Chasdei Yisocher Dov
Stamford Hill charitable company making interest-free loans and grants to Orthodox charities, with £311,103 lent out
| Chasdei Yisocher Dov
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable company |
| Founded | 2014-01-28 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1155521; company 08287696 |
| Headquarters | London N15 |
| Area served | Barnet, Hackney, Haringey, Israel |
| Key people | Benny Hoffman (chair) |
Chasdei Yisocher Dov is a charitable company (08287696) incorporated on 9 November 2012 as Chasdei Yiscoher Dov and registered on 28 January 2014; register areas are Barnet, Hackney, Haringey and Israel.[1][2] Its objects are the relief of financial hardship by grants or loans.[1] The register trustees are Benny Hoffman (chair), Getzel Weiss and Pinchos Englander, with a principal office in London N15; the examiner is Stone & Co Services Ltd of London N15 (PDF p.3).[1][3] The charity "provides interest free loans to individuals going through financial hardship, or for educational advancement" (PDF p.4).[3] In the year to 30 November 2025 donations were £96,929 and charitable spending £140,258 – grants to institutions £101,150 and to individuals £38,067 – and funds fell to £327,349 (PDF p.6, 10).[3]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "A. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, BY MAKING GRANTS OR LOANS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS SERVICES OR FACILITIES. B. THE PROMOTION OF ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES SUCH AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE REGARDED AS CHARITABLE BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES"[1]
The register describes its activities as: "A. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, BY MAKING GRANTSOR LOANS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS SERVICES OR FACILITIES. B. THEPROMOTION OF ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES SUCH AS THETRUSTEES SEE FIT, PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE REGARDED AS CHARITABLE BY THE LAW OFENGLAND AND WALES"[1]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Barnet, Hackney, Haringey, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Getzel Weiss | 2013-11-11 | Kollel D'chasidei Belz Ltd (1186741) | |
| Pinchos Englander | 2013-11-11 | Belz Cheider (1197134); Success Stories (1173522) | |
| Benny Hoffman | 2013-11-11 | Yes | Belz Relief Limited (1192313); The Well Trust Limited (1180207) |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-15 | Pinchos Englander (from 11 November 2013) – also trustee of Success Stories; Getzel Weiss (from 11 November 2013) – also trustee of Kollel D'chasidei Belz Ltd; Benny Hoffman (chair) (from 11 November 2013) – also trustee of The Well Trust Limited | [4] |
At Companies House, Benny Hoffman (Belgian) has been a director since 9 November 2012 and Getzel Weiss since 8 February 2024; they hold 9 and 7 appointments respectively.[2]
Companies House officers
Companies House lists 2 current and former officers of the charitable company (08287696), 2 of them active.[5]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-30 | £105,506 | £107,691 |
| 2022-11-30 | £140,330 | £136,482 |
| 2023-11-30 | £170,248 | £160,320 |
| 2024-11-30 | £122,070 | £160,891 |
| 2025-11-30 | £96,929 | £146,074 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
- Accounts for the year ended 30/11/2015[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/11/2017[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/11/2018[8]
Funding in Israel
- FY2025 grants to institutions £101,150: Beis Aharon Charitable Trust £25,000, British Friends of Mosdos Tchernobel £25,000, Mifal Tzedoko V'Chesed £22,500, Lechem Shlomo £13,000 and donations of £5,000 or less totalling £15,650; none is identified as Israeli (PDF p.10–11).[3] Interest-free loans outstanding were £311,103 (PDF p.7, 11).[3]
Israeli partners
No Israeli organisation is identified (PDF p.11).[3]
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;[9] 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.[10][11][12][13] 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.[14]
- Unexplained creditors. Other creditors of £100,961 (2024: £155,575) are not explained (PDF p.11).[3]
- Trust wording for a company. The report says the charity is governed by "a deed of trust", although it is a company (PDF p.3).[3]
- Trustee not a director. Pinchos Englander, a register trustee since 11 November 2013, is not recorded as a director at Companies House.[1][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).[15] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[16]
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.[17]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[18]
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.[19]
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.[20]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Chasdei Yisochar Dov", "Chasdei Yisocher Dov" returned 0 contributions in total.[21]
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".[4]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 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 Companies House, CHASDEI YISOCHER DOV (08287696) Find and update company information, overview and officers, viewed 16 October 2026 (incorporated 9 November 2012 as Chasdei Yiscoher Dov, renamed 22 January 2013; active directors Benny Hoffman, from 9 November 2012, and Getzel Weiss, from 8 February 2024).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Charity Commission, Chasdei Yisocher Dov (1155521): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1155521, full print (capture of 20210115) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Company 08287696: officers Companies House, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ Chasdei Yisocher Dov accounts, year ended 2015-11-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ Chasdei Yisocher Dov accounts, year ended 2017-11-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ Chasdei Yisocher Dov accounts, year ended 2018-11-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ 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 Yisocher Dov' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1155521 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 Yisocher Dov" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).