Asser Foundation Limited

UK charitable company and successor-related entity to Asser Bishvil Foundation

Asser Foundation Limited
Type	Charitable company limited by guarantee
Registration ID	Company 14945486; Charity 1206425
Headquarters	2nd Floor, Parkgates, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0TL
Area served	England and Wales; Belgium; Israel; United States

Asser Foundation Limited (company number 14945486; charity number 1206425) is a UK charitable company limited by guarantee. It was incorporated on 19 June 2023 and registered as a charity on 8 January 2024.

The company was originally incorporated under the name Asser Bishvil Foundation and changed its name to Asser Foundation Limited on 2 August 2023.

Objects

The charitable objects are:

1. The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship, by the provision of grants to charities or other organizations working to prevent or relieve poverty or financial hardship.
2. For the public benefit to advance the education of people of all ages in accordance with the values of the Orthodox Jewish faith by providing grants to charities, educational establishments, or other organizations that provide education.
3. To advance the Orthodox Jewish religion for the benefit of the public in accordance with the principles of the Code of Jewish Law (Shulchan Aruch).
4. To promote and protect the physical and mental health of sufferers of any medical condition through the provision of grants.

It operates as a grant-making charity supporting other charities or voluntary bodies. Recorded areas of operation are throughout England and Wales, Belgium, Israel and the United States.

Directors and trustees

Current directors (Companies House)

Name	Role	Date of birth	Appointed	Nationality	Notes
Daniel Orzel (Rabbi)	Director	July 1947	19 June 2023	Swiss	Also trustee of the original Asser Bishvil Foundation
Michael Sinitsky	Director	December 1970	19 September 2023	British	Trustee of Machzikei Hadass Community Services Ltd and The Radford Educational Trust
Alain Ilan Stern	Director	May 1981	19 September 2023	British / Belgian	Trustee of Magen Ari Trust and Emes Foundation

Former director

Name	Role	Date of birth	Appointed	Resigned	Nationality
Chaim Simche Ehrentreu	Director	January 1965	28 July 2023	19 September 2023	British

Charity Commission trustees

Name	Role	Appointed	Other trusteeships
Alain Ilan Stern	Trustee	21 September 2023	Magen Ari Trust; Emes Foundation
Michael Sinitsky	Trustee	21 September 2023	Machzikei Hadass Community Services Ltd; The Radford Educational Trust
Rabbi Daniel Orzel	Trustee	21 September 2023	None on record

Finances

Year ending	Income	Expenditure
31 March 2025	£26,432	£11,597
31 March 2026	£2,464	£18,095

The charity has reported low activity relative to the original Asser Bishvil Foundation. It received a £20,000 grant from the National Lottery Community Fund (Awards for All England) in December 2024 for a “Women’s Health Circle” project.

Relationship to Asser Bishvil Foundation

Asser Foundation Limited is a distinct legal entity from the long-established Asser Bishvil Foundation (charity 1112477). It briefly operated under the same name after incorporation, shares personnel connections (notably Rabbi Daniel Orzel / D Orzel and, for a short period, Chaim Simche Ehrentreu), and uses the same email domain (mail@asserbishvil.org.uk). Its income remains negligible compared with the multi-million-pound turnover of the original trust.

Contact

• Address: 2nd Floor, Parkgates, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 0TL
• Phone: 0161 792 1813
• Email: mail@asserbishvil.org.uk

See also

• Asser Bishvil Foundation
• Magen Ari Trust
• Emes Foundation
• Machzikei Hadass Community Services Ltd
• The Radford Educational Trust