Name:

Chabad Lubavitch Centres North East London and Essex (CLC-NELE)

Alternative Names (for Ilford Headoffice):

Ilford Chabad

Chabad Lubavitch for Ilford

Beis Hamedrash Chabad (name of the synagogue)

Address:

Chabad House and Synagogue is at the Chabad Lubavitch Centre, Doris Shpiro House, 395 Eastern Avenue, Gants Hill, Ilford, Essex IG2 6LR (since 2001).

(From 2013 until about 2017, the Centre moved temporarily to Gaysham Ave, Gants Hill, whilst the Eastern Ave premises were demolished, to be replaced with a new 4,000 sq foot facility.)

Date Formed:

1983

Status:

Active

Ritual:

Ashkenazi Orthodox

Affiliation:

An autonomous constituent of the Chabad Lubavitch UK Network, and part of the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch Movement.

Website:

http://www.chabadilford.co.uk (Chabad Lubavitch Centres North East London and Essex)

Branch Chabad Centres:

● Chabad Lubavitch for Buckhurst Hill

● Chabad Lubavitch for Epping

● Chabad Lubavitch for Southend

● Chabad Lubavitch for Havering

Unlike the other branches or chapters of CLE-NELE, Chabad Lubavitch for Havering does not (yet) maintain an independent corporate filing nor its own building or personnel (nor a separate page on JCR-UK). It was launched in February 2020 by Rabbi and Mrs Sufrin and operates directly out of the CLE-NELE headquarters in Gants Hill. It serves the outer London Borough of Havering (the most easterly of all London Boroughs), focusing on Collier Row, Romford, Hornchurch, Upminster, and Rainham.⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾

Its website is https://chabadhavering.co.uk.

Rabbinic Staff:
(To view a short profile of a rabbi - hold the cursor over his name)

The following rabbis also served Beis Hamedrash Chabad:

Rabbi Aryeh M. Sufrin, MBE and Deborah Sufrin - executive directors and rabbinic couple from 1983 to present (May 2026).^(iv)

Rabbi Moshe Muller - assistant director and assistant rabbi from 1996 until 2016.^(v)

Legal and Charitable Status:

Chabad Lubavitch Centres North East London and Essex Limited was incorporated on 21 November 2007 (initially under the name Chabad Lubavitch Centre North East London and Essex Limited until 15 August 2017) as a registered (non-profit) company (company no. 06432715), a private company limited by guarantee without a share capital.^(vi)

Under the same name, it is also a registered charity (registered charity no. 1123001), registered on 28 February 2008.^(vii)

Local Government District:

The suburb of Ilford in Northeast London is within the London Borough of Redbridge, an outer London borough created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.

Prior to 1965, Ilford was in the former Municipal Borough of Ilford (which was an urban district until 1926) in the county of Essex.^(viii)

Registration District (BMD):

Redbridge from 1 April 1965^(ix) - Link to Register Office website