¢ aThJ on Zoom. Synagogue yervic&8 are in gcn¢rai nwlii-a¢ce&s so that coogregaots can attelld atsl fi￿ty parti'¢ipal¢ ¢ither on-line or in person at the Syna808ue. Shabbat service# are held Friday evenings and our Havurn wper5. h¢ld on the fityt Friday of e4¢h nth in th¢ Syna808ue. are particul¥rly popular with members. The High Holy Day Services were as usual w¢ll attended along wath a very successfijl S￿¢Ot.PeL1. wvice. thwlljg the y¢aT we celebratrd two Barn￿￿v4h8 ￿tch were greatly enjoyed by and visitOTS alike. The highlight of the year Wds the 80th Antiiyersary Service wh¢re we w¢r¢ joina by 2 forn*r rabbis along with the CEO of Libcral SUdatS￿ our 2 lo¢aJ MP$. L￿ty mayor￿ of Ealm8 ard local CourKillors. Thi4 w&8 an event wtll hv¢ Ion8 in the meEnOry of aIl wlx) attend Ealing ￿lleral Synagogue Report of the Trnste For the year ended 31 Marcb 2023 Edmcation We also led a llutnber of sessTrorts for JJDder 5's on Shabb8t mornxw. Tr'Gamwg Cofjfi￿ in Hebrew programme conts￿ueS to and participants have tskell part ill a number of services r¢adiD8 the Torah at our 80th Annt'versary Service. Th¢ origjnal cobort from our Begintm Hebr•¢ bave now progressed to join the'Gainin8 The two nk)st sigmficant 8oci&I evellts thT8 year a fircu8 in the S￿7￿, orgawsed by our Rabbi and the ¢¢lebratiott of ELS'8 80th Attm"vtrs￿. The Circus was J very special Chan1n￿ event when ow Rabbi, her husband and a troupe of talented performers delighted us with their Circ￿ Sk"[1￿ using the hi8w of the famous Blumenfelds. aD oriwal Jewth circus family. as the narrative. The everf played to & paeked Siffjago8ue audie￿< al￿ has thequently b¢cn f￿¢d on the BBC Sunday Morning Live pT0￿￿me. The 80th Antiiversary Service, d¢￿ribed abov4 w&5 fr>llowed by a bvffet luttch wtth Spa￿11￿8 witie. Nearly ￿] of our members were able to &tt¢nd as WTII as past and w frietknts A 4)ecial anniversary C￿Cert by our choir is pla¢￿ed for iater in the year. (hw popular annual Quiz ha6 restartrd and w8$ elljoy￿ by all who took patt Telephon¢ call& birthday cards and exptessiot)s of sympathy to our beweaved m¢uthrs ar¢ provided by Yarious helpK8. Ow Rabbi continued to take care ofthe many ppknl nee4Js of the CODJmwty. T¢a Ch* the Rabbi, ELS Prell Lon8.StaRdirt8 problems Trith the vntral h¢atin8 bave Dow been rewived by prMdth8 a xepwate el￿trIC w4t¢r heater in addition to the new l)oiler and replacement radiatorJ. The mairt thJor5 to the Synagogue building Itave been identified &s n¢&th'n8 replac￿ell￿ an applicatson htt8 beett to the NLPS Tnjst fw 8 graw wwards this. Health & Sgfetylmalntenance Tbe atinual gas safety. fjre exttn8wsher, ccrv and pegt control cbeck4 Carri￿ out io athjition to routitte S¢¢urlty suppb.er itiformed us in ju￿ 2022 th* they would be DO Iou8¢r able to Servi￿ our TwUÉreM￿ du¢ to our IIKats'oll and their lack of p)st-¢ovid They a￿d to to provid¢ ￿Ver UDtil t￿1 ofj￿Y. A re￿Ier for s#utity service8 W&8 put out a number of offtrs ttceivoj. A new supph'er w8s appoint¢d strrt￿l iu Au￿. ThÉs relationship been su¢¢¢s5ful kn date with a very g￿)d l¢v¢l of guardmg IxiJJg provided to EIS. We have again re¢eived 8 grnnt low￿ security costs the CST The build￿8 CODtinue8 to be protect￿1 by CCTV 8nd monitQTed 81rn The comti￿ty cotitinuH to Tcc¢ive gwd SUP[￿ atbl from th¢ local ￿11¢¢. ￿tA￿d¥[lY over th¢ High Holy D&y¥. I￿ttIng$ After prolonged dI￿￿$S1O0$ and involven￿llt of an ltyJepeth¢ Svrveyor, * tThi r¢Dt was eventually a￿d wtth Cteatiyc MirMI8 Nurseri&8 {CMN). A40rt from a smgle kttmg fora yoga session aLMI biJt of the ball for electio purposes. CMN remain our sole re￿￿3[ source of rental tn¢onY. Negotiations for a Dew le&se with CMN will start iti late 2023. Pw3 Ealing Lil)erAI Synagogue Report of the Trnstees For the year ended 31 I￿l￿rth 2023 Ceneral Admknlstratlon wide variety of probl¢￿LI that ir￿l￿blY arisc from to lime. she asststrd with Ihc otr-(*ff events referred to above. CommDDi¢alioR Regular E.bulletin$ ar¢ sent to all memtu& with hatd ciyies beitt8 provida on requesL Llberal Judalsm .'ELS is affiliated to Judw"sftK vknich 39 Comr￿tiLl iti the UK th¢ Republic of Irelwl and D¢nu Interfalth ELS is represen￿1 ID both the Houllslow atyj Eakn8 Interfwth conn￿.