Dalaid

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Registered charity in England and Wales

Dalaid

Type Registered charity and company limited by guarantee
Founded 17 March 1997 (incorporated); 2 October 1997 (registered as a charity)
Registration ID Charity 1064655; Company 03334635
Status Registered
Headquarters Clarendon House, Clarendon Road, Cambridge CB2, care of Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP (register address)
Area served Throughout England And Wales, Israel
Registration Charity Commission for England and Wales; Companies House

Dalaid (Charity number: 1064655; Company number 03334635) is a registered charity and private limited company by guarantee without share capital use of 'limited' exemption.[1][2]

  • Charity registered: 2 October 1997 (Registered)[1]
  • Company incorporated: 17 March 1997 (Active); SIC 94910 - Activities of religious organisations[2]
  • Registered office address: Penningtons Manches Cooper B1 Brooklands, Clarendon Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, CB2 8EE[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO JEWISH INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS."[3]

The register describes its activities as: "Relief of Poverty & Advancement of Jewish Education."[3]

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[3]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel.[3]

People

Trustees

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships

Source: Charity Commission register.[1]

Directors

Name Correspondence address Role Position Date of birth Age Appointed on Resigned on Nationality Country of residence Occupation
Virginia Henley Penningtons Manches Cooper, Clarendon Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, CB2 8FH Role Active Receiver and Manager 8 January 2024 Not disclosed
Naomi Deborah Levenson 22 Wentworth Road, London, NW11 0RP Role Resigned Secretary 17 March 1997 26 July 2024 British Not disclosed
Temple Secretaries Limited 788-790 Finchley Road, London, NW11 7TJ Role Resigned Nominee Secretary 17 March 1997 17 March 1997
Aharon Baruch Balkin 29 Holders Hill Drive, London, NW4 1NL Role Resigned Director June 1960 66 19 February 2004 26 July 2024 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Joey Jizchak Joseph 43 Tenterden Gardens, Hendon, London, NW4 1TG Role Resigned Director May 1955 71 17 March 1997 19 February 2004 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Maurice Levenson 22 Wentworth Road, London, NW11 0RP Role Resigned Director September 1962 64 17 March 1997 26 July 2024 Irish England Not disclosed
Noami Deborah Levenson Penningtons Manches Cooper, Clarendon Road, Cambridge, England, CB2 8FH Role Resigned Director September 1965 61 27 February 2017 26 July 2024 British England Not disclosed
Uri Meir Roberg 19 Sorotzkin Street, Jerusalem 94423, Israel, FOREIGN Role Resigned Director June 1937 89 17 March 1997 27 February 2017 British Israel Not disclosed
Company Directors Limited 788-790 Finchley Road, London, NW11 7TJ Role Resigned Nominee Director 17 March 1997 17 March 1997

Source: Companies House officers register.[4]

Persons with significant control

  • PSC statement: The company knows or has reasonable cause to believe that there is no registrable person or registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the company (notified 18 February 2017)

Source: Companies House PSC register.[5]

Historic trustees

Trustees as listed in archived snapshots of the Charity Commission register (first and last snapshot in which each name appears; not a record of actual appointment or resignation dates).

Name First seen Last seen Snapshots listing name
Maurice Levenson 20 February 2009 2 January 2019 4 [6][7]
Uri Meir Roberg 20 February 2009 4 January 2018 3 [6][8]
Aharon Baruch Balkin 20 February 2009 2 January 2019 4 [6][7]
Naomi Deborah Levenson 2 January 2019 2 January 2019 1 [7]

Companies House officers

Companies House lists 9 current and former officers of the charitable company (03334635), 1 of them active.[9] Officers recorded as resident outside the UK: Uri Meir Roberg (Israel, resigned).[9]

Finances

Financial year end Total income Total expenditure Income from donations and legacies Expenditure on charitable activities Grants to institutions Total funds (assets less liabilities) Cash Employees Volunteers Accounts received
31 March 2021 £993,545 £988,949 £993,204 £988,949 £985,931 £344,087 £345,887 0 1 23 August 2021 (due 31 January 2022)
31 March 2022 £924,976 £840,056 £924,941 £840,056 £837,802 £429,007 £430,807 0 1 21 September 2022 (due 31 January 2023)
31 March 2023 £666,780 £960,604 £666,191 £960,604 £960,604 £2,243,423 £139,933 0 1 16 July 2024 (due 31 January 2024)
31 March 2024 £5,845 £24,483 Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Annual return received 29 January 2025; no accounts on record (due 31 January 2025)
31 March 2025 £36,323 £89,853 Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed 0 8 January 2026 (due 31 January 2026)

Source: Charity Commission financial history and register data.[10] The Commission records grant-making as the charity's main activity.[11] Trustee payments: "No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity."[11]

  • Companies House: last accounts made up to 31 March 2026; next accounts made up to 31 March 2027, due by 31 December 2027.[2]
  • Companies House: last confirmation statement dated 18 February 2026; next due by 4 March 2027.[2]

Archived accounts

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

  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2014[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[16]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2019[17]

Funding in Israel

  • Year to 31 March 2025: no grants; the charity carried out no activities because of the statutory inquiry.[18]
  • Year to 31 March 2019: the report says the trustees contributed to Yad L'Achim, "this well established educational charity in Israel"; no amount is given, and the main project described is in Pinsk, Belarus.[19]

Israeli partners

Yad L'Achim, described in the 2019 accounts as an "educational charity in Israel which supports women and children who find themselves in difficulty often following marriage breakdown".[19] The Guardian reported that Barry Marcus "lives between the UK and Israel".[20]

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
The 2019 accounts name Yad L'Achim as an Israeli recipient but give no place or amount; no place in Israel is named in the other sources read for this profile.[19][18][20] Not established (recipient named; country only)

