Chazak Limited
UK Sephardi/community education charity operating from Brent Street, Hendon
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| Type | Charitable company |
| Founded | 2011-07-19 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1142937; company 07485527 |
| Headquarters | 64 Brent Street, London, NW4 2ES |
| Area served | Throughout London, Israel, Spain |
| Website | www.wearechazak.com |
Chazak Limited is a charitable company (07485527) registered in 2011. It provides Jewish education classes, synagogue programmes and community events; registered office 64 Brent Street NW4; website wearechazak.com.[1] In the year ended 31 December 2025 income was £1,892,985 (2024: £2,099,120) and charitable expenditure on Jewish education £1,909,850.[2] CCOD lists leasehold title AGL317983 at 64 Brent Street and a name match at 73–77 Brent Street (AGL642152).[3]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN JEWISH RELIGION CULTURE HISTORY AND HERITAGE.2) THE ADVANCMENT OF SUCH OTHER OBJECTS AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, THAT ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "Teaching classes in Jewish schools.Providing classes and events in a variety of local Synagogues our own community centres.Running a wide range of religious, cultural, heritage and social events for the community"[1]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout London, Israel, Spain.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr J Moradoff | 2011-07-19 | — | |
| Miguel Abadi | 2018-07-10 | British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel (1101329) | |
| Nigel Hikmet | 2021-08-16 | — | |
| Benjamin Bentley | 2024-11-04 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-13 | Rabbi M Levy (from 01 February 2012); Miguel Abadi (from 10 July 2018) – also trustee of British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel; Mr J Moradoff (from 19 July 2011) | [4] |
Companies House officers
Companies House lists 9 current and former officers of the charitable company (07485527), 5 of them active.[5]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-31 | £1,092,409 | £905,921 |
| 2022-12-31 | £1,291,486 | £1,370,326 |
| 2023-12-31 | £1,446,830 | £1,512,969 |
| 2024-12-31 | £2,099,120 | £1,928,310 |
| 2025-12-31 | £1,892,985 | £1,942,968 |
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 31/12/2014[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2016[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2017[9]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[10]
Funding in Israel
- FY2025 expenditure almost entirely on UK Jewish education programmes; Israel is a register area but no Israel grant schedule is set out in the accounts extract used.[2][1]
Israeli partners
Not established for Israel from the accounts extract.[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 |
|---|---|
| Not established.[2] | Low |
Support for the IDF: No IDF funding is stated. Activity described is UK Jewish education.[2][2]
Controversies and regulatory action
- No Commission inquiry, Official Warning or Gazette insolvency notice naming Chazak Limited was found.
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).[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; results were limited to Companies House filing lists.[13]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
| Date | Funder | Amount (£) | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-19 | The National Lottery Community Fund | 10,000 | The funding will be used to set up a holistic programme of informal learning and qualifications combined with a practical business enterpris |
| 2021-04-14 | The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 62,600 | "Celebrating Sephardic Culture focussed on the cultural tradition of Hamin; a festive celebration food" |
| 2024-10-25 | Department for Culture, Media & Sport | 7,646 | This project will support girls from a culturally diverse community who face barriers to accessing exercise and are largely inactive. This w |
| 2024-10-25 | Sport England | 7,646 | This project will support girls from a culturally diverse community who face barriers to accessing exercise and are largely inactive. This w |
| 2025-01-10 | The National Lottery Community Fund | 20,000 | Funding will be used to deliver after school youth work sessions for teenage boys from the Sephardic Jewish community. This project aims to |
| 2026-03-11 | Sport England | 9,724 | This project will purchase 2 outdoor table tennis tables and a Hygge meal covered pergola over them to be used by young Jewish people who vi |
No grants made by the charity are published in 360Giving data, so flows between linked charities could not be traced there.[14]
Sanctions screening
The charity's name and the names of its current register trustees 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 owns and/or leases land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[16] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[3]
- 64 Brent Street, London NW4 2ES (title AGL317983, leasehold) – registered office – CCOD match on company 07485527 (source: [3])
- 73–77 Brent Street (title AGL642152) – CCOD name match Chazak Limited – CCOD name match (source: [3])
Parliament
A search of Hansard for 'Chazak Limited' returned 0 contributions in total.[17]
Web archive
The UK Government Web Archive holds 3 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]
See also
External links
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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Charity Commission, Chazak Limited (1142937): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 HM Land Registry, UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD) full extract, October 2026 release, matched on charitable company numbers and registered names; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1142937, full print (capture of 20210113) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Company 07485527: officers Companies House, viewed 14 October 2026.
- ↑ Chazak Limited accounts, year ended 2014-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
- ↑ Chazak Limited accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
- ↑ Chazak Limited accounts, year ended 2016-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
- ↑ Chazak Limited accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
- ↑ Chazak Limited accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
- ↑ 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-2 charities found no matching Scottish registration of the same organisations (unrelated name collisions such as Open Door Edinburgh SC007315 were disregarded).
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-2 charity name returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Chazak Limited' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1142937 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). Screening of the current register trustees of the 25 batch-2 charities and the charity names, carried out 14 October 2026; no matches. Companies House officers and archived trustees were not included in this batch's screen. Viatcheslav Kantor (RUS1127) remains on the UK Sanctions List as previously noted.
- ↑ 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 'Chazak Limited' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).