Ponevez Institutions Bnei-Braq Israel

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UK trust supporting the Ponevezh Yeshiva institutions in Bnei Brak

Ponevez Institutions Bnei-Braq Israel

Logo Ponevezh Yeshiva Bnei Brak.jpg
Type Trust
Founded 2008-03-03 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1123051
Headquarters 6 Craven Walk, London, N16 6BT
Area served Israel


Ponevez Institutions Bnei-Braq Israel is a trust (deed of 8 January 2008) registered on 3 March 2008; Israel is its only register area.[1] Its objects are Orthodox Jewish religion and education, "in particular but not exclusively by supporting the charitable activities of the Institutions", and the relief of poverty. The register lists trustees Leib Levison and Zev Sinitsky and the address 6 Craven Walk, London N16 6BT;[1] the 2025 accounts name trustees B D Stroh, A L Levison and J Sinitsky and give the principal address as 357 City Road, London (PDF p.3).[2] In 2025 donations were £287,614 and charitable spending £345,000, all of it "made to the Ponovez Institutions"; funds were £34,106 (PDF p.5, 7).[2] The yeshiva gives its address as 7 Rabbi Aba Grossbard, Bnei Brak, and has a US office at 1133 Broadway, New York.[3]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE1)THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH AND ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE INSTITUTIONSII) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND INFIRMITY AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH FAITH ANDIII) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW"[1]

The register describes its activities as: "Advancement of orthodox Jewish Faith & relief of poverty amongst members of the Jewish faith."[1]

Register classifications: Education/training, Religious Activities.[1]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel.[1]

Trustees

Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]

Trustees of Ponevez Institutions Bnei-Braq Israel (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Mr Leib Levison not recorded Areivim (1125655); Beis Brucha Ltd (1131109); Friends of Dr Adler's Surgery (1191581); Friends of Kupat Hakahal Kirhyat Sefer (1113041); Friends of Orchos Torah (1178879); Project S E E D (281307); Taharos Beiyun (1151822); The Friends of Yeshivas Brisk (1005809); Torah Vodaas Limited (1092266)
Zev Sinitsky 2020-07-14 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2011-01-26 Bernard Dov Stroh; Michael Chontow; Leib Levison [4]
2012-01-14 Bernard Dov Stroh; Michael Chontow; Leib Levison [5]
2013-09-05 Bernard Dov Stroh; Michael Chontow; Leib Levison [6]
2014-09-05 Bernard Dov Stroh; Michael Chontow; Leib Levison [7]
2021-01-08 Zev Sinitsky (from 14 July 2020); Leib Levison – also trustee of Torah Vodaas Limited, Friends of Dr Adler's Surgery, Friends of Orchos Torah, Areivim, Friends of Kupat Hakahal Kirhyat Sefer, Taharos Beiyun, Project S E E D [8]

Leib Levison is also a register trustee of Areivim (1125655), Beis Brucha Ltd (1131109), Friends of Dr Adler's Surgery (1191581), Friends of Kupat Hakahal Kirhyat Sefer (1113041), Friends of Orchos Torah (1178879) and Project S E E D (281307).[1]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-12-31 £165,937 £103,300
2022-12-31 £91,784 £142,378
2023-12-31 £44,875 £52,572
2024-12-31 £279,376 £192,370
2025-12-31 £287,614 £345,392

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 31/12/2009[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2010[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2011[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2012[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2014[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2016[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2017[16]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[17]

Funding in Israel

  • 2025 donations of £345,000 (2024: £192,070), all to the Ponovez Institutions (PDF p.5, 7).[2]

Israeli partners

The Ponevezh Yeshiva and associated institutions, 7 Rabbi Aba Grossbard, Bnei Brak.[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.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
Finding Confidence
The institutions are in Bnei Brak, inside the 1949 armistice lines.[3] Low – Bnei Brak

