Friends of Ohel Yizchak Umiriam
North-west London trust supporting Ohel Yizchak Umiriam, which it describes as an Orthodox Jewish college of higher education in Israel; its receipts were £34,232 in 2025/26 against £3,465 a year earlier
| Friends of Ohel Yizchak Umiriam
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Other |
| Founded | 1999-09-13 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1077387 |
| Headquarters | London NW11 |
| Area served | Israel |
Friends of Ohel Yizchak Umiriam is a charitable trust constituted by a declaration of trust of 24 June 1998 and registered on 13 September 1999; it is also registered under the name "FRIENDS OF ADERETH YAAKOV".[1][2][3] Its address is in London NW11 and its only recorded area of operation is Israel.[2] The trustees are Josef Bamberger and Moshe Broner (from 10 July 2014), who the register shows is also a trustee of four other charities.[2] Its purposes are the "ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION AND EDUCATION", and its activity is the "SUPPORT OF THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF "OHEL YIZCHAK UMIRIAM", AN ORTHODOX JEWISH COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN ISRAEL", whose students "BECOME ORDAINED AS RABBIS, JUDGES AND TEACHERS".[1] In the year to 31 March 2026 receipts were £34,232 (2025: £3,465) and payments £32,850 (2025: £5,150), and cash rose from £275 to £1,657.[1] The receipts and payments account was signed by Moshe Broner on 14 September 2026.[1]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION, AND (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND EDUCATION GENERALLY"[2]
The register describes its activities as: "EducationReligious Activities in Israel"[2]
Register classifications: Education/training, Religious Activities.[2]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel.[2]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[2]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josef Bamberger | not recorded | — | |
| Moshe Broner | 2014-07-10 | Sassov Beis Hamedrash (1102303); Shellix Co Limited (313677); The Rabbi Shohel Cohen Memorial Fund (801797); The Toled Foundation (295600) |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-14 | Josef Bamberger; Moshe Broner (from 10 July 2014) – also trustee of The Rabbi Shohel Cohen Memorial Fund, The Toled Foundation, Sassov Beis Hamedrash, Shellix Co Limited | [4] |
Moshe Broner is also a register trustee of Sassov Beis Hamedrash (1102303), Shellix Co Limited (313677), The Rabbi Shohel Cohen Memorial Fund (801797) and The Toled Foundation (295600).[2]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-31 | £15,940 | £16,172 |
| 2023-03-31 | £22,146 | £22,500 |
| 2024-03-31 | £16,359 | £14,600 |
| 2025-03-31 | £3,465 | £5,150 |
| 2026-03-31 | £34,232 | £32,850 |
Source: register annual-return history.[2]
Funding in Israel
- Year to 31 March 2026: payments of £32,850 (2025: £5,150) in support of Ohel Yizchak Umiriam; the account does not break the payments down.[1]
Israeli partners
Ohel Yizchak Umiriam, described as "AN ORTHODOX JEWISH COLLEGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN ISRAEL"; no address is given.[1]
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 |
|---|---|
| The accounts name only the country ("IN ISRAEL").[1] | Not established (country only) |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[1]
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;[5] 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.[6][7][8][9] 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.[10]
- Examiner not identifiable. The independent examiner's report in the filed (scanned) document is signed, but the examiner's name and address are handwritten and illegible.[1]
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).[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.[13]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[14]
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.[15]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[2] No title registers were purchased.[16]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Friends of Ohel Yizchak Umiriam", "Ohel Yizchak", "Friends of Adereth Yaakov" returned 0 contributions in total.[17]
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".[4]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Charity Commission, accounts and annual returns (1077387) 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).
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 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.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Friends of Ohel Yizchak Umiriam (1077387): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1077387, full print (capture of 20210114) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 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-25 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none showed one.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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").
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-25 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-25 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Ohel Yizchak' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1077387 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-25 screening covered 459 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers, examiners and other people and organisations named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, every person and organisation linked in the profiles, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies and of the related companies Renco Properties, Conlatuse and Landmead; the only hits were generic words (the word "QA" in the names of corporate formation agents) and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Ohel Yizchak" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).