Friends of Yeshivos Imrei Yosef
Stamford Hill trust whose objects refer to an unnamed "Organisation"; all its 2024/25 spending of £27,019 is classed as fundraising, though the detailed accounts call £26,869 of it "Charitable donations"
| Friends of Yeshivos Imrei Yosef
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 2007-10-17 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1121259 |
| Headquarters | London N15 |
| Area served | Hackney, Haringey, Israel, United States |
Friends of Yeshivos Imrei Yosef is a charitable trust constituted by a trust deed of 23 July 2007 and registered on 17 October 2007; its address is in London N15 and its areas of operation are Hackney, Haringey, Israel and the United States.[1][2][3] Its objects are to support "the charitable activities of the Organisation", which the accounts do not name.[3] The register lists Chaskel Lipshitz, Hershel Lipshitz and Samuel Lipschitz (from 2 January 2020); the accounts spell the names Chaskal Lipshitz, Hershel Lipsitz and Samuel Lipschitz.[1][3] In the year to 31 October 2025 donations were £26,428 (2024: £19,655); spending of £27,019 (2024: £19,436) is classed entirely as "Raising funds", and funds fell to £184 (2024: £775), with cash of £334.[3] The accounts were examined by "C Rosen", with no qualification, firm or address given, on 5 July 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 EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANISATION AND3 SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW"[1]
The register describes its activities as: "1)The advancement of the Orthodox Jewish faith 2) the advancement of Orthodox Jewish Religious education in particular but not exclusively by supporting the charitable activities of the Organisation, and 3) such other purposes as are charitable according to English law"[1]
Register classifications: Education/training, Religious Activities.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Hackney, Haringey, Israel, United States.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaskel Lipshitz | not recorded | — | |
| Hershel Lipshitz | not recorded | — | |
| Samuel Lipschitz | 2020-01-02 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-15 | Samuel Lipschitz (from 02 January 2020) – also trustee of Kids Space; Hershel Lipshitz; Chaskel Lipshitz | [4] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-10-31 | £8,662 | £4,771 |
| 2022-10-31 | £8,750 | £13,260 |
| 2023-10-31 | £12,192 | £11,537 |
| 2024-10-31 | £19,655 | £19,436 |
| 2025-10-31 | £26,428 | £27,019 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Funding in Israel
- Year to 31 October 2025: £26,869 described in the detailed accounts as "Charitable donations" (2024: £19,436); no recipient or place is named.[3]
Israeli partners
The objects refer to "the Organisation" without naming it; the charity's name refers to Yeshivos Imrei Yosef, but the accounts give no location.[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.
| 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;[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]
- Grants classed as fundraising. All expenditure is shown under "Raising funds"; note 5 calls £26,869 of it "General administration", while the detailed statement ("not part of statutory accounts") labels the same £26,869 "Charitable donations". No recipient is named.[3]
- Empty notes. Note 10 ("Transactions with Trustees") and note 11 ("Related Party Disclosures") have headings but no content.[3]
- Examiner not identified. The examiner is named only as "C Rosen", with no qualification, firm or address.[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).[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 for the charity's name returned only Companies House filing lists; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.[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.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[16]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Friends of Yeshivos Imrei Yosef", "Imrei Yosef" 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 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 Yeshivos Imrei Yosef (1121259): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 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 Yeshivos Imrei Yosef (1121259): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1121259, full print (capture of 20210115) 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-26 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-26 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-26 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Imrei Yosef' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1121259 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-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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Imrei Yosef" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).