Keren Hatzolo

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Stamford Hill property-investment trust whose grants all go to "Mosad Keren Hatzole"

Keren Hatzolo

Type Other
Founded 1984-07-23 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 289761
Headquarters First Floor, 94 Stamford Hill, London, N16 6XS
Area served Israel, United States


Keren Hatzolo was registered on 23 July 1984; register areas are Israel and the United States.[1] The 2024 accounts give its principal address as 94 Stamford Hill, London N16 6XS, which is also the address of its examiners, and its trustees as J S Weiser (died 12 April 2025), L Weiss and I Friedman. Income was £586,738 (donations £168,668; investment income £418,070), grants £382,985 and funds £2,636,286 (PDF p.3, 7).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "SUCH ONE OR MORE CHARITIES OR CHAITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHAITABLE PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD. IN SUCH SHARES AND SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "Making grants to organisations in accordance with the objects of the charity."[1]

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Religious Activities.[1]

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

Trustees

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

Trustees of Keren Hatzolo (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Isaac Friedman 2009-07-28 Satmar Mikvah Limited (1184006)
Lipot Weiss 2009-07-28 Y G S Yeshiva Gedola Seminar (1109192)

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2014-09-05 J Weiser Esq W. Low; Lipot Weiss; Isaac Friedman; Ben Weiss [3]
2021-01-08 Lipot Weiss (from 28 July 2009) – also trustee of Y G S Yeshiva Gedola Seminar, Zichri Toiras Moishe; Jechiel WEISER (from 15 September 1981) – also trustee of Keren Eizer Nesuin D'satmar; Isaac Friedman (from 28 July 2009) – also trustee of Satmar Mikvah Limited [4]

The accounts record that J S Weiser died on 12 April 2025 (PDF p.3).[2]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2020-12-31 £458,230 £409,366
2021-12-31 £445,528 £531,167
2022-12-31 £404,239 £364,240
2023-12-31 £418,197 £542,118
2024-12-31 £586,738 £546,066

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 31/12/2009[5]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2010[6]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2011[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2012[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2014[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2016[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2017[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[13]

Funding in Israel

  • 2024: grants of £382,985 for religious education, all to Mosad Keren Hatzole (PDF p.7, 13).[2]

Israeli partners

Mosad Keren Hatzole (location not stated).[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 is named for the recipient.[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;[14] 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.[15][16][17][18] 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.[19]
  • Single unlocated beneficiary. Note 6 states: "All donations were made to Mosad Keren Hatzole" (PDF p.13); no location is given.[2] A Brooklyn non-profit called Cong Mosad Keren Hatzole is listed by ProPublica (see below); the match is by name only.
  • Property income and related companies. Investment property is carried at a trustee valuation of £2,650,358 and produced rents and services of £407,180, against portfolio management costs of £157,080 (PDF p.12, 14). Note 15 records an interest in two UK companies held by nominees (one dormant) with loans of £230,139, and creditors of £282,000 owed to companies in which a trustee has an interest; none of the companies is named (PDF p.16).[2]
  • Trustee link. L Weiss is also a trustee of Y G S Yeshiva Gedola Seminar (1109192).[1]

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, downloaded 15 October 2026 and searched by name).[20] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[21]

The Gazette

Searches of The Gazette for "Keren Hatzolo" returned only Companies House lists (2024–2026) naming Keren Hatzolo Limited (company 15480355) and Keren Hatzola Doros Limited, whose connection with this unincorporated charity was not established; no notice naming the charity was found.[22]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[23]

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.[24]

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.[25] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[26]

  • Investment property valued by the trustees at £2,650,358; addresses not stated – Accounts (PDF p.14); the charity is unincorporated, so no CCOD company match is possible; its two nominee-held companies are not named (source: accounts)

US counterparts (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)

Organisation EIN Latest filing year Revenue (US$) Expenses (US$)
Cong Mosad Keren Hatzole[27] 113071965 no filings data — —

These US organisations share the name or beneficiary of the UK charity; no financial flows between them and the UK charity were established.

Parliament

Hansard searches for 'Keren Hatzolo', 'Keren Hatzola' returned 0 contributions in total.[28]

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]

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 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), extract dated 14 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Charity Commission, Keren Hatzolo (289761): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 289761, contact and trustees (capture of 20140905) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 289761, full print (capture of 20210108) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Keren Hatzolo accounts, year ended 2009-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140905).
  6. ↑ Keren Hatzolo accounts, year ended 2010-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140905).
  7. ↑ Keren Hatzolo accounts, year ended 2011-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140905).
  8. ↑ Keren Hatzolo accounts, year ended 2012-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140905).
  9. ↑ Keren Hatzolo accounts, year ended 2014-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  10. ↑ Keren Hatzolo accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  11. ↑ Keren Hatzolo accounts, year ended 2016-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  12. ↑ Keren Hatzolo accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  13. ↑ Keren Hatzolo accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  14. ↑ 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 every charity in batches 1–7 (175 pages, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026) and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section. Alerts appeared only for Mifal Hachesed Vehatzedokoh (1139320), Ezer Viznitz Foundation (1161881), BC Trust (1155555), Vyoel Moshe Charitable Trust (327054) – all named in the cheque-cashing class inquiry – and The Gevurath Ari Torah Academy Trust (1003102).
  15. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  16. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  17. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ 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").
  20. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, downloaded October 2026; keyword search of the batch-7 charity names found no matching Scottish registration (the only hit, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Lieutenancy of Scotland, is a separate Scottish body).
  21. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-7 charity name returned zero results).
  22. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Keren Hatzolo' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
  23. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-289761 360Giving, queried 15 October 2026.
  24. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-7 screening covered 428 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, subsidiaries and related bodies named in the accounts read for this batch (including Ambertown International Ltd); matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. The single forename-and-surname candidate (a former Wimbledon and District Synagogue director against a UK counter-terrorism designation) has different middle names and was not treated as a match; all other candidates were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps; lists downloaded October 2026.
  25. ↑ 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.
  26. ↑ 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.
  27. ↑ Cong Mosad Keren Hatzole – Nonprofit Explorer ProPublica, viewed 15 October 2026.
  28. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Keren Hatzolo' Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
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