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Salford property-investing charitable company, whose directors include Hyman Weiss, Philip Weiss and Henry Neumann, that gave £171,650 to Orthodox Jewish causes in 2024/25 and lends interest-free to charities run by its directors

Melodor Limited

Type Charitable company
Founded 1970-05-27 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 260972; company 00976427
Headquarters Salford M7
Area served Brent, Hackney, Bury, Salford City, Israel, United States


Melodor Limited is a charitable company (00976427) incorporated on 7 April 1970 and registered on 27 May 1970; its registered office is Heaton House, Bury Old Road, Manchester M7 (PDF p.3).[1][2] Its policy is to invest about half of its net income in property and distribute about half, and "the governors' expertise is in property investment" (PDF p.4).[2] The trustees named in the accounts for the year to 29 March 2025 are H Weiss, H Neumann (also secretary), M Neumann and E Henry; the register lists Maurice Neumann, Henry Neumann, Hyman Weiss and Philip Weiss (PDF p.3).[2][3] Donations of £21,000 came from its wholly owned subsidiary, Primelease Limited, and grants totalled £171,650 (2024: £417,490), including Teshuvoh Tefilloh Tzedokoh £35,000 and The Pesach Project £50,000 (PDF p.5, 12, 16).[2] Funds fell from £611,722 to £503,795 (PDF p.7).[2]

Objects and activities

Bury Old Road, Broughton Park, Salford (2009); the charity's registered office, Heaton House, is on Bury Old Road

The charity's registered objects read: "FOR GENERAL CHARITABLE OBJECTS. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF THE MEMORANDUM)"[3]

The register describes its activities as: "Distribution of funds to religious,educational and similar charities."[3]

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[3]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Brent, Hackney, Bury, Salford City, Israel, United States.[3]

Trustees

Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[3]

Trustees of Melodor Limited (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Maurice Neumann not recorded Tifereth Benevolent Fund Limited (251737)
Henry Neumann not recorded —
Hyman Weiss not recorded Ardina Limited (262352); Beis Minchas Yitzchok Trust (326920); Koleiss Zedokoh Limited (262170); Localtrent Limited (326329); Tifereth Benevolent Fund Limited (251737)
Philip Weiss not recorded Ardina Limited (262352); Beis Minchas Yitzchok Trust (326920); Koleiss Zedokoh Limited (262170); Localtrent Limited (326329); Tifereth Benevolent Fund Limited (251737)

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2010-07-19 Hyman Weiss; Philip Weiss; Zisel Weiss; Pinchas Neumann; Yocheved Weiss; Eli Neumann; Esther Henry; Henry Neumann; Janet Bleier; Neumann Neumann; Miriam Friedlander; Rebecca Delange; Minna Weiss; Rivka Ollech; Rivka Rabinowitz [4]
2012-05-05 Hyman Weiss; Philip Weiss; Zisel Weiss; Pinchas Neumann; Yocheved Weiss; Eli Neumann; Esther Henry; Henry Neumann; Janet Bleier; Maurice Neumann; Miriam Friedlander; Rebecca Delange; Rivka Ollech; Rivka Rabinowitz; Pesha Kohn; Yehoshua Weiss [5]
2014-05-06 Hyman Weiss; Philip Weiss; Zisel Weiss; Pinchas Neumann; Yocheved Weiss; Eli Neumann; Esther Henry; Henry Neumann; Janet Bleier; Maurice Neumann; Miriam Friedlander; Rebecca Delange; Rivka Ollech; Rivka Rabinowitz; Pesha Kohn; Yehoshua Weiss [6]
2021-01-08 Janet Bleier – also trustee of Beauland Limited; Hyman Weiss – also trustee of Tifereth Benevolent Fund Limited, Cong Yetev Lev D'satmar M/c Ltd, Beis Minchas Yitzchok Trust, Kolyom Trust Limited, Koleiss Zedokoh Limited, Localtrent Limited, Zoreya Tzedokos, Beis Yoel, Talmud Torah Yetev Lev Ltd; Pinchas Neumann – also trustee of Tifereth Benevolent Fund Limited, Beauland Limited; Rebecca Delange – also trustee of Beauland Limited; Esther Henry – also trustee of Beauland Limited; Eli Neumann – also trustee of Beauland Limited; Yocheved Weiss – also trustee of Localtrent Limited; Pesha Kohn – also trustee of Koleiss Zedokoh Limited; Rivka Ollech – also trustee of Koleiss Zedokoh Limited; Yehoshua Weiss; Rivka Rabinowitz; Miriam Friedlander – also trustee of Beauland Limited; Maurice Neumann – also trustee of Tifereth Benevolent Fund Limited, Beauland Limited, Chasdei Yitzok Charities Limited; Philip Weiss – also trustee of Tifereth Benevolent Fund Limited, Ardina Limited, Beis Minchas Yitzchok Trust, Localtrent Limited; Henry Neumann; Zisel Weiss – also trustee of Ardina Limited, Koleiss Zedokoh Limited, Localtrent Limited [7]

