Friends of Yeshiva Daas Sholem Shotz
| Friends of Yeshiva Daas Sholem Shotz | |
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| Type | Charitable trust (removed) |
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| Founded | Trust deed 12 May 1998; registered 30 July 1998 |
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| Dissolved | Removed from the register 20 January 2026 (ceased to exist) |
| Registration ID | 1070789 |
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| Headquarters | |
| Location | 113 Fairview Road, London N15 6TS (address recorded in a 2016 grant) |
| Area served | Throughout London (register) |
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Friends of Yeshiva Daas Sholem Shotz (charity number 1070789) was an English charitable trust constituted by a deed dated 12 May 1998 and registered on 30 July 1998. It made grants for Orthodox Jewish religion and education and for relief of poverty among persons of the Jewish faith. The Charity Commission removed it from the register on 20 January 2026 as having ceased to exist, after new trustees wound it up. It had been named in the Commission’s class inquiry into charities that cashed cheques with a Hackney company.[1][2]
Objects
Principal objects as summarised on the register:
- the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish religion
- the advancement of Orthodox Jewish religious education and education generally
- the relief of poverty among persons of the Jewish faith
The governing objects text printed on the full register entry states (a) the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish religion and (b) the advancement of Orthodox Jewish religious education and education generally. Area of benefit: not defined. Operation listed: throughout London. Grant-making to individuals and organisations. Gift Aid was not recorded. No land or property. No trading subsidiaries.[1]
A 2016 Childhood Trust grant described holiday and summer sleep-away programmes for teenage boys, with places allocated largely by scholarship.[3]
Contact
- Address recorded 2016: 113 Fairview Road, London N15 6TS
- No website on the later register entry[3][1]
People
The later Commission full-print entry does not list trustees. Before the class inquiry opened, a new trustee board was appointed. The Commission said former trustees did not pass on financial and administrative records, which the new trustees cited as the reason the charity could no longer operate. The regulator helped them wind it up and gave advice on future trusteeship.[2][4]
No trustee remuneration is recorded on the register.[1]
Finances
| Year to 31 December | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | £864,540 | £1,030,000 |
| 2021 | £938,370 | £993,940 |
| 2022 | £1,340,000 | £1,200,000 |
| 2023 | £1,140,000 | £1,170,000 |
| 2024 | £993,933 | £902,940 |
Income was almost entirely donations. The 2024 return classifies the year’s spending as “raising funds” with charitable activities shown as £0 on that table; earlier years show the bulk as charitable activities. Other assets at 31 December 2024: £17,800; liabilities £17,800. Returns for 2020–24 were filed on time.[1]
Inquiry
The charity was added in the September 2025 tranche of the Commission’s statutory class inquiry into 105 charities connected to a company cashing cheques (period December 2021–March 2023).[1][4]
On 9 September 2026 the Commission published a statement of results covering this charity together with The Z.S.V. Trust (1063860), Bnois Jerusalem Schools (312568) and Forty Limited (1039036). It found evidence that all four issued open or blank cheques in that period. It was satisfied each was undertaking charitable activities in line with its purposes, but made a finding of misconduct and/or mismanagement because blank or open cheques are high-risk and lack the oversight expected of trustees. The four had confirmed that the practice had stopped.[2][5]
Jewish Chronicle reported that 66 cheques totalling £261,330 issued by this charity were examined. Unlike the other three, which received regulatory action plans, this charity was already being wound up.[4] Engagement with it was then treated as concluded; the wider class inquiry continued for other named charities.
See also
- Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator
- Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques
- Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques
- British Jewish or Zionist charities investigated by the Charity Commission, 2005-2023
- British Jewish charities investigated by the Charity Commission
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Charity Commission, FRIENDS OF YESHIVA DAAS SHOLEM SHOTZ - 1070789 Register of Charities (removed), accessed 15 September 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Charity Commission, Regulator concludes investigation into 4 charities as class inquiry continues GOV.UK, 9 September 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Simon Rocker, Regulator releases first findings into Orthodox charities in £22 million cashed cheques inquiry Jewish Chronicle, 9 September 2026.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Statement of the results of a class inquiry GOV.UK, 9 September 2026.