Castle Education Trust Limited
Clapton charitable company running a community centre, whose accounts carry £282,419 of unexplained other debtors and leave the registered office and related-party notes blank
| Castle Education Trust Limited
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable company |
| Founded | 2012-04-02 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1146738; company 07013681 |
| Headquarters | London E5 |
| Area served | Hackney, Haringey, Israel |
| Key people | Simon Atkins (chair) |
Castle Education Trust Limited is a charitable company (07013681) incorporated on 9 September 2009 and registered as a charity on 2 April 2012; its register address is in London E5.[1][2] Its objects are "the advancement in education and training throughout the world, and the Relief of Poverty", and the accounts say "The main activities are the operstion [sic] of a Community Centre for the benefit of thoise [sic] in the Local Community".[3] The trustees and directors are Simon Atkins (chair; Companies House: Simon Mark Atkins), Morris Goldberg and Yaaqov Goldberg Yadler (the register gives "Yaaqov Goldberg").[4][2][3] In the year to 30 September 2025 donations were £41,037 (2024: £127,136) and spending £34,025, of which £33,742 was the community centre (including refreshments £7,161, light and heat £8,640, cleaning £10,640 and charitable donations £3,078) and £283 books and religious requisites; funds rose from £260,286 to £267,298.[3] The balance sheet shows fixtures of £7,399, other debtors of £282,419 (unchanged from 2024), cash of £291, other creditors of £20,376 and bank loans of £2,435.[3] The accounts were examined by "C Rosen", with no qualification or address given, and signed by all three trustees on 28 June 2026.[3]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH"[4]
The register describes its activities as: "The Company is a none profit making Company whose objects arethe advancement in education and training throughout the world, and the Relief of Poverty"[4]
Register classifications: Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity.[4]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Hackney, Haringey, Israel.[4]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[4]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Atkins | 2012-03-25 | Yes | — |
| Yaaqov Goldberg | 2012-03-25 | — | |
| Morris Goldberg | 2012-03-25 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-06 | Simon Atkins (chair) (from 25 March 2012); Yaaqov Goldberg (from 25 March 2012); Morris Goldberg (from 25 March 2012) | [5] |
Companies House officers
Companies House lists 4 current and former officers of the charitable company (07013681), 4 of them active.[6]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-30 | £39,440 | £31,192 |
| 2022-09-30 | £56,775 | £48,232 |
| 2023-09-30 | £185,726 | £64,398 |
| 2024-09-30 | £127,136 | £32,664 |
| 2025-09-30 | £41,037 | £34,025 |
Source: register annual-return history.[4]
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
- Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2015[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2016[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2017[9]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2018[10]
Funding in Israel
- Year to 30 September 2025: no spending in Israel is identified; the accounts describe only a local community centre and do not mention Israel.[3]
Israeli partners
No Israeli partner is named. The register lists Israel among the areas of operation.[4]
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.[3] | Not established |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[3]
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;[11] 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.[12][13][14][15] 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.[16]
- Unexplained debtors. Other debtors of £282,419, the same figure as in 2024, are not explained in the accounts.[3]
- Blank notes. Note 1 reads "The registered office is .", and notes 14 and 15 (transactions with trustees and related parties) have headings but no text.[3]
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).[17] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[18]
The Gazette
Searches of The Gazette for the charity's name returned only Companies House filing lists; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.[19]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[20]
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.[21]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[4] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[22] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[23]
- Fixtures of £7,399; the accounts describe a community centre but list no land or buildings – Accounts (source: [3])
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Castle Education Trust Limited", "Castle Education Trust" returned 0 contributions in total.[24]
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".[5]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ Charity Commission, Castle Education Trust Limited (1146738): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Companies House, CASTLE EDUCATION TRUST LIMITED (07013681) Find and update company information, overview and officers, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Charity Commission, Castle Education Trust Limited (1146738): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 1146738, full print (capture of 20210106) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Company 07013681: officers Companies House, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ Castle Education Trust Limited accounts, year ended 2015-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ Castle Education Trust Limited accounts, year ended 2016-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ Castle Education Trust Limited accounts, year ended 2017-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ Castle Education Trust Limited accounts, year ended 2018-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ 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-24 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; only Dalaid (1064655) showed one.
- ↑ 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-24 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-24 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Castle Education Trust' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1146738 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-24 screening covered 264 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and other people 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 (such as "Trust", "Foundation", "Company Limited" in the names of corporate formation agents) and surname-only matches, 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.
- ↑ HM Land Registry, UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD) and Overseas companies that own property in England and Wales (OCOD) full extracts, October 2026 release, matched on the company numbers of the charitable companies in this batch and searched for distinctive charity-name keywords; no title registers were purchased.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Castle Education Trust" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).