Hyman Weiss and Philip Weiss are also register trustees of Ardina Limited (262352), Beis Minchas Yitzchok Trust (326920), Koleiss Zedokoh Limited (262170), Localtrent Limited (326329) and Tifereth Benevolent Fund Limited (251737); Maurice Neumann is a trustee of Tifereth Benevolent Fund Limited. Companies House lists many directors who resigned in 2022–2023.[3][1]

Companies House officers

Companies House lists 28 current and former officers of the charitable company (00976427), 4 of them active.[8]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-03-31 £84,221 £186,323
2022-03-31 £86,927 £154,216
2023-03-31 £134,477 £86,221
2024-03-31 £559,097 £424,241
2025-03-31 £69,098 £177,025

Source: register annual-return history.[3]

Archived accounts

Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:

  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2006[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2007[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2008[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2009[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2010[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2011[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2012[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2013[16]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2014[17]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[18]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[19]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[20]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[21]

Funding in Israel

  • No spending in Israel is identified; the accounts do not mention Israel. Grants in 2024/25: Teshuvoh Tefilloh Tzedokoh £35,000; The Pesach Project £50,000; grants under £15,000 £86,650. In 2023/24 named grants included Asser Bishvil £20,000, Chasdei Shlomo £17,000, Chernobyl Shul £70,000, Cong Yetev Lev £17,500, Pesach Project £40,000, Rosecare Foundation £36,150, Teshuvoh Tefiloh Tzedokoh £62,000 and Zoreya Tzedokos £16,500 (PDF p.12).[2]

Israeli partners

No Israeli partner 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
No place in Israel is named.[2] Not established

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;[22] 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.[23][24][25][26] 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.[27]
  • Loans to and from directors' companies. Other debtors include interest-free loans to charities whose directors are trustees – Localtrent Limited £20,000, Ardina Limited £99,135 and Cong Yetev Lev D'Satmar M/C Ltd £70,000 – and creditors include £185,000 owed to Mandley Estates Limited and £988 to Mountland Ltd, companies whose directors are trustees (PDF p.16).[2] At Companies House, Henry Neumann, Hyman Weiss and Philip Weiss are directors of Mandley Estates Limited.[28]
  • Departed director still listed. The accounts name E Henry as a trustee, but Companies House records Esther Henry's appointment as ended on 26 January 2023; Maurice Neumann's appointment ended on 4 February 2026 (PDF p.3).[2][1]
  • Inconsistencies in the accounts. The examiner's statement is headed "matter of concern identified" but raises none; reserves are given "as at 31 March 2025" though the year ends on 29 March; and the fair-value movement on investments (£47,717) equals the figure given as income from investment properties (PDF p.5–6, 11, 14).[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).[29] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[30]

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.[31]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[32]

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.[33]

Land and property

The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property.[3] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[34] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[35]

