Keren Yetev Lev Limited
East London charitable company with a £579,045 investment property, which HM Land Registry data place in Llanrumney, Cardiff, that gave £65,000 of its £90,000 grants in 2024/25 to Yeitev Lev Eretz Israel, a charity in which a trustee has an interest
| Keren Yetev Lev Limited
| |
|---|---|
| Logo |  Shops on Countisbury Avenue, Llanrumney, Cardiff (2006), the road where HM Land Registry data place the charity's freehold property |
| Type | Charitable company |
| Founded | 2020-04-14 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1189054; company 11823620 |
| Headquarters | London E5 |
| Area served | Hackney, Israel |
| Key people | Oscar Low (chair) |
Keren Yetev Lev Limited (registered as Keren Yetev Lev Ltd) is a charitable company (11823620) whose memorandum and articles are dated 13 February 2019; it was registered on 14 April 2020 and its registered office is in London E5.[1][2][3] Its object is the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish faith through grants (PDF p.4).[3] The trustees named in the accounts for the year to 31 March 2025 are M Landau, O Low and M Freund; Companies House lists Maurice Freund (recorded as Belgian), Marcus Landau and Oscar Low as directors since 13 February 2019 (PDF p.3).[3][2] The accounts were examined by E Meyer FCA of Sugarwhite Meyer, London N16, and approved on 3 December 2025 (PDF p.5).[3] Its income comes mainly from rents: £53,318 (2024: £50,393), with donations of £2,100; it spent £90,000 on grants (2024: nil), £3,620 on portfolio management and £1,036 on support, and funds fell from £635,139 to £595,901 (PDF p.6).[3] The trustees "used last years reserves and current fund to make meaningful grants" (PDF p.4).[3] The grants were £65,000 to Yeitev Lev Eretz Israel Ltd and £25,000 to Yizal Education Ltd (PDF p.10).[3]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO SUCH CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT."[4]
The register describes its activities as: "The charity makes grants for the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish Faith.."[4]
Register classifications: Religious Activities.[4]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Hackney, Israel.[4]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[4]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Low | 2019-02-13 | Yes | Friends of Kh (1194290); Gilmoor Benevolent Fund Limited (1093528); Kehilas Adas Yisroel Bournemouth Ltd (1196706); Mayheights Limited (1112291); Nextgrant Limited (292305); Ytv London (1159033) |
| Marcus Landau | 2019-02-13 | The Rabbi Meir Baal Haness - Ahavas Zion - Kollel Siebenburgen Trust (277625); Zichron Meir Limited (1104523) | |
| Maurice Freund | 2019-02-13 | Congregation Yetev Lev Dsatmar Antwerp Limited (1120657); Livnos Bayis Limited (1197673); Nextgrant Limited (292305); Talmud Torah Torah Veyirah D'satmar London Limited (1136378); The Kolel Limited (1128361); Yeitev Lev Eretz Israel Ltd (1121260) |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
Maurice Freund is also a register trustee of Yeitev Lev Eretz Israel (1121260).[4]
Companies House officers
Companies House lists 3 current and former officers of the charitable company (11823620), 3 of them active.[7]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £300,000 | £1,849 |
| 2022-03-31 | £187,500 | £1,933 |
| 2023-03-31 | £121,702 | £20,217 |
| 2024-03-31 | £50,843 | £5,907 |
| 2025-03-31 | £55,418 | £94,656 |
Source: register annual-return history.[4]
Funding in Israel
- Year to 31 March 2025: £65,000 to Yeitev Lev Eretz Israel Ltd and £25,000 to Yizal Education Ltd; the accounts do not say where either body spends the money (PDF p.10).[3]
Israeli partners
No Israeli organisation is named. Yeitev Lev Eretz Israel is a UK registered charity (1121260) whose register areas include Israel.[3][4]
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 in Israel is named.[3] | Not established |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[3]
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]
- Grant to a connected charity. Note 13 records a "donation of £65,000 to a charity in which in which a trustee has an interest" [sic]; the grants note shows £65,000 going to Yeitev Lev Eretz Israel Ltd, of which Maurice Freund is a register trustee (PDF p.10, 13).[3][4]
- Property not recorded on the register. The register says the charity does not own or lease land or property, but the balance sheet shows an investment property of £579,045 at the trustees' valuation, and HM Land Registry's corporate ownership data list a freehold in Llanrumney, Cardiff, in the company's name (PDF p.7, 11).[3][4][14]
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).[15] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[16]
The Gazette
Searches of The Gazette for the charity's name returned only Companies House filing lists; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.[17]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[18]
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.[19]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[4] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[20] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[14]
- Investment property of £579,045 at the trustees' valuation, producing rents of £53,318, although the register says the charity does not own or lease land or property; address not stated – Accounts (PDF p.7, 11) (source: [3])
- Freehold retail premises (Co-Op), Countisbury Avenue, Llanrumney, Cardiff CF3 (title WA739431, freehold; proprietor added 07/11/2022, price paid £575,000) – CCOD record in the name Keren Yetev Lev Limited with the charity's company number (11823620); consistent with the investment property and rental income in the accounts; candidate title, not purchased (source: [14])
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Keren Yetev Lev" returned 0 contributions in total.[21]
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 "Recently registered" and "Other regulators: No information available".[5]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ Charity Commission, Keren Yetev Lev Ltd (1189054): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Companies House, KEREN YETEV LEV LTD (11823620) Find and update company information, overview and officers, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 Charity Commission, Keren Yetev Lev Limited (1189054): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 1189054, full print (capture of 20210108) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Register entry 1189054, full print (capture of 20210704) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Company 11823620: officers Companies House, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 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-22 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none was shown.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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").
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 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 the company numbers of the charitable companies in this batch and searched for distinctive charity-name keywords; no title registers were purchased.
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-22 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-22 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Keren Yetev Lev' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1189054 360Giving, queried 16 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-22 screening covered 196 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and staff named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies; the only hits were generic words in charity names (such as "Charitable Foundation", "Trust", "Fund" and "Association") matching listed entities, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 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 Yetev Lev" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).