Friends of Yeshivat Lomdei Torah

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Finchley trust with a single trustee whose accounts show negative funds of £4,971 and record its donations as general administration costs

Friends of Yeshivat Lomdei Torah

Type Trust
Founded 2007-07-10 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1119993
Headquarters London N3
Area served Barnet, Hackney, Manchester City, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Israel


Friends of Yeshivat Lomdei Torah (also recorded on the register as "FRIENDS OF HESHIVAT LOMDEI TORAH") is a charitable trust established by a trust deed of 2 July 2007 and registered on 10 July 2007; its register address is in London N3.[1][2] Its objects are the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish faith and religious education and the relief of poverty, sickness and infirmity among members of the Jewish faith.[2] Its sole trustee is Bension Cohen, who is also a trustee of two other charities; the report is nonetheless said to be "approved by the board of trustees".[2][3] In the year to 31 December 2025 donations were £33,110 (2024: £38,948) and spending £34,092, all shown as support costs: general administration £33,942, which the detailed accounts describe as "Charitable donations", and the examiner's fee of £150.[3] Funds fell from minus £3,989 to minus £4,971; the balance sheet shows debtors of £5,000, cash of £179 and other creditors of £10,000.[3] The accounts were examined by "C Rosen" and approved on 13 October 2026.[3]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION3 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND INFIRMITY AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH FAITH AND4 SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW"[2]

The register describes its activities as: "The Relief of Poverty and Support of Religious and Charitable Institutions"[2]

Register classifications: Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[2]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Barnet, Hackney, Manchester City, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, Israel.[2]

Trustees

Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[2]

Trustees of Friends of Yeshivat Lomdei Torah (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Bension Cohen not recorded Hidah Synagogue and Beth Midrash (1021035); Shofar UK (1087390)

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2021-01-14 Bension Cohen – also trustee of Shofar UK, Hidah Synagogue and Beth Midrash; Rabbi Tangy (from 19 June 2011) [4]
2021-07-04 Rabbi Tangy (from 19 June 2011); Bension Cohen – also trustee of Shofar UK, Hidah Synagogue and Beth Midrash [5]

Bension Cohen is also a register trustee of Hidah Synagogue and Beth Midrash (1021035) and Shofar UK (1087390).[2]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2020-12-31 £30,735 £31,611
2021-12-31 £32,854 £38,147
2022-12-31 £61,356 £62,560
2023-12-31 £43,627 £48,684
2024-12-31 £38,948 £38,267

Source: register annual-return history.[2]

Archived accounts

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

  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2014[6]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2016[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2017[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[10]

Funding in Israel

  • Year to 31 December 2025: "Charitable donations" of £33,942; no recipients or places are named.[3]

Israeli partners

The yeshiva named in the charity's title is not described and its location is not given.[3]

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
No place in Israel is named.[3] Not established

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[3]

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;[11] 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.[12][13][14][15] 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.[16]
  • Negative funds and a sole trustee. The charity reports negative funds of £4,971 at 31 December 2025 and has a single trustee.[3][2]
  • Donations shown as administration. The statement of financial activities shows the charity's donations as general administration support costs, and the 2024 column shows "Employee costs" of £9,012 that the detailed accounts call "Travel expenses", although no employees are reported.[3]

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

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.[19]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[20]

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.[21]

Land and property

The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[2] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[22]

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Friends of Yeshivat Lomdei Torah", "Lomdei Torah" returned 0 contributions in total.[23]

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. ↑ Charity Commission, Friends of Yeshivat Lomdei Torah (1119993): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 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.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Charity Commission, Friends of Yeshivat Lomdei Torah (1119993): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1119993, full print (capture of 20210114) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 1119993, full print (capture of 20210704) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Friends of Yeshivat Lomdei Torah accounts, year ended 2014-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  7. ↑ Friends of Yeshivat Lomdei Torah accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  8. ↑ Friends of Yeshivat Lomdei Torah accounts, year ended 2016-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  9. ↑ Friends of Yeshivat Lomdei Torah accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  10. ↑ Friends of Yeshivat Lomdei Torah accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  13. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  14. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  15. ↑ 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).
  16. ↑ 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").
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ 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).
  19. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Lomdei Torah' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  20. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1119993 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  21. ↑ 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.
  22. ↑ 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.
  23. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Lomdei Torah" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
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