Be'er Yitzchok Trust
Stamford Hill trust making about £131,000 of unnamed grants a year
| Be'er Yitzchok Trust
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Other |
| Founded | 2005-12-08 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1112465 |
| Headquarters | London N16 |
| Area served | Hackney, Haringey, Israel |
| Key people | Naftoli Friedman (chair) |
Be'er Yitzchok Trust was constituted by a declaration of trust of 7 October 2005 and registered on 8 December 2005; register areas are Hackney, Haringey and Israel.[1][2] The register lists Naftoli Friedman (chair), Herman Horowitz and Mordechai Aron as trustees, with a principal office in London N16; the independent examiner is Ian Graff FCCA of Salford (PDF p.3).[1][2] In the year to 31 March 2025 donations were £145,808 (2024: £94,041), spending £142,917, grant funding £131,073 and support costs £10,282, including £4,036 for travel and motor costs; funds moved from –£2,245 to £646 (PDF p.4, 6–7, 11).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "3.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND EDUCATION GENERALLY AMONGST CHILDREN AND YOUTH OF THE JEWISH FAITH IN ISRAEL AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANISATION 3.2 THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH OF THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE INCLUDING PAYMENTS BY WAY OF GIFT OR LOAN (WITH OR WITHOUT INTEREST) TO INDIVIDUAL PERSONS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSONS QUALIFY AS OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANISATION AS DETERMINED BY ENGLISH LAW."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "To pursue the objects of the charity with all the resources available to the charity."[1]
Register classifications: Education/training.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Hackney, Haringey, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naftoli Friedman | not recorded | Yes | — |
| Herman Horowitz | not recorded | — | |
| Mordechai Aron | not recorded | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-16 | Naftoli Friedman (chair); Herman Horowitz; Mordechai Aron | [3] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £168,928 | £174,091 |
| 2022-03-31 | £118,105 | £121,721 |
| 2023-03-31 | £158,665 | £151,803 |
| 2024-03-31 | £94,041 | £97,898 |
| 2025-03-31 | £145,808 | £142,917 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2014[4]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[5]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[8]
Funding in Israel
- FY2025 grant funding £131,073; the accounts name no recipients and do not mention Israel (PDF p.11).[2]
Israeli partners
No partner is named.[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 |
|---|---|
| No place in Israel is named.[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;[9] 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.[10][11][12][13] 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.[14]
- Trustee names differ. The reference section lists Mr M Aron, but the governance paragraph names the trustees in office as "Mr A Aron, Mr N Friedman and Mr H Horowitz" (PDF p.3).[2]
- Recipients not named. The grants of £131,073 are not broken down (PDF p.11).[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).[15] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[16]
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.[17]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[18]
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. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.[19]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[20]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Be'er Yitzchok Trust", "Beer Yitzchok" returned 0 contributions in total.[21]
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".[3]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Charity Commission, Be'er Yitzchok Trust (1112465): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Register entry 1112465, full print (capture of 20210116) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Be'er Yitzchok Trust accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ Be'er Yitzchok Trust accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ Be'er Yitzchok Trust accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ Be'er Yitzchok Trust accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ Be'er Yitzchok Trust accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ 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-15 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Nineteen registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)"; The Kolel Limited showed "up to date (85 days late)" and Practical Compassion for Destitute Children "up to date (2 days late)"; Lionel Black Charitable Trust, Friends of Horim Establishments Tel Aviv and Arad, Prayer for Israel (326132) and The Maurice Wohl Charitable Trust showed "Removed charity".
- ↑ 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-15 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-15 charity names returned no matching charity; the only result, for "Donkey", was an unrelated Belfast organisation).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Be'er Yitzchok' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1112465 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-15 screening covered 227 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the three charitable companies and of J. E. Joseph Trustee Company Limited, directors of the dissolved Friends of Horim company (01966551), and trustees, executive-committee members, examiners and other people named in the accounts and sources read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; token matches were surname-only coincidences (for example Hassan, Friedman, Cohen and Sabah) or the generic words "Company Limited"; lists downloaded 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 "Be'er Yitzchok" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).