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[18]

Controversies and conflicts

Charity Commission register

  • Statutory inquiry and interim manager. The Commission's inquiry, opened on 23 June 2023, covers the trustees' compliance with their duties, financial controls, possible misconduct or mismanagement, and the "administration and oversight of grants"; the register shows that an interim manager has been appointed and that an inquiry has been opened, and the 2024/25 accounts say "The inquiry has not yet been concluded".[32][33][18]
  • National Crime Agency investigation. The Guardian reported on 5 April 2024 that Rabbi Barry Marcus had been "entrusted with the funds by Dalaid ... and the Schwarzschild Foundation", that the NCA's investigation began in October 2022, that the NCA applied for four account freezing orders over funds totalling £1,183,072, and that on 31 January he agreed to give back "more than £2m" (the headline gives £2.35m); it said "Both charities said they did not know" he had failed to distribute the funds, and that the Commission's inquiries were examining "whether trustees have financially benefited".[20] The 2024/25 accounts say that in 2022/23 "the trustees had become aware of a related NCA investigation and had been contacted by the Charity Commission. The trustees co-operated with both bodies."[18]
  • Income and spending figures. The register records income of £924,976 and spending of £840,056 for the year to 31 March 2022 (reported by Civil Society as £925,000 and £840,000) and income of £666,780 and spending of £960,604 for the year to 31 March 2023.[3][34]
  • Director's name. Companies House records one director's name as "LEVENSON, Noami Deborah" and the secretary as Naomi Deborah Levenson.[35]

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).[36] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[37]

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.[38]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[39]

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.[40]

Land and property

The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[3] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[41]

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Dalaid" returned 0 contributions in total.[42]

Web archive

The UK Government Web Archive holds 4 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".[43]

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Charity Commission for England and Wales, DALAID trustees Charity Commission for England and Wales, accessed 13 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Companies House, DALAID overview Companies House, accessed 13 October 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 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.
  4. ↑ Companies House, DALAID officers Companies House, accessed 13 October 2026.
  5. ↑ Companies House, DALAID persons with significant control Companies House, accessed 13 October 2026.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 UK Government Web Archive, Dalaid – register entry (20 February 2009), archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 20 February 2009, accessed 14 October 2026.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 UK Government Web Archive, Dalaid – register entry (2 January 2019), archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 2 January 2019, accessed 14 October 2026.
  8. ↑ UK Government Web Archive, Dalaid – register entry (4 January 2018), archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 4 January 2018, accessed 14 October 2026.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Company 03334635: officers Companies House, viewed 16 October 2026.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Charity Commission for England and Wales, DALAID financial history Charity Commission for England and Wales, accessed 13 October 2026; figures from the Commission's public register data extract dated 13 October 2026.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 Charity Commission for England and Wales, DALAID overview Charity Commission for England and Wales, accessed 13 October 2026.
  12. ↑ Dalaid accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  13. ↑ Dalaid accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  14. ↑ Dalaid accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  15. ↑ Dalaid accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  16. ↑ Dalaid accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  17. ↑ Dalaid accounts, year ended 2019-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200704).
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 Charity Commission, accounts and annual returns (1064655) Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 (scanned document; text read by OCR, so some printed digits are unclear; "PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Charity Commission, Dalaid: accounts for the year to 31 March 2019 UK Government Web Archive, capture of 04/07/2020.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Robyn Vinter, Rabbi to return £2.35m to charities after investigation by National Crime Agency The Guardian, 5 April 2024, viewed 16 October 2026.
  21. ↑ Charity Commission (GOV.UK), Charity Commission opens inquiry into Dalaid Charity Commission (GOV.UK), 18 August 2023, accessed 13 October 2026.
  22. ↑ Companies House, DALAID filing history Companies House, accessed 13 October 2026.
  23. ↑ Companies House, TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointments Companies House, accessed 13 October 2026.
  24. ↑ Companies House, TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointments Companies House, accessed 13 October 2026.
  25. ↑ Companies House, JOSEPH, Joey Jizchak appointments Companies House, accessed 13 October 2026.
  26. ↑ Companies House, JOSEPH, Joey Jizchak appointments Companies House, accessed 13 October 2026.
  27. ↑ Companies House, JOSEPH, Joey Jizchak appointments Companies House, accessed 13 October 2026.
  28. ↑ Companies House, LEVENSON, Maurice appointments Companies House, accessed 13 October 2026.
  29. ↑ Companies House, LEVENSON, Maurice appointments Companies House, accessed 13 October 2026.
  30. ↑ Companies House, COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointments Companies House, accessed 13 October 2026.
  31. ↑ Companies House, COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointments Companies House, accessed 13 October 2026.
  32. ↑ Charity Commission, Charity Commission opens inquiry into Dalaid GOV.UK, 18 August 2023, viewed 16 October 2026.
  33. ↑ 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-24 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; only Dalaid (1064655) showed one.
  34. ↑ Léa Legraien, Regulator investigates two Jewish charities over potential misuse of funds Civil Society, 18 August 2023, viewed 16 October 2026.
  35. ↑ Companies House, DALAID (03334635) Find and update company information, overview and officers, viewed 16 October 2026.
  36. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-24 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
  37. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-24 charity names returned zero results).
  38. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Dalaid' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  39. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1064655 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  40. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-24 screening covered 264 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and other people named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies; the only hits were generic words (such as "Trust", "Foundation", "Company Limited" in the names of corporate formation agents) and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.
  41. ↑ 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.
  42. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Dalaid" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
  43. ↑ Register entry 1064655, full print (capture of 20210107) UK Government Web Archive.
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