Chabad House of Hendon

London NW4

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Organisation Data⁽ⁱ⁾
Name:	Chabad House of Hendon
Address:	112-114 Brent Street, Hendon, London NW4 1HD
When Formed:	Founded in October 2004
Status:	Active
Ritual:	Ashkenazi Orthodox - Lubavitch
Affiliation:	An autonomous constituent of the Chabad Lubavitch UK Network, and part of the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch Movement.
Website:	http://www.chabadlive.com
Rabbinic Couple:	Rabbi Gershon Overlander with Sara Leah Overlander, from 2004 until 2013, and Esther Mindel Overlander, from 2013 until present (June 2026).^(v)
Charitable Status:	Chabad House of Hendon is a registered charity, CIO registration (registered charity no. 1197396), registered on 7 January 2022.^(vi)
Local Government District:	Hendon, a residential suburb in northwest London with a large Jewish population, is in the London Borough of Barnet, created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.^(vii) Previously, Hendon was part of the former Municipal Borough of Hendon (incorporated as a borough in 1932) in the former County of Middlesex, both of which entities were abolished in 1965.
Registration District (BMD):	Barnet from 1 April 1999^(viii) - Link to Register Office website
Notes & Sources (↵ returns to text above) (i) Unless otherwise stated, all data has been extracted from the organisation's website, accessed June 2026. ↵ (ii) to (iv) Reserved. (v) Jewish Chronicle report of 22 January 2013, other online research and Chabad House in Hendon website. To view a short profile of Rabbi Overlander - hold the cursor over his name. ↵ (vi) Charity Commission website, accessed June 2026. Clicking on the charity number of this organisation will take you to the charity's registration on the Charity Commission website. ↵ (vii) The London Borough of Barnet, an Outer London Borough within the Greater London administrative area, was created on 1 April 1965 upon the merger of the former Municipal Boroughs of Hendon and Finchley and the former Urban District of Friern Barnet (all of which had been in the former county of Middlesex) with the former Urban Districts of Barnet and East Barnet (both of which had been part of the county of Hertfordshire).. ↵ (viii) The former Registration District was Hendon, from 1 July 1837 until 1 April 1999. All registers would now be held by the current register office.. ↵

Online Articles, Reports and Other Material
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The trustees' reports and financial statements of the organisation filed with the Charity Commission (pdf):
- for the years ended 31 December 2022, 2023 and 2024.

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Page created: 26 July 2015
Data significantly expanded and notes first added: 21 June 2026
Page most recently amended: 22 June 2026

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