Chasdei Meir
Stamford Hill CIO giving about £100,000 a year to Orthodox institutions, mostly Agudas Achim Slonim
| Chasdei Meir
| |
|---|---|
| Type | CIO |
| Founded | 2017-12-14 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1176288 |
| Headquarters | London N16 |
| Area served | Throughout England, Israel, Netherlands |
Chasdei Meir, also called Chasdei Meir Bread and Butter, is a charitable incorporated organisation registered on 14 December 2017; register areas are England, Israel and the Netherlands.[1] Its objects are the support of Orthodox Jewish houses of worship and educational institutions and the relief of poverty, in the UK and abroad.[1] The trustees are Shmuel Kliers, Martin Engelman and L Zelcer, with a registered office in London N16; the examiner is J Silver of Precision Ltd (PDF p.2).[1][2] In 2024 donations were £102,945 and spending £112,795, leaving free reserves of £2,708; grants were £104,003, the largest to Agudas Achim Slonim (£46,950), Beis Aharon TT Activity Centre (£19,501) and Mosdos Beer Avrohom (£17,054), and the charity also paid £6,896 of a synagogue's running costs (PDF p.4, 6, 10).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "THE OBJECTS OF CHASDEI MEIR ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH RELIGION MAINLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH:1. THE SUPPORT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH HOUSES OF WORSHIP & EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE UK AND ABROAD2. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO: A. ORTHODOX JEWISH INDIVIDUALS IN NEED IN THE UK AND ABROAD, OR B. OTHER ORTHODOX JEWISH INSTITUTIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY IN THE UK AND ABROAD"[1]
The register describes its activities as: "1. The support of Orthodox Jewish houses of worship & educational institutions in the UK and abroad2. The relief of poverty by providing grants to:A. Orthodox Jewish individuals in need in the UK and abroad,orB. other Orthodox Jewish institutions working to prevent or relieve poverty in the UK and abroad"[1]
Register classifications: Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England, Israel, Netherlands.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Engelman | 2017-07-19 | — | |
| Shmuel Kliers | 2017-12-19 | — | |
| L Zelcer | 2018-02-01 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-11 | Shmuel Kliers (from 19 December 2017); Martin Engelman (from 19 July 2017); L Zelcer (from 01 February 2018) | [3] |
| 2021-07-06 | Shmuel Kliers (from 19 December 2017); L Zelcer (from 01 February 2018); Martin Engelman (from 19 July 2017) | [4] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-31 | £47,343 | £48,040 |
| 2021-12-31 | £117,759 | £115,741 |
| 2022-12-31 | £68,903 | £71,279 |
| 2023-12-31 | £146,275 | £133,428 |
| 2024-12-31 | £102,945 | £112,795 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Funding in Israel
- FY2024 grants £104,003: Agudas Achim Slonim £46,950, Beis Aharon TT Activity Centre £19,501, Mosdos Beer Avrohom £17,054, Yeshiva Institute Divrei Shmuel £7,516, Bnei Zion Community Nursery £4,130 and other grants £8,852; none is identified as Israeli (PDF p.10).[2]
Israeli partners
No Israeli organisation is identified (PDF p.10).[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;[5] 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.[6][7][8][9] 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.[10]
- Unsigned and undated accounts. In the filed copy the trustees' report, the examiner's report and the balance-sheet approval are undated and unsigned (PDF p.4, 5, 7).[2]
- Outdated SORP. The examiner notes that the charity followed the FRS 102 SORP "in preference to" the withdrawn 2005 SORP referred to in the regulations (PDF p.5).[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).[11] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[12]
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.[13]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[14]
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.[15]
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.[16]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Chasdei Meir" returned 0 contributions in total.[17]
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 1.9 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 Charity Commission, Chasdei Meir (1176288): 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 1176288, full print (capture of 20210111) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Register entry 1176288, full print (capture of 20210706) 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 each of the 25 batch-17 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Seventeen registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)"; Starscope Limited showed "up to date (23 days late)", UK Friends of Tzohar "up to date (18 days late)" and The Mr W and Mrs I Carrant Charitable Trust "up to date (3 days late)"; BFON Trust showed no reporting-status line; Yeshiva Gedola Zichron Michoel, Friends of Reb Sender Dominitz, Emerald Benevolence Ltd and Academic Study Group 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-17 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-17 charity names returned no matching charity).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Chasdei Meir' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1176288 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-17 screening covered 231 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the eight charitable companies, and trustees, examiners and other people and bodies 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 Rotenberg, Weiss, Levy and Cohen) or generic words such as "Ltd", "International", "Group" and "Team"; 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 "Chasdei Meir" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).