Satmar Nursery Trust
Hackney nursery charity under Charity Commission class inquiry
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| Type | Charity (trust) |
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| Founded | 23 September 1985 |
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| Registration ID | 292614 |
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| Location | 4 Chardmore Road, London N16 6HX |
| Area served | Hackney |
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Satmar Nursery Trust is an England and Wales registered charity (number 292614), entered on the register of the Charity Commission on 23 September 1985 under a declaration of trust dated 29 July 1985.Charity Commission, SATMAR NURSERY TRUST - 292614 full print Register of Charities, accessed 12 September 2026. Its recorded activity is nursery education. It operates in Hackney and reports 60 employees and two unpaid trustees.Charity Commission, SATMAR NURSERY TRUST - 292614 Register of Charities, accessed 12 September 2026. In the year ending 31 March 2025 the charity reported income of £2,202,467, including £1,302,329 from two government grants, and expenditure of £2,012,298. The Charity Commission register carries an inquiry alert. Satmar Nursery Trust was added to the Commission’s statutory class inquiry into cashed cheques in September 2025, in the second named tranche of a probe covering 105 charities that cashed cheques worth £22 million with a company in Hackney between December 2021 and March 2023.Charlie Moloney, Commission investigates 10 further charities in £22m cashed cheques probe Third Sector, 1 September 2025. An inquiry is not a finding of wrongdoing.
Objects and activities
The governing document objects are “the relief of poverty and sickness by the provision of nursery facilities for the children of families undergoing hardship due to poverty or sickness or for the benefit of such other exclusively charitable objects and purposes in the United Kingdom or in any other part of the world as the trustees think fit.”Charity Commission, SATMAR NURSERY TRUST governing document Register of Charities, accessed 12 September 2026. The Commission classifies the charity under education and training, helping children and young people, by providing human resources and services. It also records grant-making as a main method of carrying out purposes. The recorded area of operation is Hackney. There are no trading subsidiaries.Charity Commission, SATMAR NURSERY TRUST what, who, how, where Register of Charities, accessed 12 September 2026. Ofsted records Satmar Nursery Trust as the registered person for Yetev Lev D'Satmar Nursery 122 Cazenove Branch, 122 Cazenove Road, London N16 6AX, a full-day-care early years setting in the London Borough of Hackney.Ofsted, Inspection of Yetev Lev D'Satmar Nursery 122 Cazenove Branch Ofsted, 17–18 June 2025.
People
Trustees listed on the Charity Commission register:Charity Commission, Trustees SATMAR NURSERY TRUST Register of Charities, accessed 12 September 2026.
| Name | Role | Date appointed | Other trusteeships (selected) |
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| Gerson Berger | Chair | 17 March 2020 | None on record |
| Berish Berger | Trustee | Not dated on register | Ardenlink Limited; Vyoel Moshe Charitable Trust; Aldentower Limited; Palmcourt Limited; Y G S Yeshiva Gedola Seminar; Yeshiva Gedoilah Torah Veyirah Limited; Talmud Torah Education Limited; The Palmtree Foundation Trust Limited; Utry; Educational Academies Support |
No trustees receive remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity. No employee is recorded as receiving total benefits over £60,000.
Finances
| Year end | Total income | Total expenditure | Government grants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 March 2021 | £204,030 | £190,060 | — |
| 31 March 2022 | £423,520 | £342,600 | £313,070 |
| 31 March 2023 | £995,950 | £993,890 | £770,210 |
| 31 March 2024 | £1.57m | £1.54m | £1.57m |
| 31 March 2025 | £2,202,467 | £2,012,298 | £1,302,329 |
Charity reporting is recorded as up to date.Charity Commission, SATMAR NURSERY TRUST financial history Register of Charities, accessed 12 September 2026.
Charity Commission inquiry
The class inquiry began after an unannounced HM Revenue and Customs visit to a company in Hackney found that 105 charities had cashed cheques with it to a value of £22 million between December 2021 and March 2023.Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025. Ten charities were named in May 2025. On 1 September 2025 the Commission named a further ten, including Satmar Nursery Trust, Ezer Viznitz Foundation, Lehachyos, Dover Sholem Community Trust, Friends of Yeshiva Daas Sholem Shotz, Vyoel Moshe Charitable Trust, The Z.S.V. Trust, United Talmudical Associates Ltd, Forty Limited and Bnois Jerusalem Schools.Katie Grant, Ten further Orthodox Jewish charities named by regulator investigating cashed cheques worth £22m The Jewish Chronicle, 1 September 2025. The Commission ordered charities under inquiry not to issue cheques without its prior consent. It said it would examine how funds were transferred, trustee oversight of cash obtained from cashed cheques, whether spending furthered charitable purposes, and how trustees decided the transactions were in each charity’s best interests. On 9 September 2026 four charities from later tranches were removed from the inquiry. Satmar Nursery Trust was not among them, and its register entry still records that an inquiry has been opened.Charity Commission, Regulator concludes investigation into 4 charities as class inquiry continues GOV.UK, 9 September 2026.
Contact
Address: 4 Chardmore Road, London N16 6HX Telephone: 020 8806 3834 Email: MOSHE@INVOICESOLUTION.CO.UK Charity number: 292614
See also
- Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques
- Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator
- British Jewish charities investigated by the Charity Commission