Ora Vesimcha
Stamford Hill trust supporting the Ora Vesimcha institution in Israel; it sent £21,000 there in 2024/25 out of £68,130 of grants
| Ora Vesimcha
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 2006-07-06 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1115124 |
| Headquarters | London N16 |
| Area served | Hackney, Israel |
Ora Vesimcha is a trust established by a deed of 9 June 2006 and registered on 6 July 2006; its administration address is in London N16 (PDF p.3).[1][2] The trustees are S Eisner and M Grunhut, and the accountants and independent examiners are Whiteside and Davies of Salford (David Pollak), whose report is dated 29 January 2026 (PDF p.3, 6).[2] The report says "£21,000 (2024: £35,418) was donated to the organization in Israel, which comprises 34% of total donations £68,130 made", and that "The charity accomodates to vunerable members of society and individuals with disabilties" (PDF p.4–5).[2] In the year to 31 March 2025 donations received were £76,091 (2024: £34,467) and total spending £73,464 (PDF p.4, 7).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND EDUCATION GENERALLY AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTE.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH.3 THE RELIEF OF THE POOR SICK AND FEEBLE AMONGST PERSONS OF THE JEWISH FAITH IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "The relief of the poor sick and feeble amongs persons of the Jewish faithThe advancement of orthodox Jewish Religious education"[1]
Register classifications: Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Hackney, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sholom Eisner | not recorded | — | |
| Moses Grunhunt | not recorded | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-07 | Sholom Eisner – also trustee of Beis Hamedrash Pe'er Meshulem D'tosh; Moses Grunhunt | [3] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £117,156 | £99,880 |
| 2022-03-31 | £93,183 | £131,303 |
| 2023-03-31 | £108,958 | £96,472 |
| 2024-03-31 | £34,467 | £56,926 |
| 2025-03-31 | £76,091 | £73,464 |
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
- Year to 31 March 2025: Ora Vesimcha Institution (Israel) £21,000 (2024: £35,418); other charitable grants and donations £47,130 (2024: £15,295), recipients not named (PDF p.9).[2]
Israeli partners
The Ora Vesimcha institution in Israel; its town and activities are not given in the accounts (PDF p.4, 9).[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 in Israel is named for the institution.[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;[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]
- Unexplained loan and inconsistent figures. Current assets include "Loan made" of £4,000 (2024: £4,000) with no borrower named; the report gives 2024 total donations as £57,413, while note 9 shows £50,713; and other grants of £47,130 are not attributed to any recipient (PDF p.4, 8–9).[2]
- Outdated framework. The notes cite the FRSSE (April 2008) and SORP 2005, describe the trust as a "Charitable Company" and include a rental-income policy although no rent is shown (PDF p.9).[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]
US counterparts (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)
| Organisation | EIN | Latest filing year | Revenue (US$) | Expenses (US$) |
|---|
This US organisation shares the name of the UK charity's Israeli beneficiary; no financial flows between it and the UK charity were established.[2]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Ora Vesimcha" 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]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 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.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Charity Commission, Ora Vesimcha (1115124): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Register entry 1115124, full print (capture of 20210107) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Ora Vesimcha accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Ora Vesimcha accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Ora Vesimcha accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Ora Vesimcha accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Ora Vesimcha accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ 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-19 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Twenty-two registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)"; British Friends of Ramoth Jerusalem showed "Charity reporting is overdue by 1691 days"; Leibovici Charitable Trust and Friends of Bereaved Families Forum (1118221) 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-19 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-19 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Ora Vesimcha' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1115124 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-19 screening covered 358 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the eight charitable companies, and trustees, examiners, grantees 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 Miller, Gold) or generic words in organisation names (Trust, Ltd, Limited).
- ↑ 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 "Ora Vesimcha" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).