Isaac and Chaya Ltd
Charitable company funded by related property companies
| Isaac and Chaya Ltd
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable company |
| Founded | 2016-04-06 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1166398; company 09422769 |
| Headquarters | Haffner Hoff Ltd, Parkgates, Bury New Road, Prestwich, M25 0TL |
| Area served | Throughout London, Israel |
| Key people | Jacob Meyer Rosenbaum (chair) |
Isaac and Chaya Ltd is a charitable company (09422769, formed 4 February 2015) registered in 2016; register areas are London and Israel.[1] Its object is grants for education and religion in the Orthodox Jewish community. Its trustees are Rabbi J A Brunner, Rabbi J M Rosenbaum and S C Friedman (also chief executive), and its registered office is 5 North End Road, London NW11 7RJ. In the year to 28 February 2025 donations were £377,660 (2024: £170,000), of which £373,715 came from the related company PWorld.UK Ltd, and grants to institutions £173,301; reserves were £352,119 (PDF p.3–5, 9–10).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ACCORDING TO THE TENETS OF THE JEWISH RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE FACILITIES REQUIRED FOR SUCH PURPOSES. TO PROMOTE ANY PURPOSE FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE AND THAT IS LEGALLY CONSIDERED CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ACCORDING TO THE TENETS OF THE JEWISH RELIGION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF APPROPRIATE FACILITIES REQUIRED FOR SUCH PURPOSES."[1]
Register classifications: Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout London, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Meyer Rosenbaum | 2015-02-04 | Yes | — |
| Jacob Akiba Brunner | 2015-02-04 | — | |
| Shmuel Chaim Friedman | 2024-10-07 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-06 | Jacob Akiba Brunner (from 04 February 2015); Jacob Meyer Rosenbaum (chair) (from 04 February 2015) | [3] |
The accounts name S C Friedman as chief executive (appointed trustee 7 October 2024) and state that the charity receives donations from "it's related companies PWorld.UK Ltd and Gateway Sight Ltd"; PWorld.UK Ltd gave £373,715 in the year (PDF p.3–4, 9).[2] Companies House lists Chaim and Samuel Jozef Pluczenik as the active directors of both companies.[4]
Companies House officers
Companies House lists 4 current and former officers of the charitable company (09422769), 3 of them active.[5]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-28 | £26,500 | £32,708 |
| 2022-02-28 | £65,136 | £66,279 |
| 2023-02-28 | £40,375 | £39,841 |
| 2024-02-29 | £170,000 | £22,145 |
| 2025-02-28 | £377,660 | £175,602 |
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 28/02/2019[6]
Funding in Israel
- FY2025 grants to institutions £173,301 (2024: £19,780); the accounts name no recipients (PDF p.3, 10).[2]
Israeli partners
Not named.[2]
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 is named. | Not established |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[2]
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;[7] 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.[8][9][10][11] 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.[12]
Other registers and records
Scotland and Northern Ireland
No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (register export dated 15 October 2026, downloaded 15 October 2026 and searched by name).[13] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[14]
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.[15]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[16]
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. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.[17]
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.[18] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[19]
- 7 & 9 London Road, Redhill RH1 1LY (title SY685858, freehold) – proprietor PWORLD.UK LIMITED (CCOD gives company number 0932112; Companies House number is 09232112) – Donor company named in the charity's accounts as a related company (donations £373,715); same registered office as the charity and its accountants (5 North End Road, London NW11 7RJ); not charity property (source: [19][4])
- Land and buildings on the north west side of Rochdale Lane, Heywood (title GM921036, freehold) – proprietor GATEWAY SIGHT LIMITED (10201188) – Second related company named in the accounts; not charity property (source: [19][4])
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Isaac and Chaya" returned 0 contributions in total.[20]
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".[3]
See also
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 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), extract dated 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Charity Commission, Isaac and Chaya Ltd (1166398): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Register entry 1166398, full print (capture of 20210106) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Companies House, PWORLD.UK LIMITED (09232112): officers and GATEWAY SIGHT LTD (10201188): officers Find and update company information, viewed 15 October 2026 (both active; registered office 5 North End Road, London NW11 7RJ; active directors Chaim Pluczenik and Samuel Jozef Pluczenik).
- ↑ Company 09422769: officers Companies House, viewed 15 October 2026.
- ↑ Isaac and Chaya Ltd accounts, year ended 2019-02-28 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
- ↑ 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-9 charities, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none of the 25 pages showed an alert.
- ↑ 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), both retrieved 15 October 2026.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements GOV.UK, 5 August 2026, retrieved 15 October 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, downloaded October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-9 charity names and their other names found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-9 charity name returned zero results; a control search returned results normally).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Isaac and Chaya' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1166398 360Giving, queried 15 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-9 screening covered 296 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the charitable companies, and trustees, officers, lenders, donor companies, subsidiaries and grant recipients named in the accounts read for this batch (including Bextor Estates Ltd, Newmarston Ltd, PWorld.UK Ltd and Gateway Sight Ltd and their directors); matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname candidate arose; all candidates were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps (for example "Trust" or "Israel"); lists downloaded 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.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 HM Land Registry, UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD) and Overseas companies that own property in England and Wales (OCOD) full extracts, October 2026 release, matched on charitable company numbers, registered names and the names of subsidiaries named in the accounts; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Isaac and Chaya" Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).