Ohr Chaim Limited
Salford charitable company whose 2024/25 grants of £32,500 included £20,000 to "Tzidkas Yermiyuhi" and £2,000 to Friends Of Ganei Geula Jerusalem Ltd; one director lives in Israel
| Ohr Chaim Limited
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable company |
| Founded | 2019-10-08 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1185693; company 11480156 |
| Headquarters | Salford M7, the office of its accountants (the accounts give the accountants' office in Prestwich M25) |
| Area served | Throughout England, Israel |
Ohr Chaim Limited is a charitable company (11480156) incorporated on 24 July 2018 and registered as a charity on 8 October 2019; its register address is in Salford M7 and its registered office is the office of its accountants, Haffner Hoff Ltd, in Prestwich M25.[1][2][3] Its objects are Orthodox Jewish education "anywhere in the world", religion, the relief of poverty and the health of "sufferers of any medical conditions around the world".[3] The directors are Dr Mitchell Joseph Greenberg, Yisroel Greenberg, Jacob Moskowitz, Gabriella Wajchman and David Shaw (from 29 April 2025); Chagai Kahn resigned in April 2025.[2][3] In the year to 31 July 2025 donations were £37,040 (2024: £2,000) and spending £33,135: grants of £32,500 – Tzidkas Yermiyuhi £20,000, Tomchei Yotzei Anglia £10,500 and Friends Of Ganei Geula Jerusalem Ltd £2,000 (2024: £2,750) – general office costs of £35 and the examiner's fee of £600; funds rose from minus £606 to £3,299.[3] The accounts were examined by Dov Schwarz of the same office, with no qualification given, and signed by Dr M J Greenberg on 17 April 2026.[3]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "TO PROMOTE, ADVANCE AND PROVIDE EDUCATION, MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, ORTHODOX JEWISH EDUCATION ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AND TO GENERALLY PROMOTE ALL ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; TO PROMOTE AND ADVANCE RELIGION ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPLES OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM;TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, MAINLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONGST PERSONS OF THE JEWISH FAITH;TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS OF ANY MEDICAL CONDITIONS AROUND THE WORLD THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT AND PRACTICAL ADVICE."[4]
The register describes its activities as: "Charitable activities in accordance with the charity's objectives as the trustees see fit"[4]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[4]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England, Israel.[4]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[4]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gabriella Wajchman | 2018-07-04 | — | |
| Jacob Moskowitz | 2018-07-04 | — | |
| Mitchell Joseph Greenberg | 2018-07-04 | — | |
| Yisroel Greenberg | 2019-04-17 | — | |
| David Shaw | 2025-04-29 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-12 | Gabriella Wajchman (from 04 July 2018); Chagai Kahn (from 04 July 2018) – also trustee of Delapage Limited, Heichal Hatorah, Mesila UK Limited; Yisroel Greenberg (from 17 April 2019); Jacob Moskowitz (from 04 July 2018); Mitchell Joseph Greenberg (from 04 July 2018) | [5] |
Companies House officers
Companies House lists 6 current and former officers of the charitable company (11480156), 5 of them active.[6] Officers recorded as resident outside the UK: Mitchell Joseph Greenberg (Israel, active).[6]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-31 | £1,800 | £11,178 |
| 2022-07-31 | £186,000 | £181,359 |
| 2023-07-31 | £45,000 | £49,039 |
| 2024-07-31 | £2,000 | £3,145 |
| 2025-07-31 | £37,040 | £33,135 |
Source: register annual-return history.[4]
Funding in Israel
- Year to 31 July 2025: Tzidkas Yermiyuhi £20,000; Tomchei Yotzei Anglia £10,500; Friends Of Ganei Geula Jerusalem Ltd £2,000. No locations are given.[3]
Israeli partners
"Friends Of Ganei Geula Jerusalem Ltd" is named with the word Jerusalem but without description; "Tzidkas Yermiyuhi" is not described.[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 only place-name is in a grantee's name ("Friends Of Ganei Geula Jerusalem Ltd"), a UK-style company name; no place of activity is stated.[3] | Not established (place appears only in a grantee's name) |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[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;[7] 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.[8][9][10][11] 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.[12]
- Negative funds; earlier accounts not on the register. Funds were minus £606 at 31 July 2024, and the register shows no accounts received for that year.[3][4]
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
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.[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 records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[4] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[18]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Ohr Chaim Limited", "Ohr Chaim" returned 0 contributions in total.[19]
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 "Recently registered" and "Other regulators: No information available".[5]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ Charity Commission, Ohr Chaim Limited (1185693): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Companies House, OHR CHAIM LIMITED (11480156) Find and update company information, overview and officers, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Charity Commission, Ohr Chaim Limited (1185693): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 1185693, full print (capture of 20210112) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Company 11480156: officers Companies House, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 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 'Ohr Chaim' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1185693 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.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Ohr Chaim" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).