Meir Hatorah
Stamford Hill trust set up to support the Ziv HaTorah school in Bnei Brak, now giving grants to families, with negative funds
| Meir Hatorah
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 2007-04-02 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1118639 |
| Headquarters | London N16 |
| Area served | Hackney, Haringey, Israel |
Meir Hatorah was registered on 2 April 2007 under a trust deed of 6 March 2007; register areas are Hackney, Haringey and Israel.[1] Its trustees are Jacob Grunhut, Rivka Beigel and Yitzchok Beigel, with a principal address in London N16 (PDF p.4).[1][2] Its objects include Orthodox Jewish religious education, "in particular by supporting the charitable activities of the school in Bnei Brak, Israel known as Ziv HaTorah" (PDF p.3). In the year to 30 September 2025 donations were £178,924 and charitable expenditure £175,960; funds were negative at –£39,006 (PDF p.6).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "I THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITHII THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR BY SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE SCHOOL IN THE BNEI BRAK, ISRAEL KNOWN AS ZIV HATORAHIII THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND INFIRMITY AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH FAITH ANDIV SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW"[1]
The register describes its activities as: "The advancement of the orthodox Jewish faith, the advancement of orthodox Jewish religious education and in particular by supporting the charitable activities of the school in the Bnei Brak, Israel known as Ziv Hatorah, The relief of poverty sickness and infirmity amongst members of the Jewish faith and other purposes as are charitable according to English law."[1]
Register classifications: Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Hackney, Haringey, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yitzchok Beigel | not recorded | — | |
| Rivka Beigel | 2013-05-17 | — | |
| jacob grunhut | 2013-05-17 | Satmar Limited (1115025); Seekport Ltd (299870); Servus (Benevolent Fund) Ltd (272746); The Torah Learning Centre (1083899); Toiras Moishe Talmudical Academy (Collel and Yeshivo) Chassam Sofer Trust (1042314) |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-14 | Yitzchok Beigel; Rivka Beigel (from 17 May 2013); Akiva Grunhut (from 17 May 2013) – also trustee of The Torah Learning Centre | [3] |
Jacob Grunhut is also a register trustee of Satmar Limited, Seekport Ltd, Servus (Benevolent Fund) Ltd, The Torah Learning Centre and Toiras Moishe Talmudical Academy (Collel and Yeshivo) Chassam Sofer Trust.[1]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £285,175 | £278,031 |
| 2022-03-31 | £149,564 | £155,520 |
| 2023-03-31 | £592,653 | £628,430 |
| 2024-09-30 | £285,799 | £290,946 |
| 2025-10-01 | £178,924 | £176,920 |
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
- FY2025: "37 grants to families to relieve financial hardship and 5 grants to families to help them with costs in relation to medical issues"; no payment to Ziv HaTorah is reported for the year, and the families' location is not stated (PDF p.3).[2]
Israeli partners
Ziv HaTorah, a school in Bnei Brak named in the objects (PDF p.3).[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 |
|---|---|
| The objects name a school in Bnei Brak, inside Israel's pre-1967 lines.[2] | Low |
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;[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]
- Negative funds. Funds have been negative for at least three year-ends (–£35,863 in 2023, –£41,010 in 2024, –£39,006 in 2025), with other creditors of £42,500 (PDF p.6).[2]
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. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.[19]
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.[20]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Meir Hatorah" 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 "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 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Charity Commission, Meir Hatorah (1118639): 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 1118639, full print (capture of 20210114) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Meir Hatorah accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ Meir Hatorah accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ Meir Hatorah accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ Meir Hatorah accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ Meir Hatorah 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-13 charities, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. The 22 registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)"; Hatzolas Chasanim Ltd, Trumfold Limited and The Naaman Trust showed "Removed charity".
- ↑ 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-13 charity 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 of the 25 batch-13 charity names returned zero results, except "J O Charitable", which returned only unrelated Northern Irish charities).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Meir Hatorah' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1118639 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-13 screening covered 285 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the six charitable companies (including the removed Hatzolas Chasanim Ltd and Trumfold Limited), related companies named in the accounts (Cromwell Corporate Protector Limited, Salmino Limited, Bullion Properties Limited, Crewpride Limited, Wilkincroft Ltd and others), and trustees, examiners, donors and grant recipients named in the accounts and fetched partner pages 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 words in organisation names ("Trust", "Limited", "Ltd", "Foundation") and surname-only coincidences (Weiss, Friedman, Kish, Silver, James, Seal, Potash); 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 "Meir Hatorah" Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).