Ezer Bekovoid Limited

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Hackney grant-making company lending over £1 million to an Israeli girls' school, with large balances with trustee-influenced companies

Ezer Bekovoid Limited

Type Charitable company
Founded 2010-09-24 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1138167; company 07330341
Headquarters 6 Grosvenor Way, London, E5 9ND
Area served Hackney, Haringey, Israel


Ezer Bekovoid Limited is a charitable company (07330341) registered on 24 September 2010; register areas are Hackney, Haringey and Israel.[1] The accounts give its address as 6 Grosvenor Way, London E5 9ND, its trustees as A Langberg, J A Ost, J Teitelbaum and B Goldstein, and its bankers as United Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd, 30 Old Broad Street, London. In the year ended 31 October 2025 donations were £913,966 and grants £1,007,624.[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS") ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH;2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION;3) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY; AND4) SUCH OTHER OBJECTS AS 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: "The Charity's objects ("Objects") are specifically restricted to the following:(i) the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish faith(ii) the advancement of education (iii) the relief of poverty, and(iv) such other objects as are for the benefit of the public and are charitable according to the laws of England and Wales"[1]

Register classifications: Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[1]

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

Trustees

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

Trustees of Ezer Bekovoid Limited (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Joseph Teitelbaum not recorded Beis Shuloim Ltd (1185871); Maaseh Tzedukeh V'chesed (1156669)
Joseph Arnold Ost 2015-01-26 Goodheights Limited (802589); The Grosvenor Foundation Limited (1103485); Woodlands Green Ltd (277299)
Aaron Langberg 2016-01-24 Beis Shuloim Ltd (1185871); Talmud Torah Torah Veyirah D'satmar London Limited (1136378)
Benzion Goldstein 2022-01-05 Beis Yaakov London Seminary (1090040); Forty Limited (1039036); Living Better (1215608)

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2021-01-11 Joseph Teitelbaum – also trustee of Beis Shuloim Ltd, Maaseh Tzedukeh V'chesed; Joseph Arnold Ost (from 26 January 2015) – also trustee of Woodlands Green Ltd, Goodheights Limited; Aaron Langberg (from 24 January 2016) – also trustee of Beis Shuloim Ltd, Talmud Torah Torah Veyirah D'satmar London Limited; Chanoch Simcha Goldfinger – also trustee of Beis Shuloim Ltd, Birah Trust [3]

Other trustees named in archived snapshots of the Charity Commission register (first and last snapshot only; not appointment dates):

Companies House officers

Companies House lists 6 current and former officers of the charitable company (07330341), 4 of them active.[6]


Directors and secretaries listed by Companies House (from the Jewish Charity Bot draft):

Directors and secretaries (Companies House)
Name Role Position Date of birth Appointed on Resigned on Nationality Country of residence Occupation
Benzion Goldstein Active Director March 1980 5 January 2022 British England Not disclosed
Aaron Langberg Active Director September 1976 24 January 2016 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Joseph Arnold Ost Active Director March 1953 7 January 2015 British England Not disclosed
Joseph Teitelbaum Active Director January 1974 29 July 2010 British England Not disclosed
Chanoch Simcha Goldfinger Resigned Director January 1952 29 July 2010 28 November 2020 American England Not disclosed
Meyer Rothfeld Resigned Director June 1954 29 July 2010 5 January 2018 British United Kingdom Not disclosed

Source: Companies House officers register.[6]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-10-31 £1,748,488 £1,293,379
2022-10-31 £1,185,176 £1,258,673
2023-10-31 £1,757,447 £1,054,062
2024-10-31 £925,141 £1,218,526
2025-10-31 £913,966 £1,083,296

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 31/03/2015[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/10/2016[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/10/2017[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/10/2018[11]

Funding in Israel

  • FY2025 grants £1,007,624: Keter Malchus £528,554 (education); Bechatzros Kodshecho £446,199 (religion); others £3,660; individuals £29,211.[2]
  • Secured charitable loans of £1,185,475 to Keser Malchus, "a girls' school located in Israel". Keter Malchus and Keser Malchus appear to be spelling variants, but the accounts do not say so.[2]

Israeli partners

Keser (Keter) Malchus, a girls' school in Israel; Bechatzros Kodshecho. No town is given.[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.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
Finding Confidence
The accounts place Keser Malchus in Israel but give no town, so its position relative to the 1949 line is not established.[2] Not established – country only

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[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;[12] 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.[13][14][15][16] 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.[17]
  • Trustee also trustee of an inquiry charity. Trustee Benzion Goldstein is recorded on the register as a trustee of Forty Limited (1039036),[1] which entered the cheque-cashing class inquiry in the September 2025 tranche.[14] The Commission concluded its investigation into that charity on 9 September 2026, finding that it had issued open cheques and making "a finding of misconduct and/or mismanagement"; it was "satisfied that each charity was undertaking charitable activities in line with their charitable purposes".[16] Neither release makes any finding about this charity.
  • Balances with trustee-influenced companies. Other debtors of £2,416,410, other payments of £26,319 and other creditors of £1,914,653 "are due to companies of which certain trustees of this charity have significant influence"; the companies are not named. Creditors due after more than one year totalled £2,631,266.[2]
  • Secured loans to a school in Israel. Debtors due after more than one year of £1,185,475 are "secured charitable loans made to Keser Malchus, a girls' school located in Israel".[2]

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).[18] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[19]

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.[20]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[21]

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.[22]

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.[23]

Parliament

Hansard searches for 'Ezer Bekovoid' returned 0 contributions in total.[24]

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".[3]

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 2.5 2.6 2.7 Charity Commission, Ezer Bekovoid Limited (1138167): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Register entry 1138167, full print (capture of 20210111) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ UK Government Web Archive, Ezer Bekovoid Limited – register entry (26 July 2017), archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 26 July 2017, accessed 14 October 2026.
  5. ↑ UK Government Web Archive, Ezer Bekovoid Limited – register entry (3 January 2019), archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 3 January 2019, accessed 14 October 2026.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Company 07330341: officers Companies House, viewed 14 October 2026.
  7. ↑ Ezer Bekovoid Limited accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  8. ↑ Ezer Bekovoid Limited accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  9. ↑ Ezer Bekovoid Limited accounts, year ended 2016-10-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  10. ↑ Ezer Bekovoid Limited accounts, year ended 2017-10-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  11. ↑ Ezer Bekovoid Limited accounts, year ended 2018-10-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  12. ↑ 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).
  13. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025 (re-fetched 14 October 2026).
  15. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 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.
  17. ↑ 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").
  18. ↑ 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-5 charities found no matching Scottish registration.
  19. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-5 charity name returned zero results).
  20. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Ezer Bekovoid' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
  21. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1138167 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
  22. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-5 screening covered 345 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), Companies House officers of the charitable companies, and trustees, officers and related persons named in the accounts read for this batch (including archived accounts) and on the Companies House pages for Brightness Ltd; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually (all candidate hits were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps); lists downloaded October 2026.
  23. ↑ 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.
  24. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Ezer Bekovoid' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
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