Collel Chibath Yerushalayim, Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes Trust

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UK trust remitting donations to Collel Chibath Yerushalayim in Israel; linked to Keren Association by a common trustee

Collel Chibath Yerushalayim, Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes Trust

Logo Kolel Chibas Yerushalayim challah cover c1930.jpg
Challah cover (made between 1918 and 1939) made by Rabbi David Schreiber of Boryslav and, according to its museum description, sold to raise money for Kolel Chibas Yerushalayim. The trust raises funds for Collel Chibath Yerushalayim, Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes
Type Other
Founded 1984-10-23 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 326692
Headquarters The Knoll, Fountayne Road, London, N16 7EA
Area served Israel
Key people Mr E Englander (chair)


Collel Chibath Yerushalayim, Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes Trust is a charity registered on 23 October 1984, with its address in London N16; its trustees are E Englander and L Stempel, and its only register area is Israel.[1] Its purpose is "raising funds for Collel Chibath Yerushalayim, Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes, a charitable organisation in Israel providing relief", to which "Funds are periodically remitted". In the year ended 31 August 2025 donations received were £1,302,003, and "grants were made totalling £1,257,283 towards relieving poverty" (2024: £1,211,656).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH ONE OR MORE CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES WORLD-WIDE AND IN SUCH SHARES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "To further both in the United Kingdom and abroad those purposes recognised as charitable by English Law with the particular purpose of raising funds for Collel Chibath Yerushalayim, Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes, a charitable organisation in Israel."[1]

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes.[1]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel.[1]

Trustees

Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]

Trustees of Collel Chibath Yerushalayim, Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes Trust (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Mr E Englander not recorded Yes Friends of Mosdos Belz Machnovka (1101793); Keren Association Limited (313119); Melcren Limited (284834); Menachem General Charitable Trust (1082723); Ridgesave Limited (288020); The Zecharia Charitable Trust (1090784); Thornbirch Limited (292991); Wychville Limited (267584)
Mr L Stempel not recorded Kahal Chassidim Bobov (278823); The Egerton Road Trust (1057841)

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2010-07-06 L Stempel; E Englander; M D Strom [3]
2010-07-07 L Stempel; E Englander; M D Strom [4]
2021-01-16 Mr E Englander (chair) – also trustee of Wychville Limited, Thornbirch Limited, Melcren Limited, Friends of Mosdos Belz Machnovka, Ridgesave Limited, Keren Association Limited, The Zecharia Charitable Trust, Menachem General Charitable Trust; Mr L Stempel – also trustee of The Egerton Road Trust, London Gemach, Stempel Charity, Kahal Chassidim Bobov [5]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-08-31 £1,394,320 £992,058
2022-08-31 £935,019 £1,448,133
2023-08-31 £1,032,646 £1,082,926
2024-08-31 £1,278,691 £1,223,955
2025-08-31 £1,306,209 £1,282,427

Source: register annual-return history.[1]

Historical finances (UK Government Web Archive)

Income and spending shown on archived register pages
Financial year end Income (£) Spending (£) Source
31 Aug 2004 459,517 359,116 [6]
31 Aug 2005 501,595 495,146 [6]
31 Aug 2006 605,202 686,058 [6]
31 Aug 2007 516,144 551,579 [6]
31 Aug 2008 701,252 516,231 [6]

Archived accounts

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

  • Accounts for the year ended 31/08/2014[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/08/2015[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/08/2016[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/08/2017[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/08/2018[11]

Funding in Israel

The tomb of Rabbi Meir Baal Haness near Tiberias (1937). The trust's beneficiary is named Collel Chibath Yerushalayim, Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes
  • FY2025: £1,257,283 remitted to Collel Chibath Yerushalayim, Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes in Israel for poverty relief.[2]

Israeli partners

Collel Chibath Yerushalayim, Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes (Israel). A US body, Kolel Chibas Yerushalayim Corp (Monsey, EIN 88-2898505), shares the name, with no filing data; no flow was established.[2][12]

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
Not established.[2] Low

Support for the IDF: No IDF funding is stated; grants are for poverty relief.[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;[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]
  • Link to Keren Association. Keren Association Limited (313119), of which E Englander is also a trustee, disclosed a related-party donation of £153,623 to "Collel Chibath Yerushalayim Trust" in its accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025. The shared trustee and name indicate this is probably this charity.[19][1]

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).[20] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[21]

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.[22]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[23]

Sanctions screening

The charity's name, its current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages 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.[24]

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.[25]

US counterparts (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)

Organisation EIN Latest filing year Revenue (US$) Expenses (US$)
Kolel Chibas Yerushalayim Corp[26] 882898505 no filings data — —

These US organisations share the name or beneficiary of the UK charity; no financial flows between them and the UK charity were established.

Parliament

A search of Hansard for 'Chibath Yerushalayim' returned 0 contributions in total.[27]

Web archive

The UK Government Web Archive holds 6 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

External links

  • No current official website.

Notes

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Charity Commission, Collel Chibath Yerushalayim, Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes Trust (326692): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 326692, contact and trustees (capture of 20100706) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ Register entry 326692, contact and trustees (capture of 20100707) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 326692, full print (capture of 20210116) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Register entry 326692, financial history (capture of 20100706) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ Collel Chibath Yerushalayim, Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes Trust accounts, year ended 2014-08-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  8. ↑ Collel Chibath Yerushalayim, Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes Trust accounts, year ended 2015-08-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200703).
  9. ↑ Collel Chibath Yerushalayim, Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes Trust accounts, year ended 2016-08-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200703).
  10. ↑ Collel Chibath Yerushalayim, Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes Trust accounts, year ended 2017-08-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200703).
  11. ↑ Collel Chibath Yerushalayim, Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes Trust accounts, year ended 2018-08-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200703).
  12. ↑ ProPublica, Kolel Chibas Yerushalayim Corp Nonprofit Explorer EIN 88-2898505 (Monsey, New York), viewed 14 October 2026.
  13. ↑ 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 every charity in batches 1–7 (175 pages, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026) and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section. Alerts appeared only for Mifal Hachesed Vehatzedokoh (1139320), Ezer Viznitz Foundation (1161881), BC Trust (1155555), Vyoel Moshe Charitable Trust (327054) – all named in the cheque-cashing class inquiry – and The Gevurath Ari Torah Academy Trust (1003102).
  14. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  15. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  16. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  17. ↑ 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), both retrieved 15 October 2026.
  18. ↑ Charity Commission, Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements GOV.UK, 5 August 2026, retrieved 15 October 2026 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").
  19. ↑ Charity Commission, Keren Association Limited (313119): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 downloaded 14 October 2026 (note 20, Related Party Transactions).
  20. ↑ 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-3 charities found no matching Scottish registration.
  21. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-3 charity name returned zero results).
  22. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Chibath Yerushalayim' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
  23. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-326692 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
  24. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-3 screening covered 409 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and archived full-print register pages (UK Government Web Archive) and Companies House officers of the 12 charitable companies; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually; lists downloaded October 2026. (Corrected 14 October 2026: the first run omitted the 21 names found only on archived full-print pages; the re-screen found no match.)
  25. ↑ 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.
  26. ↑ Kolel Chibas Yerushalayim Corp – Nonprofit Explorer ProPublica, viewed 14 October 2026.
  27. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Chibath Yerushalayim' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
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