Brightness Ltd
Clapton Common charitable company struck off at Companies House in 2012 and removed from the charity register in 2013
| Brightness Ltd
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable company (removed) |
| Founded | 2003-01-30 (registered) |
| Dissolved | 2013-09-04 (removed: reason not stated in the register extract; the company was dissolved by compulsory strike-off in October 2012) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1095724 |
| Area served | Throughout England And Wales, Israel |
Brightness Ltd was registered as a charity on 30 January 2003 and removed on 4 September 2013; register areas were England and Wales and Israel, and its last reported income was £910,095 for the year to 30 June 2009.[1] The register gives no company number, but Companies House holds a Brightness Ltd (04472485), a company limited by guarantee incorporated on 28 June 2002 – the incorporation date given for the charity's memorandum on the register – with its registered office at 123 Clapton Common, London E5 9AB. Its last accounts were made up to 30 June 2010.[2] The identification rests on the shared name and incorporation date.
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST THE ELDERLY OR PERSONS IN CONDITION OF NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITYII) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIONIII) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ACCORDING TO THE TENETS OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITHIV) TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT COMMUNITY"[1]
The register describes its activities as: "The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of advancement of education and religious practice in accordance with the teachings of the Orthodox Jewish faith."[1]
Register classifications: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel.[1]
Trustees
The register extract holds no trustee records for removed charities.
Companies House lists the directors of Brightness Ltd as Chaim Jacob Endzweig, Elizabeth Endzweig (also secretary) and Joel Niederman, all appointed on 1 July 2002, after the formation agents' nominees resigned.[3]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-06-30 | £910,095 | £923,807 (latest figures held in the charity record; no annual-return history in the extract) |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Funding in Israel
- No accounts were found, so the charity's spending in Israel is not known. Israel is a register area of operation.[1]
Israeli partners
Not known.
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 information. | Not established |
Support for the IDF: No information on the charity's spending was found.[4]
Controversies and regulatory action
- No Charity Commission inquiry or Official Warning naming this charity was found.
- Struck off. Companies House records a first Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off on 3 July 2012 and dissolution on 16 October 2012,[5] nearly a year before the charity's removal from the register (4 September 2013).[1]
- No accounts available. No accounts were found on the live register or in the UK Government Web Archive; the 2021 archived register page shows only "Removed charity".
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).[6] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[7]
The Gazette
No Gazette notice naming the charity was identified by the name search. The Companies House filing history for Brightness Ltd (04472485) records a first Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off on 3 July 2012 and dissolution by compulsory strike-off on 16 October 2012.[5][8]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[9]
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.[10]
Land and property
The register extract does not record whether the charity owned or leased land or property (the field is blank for this removed charity).[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[11]
Parliament
Hansard searches for 'Brightness Ltd', 'Brightness Limited' returned 0 contributions in total.[12]
Web archive
The UK Government Web Archive holds 1 archived Charity Commission register page used in this profile (cited in the sections above). The 2021 archived full print showed the status "Removed charity" and "Other regulators: not shown".[13]
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 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), extract dated 14 October 2026.
- ↑ Companies House, BRIGHTNESS LTD (04472485): overview Find and update company information, viewed 14 October 2026 (private company limited by guarantee without share capital; incorporated 28 June 2002; dissolved 16 October 2012; registered office 123 Clapton Common, London E5 9AB; last accounts made up to 30 June 2010).
- ↑ Companies House, BRIGHTNESS LTD (04472485): officers Find and update company information, viewed 14 October 2026.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Brightness Ltd (1095724): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities, viewed 14 October 2026 (no current accounts on the live register; archived accounts cited where available – see Archived accounts).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Companies House, BRIGHTNESS LTD (04472485): filing history Find and update company information, viewed 14 October 2026 (GAZ1 first Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off 3 July 2012; GAZ2 dissolved via compulsory strike-off 16 October 2012).
- ↑ 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 'Brightness Ltd' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1095724 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 'Brightness Ltd' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
- ↑ Register entry 1095724, full print (capture of 20210109) UK Government Web Archive.