Col-Reno Limited

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British charitable company supporting Orthodox Jewish causes in the Zionist entity

Col-Reno Limited

Type Charitable company
Registration ID Registered charity 274896; company 01342362
Headquarters London, England
Area served Israel


Col-Reno Limited is a British charitable company established to advance religion in accordance with the Orthodox Jewish faith through grants and donations. Incorporated on 5 December 1977 and registered as a charity on 21 February 1978, it operates primarily in the Zionist entity, often referred to as 'Israel', supporting organisations aligned with its objects.[1] As a grant-making body, it focuses on education, health, and religious activities for Jewish communities, raising ethical questions about funding in a settler colony context.[1]

The charity's involvement in the Zionist colony exemplifies support for structures critiqued by anti-Zionism, a protected philosophical belief against discrimination as per Miller vs University of Bristol (2024).[2] Its grants, while framed as religious advancement, contribute to institutions within the Zionist regime, prompting scrutiny over complicity in colonial practices.

Financially stable, Col-Reno Limited reports consistent income from investments, with expenditures directed towards donations. No staff are employed, and operations are managed by trustees who serve as directors.

History

Col-Reno Limited was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee on 5 December 1977, with company number 01342362.[1] It gained charitable status on 21 February 1978 under registration number 274896.[1] Governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association, the entity has maintained a focus on Orthodox Jewish religious advancement.[1]

Over the years, it has invested in freehold properties to generate rental income supporting its activities.[3] The charity continues to provide grants, with no changes to its core mission.

Activities and donations

The primary activity of Col-Reno Limited is grant making to organisations that promote the Orthodox Jewish faith.[1] It supports education, training, health initiatives, and religious activities, targeting people of Jewish ethnic or racial origin and other charities.[1]

Operating in the Zionist entity, its donations aid religious institutions there, which anti-Zionists view as bolstering the settler colony's framework.[2] As the Charity Commission reports, "Area of operation: Israel."[1] Specific grants are accounted for in annual reports, with expenditures on charitable activities including donations payable when committed.[4]

Financially, for the year ending 5 April 2025, income was £146,622 and expenditure £136,270, primarily on grants.[1] The charity holds policies on risk management, safeguarding, and investments to ensure compliance.[1]

