Just Kidz London

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Stamford Hill children's activity charity funded by donations and grants from UK funders

Just Kidz London

Type Trust
Founded 2013-04-29 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1151828
Headquarters London N16
Area served Barnet, Hackney, Haringey, Belgium, Israel, United States
Website https://justkidzlondon.org.uk/


Just Kidz London is a trust registered on 29 April 2013 that provides recreational and leisure activities for young people, including "weekend lunches, mentoring, and regular retreats", and may also make grants to charitable institutions; its register areas are Barnet, Hackney, Haringey, Belgium, Israel and the United States (PDF p.4).[1][2] The trustees are Mayer Lieberman, Yechiel Esterzohn and Schlomo Yakov Rosenfeld; the principal address is in London N16, and the report says it is "not the intention ... to appoint any further trustees" (PDF p.2, 4).[1][2] In 2024 it received £91,497 (donations £80,495; other income £11,000) and spent £80,029, of which £50,934 went on the playscheme and other children's activities (2023: £203,137) (PDF p.4, 7, 12).[2] Its UK funders recorded in 360Giving data include the National Lottery Community Fund, the Garfield Weston Foundation and the Postcode Society Trust (see the 360Giving table below).

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "(I) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH:(A)THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; (B) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. (II) TO PROMOTE ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE REGARDED AS CHARITABLE BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "The Charity provides out of school activities for socially isolated & financially disadvantaged children and young people. The Charity aims to educate children through social, leisure & educational activities to develop their physical, mental & emotional capacities, improving their lives, now and in the future."[1]

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes.[1]

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

Trustees

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

Trustees of Just Kidz London (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Mayer Lieberman 2013-02-21 —
Yechiel Esterzohn 2017-01-01 —
Schlomo Yakov Rosenfeld 2022-05-18 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2021-01-06 Mayer Lieberman (from 21 February 2013); Abraham Schreiber (from 29 April 2013) – also trustee of The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, Tiferet Torah, Ringtrop Limited; Yechiel Esterzohn (from 01 January 2017) [3]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2020-12-31 £102,082 £88,257
2021-12-31 £119,925 £69,443
2022-12-31 £68,308 £112,038
2023-12-31 £267,228 £249,939
2024-12-31 £91,497 £80,029

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 31/12/2017[4]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[5]

Funding in Israel

  • No spending in Israel is reported. 2024 grants made were £550 (2023: Ringtrop Ltd £10,000 and other grants £1,180); the accounts do not mention Israel (PDF p.12).[2] Israel is a register area.[1]

Israeli partners

No Israeli partner is 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.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
Finding Confidence
No place in Israel is named.[2] 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;[6] 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.[7][8][9][10] 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.[11]
  • Unexplained rental income. Other income of £11,000 is described as "Rental Income", but the balance sheet shows no property and the register records that the charity does not own or lease land (PDF p.8, 11).[2][1]
  • Unsigned accounts and loans. The trustees' report, balance sheet approval and independent examiner's report (J Silver FCCA, Precision Ltd) are undated or unsigned; other debtors of £34,465 are "accrued pledges and loans made for charitable purposes"; the 2023 comparative fund figures in note 14 do not match the statement of financial activities (PDF p.5–6, 8, 12, 14).[2]

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).[12] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[13]

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.[14]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

Grants received (360Giving data)
Date Funder Amount (£) Purpose
2012-10-18 The National Lottery Community Fund 10,000 This is a project by a community organisation in Hackney. The group will use the funding to set up a Sunday play group for disadvantaged Jew
2014-07-30 The National Lottery Community Fund 10,000 Not Available
2016-04-20 The National Lottery Community Fund 10,000 A project to fund play and therapy support sessions for children from the Orthodox Jewish community who have learning difficulties or disabi
2022-08-15 The National Lottery Community Fund 10,000 The funding will be used to deliver a daily after school arts club for vulnerable children (6-14 years) from the Jewish community affected b
2022-10-31 Woodward Charitable Trust 750 Core costs
2023-01-11 Garfield Weston Foundation 5,000 EXER STRONG
2023-04-03 Postcode Society Trust 24,990 Funding facilitated a weekly healthful lunch and daily sports club for children struggling with obesity.
2024-03-07 The Grocers' Charity 5,000 To support breakfast clubs and weekend lunches called Let's Eat Clean. The club serves 48 children through the provision of healthy breakfas
2025-03-24 Garfield Weston Foundation 5,000 Eat, Learn, Thrive
2025-06-12 Henry Smith Foundation 2,750 towards the cost of a day trip to Leyton Leisure Lagoon for 80 children from the London Borough of Hackney.
2025-12-23 The National Lottery Community Fund 19,920 JUST KIDZ LONDON - Environment - National Lottery Awards for All England

No grants made by the charity are published in 360Giving data, so flows between linked charities could not be traced there.[15]

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.[16]

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.[17]

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Just Kidz London", "Just Kidz" returned 0 contributions in total.[18]

Web archive

  • justkidzlondon.org.uk: 2 yearly captures, first 2025-02-08, last 2026-01-17.[19]

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]

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 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 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Charity Commission, Just Kidz London (1151828): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Register entry 1151828, full print (capture of 20210106) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ Just Kidz London accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  5. ↑ Just Kidz London accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  6. ↑ 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-18 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Sixteen registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)"; the Porter Foundation showed "up to date (1 day late)", The Persian Hebrew Community "up to date (48 days late)", Bernard Kahn Charitable Trust "up to date (33 days late)" and the Rabbi Yisroel Yehudah Peritz Charitable Trust "up to date (3 days late)"; Jassiane Limited showed "Charity reporting is overdue by 623 days"; The Friends of Birzeit University, The Friends of the Or Hachaim Educational Centre for Girls and John Hagee Ministries showed "Removed charity".
  7. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  8. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  9. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  10. ↑ 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).
  11. ↑ 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").
  12. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-18 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
  13. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-18 charity names returned no matching charity).
  14. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Just Kidz London' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  15. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1151828 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  16. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-18 screening covered 285 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the seven charitable companies, and trustees, examiners, grantees, subsidiaries and other people and bodies named in the accounts and sources read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; token matches were surname-only coincidences (for example Weiss, Cohen, Salem and Tauber) or generic words such as "Foundation", "Aid" and "People"; lists downloaded October 2026.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Just Kidz London" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
  19. ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for justkidzlondon.org.uk Wayback Machine, queried 16 October 2026.
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