Kupath Gemach Trust

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Stamford Hill trust giving poverty grants and interest-free loans, mainly to individuals

Kupath Gemach Trust

Type Other
Founded 2005-07-05 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1110323
Headquarters 171 Kyverdale Road, London, N16 6PS
Area served Israel, United States, Throughout London


Kupath Gemach Trust (formerly Kupath Gemach Chaim Bechesed Viznitz Trust) is a charity registered on 5 July 2005, with its address at 171 Kyverdale Road, London N16 6PS; trustees are I Kahan, S Weiss and A Pifko, and register areas are Israel, the United States and London.[1][2] It makes grants or interest-free loans. In the year ended 31 May 2025 income was £997,112 and grants £1,023,384, of which £937,079 went to individuals for relief of poverty and £86,305 to institutions.[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE (I) THE RELIEF OF THE POOR SICK FEEBLE AND FRAIL THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONGST THE MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH FAITH (II) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH AND (III) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION.3.2 THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH OF THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "Grants are made to individuals and institutions falling within the charity's objects."[1]

Register classifications: Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[1]

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

Trustees

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

Trustees of Kupath Gemach Trust (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Israel Kahan not recorded Bhw Limited (1130437); Chaim Bechesed (1198349); Children Ahead Ltd (1138140); Keren Yedidei Beis Viznitz Ltd (1195033)
Alexander Pifko not recorded Bhw Limited (1130437)
Saul Weiss not recorded Chaim Bechesed (1198349); Keren Habinyan Limited (1144177)

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2014-05-06 Israel Kahan; Saul Weiss; Alexander Pifko [3]
2021-01-14 Saul Weiss – also trustee of Keren Habinyan Limited, Lev Tov Ltd; Alexander Pifko – also trustee of Bhw Limited; Israel Kahan – also trustee of Bhw Limited, Children Ahead Ltd [4]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-05-31 £317,677 £278,125
2022-05-31 £931,222 £945,598
2023-05-31 £817,362 £822,683
2024-05-31 £982,471 £965,381
2025-05-31 £997,112 £1,026,133

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 31/05/2009[5]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/05/2010[6]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/05/2011[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/05/2012[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/05/2013[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/05/2014[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/05/2015[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/05/2016[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/05/2017[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/05/2018[14]

Funding in Israel

  • FY2025: £937,079 to individuals for relief of poverty and £86,305 to institutions (religion £80,445; social welfare £5,860). No recipients or countries are named.[2]

Israeli partners

No partner organisation is 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.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
Finding Confidence
Not established.[2] Low

Support for the IDF: No IDF 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;[15] 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.[16][17][18][19] 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.[20]

Other registers and records

Scotland and Northern Ireland

No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (full register download of 14 October 2026 searched by name).[21] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[22]

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; results were limited to Companies House filing lists.[23]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[24]

Sanctions screening

The charity's name, its current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages 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.[25]

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.[26]

Parliament

Hansard searches for 'Kupath Gemach Trust', 'Kupath Gemach Chaim Bechesed' returned 0 contributions in total.[27]

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 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 Charity Commission, Kupath Gemach Trust (1110323): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 1110323, contact and trustees (capture of 20140506) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1110323, full print (capture of 20210114) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Kupath Gemach Trust accounts, year ended 2009-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140506).
  6. ↑ Kupath Gemach Trust accounts, year ended 2010-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140506).
  7. ↑ Kupath Gemach Trust accounts, year ended 2011-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140506).
  8. ↑ Kupath Gemach Trust accounts, year ended 2012-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140506).
  9. ↑ Kupath Gemach Trust accounts, year ended 2013-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140506).
  10. ↑ Kupath Gemach Trust accounts, year ended 2014-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  11. ↑ Kupath Gemach Trust accounts, year ended 2015-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  12. ↑ Kupath Gemach Trust accounts, year ended 2016-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  13. ↑ Kupath Gemach Trust accounts, year ended 2017-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  14. ↑ Kupath Gemach Trust accounts, year ended 2018-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  15. ↑ 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).
  16. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  17. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025 (re-fetched 14 October 2026).
  18. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025 (re-fetched 14 October 2026).
  19. ↑ 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.
  20. ↑ 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").
  21. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, CharityExport-14-Oct-2026.csv, downloaded 14 October 2026; keyword search of charity names for the batch-4 charities found no matching Scottish registration.
  22. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-4 charity name returned zero results).
  23. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Kupath Gemach' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
  24. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1110323 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
  25. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-4 screening covered 354 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and archived full-print register pages (UK Government Web Archive) and Companies House officers of the 8 charitable companies; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually (all candidate hits were surname-only coincidences or generic company-word overlaps); lists downloaded October 2026.
  26. ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access on 14 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.
  27. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Kupath Gemach' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
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