Belz Israel Charitable Trust
Stamford Hill trust whose grants go mainly to UK Belz and Orthodox bodies, including a charity under the cheque-cashing inquiry
| Belz Israel Charitable Trust
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Other |
| Founded | 2000-11-30 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1083890 |
| Headquarters | 48 Lynmouth Road, London, N16 6XL |
| Area served | Hackney, Israel |
Belz Israel Charitable Trust was registered on 30 November 2000; register areas are Hackney and Israel.[1] Its trustees are P Fink, M Imann and C Silbiger, and its objects are Orthodox Jewish education and religion and the relief of poverty. In 2025 donations were £753,395 and grants £550,073; fundraising costs rose to £69,779 (2024: £8,625).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION; AND 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION 3. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR AMONGST PERSONS OF THE JEWISH FAITH 4. SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES TRUSTS AND ORGANISATIONS WHICH THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "Education and Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid"[1]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities, Other Charitable Purposes.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Hackney, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinchos Fink | not recorded | Kite Centre (1114252); Pm Rescue Teens (1129645) | |
| Martin Imann | not recorded | Kollel Mesivta Ltd (1202159) | |
| Charles Silbiger | not recorded | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-14 | Martin Imann; Charles Silbiger; Pinchos Fink – also trustee of Kite Centre | [3] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-31 | £6,800 | £6,605 |
| 2022-12-31 | £119,501 | £68,904 |
| 2023-12-31 | £272,292 | £301,380 |
| 2024-12-31 | £402,078 | £396,616 |
| 2025-12-31 | £755,055 | £662,382 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Funding in Israel
- 2025 grants: Moreshet Hatorah Ltd £101,665; Mercaz Torah Vechesed Ltd £70,745; Cosmon (Belz) Ltd £35,000; Areivim UK Ltd £30,000; CML – Chevras Mo'oz Ladol £28,500; Lampard Club £17,540; Gertner Charitable Trust £16,000; Dover Sholem Community Trust £15,000; Live and Learn £12,516; Kollel Ahavas Torah £12,000; Belz Foundation Ltd £10,000; other £9,993; individuals £191,115.[2]
Israeli partners
Mostly UK companies and trusts; despite the charity's name, no Israeli recipient or place is identified.[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 Israeli place 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;[4] 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.[5][6][7][8] 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.[9]
- Grant to a charity under inquiry. The trust gave £15,000 (2024: £31,932) to Dover Sholem Community Trust.[2] A charity of that name (1138710) entered the cheque-cashing class inquiry in the September 2025 tranche.[6] No charity number is given in the accounts, so the match is by name; the release makes no finding about Belz Israel Charitable Trust.
Other registers and records
Scotland and Northern Ireland
No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (full register download of 14 October 2026 searched by name).[10] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[11]
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; results were limited to Companies House filing lists.[12]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
| Date | Funder | Amount (£) | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-07 | The National Lottery Community Fund | 9,950 | The funding will be used to run skill based sessions for disadvantaged people from the Orthodox Jewish Community. The project aims to help p |
| 2024-03-21 | The National Lottery Community Fund | 19,930 | The funding will be used to run skill based sessions for people from the Orthodox Jewish Community. The project aims to help participants ga |
| 2024-10-21 | Sport England | 14,975 | This project will provide culturally sensitive yoga sessions for Orthodox Jewish men and teenagers. 2 x 1.5 hours sessions x 10 weeks will b |
| 2025-10-03 | The National Lottery Community Fund | 20,000 | BELZ ISRAEL CHARITABLE TRUST - Children & Young People - National Lottery Awards for All England |
No grants made by the charity are published in 360Giving data, so flows between linked charities could not be traced there.[13]
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.[14]
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.[15]
Parliament
Hansard searches for 'Belz Israel Charitable Trust', 'Belz Israel' returned 0 contributions in total.[16]
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]
See also
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 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), extract dated 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Charity Commission, Belz Israel Charitable Trust (1083890): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Register entry 1083890, 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 every charity in batches 1–7 (175 pages, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026) and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section. Alerts appeared only for Mifal Hachesed Vehatzedokoh (1139320), Ezer Viznitz Foundation (1161881), BC Trust (1155555), Vyoel Moshe Charitable Trust (327054) – all named in the cheque-cashing class inquiry – and The Gevurath Ari Torah Academy Trust (1003102).
- ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025 (re-fetched 14 October 2026).
- ↑ 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), both retrieved 15 October 2026.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements GOV.UK, 5 August 2026, retrieved 15 October 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, CharityExport-14-Oct-2026.csv, downloaded 14 October 2026; keyword search of charity names for the batch-5 charities found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-5 charity name returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Belz Israel' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1083890 360Giving, queried 14 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-5 screening covered 345 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and archived full-print register pages (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the charitable companies, and trustees, officers and related persons named in the accounts read for this batch (including archived accounts) and on the Companies House pages for Brightness Ltd; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually (all candidate hits were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps); 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 on 14 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 'Belz Israel' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).