Keren Ohr
Stamford Hill trust whose grants are classed as fundraising costs
| Keren Ohr
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Other |
| Founded | 2004-02-19 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1102212 |
| Headquarters | 33 Osbaldeston Road, London, N16 7DJ |
| Area served | Throughout London, Israel |
| Key people | Haim Yaacov Klapholtz (chair) |
Keren Ohr is a trust (declaration of trust of 10 December 2003) registered on 19 February 2004; register areas are London and Israel.[1] Its trustees are A Gross, C Y Y Horowitz and C Y Klapholtz, and its address is 33 Osbaldeston Road, London N16 7DJ. Its objects are the relief of poverty and the Orthodox Jewish faith. In the year to 31 December 2024 donations were £332,110 (2023: £482,867) and total expenditure £267,878; funds were £64,540 (PDF p.3, 6).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "1. THE RELIEF OF THE POOR, THE SICK, FEEBLE AND INFIRM AMONG MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH FAITH IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, AND 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH FAITH IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD"[1]
The register describes its activities as: "The Charity's object is the relief of poverty, and to promote the Orthodox Jewish Faith. The above objects were continued with during the year."[1]
Register classifications: Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avraham Gross | not recorded | — | |
| Chaim Yaakov Yitzchok Horowitz | not recorded | — | |
| Haim Yaacov Klapholtz | not recorded | Yes | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-06 | Avrom Gross; Chaim Yaakov Klapholtz (chair); Chaim Yaakov Yitzchok Horowitz | [3] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-31 | £286,213 | £365,116 |
| 2021-12-31 | £553,906 | £571,260 |
| 2022-12-31 | £411,117 | £440,506 |
| 2023-12-31 | £482,867 | £496,471 |
| 2024-12-31 | £332,110 | £267,878 |
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 31/12/2014[4]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015[5]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2016[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[7]
Funding in Israel
- FY2024 donations paid £266,858 (classed as costs of raising funds); the accounts name no recipients (PDF p.6, 11).[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;[8] 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.[9][10][11][12] 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.[13]
- Grants reported as fundraising costs. The statement of financial activities shows "Costs of raising donations and legacies" of £266,858 (2023: £492,425) and charitable activities of only £1,020; note 5 describes the £266,858 as "Donations" – that is, the grants paid out are classed as fundraising costs (PDF p.6, 11). The filed accounts are a scanned document; the figures were checked against the page images.[2]
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).[14] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[15]
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.[16]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[17]
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.[18]
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.[19]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Keren Ohr" 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, Keren Ohr (1102212): 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 1102212, full print (capture of 20210106) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Keren Ohr accounts, year ended 2014-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ Keren Ohr accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ Keren Ohr accounts, year ended 2016-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ Keren Ohr accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ 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-10 charities, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; alerts were shown only for Solev Co Limited (254623) and Lehachyos (1170523).
- ↑ 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-10 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-10 charity name returned no relevant result; the search for "Kosov" returned only an unrelated removed charity, Kosova Support Group, showing that the API was answering).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Keren Ohr' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1102212 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-10 screening covered 337 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 of related companies named in the accounts (including Pinlee Investments, Calvert Estates, Kendleville, Pidom Export, Faircastle, Hatzlocho, Localtrent, Ardina, Ridgesave, Portford, Wilkincroft and Pandor Estates), and trustees, lenders, donor companies and grant recipients named in the accounts read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; the only token matches were generic company words ("Services Limited" in the name of a corporate secretary) and surname-only coincidences; 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.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Keren Ohr" Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).