Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited

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Large property-holding Orthodox Jewish grant-maker (IMC Trust)

Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited

Logo Gur great beit midrash Jerusalem 2020 aerial.jpg
The world centre and great beit midrash of the Gur Hasidim (2020). The trust's 2018 accounts record grants of £90,000 to Friends of Gur Foundation Israel and £108,000 to Ichud Mosdos Gur Ltd
Type Charitable company
Founded 1973-01-25 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 265090; company 01064440
Headquarters 479 Holloway Road, London, N7 6LE
Area served Israel, Barnet, Hackney, Haringey


Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited (IMC Trust; company 01064440) is a charitable company registered since 1973. Register areas include Israel, Barnet, Hackney and Haringey.[1] The live register download of accounts for the latest year returned an annual-return printout rather than full PDF accounts; the 2024 annual return states income £2,608,491, spending £3,486,233 and grants to other charities £574,600.[2] Archived FY2018 accounts (UKGWA) show institutional grants of £780,400 including Russian Immigrant Aid Fund Ltd £200,000, Ichud Mosdos Gur Ltd £108,000 and Friends of Gur Foundation Israel £90,000.[2] CCOD lists a large portfolio of freehold and leasehold titles for company 01064440.[3] Companies House records active officers Helen Fay Bondi and Leonard Harry Bondi as resident in Israel.

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "TO ADVANCE RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH AND FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS CHARITABLE."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "The charity makes grants to institutions and other charities both in England and abroad"[1]

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[1]

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

Trustees

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

Trustees of Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Mrs H F Bondi not recorded Adenfirst Limited (291647); Canonstates Limited (296751); Dencommon Limited (295554)
Sara Heitner not recorded Truemart Limited (1090586)
Leonard Harry Bondi 2011-05-04 —
Ian Heitner 2012-01-12 Adenfirst Limited (291647); Agudas Israel Organisation of Great Britain (290191); Beth Abraham Synagogue Limited (1142879); Canonstates Limited (296751); Colel Polen Kupath Ramban Limited (1002487); Truemart Limited (1090586)
Bernard Hoffman 2017-04-07 —
Michael David Cymerman 2018-11-20 Adenfirst Limited (291647); Canonstates Limited (296751); The M D and S Charitable Trust (273992)
Sylvia Cymerman 2018-11-20 Adenfirst Limited (291647); Canonstates Limited (296751); The M D and S Charitable Trust (273992)

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2011-01-12 R Cymerman; H F Bondi; M D Cymerman; I M Cymerman; S Heitner [4]
2013-01-04 R Cymerman; H F Bondi; M D Cymerman; S Heitner; Ian Heitner; L H Bondi; S Cymerman [5]
2014-01-04 R Cymerman; H F Bondi; M D Cymerman; S Heitner; Ian Heitner; L H Bondi; S Cymerman [6]
2014-09-05 R Cymerman; H F Bondi; M D Cymerman; S Heitner; Ian Heitner; L H Bondi; S Cymerman [7]
2021-01-08 Sara Heitner – also trustee of Truemart Limited; Bernard Hoffman (from 07 April 2017); Leonard Harry Bondi (from 04 May 2011); Sylvia Cymerman (from 20 November 2018) – also trustee of Canonstates Limited, Adenfirst Limited, The M D and S Charitable Trust; Michael David Cymerman (from 20 November 2018) – also trustee of Canonstates Limited, Adenfirst Limited, The M D and S Charitable Trust; Mrs H F Bondi – also trustee of Dencommon Limited, Canonstates Limited, Adenfirst Limited; Ian Heitner (from 12 January 2012) – also trustee of Colel Polen Kupath Ramban Limited, Russian Immigrant Aid Fund Limited, Truemart Limited, Canonstates Limited, Beth Abraham Synagogue Limited, Adenfirst Limited [8]
2021-07-07 Bernard Hoffman (from 07 April 2017); Sara Heitner – also trustee of Truemart Limited; Leonard Harry Bondi (from 04 May 2011); Sylvia Cymerman (from 20 November 2018) – also trustee of Canonstates Limited, Adenfirst Limited, The M D and S Charitable Trust; Michael David Cymerman (from 20 November 2018) – also trustee of Canonstates Limited, Adenfirst Limited, The M D and S Charitable Trust; Mrs H F Bondi – also trustee of Dencommon Limited, Canonstates Limited, Adenfirst Limited; Ian Heitner (from 12 January 2012) – also trustee of Colel Polen Kupath Ramban Limited, Russian Immigrant Aid Fund Limited, Truemart Limited, Canonstates Limited, Beth Abraham Synagogue Limited, Adenfirst Limited [9]

Companies House officers

Companies House lists 15 current and former officers of the charitable company (01064440), 8 of them active.[10] Officers recorded as resident outside the UK: Helen Fay Bondi (Israel, active); Leonard Harry Bondi (Israel, active).[10]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-03-31 £1,629,605 £1,453,508
2022-03-31 £1,718,637 £2,351,469
2023-03-31 £2,258,986 £2,604,551
2024-03-31 £2,608,491 £3,486,233
2025-03-31 £3,163,074 £3,670,821