  • Investments of £460,094 including interests in "joint property syndicates" carried without revaluing the syndicate properties, and a wholly owned subsidiary, Primelease Limited; addresses not stated – Accounts (PDF p.8, 14, 16) (source: [2])
  • Freehold property, Priestfield Road, Ellesmere Port CH65 (title CH482591, freehold; proprietor added 21/02/2002, price paid £15,000) – registered to Primelease Limited, the name of the charity's wholly owned subsidiary; the dataset records company numbers 01291520 and 01591520 on two titles and none on the rest, so the link is not confirmed; not necessarily charity property (source: [35])
  • Freehold properties, Braemar Road, Fallowfield (title GM128671, freehold; proprietor added 12/12/1977) – registered to Primelease Limited, the name of the charity's wholly owned subsidiary; the dataset records company numbers 01291520 and 01591520 on two titles and none on the rest, so the link is not confirmed; not necessarily charity property (source: [35])
  • Leasehold property, Roman Road, Failsworth M35 (title GM128678, leasehold; proprietor added date not given) – registered to Primelease Limited, the name of the charity's wholly owned subsidiary; the dataset records company numbers 01291520 and 01591520 on two titles and none on the rest, so the link is not confirmed; not necessarily charity property (source: [35])
  • Freehold properties, Lewis Street, Eccles (title GM128679, freehold; proprietor added 12/12/1977) – registered to Primelease Limited, the name of the charity's wholly owned subsidiary; the dataset records company numbers 01291520 and 01591520 on two titles and none on the rest, so the link is not confirmed; not necessarily charity property (source: [35])
  • Leasehold properties, Walter Street, Stretford (title GM128680, leasehold; proprietor added 12/12/1977) – registered to Primelease Limited, the name of the charity's wholly owned subsidiary; the dataset records company numbers 01291520 and 01591520 on two titles and none on the rest, so the link is not confirmed; not necessarily charity property (source: [35])
  • Leasehold properties, Derwent Road, Stretford (title GM128681, leasehold; proprietor added 12/12/1977) – registered to Primelease Limited, the name of the charity's wholly owned subsidiary; the dataset records company numbers 01291520 and 01591520 on two titles and none on the rest, so the link is not confirmed; not necessarily charity property (source: [35])
  • Leasehold properties, Farm Street, Failsworth (title GM128682, leasehold; proprietor added 12/12/1977) – registered to Primelease Limited, the name of the charity's wholly owned subsidiary; the dataset records company numbers 01291520 and 01591520 on two titles and none on the rest, so the link is not confirmed; not necessarily charity property (source: [35])
  • Freehold properties, Brailsford Road, Fallowfield (title GM128686, freehold; proprietor added 12/12/1977) – registered to Primelease Limited, the name of the charity's wholly owned subsidiary; the dataset records company numbers 01291520 and 01591520 on two titles and none on the rest, so the link is not confirmed; not necessarily charity property (source: [35])
  • Freehold properties, Ashton Road East, Failsworth M35 (title GM128687, freehold; proprietor added 12/12/1977) – registered to Primelease Limited, the name of the charity's wholly owned subsidiary; the dataset records company numbers 01291520 and 01591520 on two titles and none on the rest, so the link is not confirmed; not necessarily charity property (source: [35])
  • Freehold properties, Stansfield Street and Assheton Road, Newton Heath (title GM128691, freehold; proprietor added 12/12/1977) – registered to Primelease Limited, the name of the charity's wholly owned subsidiary; the dataset records company numbers 01291520 and 01591520 on two titles and none on the rest, so the link is not confirmed; not necessarily charity property (source: [35])
  • Leasehold properties, Farm Street, Failsworth (title GM128692, leasehold; proprietor added 12/12/1977) – registered to Primelease Limited, the name of the charity's wholly owned subsidiary; the dataset records company numbers 01291520 and 01591520 on two titles and none on the rest, so the link is not confirmed; not necessarily charity property (source: [35])
  • Leasehold properties, Bethel Avenue, Failsworth (title GM128693, leasehold; proprietor added 12/12/1977) – registered to Primelease Limited, the name of the charity's wholly owned subsidiary; the dataset records company numbers 01291520 and 01591520 on two titles and none on the rest, so the link is not confirmed; not necessarily charity property (source: [35])
  • Freehold properties, Stansfield Street, Newton Heath (title GM128696, freehold; proprietor added 12/12/1977) – registered to Primelease Limited, the name of the charity's wholly owned subsidiary; the dataset records company numbers 01291520 and 01591520 on two titles and none on the rest, so the link is not confirmed; not necessarily charity property (source: [35])
  • Leasehold properties, Nixon Street, Failsworth (title GM128697, leasehold; proprietor added 12/12/1977) – registered to Primelease Limited, the name of the charity's wholly owned subsidiary; the dataset records company numbers 01291520 and 01591520 on two titles and none on the rest, so the link is not confirmed; not necessarily charity property (source: [35])
  • Freehold properties, Marcus Grove, Rusholme (title GM128703, freehold; proprietor added 12/12/1977) – registered to Primelease Limited, the name of the charity's wholly owned subsidiary; the dataset records company numbers 01291520 and 01591520 on two titles and none on the rest, so the link is not confirmed; not necessarily charity property (source: [35])
  • Freehold property, Beresford Street, Manchester M14 (title GM128704, freehold; proprietor added 12/12/1977) – registered to Primelease Limited, the name of the charity's wholly owned subsidiary; the dataset records company numbers 01291520 and 01591520 on two titles and none on the rest, so the link is not confirmed; not necessarily charity property (source: [35])
  • Leasehold property, Cyprus Street, Stretford (title GM265511, leasehold; proprietor added 29/03/1982) – registered to Primelease Limited, the name of the charity's wholly owned subsidiary; the dataset records company numbers 01291520 and 01591520 on two titles and none on the rest, so the link is not confirmed; not necessarily charity property (source: [35])
  • Freehold land, Cross Street, Urmston M41 (title GM670534, freehold; proprietor added date not given) – registered to Primelease Limited, the name of the charity's wholly owned subsidiary; the dataset records company numbers 01291520 and 01591520 on two titles and none on the rest, so the link is not confirmed; not necessarily charity property (source: [35])

