Ateres Mordechai Trust
North-west London trust supporting Kollel Ateres Mordechai, described in its accounts as "a registered charity in Israel", which gave £45,124 in 2024/25, funded partly by a charity with a common trustee
| Ateres Mordechai Trust
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 2016-09-08 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1169095 |
| Headquarters | London NW11 |
| Area served | Throughout London, Israel |
Ateres Mordechai Trust (registered as The Ateres Mordechai Trust; also known as Ateres Mordechai) was established by a trust deed of 6 September 2016 and registered on 8 September 2016; its principal office is in London NW11.[1][2] Its objects are "the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish religion in particular but not exclusively by providing facilities for religious study and maintaining and running a Kollel, and through the prevention and relief of poverty".[3] The trustees are Mrs V Lewin, Mr G Lewin and Mr P B Olsberg (PDF p.3).[2][3] The trustees' report describes its work as the "support of Kollel Ateres Mordechai, a registered charity in Israel" (PDF p.4).[2] In the year to 31 March 2025 it received donations of £51,000 (2024: £42,000) and spent £46,924, including grants to institutions of £45,124 (2024: £34,970); funds rose from £4,415 to £8,491 (PDF p.4, 6, 10).[2] The accounts were examined by D Goldberg FCA DChA and approved on 28 August 2025 by Mrs V Lewin.[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR RELIGIOUS STUDY AND MAINTAINING AND RUNNING A KOLLEL, AND THROUGH THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY."[3]
The register describes its activities as: "The provision of facilities for religious studies and maintaining and running a Kollel."[3]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Religious Activities.[3]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout London, Israel.[3]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[3]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerald Lewin | 2016-09-06 | (Trust Property Held in Connexion With) Adath Yisroel Synagogue (207956); Friends of the Rabbinical College Kol Tora Jerusalem (314162); Mw (Cl) Foundation (1134917); The Edith and Manfred Lewin Memorial Fund (1076986); Zichron Mordechai and Devorah Weisz Foundation (1135746) | |
| Vivienne Lewin | 2016-09-06 | Mw (Cl) Foundation (1134917); The Theo Redcliffe Memorial Fund (291490); Zichron Mordechai and Devorah Weisz Foundation (1135746) | |
| Pinchas Binyamin Olsberg | 2016-09-06 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-14 | Gerald Lewin (from 06 September 2016) – also trustee of (Trust Property Held in Connexion With) Adath Yisroel Synagogue, The Theo Redcliffe Memorial Fund, Zichron Mordechai and Devorah Weisz Foundation, Friends of the Rabbinical College Kol Tora Jerusalem, The Edith and Manfred Lewin Memorial Fund; Vivienne Lewin (chair) (from 06 September 2016) – also trustee of The Theo Redcliffe Memorial Fund, Zichron Mordechai and Devorah Weisz Foundation, Mw (Cl) Foundation; Pinchas B Olsberg (from 06 September 2016) | [4] |
On the register, Gerald Lewin is also a trustee of the trust property held in connexion with Adath Yisroel Synagogue (207956), Friends of the Rabbinical College Kol Tora Jerusalem (314162), the MW (CL) Foundation (1134917), the Edith and Manfred Lewin Memorial Fund (1076986) and the Zichron Mordechai and Devorah Weisz Foundation (1135746); Vivienne Lewin is also a trustee of the MW (CL) Foundation, the Theo Redcliffe Memorial Fund (291490) and the Zichron Mordechai and Devorah Weisz Foundation.[3]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £30,000 | £29,892 |
| 2022-03-31 | £20,001 | £21,861 |
| 2023-03-31 | £22,000 | £29,892 |
| 2024-03-31 | £42,000 | £36,770 |
| 2025-03-31 | £51,000 | £46,924 |
Source: register annual-return history.[3]
Funding in Israel
- Year to 31 March 2025: grants to institutions of £45,124 (2024: £34,970), for the support of Kollel Ateres Mordechai, "a registered charity in Israel" (PDF p.4, 10).[2]
Israeli partners
Kollel Ateres Mordechai, described as "a registered charity in Israel"; no address or registration number is given (PDF p.4).[2]
Activity beyond the Green Line and support for the IDF
Findings are graded by confidence. "Partner" findings concern the Israeli recipient organisation, not proven use of UK funds.
| Finding | Confidence |
|---|---|
| The accounts say only that Kollel Ateres Mordechai is in Israel; no town or address is given.[2] | Not established |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[2]
Controversies and regulatory action
- No Charity Commission inquiry, Official Warning or Gazette insolvency notice naming this charity was found, and its register entry shows no regulatory alert;[5] it is not among the charities named in the Commission's cheque-cashing class-inquiry announcements (May, September and December 2025) or in the September 2026 statement of results.[6][7][8][9] The charities in the Commission's settlements class inquiry (opened August 2026) have not been named, so it is not known whether this charity is among them.[10]
- Donations from a connected charity. Note 14 says "Included in donations received are donations from a charity with a common trustee"; the charity and amount are not named. On the register, Gerald and Vivienne Lewin are also trustees of the MW (CL) Foundation (1134917) and the Zichron Mordechai and Devorah Weisz Foundation (1135746) (PDF p.12).[2][3]
- Company wording in a trust. The report says that the trustees "who are also the directors" have no beneficial interest, although the charity is a trust, not a company (PDF p.3).[2]
Other registers and records
Scotland and Northern Ireland
No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (register export dated 14 October 2026, searched by name).[11] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[12]
The Gazette
Searches of The Gazette notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name found no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice.[13]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[14]
Sanctions screening
The charity's name, its current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees and officers named in the accounts read for this profile and (for charitable companies) its Companies House officers were screened against the UK Sanctions List and the OFSI Consolidated List. No match was found.[15]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[3] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[16]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Ateres Mordechai Trust", "Ateres Mordechai" returned 0 contributions in total.[17]
Web archive
The UK Government Web Archive holds 2 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile (cited in the sections above). The 2021 archived full print showed the status "Charity reporting is up to date" and "Other regulators: No information available".[4]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ Charity Commission, The Ateres Mordechai Trust (1169095): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Charity Commission, Ateres Mordechai Trust (1169095): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities public extract (tables charity, charity_trustee, charity_annual_return_history, charity_area_of_operation, charity_classification, charity_other_names), extract dated 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1169095, full print (capture of 20210114) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Register of Charities, charity overview page (register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/ followed by the organisation number) for each of the 25 batch-22 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none was shown.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator concludes investigation into 4 charities as class inquiry continues GOV.UK, 9 September 2026, with Statement of the results of a class inquiry (same date).
- ↑ Charity Commission, Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements GOV.UK, 5 August 2026 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-22 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-22 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Ateres Mordechai' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1169095 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-22 screening covered 196 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and staff named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies; the only hits were generic words in charity names (such as "Charitable Foundation", "Trust", "Fund" and "Association") matching listed entities, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.
- ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access in October 2026; no titles were looked up or purchased. Candidate title numbers below come from the free CCOD / OCOD datasets (October 2026 release), not from paid title registers.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Ateres Mordechai" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).