Kolel Bys Shlome Arye Trust
UK Orthodox Jewish trust running a Stamford Hill kollel (charity 1091867)
Kolel Bys Shlome Arye Trust is a UK unincorporated charity (no. 1091867). Declaration of trust 25 March 2002; registered 2 May 2002. Removed 9 May 2010 (“does not operate”); re-registered 6 December 2011. Organisation type on the register: Other. Not a company. Not recognised for Gift Aid. Does not own or lease land on the governance line — the assets table later shows own-use assets of about £3.2 million, so treat that line as stale until the accounts are opened.[1][2]
Activity line: “Maintains a college for advanced Studies.” Objects: relief of poverty; relief of the aged and infirm; advancement of Orthodox Jewish religious education; advancement of the Orthodox Jewish religion. Area of benefit in the deed: national and overseas. Register “where it operates”: throughout England and Wales only.[2][1]
Principal address: 43 St Kilda’s Road, London N16 5BS. Phone: 020 8800 5061. 2015 accounts used Rothfeld & Co, Medcar House, 149a Stamford Hill, N16 5LL; bankers Barclays, Whitechapel.[3][4]
College
The 2015 trustees’ report said the trust “now concentrates mainly on its maintaining a college for Advanced Rabbinical Studies” with a roll of about 120 part-time students. Payments to students as examination prizes and festival grants. Rent that year £13,000. Scholarship grants £562,580; other charitable grants £19,650.[4]
Finance
Year to 31 May 2025: income £857,206 (donations £818.41k; investments £38.80k); expenditure £1,013,411 (charitable activities £970.34k; raising funds £41.39k). Year to 31 May 2024: income £881,897; expenditure £849,607, almost all grants to institutions on the Commission breakdown (£846.01k). No government contracts or grants. No trading subsidiary. Trustees unpaid. Three volunteers.[1][5]
| 31/05/2020 | 31/05/2021 | 31/05/2022 | 31/05/2023 | 31/05/2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total gross income | £548.41k | £450.73k | £812.64k | £823.19k | £881.90k |
| Total expenditure | £475.32k | £428.43k | £446.51k | £795.31k | £849.61k |
| Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Income from government grants | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Balance-sheet shift after 2021: own-use assets £3.31m (2022–23), £3.22m (2024–25); total liabilities about £2.3–2.4m. Cash/other assets collapsed to £1.06k by 31 May 2025.[6]
Trustees
| Name | Role | Other trusteeships on the register |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Benjamin Krausz (S. B. Krausz) | Trustee; signed 2015 accounts as chairman | None on record |
| Zeesy Krausz | Trustee | None on record |
| Israel Eckstein | Trustee | Inspirations on an earlier Commission snapshot; later “none on record” |
| Pinchas Goldstein | Trustee | None on record |
Same four names on the 2015 accounts and the current register. No appointment dates printed.[7][4]
United States namesake
Friends of Kolel Bys Shlome Arye Inc (EIN 83-1798872) is a Brooklyn 501(c)(3), formed 2018, 115 Wallabout Street Apt 7R, Brooklyn NY 11206. 2024 revenue $1,114,326; expenses $1,087,687. Directors on the 990: Mordechai Ekstein, Abraham Farkas, Shloma Schonbrun. Description: financial support to Orthodox Jewish institutions. Not a UK charity. Name match only unless an accounts note ties the two cashflows.[8][9]
Contact
- 43 St Kilda’s Road
- London N16 5BS
- 020 8800 5061
See also
- 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
- Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques
External links
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 KOLEL BYS SHLOME ARYE TRUST, Charity Commission, 1091867.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Governing document, Charity Commission 1091867.
- ↑ Full print, Charity Commission 1091867.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Kolel Bys Shlome Arye Trust, financial accounts year ended 31 May 2015.
- ↑ Financial history, Charity Commission 1091867.
- ↑ Assets and liabilities, Charity Commission 1091867.
- ↑ Trustees, Charity Commission 1091867.
- ↑ Friends of Kolel Bys Shlome Arye, Cause IQ / IRS 990.
- ↑ Friends Of Kolel Bys Shlome Arye Inc, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.