Moinest Foundation
Stamford Hill family trust that owns residential property in Ilford producing £30,696 of income in 2024/25, against grants of £740
| Moinest Foundation
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 2018-02-19 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1177217 |
| Headquarters | London N16 |
| Area served | Throughout England And Wales, Israel, United States |
| Key people | Ervin Szoffer (chair) |
Moinest Foundation is a charitable trust established by a trust deed of 10 January 2018 and registered on 19 February 2018; its principal office is in London N16.[1][2] The trustees, all from 10 January 2018, are Ervin Szoffer (chair), Shulamit Szoffer and Mordechai Szoffer.[3] The trustees say "The charity receives income mainly from its property investments which it utilises in the provision and distribution of grants and donations", with a "particular preference for low risk secure property investments".[2] In the year to 30 June 2025, in a statement headed "PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT", income was £38,900: property income of £30,696 (2024: £30,425) and donations of £8,204, which note 18 says were "received from a related company". Spending was investment management of £4,397 and charitable costs of £3,261, of which grants were £740 (Misgave £540 and Craven Walk Beth Hamedrash £200) and governance £2,521; funds rose from £459,836 to £491,078.[2] Investment properties are carried at £454,600 on the trustees' valuation (historical cost £418,626).[2] The accounts were prepared by Cohen Arnold, examined by David Goldberg FCA DChA on 20 April 2026, and signed by Mrs S Szoffer.[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ('THE OBJECTS') ARE GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD"[3]
The register describes its activities as: "The charity makes grants in the furtherance of its objects."[3]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes.[3]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel, United States.[3]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[3]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ervin Szoffer | 2018-01-10 | Yes | Ploiest Estates Limited (1203108) |
| Shulamit Szoffer | 2018-01-10 | Ploiest Estates Limited (1203108) | |
| Mordechai Szoffer | 2018-01-10 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-14 | Mordechai Szoffer (from 10 January 2018); Shulamit Szoffer (from 10 January 2018); Ervin Szoffer (chair) (from 10 January 2018) | [4] |
Ervin Szoffer and Shulamit Szoffer are also register trustees of Ploiest Estates Ltd (1203108).[3]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-30 | £24,606 | £8,685 |
| 2022-06-30 | £25,249 | £16,656 |
| 2023-06-30 | £26,885 | £18,380 |
| 2024-06-30 | £30,425 | £20,141 |
| 2025-06-30 | £38,900 | £7,658 |
Source: register annual-return history.[3]
Funding in Israel
- Year to 30 June 2025: grants of £740 (Misgave £540; Craven Walk Beth Hamedrash £200); no spending in Israel is identified.[2]
Israeli partners
No Israeli partner is named. The register lists Israel and the United States among the areas of operation.[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 |
|---|---|
| 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;[5] 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.[6][7][8][9] 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.[10]
- Small grants from a property portfolio. In 2024/25 the charity's grants were £740, against property income of £30,696, governance costs of £2,521 and funds of £491,078.[2]
- Unnamed related company. Note 18 records £8,204 "received from a related company" without naming it.[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).[11] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[12]
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.[13]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[14]
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.[15]
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.[16] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[17]
- Investment properties of £454,600 at the trustees' valuation (historical cost £418,626), producing property income of £30,696 – Accounts (source: [2])
- Freehold property (flats), Hedgeley, Woodford Avenue, Ilford (title EGL75053, freehold; proprietor added 12/07/2018) – CCOD record in the name MOINEST FOUNDATION (corporate body), with a proprietor address in the charity's register postcode (London N16); consistent with the investment properties of £454,600 in the accounts; no price given; candidate title, not purchased (source: [17])
- Freehold property (flats), Hedgeley, Woodford Avenue, Ilford (title EGL75054, freehold; proprietor added 12/07/2018) – CCOD record in the name MOINEST FOUNDATION (corporate body), with a proprietor address in the charity's register postcode (London N16); consistent with the investment properties of £454,600 in the accounts; no price given; candidate title, not purchased (source: [17])
- Freehold property, Queensgate, Woodford Avenue, Ilford (title EGL75055, freehold; proprietor added 16/07/2018) – CCOD record in the name MOINEST FOUNDATION (corporate body), with a proprietor address in the charity's register postcode (London N16); consistent with the investment properties of £454,600 in the accounts; no price given; candidate title, not purchased (source: [17])
- Freehold garage, Queens Gate, Woodford Avenue, Ilford (title EGL87544, freehold; proprietor added 18/10/2021) – CCOD record in the name MOINEST FOUNDATION (corporate body), with a proprietor address in the charity's register postcode (London N16); consistent with the investment properties of £454,600 in the accounts; no price given; candidate title, not purchased (source: [17])
- Freehold garage, Queens Gate, Woodford Avenue, Ilford (title EGL87545, freehold; proprietor added 24/03/2020) – CCOD record in the name MOINEST FOUNDATION (corporate body), with a proprietor address in the charity's register postcode (London N16); consistent with the investment properties of £454,600 in the accounts; no price given; candidate title, not purchased (source: [17])
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Moinest Foundation" returned 0 contributions in total.[18]
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]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ Charity Commission, Moinest Foundation (1177217): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Charity Commission, Moinest Foundation (1177217): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1177217, full print (capture of 20210114) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 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-24 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; only Dalaid (1064655) 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-24 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-24 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Moinest' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1177217 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-24 screening covered 264 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and other people named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies; the only hits were generic words (such as "Trust", "Foundation", "Company Limited" 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 – 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.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 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 charitable companies in this batch and searched for distinctive charity-name keywords; no title registers were purchased.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Moinest" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).