Ovos Ubonim/Yagdil Torah
Stamford Hill youth and poverty-relief trust with negative funds and bank loans; past Lottery grants
| Ovos Ubonim/Yagdil Torah
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 2009-07-31 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1130889 |
| Headquarters | London N16 |
| Area served | Hackney, Haringey, Israel |
Ovos Ubonim/Yagdil Torah (working name Ovos Ubonim) is a charitable trust (trust deed of 1 July 2005) registered on 31 July 2009; register areas are Hackney, Haringey and Israel.[1][2] Its trustees are Chaim Halpert, Pinchos Weingarten and Yecheskel Monheit, with an administrative address in London N16; the independent examiner is C. Rosen & Co (PDF p.3).[1][2] Its objects are the relief of poverty and the education of, and provision of facilities for, Orthodox Jewish children and young people.[1] In 2024 income was £131,352 (2023: £88,776) and spending £115,932, including donations of £69,423, charitable activities £18,218, student grants £8,954, telephone £7,296, transport £5,696 and printing £2,495; bank loans were £26,476 and funds –£24,462 (PDF p.6–7, 9–10).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "1 THE PROMOTION AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH)2 THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND PROGRAMMES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH) OR THEM TO ENJOY AND PARTICIPATE IN LEISURE-TIME AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO IMPROVE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PARENTS/CARERS AND THEIR CHILDREN, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS3 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY4 THE PROMOTION OF ANY OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES SUCH AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, PROVIDED THAT THEY ARE REGARDED AS CHARITABLE BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES"[1]
The register describes its activities as: "1) The Relief of Poverty 2) The promotion and advancement of the education of children and young people (of the Orthodox Jewish faith),3) The provision of facilities and programmes for children and young people to improve communication between parents/carers and their children, to improve the quality of life of such persons,"[1]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Hackney, Haringey, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yecheskel Monheit | not recorded | — | |
| Pinchos Weingarten | not recorded | — | |
| Chaim Halpert | 2013-02-15 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-16 | Pinchos Weingarten; Chaim Halpert (chair) (from 15 February 2013); Yecheskel Monheit | [3] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-31 | £197,458 | £266,205 |
| 2021-12-31 | £103,085 | £124,675 |
| 2022-12-31 | £139,147 | £133,620 |
| 2023-12-31 | £88,776 | £83,198 |
| 2024-12-31 | £131,352 | £115,932 |
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 31/12/2014[4]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015[5]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2016[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2017[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[8]
Funding in Israel
- 2024 donations £69,423 and student grants £8,954; the accounts name no recipients and do not mention Israel (PDF p.9).[2]
Israeli partners
No 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.
| 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;[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]
- Negative funds and bank loans. Funds were –£24,462 at the end of 2024, with bank loans of £26,476 (PDF p.7, 10).[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
| Date | Funder | Amount (£) | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-02-10 | The National Lottery Community Fund | 9,287 | This is a project by a charity operating in Hackney and Haringey. The charity will use funding to deliver a project aimed at teaching father |
| 2013-01-03 | The National Lottery Community Fund | 9,920 | This is a project by a charity in Hackney also serving beneficiaries in Haringey. The group will use the funding to run a series of courses |
| 2014-09-17 | The National Lottery Community Fund | 10,000 | Not Available |
| 2016-06-08 | The National Lottery Community Fund | 9,750 | The group will use the funding to provide a social and recreational club for orthodox Jewish families aimed at increasing the bonds between |
| 2020-03-10 | The National Lottery Community Fund | 10,000 | The funding will be used to set up an after-school project for young men, aged 13 to 17, from the Jewish community. The project aims to cre |
| 2020-07-03 | The Childhood Trust | 7,500 | # I Can aims to care for young people in the boroughs of Hackney and Haringey who are enduring loneliness, hunger and deprivation due to the |
| 2020-09-17 | Power to Change Trust | 15,000 | Grant to C-19 CCLORS - OVOS UBONIM/YAGDIL TORAH |
| 2020-09-30 | Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport | 10,000 | NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus redu |
| 2020-09-30 | The London Community Foundation | 10,000 | Deprived families in the local area have suffered greatly during the pandemic. Families have lost their livelihoods and with large families |
| 2021-03-15 | The National Lottery Community Fund | 20,000 | The project is using funding to set up a weekly food and care package for Orthodox Jewish families in Haringey Hackney and Salford as well a |
| 2022-02-25 | The National Lottery Community Fund | 10,000 | The project is using funding to expand an after-school club and establish a solution-focused mentoring service for vulnerable and disadvanta |
| 2022-06-30 | Sport England | 10,000 | This project will provide children aged 6-12 football, netball, dancing, aerobics and exercise classes. There will be a fun day to provide t |
No grants made by the charity are published in 360Giving data, so flows between linked charities could not be traced there.[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.[19]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased.[20]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Ovos Ubonim", "Yagdil Torah" 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 1.8 1.9 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Charity Commission, Ovos Ubonim/Yagdil Torah (1130889): 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 1130889, full print (capture of 20210116) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Ovos Ubonim/Yagdil Torah accounts, year ended 2014-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ Ovos Ubonim/Yagdil Torah accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ Ovos Ubonim/Yagdil Torah accounts, year ended 2016-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ Ovos Ubonim/Yagdil Torah accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ Ovos Ubonim/Yagdil Torah accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ 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-15 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Nineteen registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)"; The Kolel Limited showed "up to date (85 days late)" and Practical Compassion for Destitute Children "up to date (2 days late)"; Lionel Black Charitable Trust, Friends of Horim Establishments Tel Aviv and Arad, Prayer for Israel (326132) and The Maurice Wohl Charitable Trust 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-15 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-15 charity names returned no matching charity; the only result, for "Donkey", was an unrelated Belfast organisation).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Ovos Ubonim' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1130889 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-15 screening covered 227 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the three charitable companies and of J. E. Joseph Trustee Company Limited, directors of the dissolved Friends of Horim company (01966551), and trustees, executive-committee members, examiners and other people 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 Hassan, Friedman, Cohen and Sabah) or the generic words "Company Limited"; lists downloaded October 2026.
- ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK, accessed 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 "Ovos Ubonim" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).