London Friends of Kamenitzer Yeshiva Jerusalem
East London fundraising trust whose sole activity is raising money for "The Kamenitzer Yeshiva Talmudical College, Jerusalem", to which it granted £27,100 in 2024/25; its examiner is a company with no individual named
| London Friends of Kamenitzer Yeshiva Jerusalem
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Other |
| Founded | 2001-01-26 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1084726 |
| Headquarters | London E5 |
| Area served | Israel |
London Friends of Kamenitzer Yeshiva Jerusalem is a charitable trust constituted by a declaration of trust of 24 September 2000 and registered on 26 January 2001; its address is in London E5 and its only recorded area of operation is Israel.[1][2] Its objects are the advancement of Orthodox Jewish religious education and of the Orthodox Jewish religion.[1] The trustees are Yecheskel Hoffman and Harvey Freudenberger (from 1 April 2016).[1] The accounts say "The Trust continued in its sole activity of raising funds on behalf of The Kamenitzer Yeshiva Talmudical College, Jerusalem." In the year to 31 March 2025 donations were £32,297 (2024: £19,688), "Grants to Kamenitzer Yeshiva" £27,100 (2024: £25,500) and management expenses £83; the accumulated fund was £6,191 (2024: £1,077).[3] The accounts were signed by H Freudenberger as "CHAIRMAN".[3]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION; AND 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "THE OBJECTIVES OF THE CHARITY ARE: 1. ADVANCEMENT OF JEWISH RELIGION 2. SUPPORT JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 3. SUPPORT THE RELIEF OF POVERTY 4. SUPPORT OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES."[1]
Register classifications: Education/training.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yecheskel Hoffman | not recorded | — | |
| Harvey Freudenberger | 2016-04-01 | — |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £47,682 | £50,322 |
| 2022-03-31 | £25,036 | £27,318 |
| 2023-03-31 | £42,369 | £37,942 |
| 2024-03-31 | £19,688 | £25,567 |
| 2025-03-31 | £32,297 | £27,183 |
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 31/03/2014[4]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[5]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[8]
Funding in Israel
- Year to 31 March 2025: "Grants to Kamenitzer Yeshiva" £27,100 (2024: £25,500).[3]
Israeli partners
The Kamenitzer Yeshiva Talmudical College, Jerusalem; no street address is given.[3]
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 |
|---|---|
| The accounts describe the recipient as "The Kamenitzer Yeshiva Talmudical College, Jerusalem", with no address.[3] | Medium (city stated by the accounts; no address) |
Support for the IDF: Not established.[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;[9] 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.[10][11][12][13] 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.[14]
- Examiner not an individual. The independent examiner's report, dated 22 December 2025, is given in the name of "Rothfeld Co Services Ltd" (London N16), with no individual examiner named, and cites section 43 of the Charities Act 1993.[3]
- Home addresses printed. The filed accounts print the trustees' home addresses; they are not reproduced here.[3]
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 notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name found no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice.[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.[1] No title registers were purchased.[20]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "London Friends of Kamenitzer Yeshiva Jerusalem", "Kamenitzer Yeshiva" 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).
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 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.
- ↑ Charity Commission, London Friends of Kamenitzer Yeshiva Jerusalem (1084726): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Charity Commission, London Friends of Kamenitzer Yeshiva Jerusalem (1084726): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ London Friends of Kamenitzer Yeshiva Jerusalem accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ London Friends of Kamenitzer Yeshiva Jerusalem accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ London Friends of Kamenitzer Yeshiva Jerusalem accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ London Friends of Kamenitzer Yeshiva Jerusalem accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ London Friends of Kamenitzer Yeshiva Jerusalem accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ 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-25 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none showed one.
- ↑ 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").
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-25 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-25 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Kamenitzer' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1084726 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-25 screening covered 459 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers, examiners and other people and organisations named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, every person and organisation linked in the profiles, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies and of the related companies Renco Properties, Conlatuse and Landmead; the only hits were generic words (the word "QA" in the names of corporate formation agents) and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.
- ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK, accessed 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 "Kamenitzer" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).