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Melodor Limited", "Melodor" returned 0 contributions in total.[36]

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".[7]

External links

  • No current official website.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Companies House, MELODOR LIMITED (00976427) Find and update company information, overview and officers, viewed 16 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 Charity Commission, Melodor Limited (260972): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 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.
  4. ↑ Register entry 260972, contact and trustees (capture of 20100719) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 260972, contact and trustees (capture of 20120505) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Register entry 260972, contact and trustees (capture of 20140506) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Register entry 260972, full print (capture of 20210108) UK Government Web Archive.
  8. ↑ Company 00976427: officers Companies House, viewed 16 October 2026.
  9. ↑ Melodor Limited accounts, year ended 2006-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110916).
  10. ↑ Melodor Limited accounts, year ended 2007-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110916).
  11. ↑ Melodor Limited accounts, year ended 2008-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110916).
  12. ↑ Melodor Limited accounts, year ended 2009-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140506).
  13. ↑ Melodor Limited accounts, year ended 2010-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140506).
  14. ↑ Melodor Limited accounts, year ended 2011-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140506).
  15. ↑ Melodor Limited accounts, year ended 2012-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140506).
  16. ↑ Melodor Limited accounts, year ended 2013-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140506).
  17. ↑ Melodor Limited accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  18. ↑ Melodor Limited accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  19. ↑ Melodor Limited accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  20. ↑ Melodor Limited accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  21. ↑ Melodor Limited accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  22. ↑ 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-20 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Seventeen registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)"; the other eight (Friends of Milbat, British Friends of Atid, River Progress Foundation, Morris Family Israel Trust, Afikim, the Cohen Charitable Trust, the Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust and Encompass) showed "Removed charity".
  23. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  24. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  25. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  26. ↑ 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).
  27. ↑ 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").
  28. ↑ Companies House, MANDLEY ESTATES LIMITED (00691093) Find and update company information, overview and officers, viewed 16 October 2026.
  29. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-20 charity names found no matching Scottish registration (a name-only hit for "Sheila & Denis Cohen Charitable Trust" was not established to be connected with the Cohen Charitable Trust and is disregarded).
  30. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-20 charity names returned zero results).
  31. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Melodor' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  32. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-260972 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  33. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-20 screening covered 272 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the five charitable companies, and trustees, examiners and other people and bodies named in the accounts and sources read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; token matches were surname-only coincidences (for example Weiss, Sara, Masri, Cohen) or generic words in organisation names (Limited, Company, Trust).
  34. ↑ 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.
  35. ↑ 35.00 35.01 35.02 35.03 35.04 35.05 35.06 35.07 35.08 35.09 35.10 35.11 35.12 35.13 35.14 35.15 35.16 35.17 35.18 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 five charitable companies in this batch (07727158, 00846151, 00976427, 05021088, 02595407) and on the charities' registered names and named subsidiaries; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.
  36. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Melodor" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
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