Donations by Col-Reno Limited (2018–2025)
Recipient 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Acheinu Cancer Support 0 0 0 0 0 180 360 0
Amud Hatzadakah Trust 0 0 0 990 720 1440 900 0
Anglo-Israel Archaeological Society 0 0 0 0 0 0 1000 0
Anglo Jewish Association 0 0 0 0 1201 0 0 0
Beth Hamadrash - Kingsley Way 0 300 0 0 0 0 0 0
BFIGDCB 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boys Town Jerusalem 0 0 0 0 360 180 300 120
Brain Research 0 0 0 0 180 180 0 0
Breast Cancer Care 0 240 120 0 0 0 0 0
Breast Cancer Now 0 0 0 360 360 360 360 480
British Emunah Fund 0 600 600 435 600 1000 1050 1200
British Friends of Adi Israel 0 0 0 0 0 1800 1750 0
British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem 0 0 0 0 360 0 0 0
British Friends of Chinuch Atzmai 0 275 275 0 0 0 0 0
British Friends of Ezer Mizion 0 324 0 0 0 0 0 0
British Friends of Rambam Medical Centre 180 0 180 360 360 360 360 0
Camp Simcha 0 0 0 0 1000 1000 1000 0
Cancer Support UK 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chabad House of Hendon 0 0 0 0 0 0 360 360
Chabad Lubavitch of Islington 0 1080 2520 3710 0 0 8100 3250
Chabad Lubavitch of Islington CIO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3250
Chabad of Hendon 950 0 500 0 360 0 0 0
Chabad of Oxford 5598 8448 11425 4970 10000 8300 9990 9800
Chabad of Southgate 4840 4500 7345 3085 6350 2920 3750 0
Chabad of Thailand 0 0 965 0 0 0 0 0
Chabad of Wimbledon 800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Children with Cancer UK 180 0 250 0 360 0 0 0
Diabetes Research & Wellness Foundation 0 0 120 0 540 125 120 120
Emuna 0 0 600 0 0 0 0 0
FD UK 0 0 0 0 0 180 0 180
Florence Nightingale 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
Friends of Ascent 1340 1990 0 1495 1200 0 0 0
Friends of Ilan 0 0 0 360 0 0 0 0
Friends of Lubavitch of Scotland 0 1320 840 0 720 720 900 600
Friends of Schneider Children's Hospital 0 0 180 0 1080 0 0 0
Friends of Yad Sarah 0 600 0 0 540 360 180 180
Friends of Yeshivat Lomdei Torah 500 500 860 1200 720 720 360 720
Golders Green Beth Hamadrash 400 400 425 260 120 0 0 0
Greater London Fund for the Blind 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hadassah UK 880 648 648 1220 2044 2160 1720 2000
Hendon Adath Yisroel Congregation 1445 2530 1975 1590 0 1860 1450 1300
Hospital Kosher Meals Services 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
'Israel' Guide Dog Centre 240 0 120 360 790 792 1520 3700
J Trails 0 0 0 720 1360 1125 1000 999
Jerusalem Library Fund 975 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerusalem Parks Authority 975 975 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jewish Book Council 0 0 0 0 1000 1000 1250 0
Jewish Centre for Special Education 1200 1000 1500 400 400 500 600 600
Jewish Historical Society of England CIO 0 0 0 0 1000 1000 2000 2400
Jewish Historical Hospital UK 0 0 0 0 0 0 2000 0
Jewish Museum London 0 0 0 0 1000 0 0 3000
JGSGB 0 0 35 0 0 0 0 0
Keren Lekiruv Yisroel 0 0 0 0 180 180 0 180
Keren Shmuel 19110 17493 23058 28875 24480 19900 19700 13380
Keren Lekirov Yisroel 0 0 0 0 0 0 360 0
Keren Ohri 0 0 0 0 0 0 360 360
Kolllel Shomrei Hachamoth 0 0 0 0 0 180 72 0
Laniado UK 300 360 972 1440 0 4275 8300 0
Leipzig Menorah (paid by Exceptional Investments Ltd) 0 0 827.64 0 0 0 0 0
Lev Ariel 0 0 0 0 0 360 0 0
Lubavitch of Liverpool 16495 14972 13650 3210 6350 11740 8680 12750
Macmillan Cancer Support 240 120 0 0 0 0 0 0
Magen David Adom UK 420 300 972 720 1080 1440 1440 0
Marie Curie 180 120 120 0 720 360 360 0
Mind 100 240 0 0 0 0 0 0
Motor Neurone Disease Ass 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0
Multiple Sclerosis Society 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nightingale Hammerson 240 0 240 0 360 360 0 0
Ohel Sarah UK 0 0 120 0 360 120 240 240
Operation Wheelchair 120 120 180 0 0 0 0 0
Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies 0 0 0 0 1000 1000 500 1000
Patron Scheme of the Gardens Trust 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 480
Prism the Gift Fund 0 0 0 0 1000 1000 1250 1250
Prostate Cancer UK 120 240 192 360 360 0 0 0
Royal Hospital for Neuro Disability 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Royal Society for Blind Children 0 0 120 0 1080 420 420 240
Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society 0 0 0 970 0 0 0 0
S&P Sephardi Community 0 0 180 0 0 0 0 0
Shaare Zedek UK 300 300 0 300 600 600 600 600
Shabaton Lemenuchah Trust 0 360 360 0 0 0 0 0
Shabbaton Choir 1000 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shalom Sussex 0 0 0 0 0 161 161 0
Society of Friends of the Torah 19955 25983 23340 0 0 0 0 0
Strike a Light - Arts & Heritage CIC 0 0 0 0 360 105 0 0
Stroke Association 120 500 120 0 120 0 0 0
The Association of Jewish Refugees 0 0 0 0 1000 1000 100 100
The Historical Society of 'Israel' 950 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
The Jerusalem Foundation 0 0 0 0 0 8000 8000 8000
The Jewish Centre for Special Education 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
The Jewish Institute for the Blind Jerusalem 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0
Together Against Cancer 0 0 120 360 360 360 360 480
Torah Educational Trust 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tzivos Hashem UK 0 120 970 180 360 360 360 360
UK Friends of Keren Ohr 0 0 0 0 0 360 360 360
UK Friends of Schneider Children's Hospital 300 180 180 720 1080 3980 2960 0
UK Gives 0 0 0 0 0 0 360 0
Versus Arthritis 0 0 120 0 180 0 0 0
Yad Eliezer Trust 0 0 0 360 0 0 0 0
Zionist Federation 350 350 0 350 360 360 0 0
Total 81183 88968 96304.64 59520 100075 100593 102288 102757

