Friends of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud

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North-west London trust that remits funds to Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud, a yeshiva in Rehovot, Israel, which it describes as having 500 students; it granted £29,191 in 2024/25

Friends of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud

Type Other
Founded 2004-02-16 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1102117
Headquarters London NW11
Area served Barnet, Israel


Friends of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud is a charitable trust registered on 16 February 2004; its address is in London NW11 and its areas of operation are Barnet and Israel.[1][2] The register describes its activity as supporting "The Torah Centre of Rechovot - Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud, a Talmudical College established in Rechovot, Israel".[1] The trustees are Nechemia Jaffe and Tzvi Grosskopf (both from 12 February 2021) and Jack Jacob Emanuel.[1][3] The report says "Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud was established in 1978 with just 20 students. Today the Yeshiva has 500 students, including a thriving post graduate program, and it serves as a spiritual centre for the entire city of Rehovot."[3] In the receipts and payments accounts for the year to 31 March 2025, donations were £29,765 (2024: £46,491), grants made £29,191 (2024: £49,451) and professional fees £360; cash rose from £1,194 to £1,408.[3] The report says funds remitted were "lower than in previous years due to exceptional circumstances".[3] The accounts were examined by Jeremy Neuberger BSc.[3]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "1) THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR BY SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE COLLEGE"[1]

The register describes its activities as: "the advancement of orthodox jewish religious education throughout the world and in particular by supporting the charitable activities of The Torah Centre of Rechovot - Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud, a Talmudical College established in Rechovot, Israel"[1]

Register classifications: Education/training, Religious Activities.[1]

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

Trustees

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

Trustees of Friends of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Jack Jacob Emanuel not recorded Friends of Yeshivas Torah Ohr (1108790); The Friends of Bnei Torah Movement Trust (265804); The Friends of Neve Yerushalayim Seminary Trust (266098); UK Friends of Keren Tzlach (1110715)
Nechemia Jaffe 2021-02-12 Beis Chinuch Primary School Limited (1121212); Darchei Torah Limited (1140795); Edgware and District Communal Mikveh Committee (281586); Fairholt Charity Trust (1170201); Havinenu (1207230)
Tzvi Grosskopf 2021-02-12 Edgware and District Communal Mikveh Committee (281586); Edgware Hatzola Holdings Ltd (1195883); Hatzola Edgware (1155740); Mekor Chaim Limited (1206465); Mowbray Buildings Ltd (1186963); Torah Family Support Network Ltd (1201703)

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2010-07-14 David Chontow; Jacob Emanuel; J. Grunfeld [4]
2013-05-03 David Chontow; Jacob Emanuel; J. Grunfeld [5]
2013-09-04 David Chontow; Jacob Emanuel; J. Grunfeld [6]
2014-09-04 David Chontow; Jacob Emanuel; J. Grunfeld [7]
2021-01-11 David Chontow (chair) – also trustee of The Menorah Primary School, Achiezer, Kollel Rabinow (Divre Shir) Foundation, Nahamas Dov Charitable Trust, Keren Eretz Yisroel, Achiezer Association Limited, North West London Communal Mikvah Limited, Friends of Kupat Hakahal Kirhyat Sefer; Jacob Emanuel; J. Grunfeld – also trustee of Jewish Teachers' Training College [8]
2021-07-03 Jack Jacob Emanuel; Nechemia Jaffe (from 12 February 2021) – also trustee of Beis Chinuch Primary School Limited, Fairholt Charity Trust, Darchei Torah Limited, Edgware and District Communal Mikveh Committee; Tiferes High School Ltd Tzvi Grosskopf (from 12 February 2021) – also trustee of Edgware and District Communal Mikveh Committee, Hatzola Edgware, Mowbray Buildings Ltd [9]

Nechemia Jaffe is also a register trustee of Beis Chinuch Primary School (1121212), Darchei Torah (1140795), Edgware and District Communal Mikveh Committee (281586), Fairholt Charity Trust (1170201) and Havinenu (1207230). Tzvi Grosskopf is also a trustee of the Edgware mikveh committee, Edgware Hatzola Holdings (1195883), Hatzola Edgware (1155740), Mekor Chaim Limited (1206465), Mowbray Buildings (1186963) and Torah Family Support Network (1201703). Jack Jacob Emanuel is also a trustee of Friends of Yeshivas Torah Ohr (1108790), The Friends of Bnei Torah Movement Trust (265804), The Friends of Neve Yerushalayim Seminary Trust (266098) and UK Friends of Keren Tzlach (1110715).[1]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-03-31 £1,088 £420
2022-03-31 £38,739 £31,095
2023-03-31 £67,930 £71,861
2024-03-31 £46,491 £49,781
2025-03-31 £29,765 £29,551

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 31/03/2006[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2007[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2008[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2009[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2010[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2011[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2012[16]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2014[17]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[18]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[19]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[20]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[21]

Funding in Israel

The beit midrash building of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud (2019), the yeshiva in Rehovot that the charity funds
  • Year to 31 March 2025: grants made of £29,191 (2024: £49,451), described in the report as funds donated to Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud.[3]

Israeli partners

Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud, "a Talmudical College established in Rechovot, Israel" (register), which the report says serves "the entire city of Rehovot".[1][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
The register and accounts place the yeshiva in "Rechovot"/Rehovot; no street address is given.[1][3] Medium (city stated by the register and accounts; no address)

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;[22] 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.[23][24][25][26] 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.[27]
  • Governing-document dates differ. The accounts give a "Trust deed dated 16 February 2004"; the register records a declaration of trust dated 8 September 2003.[3][2]
  • Personal data in the filing. The filed PDF includes an e-signature audit page showing personal email addresses and IP addresses, and the examiner's home address; these are not reproduced here.[3]
  • Undated report. The signature date on the trustees' annual report is blank.[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).[28] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[29]

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.[30]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[31]

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.[32]

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.[33]

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Friends of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud", "Meor Hatalmud" returned 0 contributions in total.[34]

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".[8]

External links

  • No current official website.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 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.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Charity Commission, Friends of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud (1102117): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Charity Commission, Friends of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud (1102117): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  4. ↑ Register entry 1102117, contact and trustees (capture of 20100714) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 1102117, contact and trustees (capture of 20130503) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Register entry 1102117, contact and trustees (capture of 20130904) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ Register entry 1102117, contact and trustees (capture of 20140904) UK Government Web Archive.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Register entry 1102117, full print (capture of 20210111) UK Government Web Archive.
  9. ↑ Register entry 1102117, full print (capture of 20210703) UK Government Web Archive.
  10. ↑ Friends of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud accounts, year ended 2006-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110711).
  11. ↑ Friends of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud accounts, year ended 2007-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110711).
  12. ↑ Friends of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud accounts, year ended 2008-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130904).
  13. ↑ Friends of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud accounts, year ended 2009-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130904).
  14. ↑ Friends of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud accounts, year ended 2010-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130904).
  15. ↑ Friends of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud accounts, year ended 2011-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130904).
  16. ↑ Friends of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud accounts, year ended 2012-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130904).
  17. ↑ Friends of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  18. ↑ Friends of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  19. ↑ Friends of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  20. ↑ Friends of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  21. ↑ Friends of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  22. ↑ 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-26 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none showed one.
  23. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  24. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  25. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  26. ↑ 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).
  27. ↑ 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").
  28. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-26 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
  29. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-26 charity names returned zero results).
  30. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Meor Hatalmud' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  31. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1102117 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  32. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-26 screening covered 224 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, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies; the only hits were generic words in company names (such as "Company Directors Limited") and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.
  33. ↑ 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.
  34. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Meor Hatalmud" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
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