¢￿ Hounslow Fr￿￿J$ of Faith 18 8 long48tablished volurLtary org8nJ8alion which or88llLW jOiDt actI￿ticS 8lld works closely wtth th¢ Police and Hounslow Couneil. Among rt5 4CtxYitt'es were an llntrrf￿"th watk visiw placu of wY)rship. Holocaust memorial ¢v¢nC WDununity Iftar meal, talk on Hurnw￿ and a conllThmity 8trden projecL In Febrnary. th¢ leadw of Eaiing Council invited all the Faith leadern in the Bor0￿ to a meetiti8 to diseuss ways of workmg together and openin8 up Comm￿C8tiM This growl i8 facilitated by 8 couwil officer who has beell encouraging faith kadern to put their peT8p￿ into Coun¢it and Health Services. Repre8entaiives of lo￿1 Tnt¢rfaith groups took p8rt in ragearch conducted by our Rjbbi attath tkn launch of a publieauon of ber At the Museum of Home. They ajso atta￿￿ed 8yWO8ue events incl1￿an8 our CbaDuk4h ¢elebratio Publle benefit The Trwtees confinn that they bave r¢ferred to the gukn cont￿.￿rI￿ in the awity a)Du￿on'$ 8ener&] guidan￿ on public benefit when revieWU￿ the chan'ws objects.ves aTrJ a¢tsvities m plm"n8 futtwe activities. It is the judgerneut of the TnL8tees that a¢ti*iti¢s ID piirsuit of the above objextives fi￿Y the pthlic benefit te$4 which Ihey have kept in nJJnd in plamu'ng prograll)mes for the clwity. Eallng Liberal Synagogue Report of the Trnstees For the year ended 31 March 2023 Fkn*tttlal revlew Thi"s yearfs ille0ll￿ of £137,054 was £3.731 le&8 than in tbe previous year. Ahknuth meti*e* subscriptions been increased by 3°A at the AGM in NoveDther 2021 (in keepmg with the previow yeatrs rate of illflats"ox). a fall i membership numbers of over 60A IJ￿vi￿bIy resul￿& tn a in subscription income. There w&$ also a siwfieant f8ll in a￿0￿1￿ doDated for the High Holy Day A￿1. There w&8 8 welcome iticrnge iti wt from CST to help cov¢r our incr¢￿ed 5￿U[ity costs. and alw. Aftera two.yearabseDce. A of Ev¢nts iD¢on¥ (from th¢'Circus in the Syllago8u& ¢￿tZ afternfy)n). The apparent decrease ID ir¢ome from Hall L¢ttin8S ts exp1all￿d by a cFw)ge in the way in vknicb ￿0WanCe b&q been madc for CMN'S reimbul5en￿t of th¢ir sbare of the Costs of uiilitw {8￿ electricity and water). In previous years. tbis repayrnent inclwled in the rentsl in¢onK recthveoj froDI CMN. With the large increase in energy Costs. this would COD5iderably exaggerat¢ the amtyjnt Of￿￿1 incon*. Hall L• i￿oMe therefore Low no IoD8er includ¢5 the8¢ P4yment4 which are inste&l ￿ed as a creAit for our own utilty cL*ts. wh*h ae¢orthD8ly now app¢4r to hav¢ par4doxi¢alty decreasa Overnll expenth'ture for the year w•s £13.883 less than itt the previous yetr. This is lryty due to ¥ ¢ombin4¢ion iu the apparent fall in utiltty costs r¢frrred to above. plw the ex¢eptioJ)al Professiond and Legal fees that twj been illcurred in Our inve5trtW which had fallen dram&tic8lly in Val￿ at the stsrt of the Covid-19 othaK have now r¢cov¢T•J %ryrti]ally ba¢k to their pre*pandC￿C l¢vel th"videDth from them conbnue to provid¢ our third4iBh¢st Bource of Our maan CQDttrnS fly th¢ next fll)awial year will be ￿ restore thscription I￿o￿e I￿1 also to obtsRD toward the antiCI￿trd £IO,(KKJ cost of replacing ow Synagogx nmin doors ￿￿rIed to &tK*ve Ulldtr ELS premLSCS. St*tement of Trustees Re4bon$lbllltles The tr￿Slee8 are respoosible for prerArillg the Tn*tees' Attrtu￿ Re￿rt the f￿￿laI 8thtetnenty iu ￿C￿rdBDQC appli￿ble law and UDited Kingthm A¢￿￿till￿ Stsndards (Uti1t￿ Km8dom Get*rnlly Acc¢o¢d AwuntsD8 Practice). Select Suitsble A¢¢ounting policiey and then apply them state wlth applicable UK Aecouw Staadgrds have be￿ followrt subjert to any matt￿"al departures di8eloseAI C(KLti7ll* in operati financial ty)sttion of the charity atMI to enable them to thai the fmancTal th¢en*nts conjply with the Charities Act 2011, the applicable CltaTiti&4 (Accounts and Reports) Regutats"ons. aThJ thE pfoviSiOTLS of thc charitys cor￿ItUtiOn. They are Olso resporjsible for safrguardiog the a￿ts of the clwity and taknng rrasollable SW for the prevention and det¢ctiot] of fraud otheT irregulariti￿. ges Ealing Liberal Synagogue Re￿rt of the Trnstees For the year ended 31 March 2023 Approved by the CouDcil on 21 November2Q23 and ott their bd•lfbT. TTh8tee ir Il