Source: register annual-return history.[1]

Historical finances (UK Government Web Archive)

Income and spending shown on archived register pages
Financial year end Income (£) Spending (£) Source
31 Mar 2005 763,083 806,438 [11]
31 Mar 2006 854,869 883,716 [11]
31 Mar 2007 889,031 694,971 [11]
31 Mar 2008 850,918 913,796 [11]
31 Mar 2009 985,680 528,720 [11]
31 Mar 2010 869,028 1,068,727 [12]
31 Mar 2011 784,560 745,332 [12]
31 Mar 2012 2,124,184 796,340 [12]

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[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2007[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2008[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2009[16]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2010[17]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2011[18]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2012[19]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2013[20]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2014[21]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[22]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[23]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[24]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[25]

Funding in Israel

  • Annual return 2024: grants to other charities £574,600. Archived FY2018: Friends of Gur Foundation Israel £90,000 among £780,400 institutional grants.[2]

Israeli partners

Friends of Gur Foundation Israel and Ichud Mosdos Gur Ltd named in FY2018 archived accounts; Gur (Ger) is a major Hasidic movement with institutions in Israel.[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.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
Finding Confidence
Not established from named grant lines (no settlement named).[2] Low

Support for the IDF: No IDF funding is stated in the FY2018 archived accounts or the 2024 annual return text available.[2][2]

Controversies and regulatory action

  • No Commission inquiry, Official Warning or Gazette insolvency notice naming IMC Trust was found.
  • Accounts gap. Full named grant lists for years after FY2018 were not available as text from the live download (annual-return printout only); figures above for recent years come from the annual return, and named Israeli grants from the archived FY2018 PDF.

Other registers and records

Scotland and Northern Ireland

No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (full register download of 14 October 2026 searched by name).[26] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[27]

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; results were limited to Companies House filing lists.[28]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[29]

Sanctions screening

The charity's name and the names of its current register trustees 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.[30]

Land and property

The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[31] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[3]

  • Large CCOD portfolio on company 01064440, including BB12648 40 Drummond Crescent NW1; 247528/247529 Eversholt Street; HD284961 Marlowes Hemel Hempstead (price paid £5.2m, 2017); Bromley Road LN2230xx/TGL1337xx; EGL titles in Leytonstone, Plaistow and Barking Road; EX414114/EX820446 Colchester; AGL466959 Hendon Reform Synagogue leasehold; SGL393468 Mottingham Road; WM298231 Birmingham – CCOD company matches – candidates only (source: [3])

Parliament

A search of Hansard for 'Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust' returned 0 contributions in total.[32]

Web archive

The UK Government Web Archive holds 5 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]

See also

External links

  • No current official website.

Notes

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Charity Commission, Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited (265090): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 HM Land Registry, UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD) full extract, October 2026 release, matched on charitable company numbers and registered names; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.
  4. ↑ Register entry 265090, contact and trustees (capture of 20110112) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 265090, contact and trustees (capture of 20130104) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Register entry 265090, contact and trustees (capture of 20140104) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ Register entry 265090, contact and trustees (capture of 20140905) UK Government Web Archive.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Register entry 265090, full print (capture of 20210108) UK Government Web Archive.
  9. ↑ Register entry 265090, full print (capture of 20210707) UK Government Web Archive.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Company 01064440: officers Companies House, viewed 14 October 2026.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Register entry 265090, financial history (capture of 20110112) UK Government Web Archive.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Register entry 265090, financial history (capture of 20130104) UK Government Web Archive.
  13. ↑ Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited accounts, year ended 2006-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110909).
  14. ↑ Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited accounts, year ended 2007-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110909).
  15. ↑ Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited accounts, year ended 2008-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130104).
  16. ↑ Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited accounts, year ended 2009-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140905).
  17. ↑ Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited accounts, year ended 2010-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140905).
  18. ↑ Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited accounts, year ended 2011-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140905).
  19. ↑ Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited accounts, year ended 2012-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140905).
  20. ↑ Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited accounts, year ended 2013-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140905).
  21. ↑ Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  22. ↑ Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  23. ↑ Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  24. ↑ Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  25. ↑ Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  26. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, CharityExport-14-Oct-2026.csv, downloaded 14 October 2026; keyword search of charity names for the batch-2 charities found no matching Scottish registration of the same organisations (unrelated name collisions such as Open Door Edinburgh SC007315 were disregarded).
  27. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-2 charity name returned zero results).
  28. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
  29. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-265090 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
  30. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Screening of the current register trustees of the 25 batch-2 charities and the charity names, carried out 14 October 2026; no matches. Companies House officers and archived trustees were not included in this batch's screen. Viatcheslav Kantor (RUS1127) remains on the UK Sanctions List as previously noted.
  31. ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access on 14 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.
  32. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
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