Chabad of Crouch End

and West Haringey

Crouch End, London

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*Organisation Data*
Name:	Chabad of Crouch End and West Haringey⁽ⁱⁱ⁾ or Crouch End Chabad⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾ or Chabad of Crouch End and MH^(iv) (Muswell Hill)
Location:	For its initial years, activities were run out of private residences or local venues. In May 2026, it was announced that a lease had been secured on a dedicated physical premises on Crouch End High Street and a campaign was launched to raise £150,000 to fit out the premises.^(v)
When Formed:	The organisation was launched in 2017,^(vi) although it was not registered with the Charity Commission until December 2020.
Current 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:	https://www.crouchendchabad.org
Rabbinic Couple:	Rabbi Boruch Altein and Batsheva Altein - founders and co-directors since 2017 until the present (November 2026)^(ix)
Charitable Status:	Chabad of Crouch End and West Haringey is a registered charity (CIO registration) (no. 1192714), registered on 8 December 2020.^(x)
Local Government District:	Crouch End and Muswell Hill are relatively prosperous adjacent residential suburbs in North London, in the London Borough of Haringey, which was created on 1 April 1965, within the administrative area of Greater London.^(xi) Previously, both suburbs were in the Municipal Borough of Hornsey (incorporated as a borough in 1903, previously an Urban District from 1894) in the County of Middlesex, both of which entities were abolished in 1965.
Registration District (BMD):	Haringey from 1 April 1965^(xii) - Link to Register Office website
Notes & Sources (↵ returns to text above) (i) Reserved. (ii) The official name according to the organisation's charity registration. ↵ (iii) The name according to the organisation's website, and the organisation's working name according to its charity registration ↵ (iv) The name according to the Chabad Locator on the chabad.org website. ↵ (v) The organisation's Facebook page of 10 May 2026. ↵ (vi) The congregation's annual reports to the Charity Commission, first appearing in the report for 2021. ↵ (vii) and (viii) Reserved. (ix) Collive.com article "4 New Shluchim Begin in London" of 29 September 2017, and Chabad Locator on the chabad.org website, accessed November 2026. To view a short profile of Rabbi Altein - hold the cursor over his name. ↵ (x) Charity Commission website, accessed November 2026. Clicking on the charity number of this organisation will take you to the charity's registration on the Charity Commission website. ↵ (xi) The London Borough of Haringey, an Outer London Borough within the Greater London administrative area, was created on 1 April 1965 upon the merger of the three municipal boroughs of Hornsey, Tottenham and Wood Green. All three municipal boroughs had been within the former County of Middlesex. ↵ (xii) The former Registration Districts were: Edmonton, from 1 July 1837 until 1 October 1947, and Wood Green, from 1 October 1947 until 1 April 1965. All registers would now be held by the current register office. ↵

Online Articles, Reports and Other Material
relating to this Organisation

The trustees' reports and financial statements of Chabad of Crouch End and West Haringey filed with the Charity Commission (pdf):
- for the period/year ended 31 December 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.

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