Mosdos Lelov Limited
North London charitable company, struck off the companies register in 2011 after a receiver was appointed over properties charged to Northern Rock, which the Charity Commission did not remove until 2015
| Mosdos Lelov Limited
| |
|---|---|
| Logo |  A mezuzah at the synagogue in Lelów, Poland (2012); the charity has the town's name |
| Type | Charitable company (removed) |
| Founded | 2005-04-06 (registered) |
| Dissolved | 2015-01-22 (removed from the register: Ceased to exist) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1108875 |
| Headquarters | Not recorded on the register (removed); the company's registered office was in London N16 |
| Area served | Throughout England And Wales, Israel, United States |
Mosdos Lelov Limited (registered as Mosdos Lelov Ltd) was a charitable company whose memorandum and articles are dated 13 December 2004; it was registered on 6 April 2005 and removed on 22 January 2015 as "Ceased to exist".[1] Its objects were to advance the Orthodox Jewish faith and Orthodox Jewish religious education "in any part of the World" and to relieve poverty and sickness among Jewish people; it made grants to individuals and organisations, and its register areas were England and Wales, Israel and the United States.[1] The register gives no company number, but Companies House lists MOSDOS LELOV LTD. (05311909), a company limited by guarantee incorporated on 13 December 2004 – the date of the charity's memorandum and articles – with its registered office in London N16.[2][1] Its officers were Shmuel Shmelke Biderman, secretary and director from 13 December 2004 (recorded as Israeli); Salomon Rothschild, director from 13 December 2004 (recorded as Swiss, with a correspondence address in Bnei Brak, Israel); and Andreas Klein, a director in 2005 (recorded as resident in Austria).[2] The register's financial history shows income of £110.95k and spending of £105.32k in 2007, £81.85k and £83.60k in 2008, £14.33k and £14.29k in 2009, £15.70k and £12.41k in 2010, and £55.35k and £57.42k in 2011; the 2011 accounts were received on 18 June 2013, "230 days late", and the returns for 2012 to 2014 were "Not submitted".[1]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "(I) TO ADVANCE THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD(II) TO ADVANCE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, AND(III) TO RELIEVE THE POOR, SICK, FEEBLE AND INFIRM AMONG PERSONS OF THE JEWISH FAITH IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD"[3]
The register describes its activities as: "I) To advance the Orthodox Jewish Faith in any part of the World (II) To advance Orthodox Jewish Religious education in any part of the world, and (III) To relieve the poor, sick, feeble and infirm among the persons of the Jewish Faith in any part of the World."[3]
Register classifications: Education/training, Religious Activities.[3]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel, United States.[3]
Trustees
The register extract holds no trustee records for removed charities.
The register holds no trustee records for this removed charity; the people above are the officers listed at Companies House for MOSDOS LELOV LTD. (05311909), which is matched to the charity by name and by its incorporation date. JewishGen says that Lelów, Poland, was the seat of a Hasidic dynasty founded by David Biedermann and that "the group identified with Lelow Chasidim are in America and Israel"; no source read for this profile says whether the charity was connected to the dynasty or to Shmuel Shmelke Biderman's family.[2][4]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-12-31 | £55,353 | £57,417 |
Source: register annual-return history.[3]
Funding in Israel
- No spending in Israel is identified; no accounts are available, and the register records only totals (£55.35k income in 2011).[1]
Israeli partners
No Israeli partner is named. The register lists Israel among the charity's areas of operation, and one director was recorded as Israeli and another had a correspondence address in Bnei Brak.[1][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 |
|---|---|
| No place of activity is named; the Companies House record gives an officer's correspondence address in Bnei Brak, which is not evidence of where the charity worked.[2] | Not established |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated in the register entry or the Companies House record.[1][2]
Controversies and regulatory action
- No Charity Commission inquiry naming this charity was found; it is not named in the 2025–2026 cheque-cashing class-inquiry announcements or statement of results, and the charities in the August 2026 settlements class inquiry have not been named.[5][6][7][8][9] The register shows it as removed, giving the reason "Ceased to exist".[1]
- Receivership and outstanding charges. Companies House records two legal charges in favour of Northern Rock PLC over freehold property in Northfield Road, London (one charge describes it as in Stamford Hill), created on 20 July and 19 August 2005 and still shown as outstanding; a receiver or manager was appointed on 9 February 2009 and ceased to act on 3 August 2010.[10][11]
- Accounts filed after dissolution. The company was struck off and dissolved on 26 April 2011 (first Gazette notice 11 January 2011), yet the register records accounts for the year to 31 December 2011 received on 18 June 2013, and the charity was not removed from the register until 22 January 2015.[11][12][1]
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).[13] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[14]
The Gazette
The London Gazette of 11 January 2011 lists "MOSDOS LELOV LTD." among first Gazette notices for compulsory strike-off, matching the Companies House record of its dissolution on 26 April 2011; no insolvency or winding-up notice was found.[12][11][15]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[16]
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.[17]
Land and property
The register extract does not record whether the charity owned or leased land or property (the field is blank for this removed charity).[3] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[18] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[19]
- Freehold property, Northfield Road, London (title LN161349), charged to Northern Rock PLC on 20 July 2005; a second Northern Rock charge of 19 August 2005 covers freehold property in Northfield Road, Stamford Hill, with no title number given. Both charges are shown as outstanding – Companies House charge register for MOSDOS LELOV LTD. (05311909); historical candidate title, not purchased (source: [10])
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Mosdos Lelov" returned 0 contributions in total.[20]
Web archive
The UK Government Web Archive holds 1 archived Charity Commission register page used in this profile (cited in the sections above). The 2021 archived full print showed the status "Removed charity" and "Other regulators: not shown".[21]
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 Charity Commission, Mosdos Lelov Ltd (1108875): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026 ("06 April 2005: Standard registration 22 January 2015: Removed (Ceased to exist)").
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Companies House, MOSDOS LELOV LTD. (05311909) Find and update company information, overview and officers, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 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.
- ↑ JewishGen International Jewish Cemetery Project, LELOW: śląskie cdp.jewishgen.org, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 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").
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Companies House, MOSDOS LELOV LTD. (05311909): charges Find and update company information, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Companies House, MOSDOS LELOV LTD. (05311909): filing history Find and update company information, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 The London Gazette, Supplement 822901, page 1303 (first Gazette notices for compulsory strike-off, 11 January 2011), viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-22 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-22 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Mosdos Lelov' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1108875 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-22 screening covered 196 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and staff 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 in charity names (such as "Charitable Foundation", "Trust", "Fund" and "Association") matching listed entities, 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.
- ↑ 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 "Mosdos Lelov" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
- ↑ Register entry 1108875, full print (capture of 20210116) UK Government Web Archive.