Leadership

As a charitable company, the trustees of Col-Reno Limited also serve as its directors. No staff are employed.[1]

Trustees and Directors
Name Role Appointment Date Notes
Martin Harold Stern Chair and Trustee/Director 9 July 2012
Alan Harold Stern Trustee/Director
Chaim Arye Stern Trustee/Director
Rhona Davis Trustee/Director
Keith Davis Trustee/Director
Libbie Goldstein Trustee/Director

[1]

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2021-01-06 Libbie Goldstein; Alan Eugene Stern; Martin Harold Stern (chair) (from 09 July 2012); Keith Davis; Chaim Arye Stern; Rhona Davis [5]
2021-07-03 Libbie Goldstein; Martin Harold Stern (chair) (from 09 July 2012); Alan Eugene Stern; Keith Davis; Chaim Arye Stern; Rhona Davis [6]

Rhona Davis, Alan Eugene Stern and Martin Harold Stern are also officers of Raphael Stern & Company Limited (00866883) and Exceptional Investments Limited (00756124).[7]

Companies House officers

Companies House lists 9 current and former officers of the charitable company (01342362), 7 of them active.[8] Officers recorded as resident outside the UK: Chaim Arye Stern (Israel, active); Martin Harold Stern (Israel, active).[8]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2022-04-05 £135,082 £122,576
2023-04-05 £128,586 £135,162
2024-04-05 £135,337 £135,420
2025-04-05 £146,622 £136,270
2026-04-05 £148,275 £137,310

Source: register annual-return history.[9]

Archived accounts

Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:

  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2015[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2016[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2017[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2018[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2019[14]

Funding in Israel

Israeli partners

No Israeli body is paid directly; the Israel-related grants go to UK charities that fund Israeli hospitals, welfare bodies and colleges. "Friends of Rabbinical College Kol Torah" appears to be Friends of the Rabbinical College Kol Tora Jerusalem (identity rests on the name; see that profile) (PDF p.11).[15]

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.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
Finding Confidence
No place in Israel is named; the schedule lists grantee names only (PDF p.11–12).[15] Not established

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[15]

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;[16] 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.[17][18][19][20] 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.[21]
  • Valuation by the governors. The investment property was revalued by the governors themselves, who "consider that the cost of a current professional valuation would not be justified" (PDF p.9).[15]

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).[22] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[23]

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.[24]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[25]

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.[26]

Land and property

The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property.[9] No title registers were purchased.[27] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[28]

