Keren Association Limited
| Keren Association Limited | |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable company |
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| Founded | Registered 15 February 1962 |
| Founder(s) | |
| Dissolved | |
| Registration ID | 313119 |
| Status | |
| Headquarters | |
| Location | United Kingdom and abroad (grant maker) |
| Area served | |
| Services | |
| Registration | |
| Key people | E. Englander (chair); Joseph Stern; Asher Isiah Perelman; Shulem Zvi Englander; Jacob Shea Englander; Pinkus Naftola Englander; Hannah Zelda Weiss; Nicha Weiss |
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| Remarks | |
Keren Association Limited (also Keren Association; charity number 313119; company number 00707087) is an English charitable company registered on 15 February 1962. Published activity is “to further those purposes both in the United Kingdom and abroad recognised as charitable by English Law”. It is a large grant-maker: institutional grants were £5.67 million in the year to 31 March 2025 and over £10 million in several earlier years. Reporting is up to date. One or more trustees are also directors of subsidiaries. Gift Aid is recorded. The charity owns and/or leases land or property. No trustee remuneration.[1][2]
Joseph Stern is also a trustee of Combined Funds Limited. Accounts extracts for 2018–22 show large grants to Belz- and Satmar-linked institutions, including Friends of Mercaz Hatorah Belz Macnivka, United Talmudical Associates Ltd and China Vchisda.[3]
Objects
To further those purposes both in the United Kingdom and abroad recognised as charitable by English law.[1]
People
Trustees
Register as accessed September 2026 (eight trustees). An April 2023 snapshot is noted where names were abbreviated.
Finances
| Year to 31 March | Income | Expenditure | Grants to institutions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £3.00m | £12.18m | £10.75m |
| 2022 | £2.73m | £10.40m | £9.09m |
| 2023 | £2.39m | £12.92m | £11.67m |
| 2024 | £3.53m | £14.06m | £13.20m |
| 2025 | £1.77m | £6.05m | £5.67m |
Year to 31 March 2025: income £1,772,756 (donations £1.00m; investments £772,760); expenditure £6,049,774; investment gains £4,060,726. Spending consistently exceeds incoming resources, funded from investments/reserves. No government contracts or grants on the published history table.[1][5]
Grants (accounts extract, calendar years 2018–2022)
Compiled from Keren Association annual accounts. Year columns are as extracted from those reports. Two printed totals in the source compilation were inconsistent with the year columns; the table uses the sum of the year columns. “Other grants (below £50,000)” five-year total is the sum of the five year lines.
| Organisation | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Total (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achisomoch Aid Company Limited | 475,000 | 879,000 | 1,094,000 | 640,000 | 831,000 | 3,919,000 |
| Agudat Yeshivat Belz Machnovke | 86,505 | 199,947 | 125,329 | 238,216 | 156,496 | 806,493 |
| Ahavat Yisroel Humanity Inc. | 116,093 | 116,093 | ||||
| Asser Bishvil Foundation | 195,000 | 222,000 | 417,000 | |||
| Beis Aharon Trust Ltd | 775,196 | 854,580 | 751,320 | 580,605 | 699,450 | 2,885,955 |
| Beth Hamedrash Satmar Trust | 100,000 | 80,000 | 180,000 | |||
| Beth Yitzchok VZW / Beth Jitschok VZW | 163,800 | 113,300 | 125,700 | 140,700 | 89,300 | 632,800 |
| Bnos Zion D'Bobov Limited | 103,000 | 103,000 | ||||
| C and H Association Limited | 75,000 | 75,000 | ||||
| Chasdei Aharon Ltd | 56,000 | 56,000 | ||||
| China Vchisda | 524,727 | 1,113,922 | 1,314,656 | 1,006,519 | 693,880 | 4,653,704 |
| CMZ Ltd | 80,000 | 80,000 | ||||
| Collel Chibath Yerushalayim, Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes Trust | 75,609 | 91,300 | 180,160 | 347,069 | ||
| Congregation Oz Vehador | 359,156 | 188,552 | 91,547 | 639,255 | ||
| Crownhost Ltd | 121,500 | 121,500 | ||||
| Dushinsky Trust Limited | 64,570 | 64,570 | ||||
| Emuno Educational Centre Limited | 286,459 | 431,126 | 69,000 | 786,585 | ||
| Ezer V'Hatzalah Limited | 77,970 | 91,500 | 169,470 | |||
| Ezer Viznitz Foundation | 54,520 | 100,800 | 59,000 | 214,320 | ||
| Ezra Lecol Ma Detzarich | 81,222 | 240,241 | 321,463 | |||
| Ezras Hakohol Trust | 58,000 | 58,000 | ||||
| Friends of Beis Chinuch Lebonos Trust | 369,920 | 200,000 | 145,000 | 714,920 | ||
