Chasdei Ephraim Limited
Stamford Hill charitable company whose grants of £70,700 in 2024/25 went mainly to Yesamach Levav and Keren Nissuin Mislonim; £54,175 of its donations came from one of its trustees
| Chasdei Ephraim Limited
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable company |
| Founded | 1997-08-05 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1063793; company 03214634 |
| Headquarters | London N16 |
| Area served | Throughout London, Israel |
Chasdei Ephraim Limited is a charitable company (03214634) whose memorandum and articles were incorporated on 20 June 1996; it was registered on 5 August 1997 and its registered office is in London N16.[1][2][3] Its objects are the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish religion and the relief of poverty, and the register describes it as "making grants to institutions and individuals in accordance with the objects of the charity" (PDF p.4).[1][3] The trustees named in the accounts for the year to 30 June 2025 are Mr A Sugarwhite (also company secretary) and Mrs C Ingber; the independent examiner is J Silver FCCA of Precision Ltd, London N16 (PDF p.2, 6).[3] Donations were £63,619 (2024: £74,100) and charitable spending £72,308 (2024: £62,373); funds fell from £14,984 to £6,449 (PDF p.7).[3] Grants to institutions included Yesamach Levav £40,000, Keren Nissuin Mislonim £23,400 and British Friends of Yeshivas Shaarei Chochma £2,750 (PDF p.11).[3]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH (2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY (3) FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS CHARITABLE"[4]
The register describes its activities as: "Making grants to institutions and individuals in accordance with the objects of the charity."[4]
Register classifications: Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[4]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout London, Israel.[4]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[4]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Sugarwhite | not recorded | — | |
| Chaya Sara Ingber | 2017-08-04 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-11 | Chaya Sara Ingber (from 04 August 2017); Abraham Sugarwhite; Jeffrey Sugarwhite | [5] |
| 2021-07-05 | Chaya Sara Ingber (from 04 August 2017); Abraham Sugarwhite | [6] |
At Companies House, Abraham Mordechai Sugarwhite has been a director since 31 October 1997 and secretary since 2 July 2002; Chaya Sara Ingber (recorded as American, resident in the United States) was a director from 4 August 2017 to 18 June 2026, though the register still lists her as a trustee.[2][4]
Companies House officers
Companies House lists 9 current and former officers of the charitable company (03214634), 2 of them active.[7] Officers recorded as resident outside the UK: Chaya Sara Ingber (United States, resigned).[7]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-30 | £67,822 | £51,355 |
| 2022-06-30 | £91,414 | £101,923 |
| 2023-06-30 | £76,014 | £78,820 |
| 2024-06-30 | £74,100 | £62,373 |
| 2025-06-30 | £63,773 | £72,308 |
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 30/06/2014[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2015[9]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2016[10]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2017[11]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2018[12]
Funding in Israel
- No spending in Israel is identified; the accounts do not mention Israel or say where the named grantees work (PDF p.4, 11).[3]
Israeli partners
No Israeli partner is named. The register lists Israel among the charity's areas of operation.[3][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;[13] 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.[14][15][16][17] 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.[18]
- Donations from a trustee. Note 15 records donations of £54,175 (2024: £53,380) from one of the trustees, who is not named (PDF p.13).[3]
- Unsigned and undated approval. The dates on which the trustees approved the report and the financial statements, and the examiner's report date, are left blank (PDF p.5–6, 8).[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).[19] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[20]
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.[21]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[22]
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.[23]
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.[24]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Chasdei Ephraim Limited", "Chasdei Ephraim" returned 0 contributions in total.[25]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Charity Commission, Chasdei Ephraim Limited (1063793): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Companies House, CHASDEI EPHRAIM LIMITED (03214634) 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, Chasdei Ephraim Limited (1063793): 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 1063793, full print (capture of 20210111) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Register entry 1063793, full print (capture of 20210705) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Company 03214634: officers Companies House, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ Chasdei Ephraim Limited accounts, year ended 2014-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
- ↑ Chasdei Ephraim Limited accounts, year ended 2015-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
- ↑ Chasdei Ephraim Limited accounts, year ended 2016-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
- ↑ Chasdei Ephraim Limited accounts, year ended 2017-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
- ↑ Chasdei Ephraim Limited accounts, year ended 2018-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
- ↑ 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-21 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Twenty registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)" and the J S and N Hodari Charitable Trust "Charity reporting is up to date (33 days late)"; the other four (Friends of the Israel Aged, Eizer Le'Zedoko, Truevine Christians International and the Olive Tree Reconciliation Fund) 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-21 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-21 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Chasdei Ephraim' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1063793 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-21 screening covered 246 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the five charitable companies, and trustees, 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 Levy, Cohen, Phillips, Smith) or generic words in organisation names (Limited, Trust, International).
- ↑ 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 "Chasdei Ephraim" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).