  • Freehold investment property £2,175,000 on the governors' 2025 revaluation (historical cost £619,290); rental income £148,275; address not stated – Accounts (PDF p.8–9) (source: [15])
  • 30B Brent Street, Hendon (NW4 2EJ) (title AGL150223, leasehold; proprietor added 07/02/2006, price paid £209,000) – CCOD match on the charity's own company number 01342362 (proprietor COL RENO LIMITED) (source: [28])
  • First Floor Flat, 86 Preston Road, Brighton (BN1 6AE) (title ESX145040, leasehold; proprietor added 05/02/1998) – CCOD match on the charity's own company number 01342362 (proprietor COL RENO LIMITED) (source: [28])
  • 21a, 21b, 23a, 23b, 25a, 25b, 27 and 29 Marine Drive, Rottingdean, Brighton (BN2 7HS) (title ESX21441, freehold; proprietor added 14/04/1981) – CCOD match on the charity's own company number 01342362 (proprietor COL RENO LIMITED) (source: [28])
  • 86 Preston Road, Brighton, (BN1 6AE) (title SX158654, freehold; proprietor added 30/04/1990) – CCOD match on the charity's own company number 01342362 (source: [28])
  • 28 Wykeham Road, Worthing (BN11 4JD) (title WSX82673, freehold; proprietor added 02/07/1984) – CCOD match on the charity's own company number 01342362 (source: [28])

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Col-Reno Limited", "Col-Reno" returned 0 contributions in total.[29]

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]

See also

List of Jewish charities Zionism

External links

COL-RENO LIMITED on Charity Commission

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Charity Commission for England and Wales, COL-RENO LIMITED - Charity 274896 Charity Commission, accessed February 21, 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 UK Employment Tribunal, Professor David Miller v University of Bristol Employment Tribunal, February 5, 2024.
  3. ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, 01342362 (ENGLAND & WALES) CHARITY REGISTERED NUMBER: 274896 COL-RENO LIMITED (A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTE Charity Commission, January 28, 2021.
  4. ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, Limited company accounts 9.03 Charity Commission, September 13, 2024.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 274896, full print (capture of 20210106) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Register entry 274896, full print (capture of 20210703) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ Companies House, DAVIS, Rhona: appointments, STERN, Alan Eugene: appointments and STERN, Martin Harold: appointments Find and update company information, viewed 16 October 2026 (each also lists Raphael Stern & Company Limited, 00866883, and Exceptional Investments Limited, 00756124).
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Company 01342362: officers Companies House, viewed 16 October 2026.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 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.
  10. ↑ Col-Reno Limited accounts, year ended 2015-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  11. ↑ Col-Reno Limited accounts, year ended 2016-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  12. ↑ Col-Reno Limited accounts, year ended 2017-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  13. ↑ Col-Reno Limited accounts, year ended 2018-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  14. ↑ Col-Reno Limited accounts, year ended 2019-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 Charity Commission, Col-Reno Limited (274896): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  16. ↑ 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-15 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Nineteen registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)"; The Kolel Limited showed "up to date (85 days late)" and Practical Compassion for Destitute Children "up to date (2 days late)"; Lionel Black Charitable Trust, Friends of Horim Establishments Tel Aviv and Arad, Prayer for Israel (326132) and The Maurice Wohl Charitable Trust showed "Removed charity".
  17. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  18. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  19. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  20. ↑ 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).
  21. ↑ 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").
  22. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-15 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
  23. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-15 charity names returned no matching charity; the only result, for "Donkey", was an unrelated Belfast organisation).
  24. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Col-Reno' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  25. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-274896 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  26. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-15 screening covered 227 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the three charitable companies and of J. E. Joseph Trustee Company Limited, directors of the dissolved Friends of Horim company (01966551), and trustees, executive-committee members, 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 Hassan, Friedman, Cohen and Sabah) or the generic words "Company Limited"; lists downloaded October 2026.
  27. ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK, accessed 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.
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 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 three charitable companies (01342362, 01777233, 06791037), the corporate trustee of J E Joseph Charitable Fund (11400999), Broadminster Limited (02116604, the related lender named in Closehelm's accounts) and on the charities' registered names; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.
  29. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Col-Reno" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
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