| Friends of Beis Soroh Schneirer | 111,650 | 55,000 | 166,650 | |||
| Friends of Gur | 85,776 | 85,776 | ||||
| Friends of Mercaz Hatorah Belz Macnivka | 4,596,600 | 2,883,201 | 2,608,460 | 2,007,541 | 1,632,315 | 13,728,117 |
| Friends of Mosdos Belz Machnovka | 50,000 | 50,000 | ||||
| Friends of Mosdos Torah Veyirah | 63,000 | 63,000 | ||||
| Friends of Shekel Hakodesh Limited | 138,255 | 138,255 | ||||
| Friends of Wiznitz Limited | 136,481 | 86,703 | 223,184 | |||
| Hadar Zion | 190,259 | 190,259 | ||||
| Hatzola Trust Limited | 72,000 | 72,000 | ||||
| Heichal Aharon Dchasidei Belz | 108,330 | 256,157 | 304,656 | 326,270 | 196,370 | 1,191,783 |
| Heichalei Hakodesh | 1,908,435 | 781,018 | 751,074 | 559,942 | 4,000,469 | |
| Ichud Mosdos Gur Limited | 580,159 | 457,100 | 434,321 | 204,758 | 135,000 | 1,811,338 |
| Kedushat Aharon Belz | 80,671 | 80,671 | ||||
| Keren Hatzolas Doros Alei Siach | 369,150 | 91,650 | 460,800 | |||
| Keren Hatzolo Trust | 52,400 | 72,850 | 125,250 | |||
| Keren Tzedokoh Vechessed | 618,738 | 618,738 | ||||
| Kolel Belz Machnovkeh Limited | 80,000 | 80,000 | ||||
| Kolel Torah Veyirah Limited | 80,000 | 80,000 | ||||
| Kollel Kedushas Aharon Belz | 85,318 | 65,475 | 95,938 | 246,731 | ||
| Kollel Mishkon Yakov | 53,000 | 53,000 | ||||
| Machon Oiz Vehudor | 54,856 | 122,753 | 177,609 | |||
| Mifal Hachesed Vehatzedokoh | 55,000 | 157,200 | 762,173 | 974,373 | ||
| Mifalei Tzedokoh V'chesed | 553,151 | 302,582 | 855,733 | |||
| MLT Belz | 225,360 | 202,740 | 305,320 | 212,500 | 218,260 | 1,164,180 |
| Mosdos Belz Machnivka Beis Shemesh | 170,000 | 170,000 | ||||
| Mosdot Kedushat Aharon Belz Machnovka-Elad | 78,926 | 268,398 | 312,926 | 319,499 | 307,751 | 1,287,500 |
| Mosdot Toras Ahron | 681,602 | 881,611 | 872,568 | 480,326 | 2,916,107 | |
| New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust | 206,035 | 160,700 | 70,500 | 154,200 | 591,435 | |
| OJC Fund | 264,668 | 360,722 | 748,964 | 1,374,354 | ||
| Parkwill Limited | 80,000 | 268,000 | 551,000 | 536,000 | 800,000 | 2,235,000 |
| Schiffshul Ltd | 91,000 | 91,000 | ||||
| Side by Side School Ltd | 50,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | |||
| Society of Friends of the Torah Limited | 1,644,110 | 774,800 | 167,400 | 2,586,310 | ||
| Synagogue D'chasidei Belz | 162,660 | 176,380 | 146,083 | 140,800 | 107,750 | 733,673 |
| Thornbirch Limited | 100,000 | 100,000 | ||||
| Torath Aharon | 127,671 | 127,671 | ||||
| TTBA Belz | 91,600 | 91,600 | ||||
| United Talmudical Academy "Torah V'Yirah" | 189,402 | 189,402 | ||||
| United Talmudical Associates | 348,002 | 355,673 | 703,675 | |||
| United Talmudical Associates Ltd | 309,290 | 410,342 | 719,632 | |||
| Yesamach Levav | 97,570 | 60,900 | 158,470 | |||
| Yeshiva Gedola Torah Veyirah Sevenoaks Ltd | 100,000 | 100,000 | ||||
| Yetev Lev London Jerusalem Trust | 52,241 | 52,241 | ||||
| Zera Aharon Machnovka Belz Yerushalayim | 73,890 | 201,000 | 234,250 | 509,140 | ||
| Zidkat Eretz Hakodesh Bobov | 52,471 | 52,471 | ||||
| Other grants (below £50,000) | 1,100,908 | 1,225,927 | 1,490,233 | 968,761 | 930,162 | 5,715,991 |
See also
- Charitable spending of the largest 100 UK family foundations
- Combined Funds Limited
- United Talmudical Associates Ltd
- Friends of Mercaz Hatorah Belz Macnivka
- Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator
- Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques
- British Jewish charities investigated by the Charity Commission
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Charity Commission, KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITED - 313119 Register of Charities, accessed 15 September 2026.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Governance KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITED.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Charity Commission, Trustees KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITED, accessed 15 September 2026.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Keren Association Trustees, retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Charity Commission, Financial history KEREN ASSOCIATION LIMITED, accessed 15 September 2026.
- ↑ Keren Association Limited accounts 2017–18.
- ↑ Keren Association Limited accounts 2018–19.
- ↑ Keren Association Limited accounts 2019–20.
- ↑ Keren Association Limited accounts 2020–21.
- ↑ Keren Association Limited accounts 2021–22.