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;[18] 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.[19][20][21][22] 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.[23]
  • Register and accounts differ. Trustee B D Stroh, named in the accounts, is not among the register trustees, and the accounts' principal address, 357 City Road, is the registered office of Lakechance Limited (291522), of which B D Stroh is chair (PDF p.3).[2][1] The trustees' report and balance-sheet approval dates are blank (PDF p.3–4).[2]

Other registers and records

Scotland and Northern Ireland

No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (register export dated 15 October 2026, downloaded 15 October 2026 and searched by name).[24] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[25]

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.[26]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[27]

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.[28]

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.[29]

US counterparts (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)

Organisation EIN Latest filing year Revenue (US$) Expenses (US$)
American Friends Of Ponevez Yeshiva In Israel Inc[30] 135600414 2023 408,334 334,691

These US organisations share the name or beneficiary of the UK charity; no financial flows between them and the UK charity were established.

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Ponevez Institutions", "Ponevezh" returned 0 contributions in total.[31]

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".[8]

See also

External links

  • No current official website.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 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), extract dated 14 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Charity Commission, Ponevez Institutions Bnei-Braq Israel (1123051): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ponevez Yeshiva, ישיבת פוניבז' בני ברק – Ponevez Yeshiva ponevez.co.il, viewed 15 October 2026 ("The Torah and Chessed Institutions of Rabbi J. Kahaneman, the Ponevez Rav"; address "רבי אבא גרוסברד 7, בני ברק" (7 Rabbi Aba Grossbard, Bnei Brak); "U.S office 1133 Broadway #823 New York").
  4. ↑ Register entry 1123051, contact and trustees (capture of 20110126) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 1123051, contact and trustees (capture of 20120114) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Register entry 1123051, contact and trustees (capture of 20130905) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ Register entry 1123051, contact and trustees (capture of 20140905) UK Government Web Archive.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Register entry 1123051, full print (capture of 20210108) UK Government Web Archive.
  9. ↑ Ponevez Institutions Bnei-Braq Israel accounts, year ended 2009-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130905).
  10. ↑ Ponevez Institutions Bnei-Braq Israel accounts, year ended 2010-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130905).
  11. ↑ Ponevez Institutions Bnei-Braq Israel accounts, year ended 2011-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130905).
  12. ↑ Ponevez Institutions Bnei-Braq Israel accounts, year ended 2012-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130905).
  13. ↑ Ponevez Institutions Bnei-Braq Israel accounts, year ended 2014-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  14. ↑ Ponevez Institutions Bnei-Braq Israel accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  15. ↑ Ponevez Institutions Bnei-Braq Israel accounts, year ended 2016-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  16. ↑ Ponevez Institutions Bnei-Braq Israel accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  17. ↑ Ponevez Institutions Bnei-Braq Israel accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  18. ↑ 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-10 charities, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; alerts were shown only for Solev Co Limited (254623) and Lehachyos (1170523).
  19. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  20. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  21. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  22. ↑ 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), both retrieved 15 October 2026.
  23. ↑ Charity Commission, Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements GOV.UK, 5 August 2026, retrieved 15 October 2026 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").
  24. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026, downloaded October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-10 charity names and their other names found no matching Scottish registration.
  25. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-10 charity name returned no relevant result; the search for "Kosov" returned only an unrelated removed charity, Kosova Support Group, showing that the API was answering).
  26. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Ponevez' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
  27. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1123051 360Giving, queried 15 October 2026.
  28. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-10 screening covered 337 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the charitable companies and of related companies named in the accounts (including Pinlee Investments, Calvert Estates, Kendleville, Pidom Export, Faircastle, Hatzlocho, Localtrent, Ardina, Ridgesave, Portford, Wilkincroft and Pandor Estates), and trustees, lenders, donor companies and grant recipients named in the accounts read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; the only token matches were generic company words ("Services Limited" in the name of a corporate secretary) and surname-only coincidences; lists downloaded October 2026.
  29. ↑ 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.
  30. ↑ American Friends Of Ponevez Yeshiva In Israel Inc – Nonprofit Explorer ProPublica, viewed 15 October 2026.
  31. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Ponevez" Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
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