Shaarey Yosher
North-west London trust supporting the Yeshivas Shaarey Yosher in Israel, to which it granted £35,000 in 2024; almost all its assets are £230,338 owed by an unnamed subsidiary
| Shaarey Yosher
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 2016-11-17 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1170234 |
| Headquarters | Hawthorn Business Park, Granville Road, London NW2 |
| Area served | Israel |
| Key people | Barry Glass (chair) |
Shaarey Yosher is a charitable trust constituted by a trust deed of 5 May 2016 and registered on 17 November 2016; its address is at a business park in Granville Road, London NW2, and its only recorded area of operation is Israel.[1][2][3] The register describes its activity as "assisting the Yeshivas Shaarey Yosher college in Israel".[1] The trustees are Barry Glass (chair), Yoseph Rigel (from 1 October 2016) and Yehoshua Michael Diskind.[1][3] In 2024 donations were £21,630 (2023: £58,049) and interest receivable £6,709; spending was £35,783, of which donations were £35,000 (2023: £69,707); funds fell to £229,238 (2023: £236,682).[3] The balance sheet consists of £100 of "Shares in group undertakings", debtors of £230,338 and creditors of £1,200, with no cash line; note 8 says "Included in other debtors is £230,338 (2023: £237,182) due from a subsidiary."[3] The accounts were examined by Aryeh Melinek FCA of Melinek Fine LLP and signed by B Glass on 29 September 2025.[3]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH"[1]
The register describes its activities as: "The advancement of orthodox Jewish religious education and, particularly, by assisting the Yeshivas Shaarey Yosher college in Israel."[1]
Register classifications: 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]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yoseph Rigel | 2016-10-01 | Yeshivas Lev Simcha Limited (1120748) | |
| Barry Glass | 2016-11-17 | Yes | — |
| Yehoshua Michael Diskind | 2016-11-17 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-06 | Yoseph Rigel (from 01 October 2016) – also trustee of Yeshivas Lev Simcha Limited; Yehoshua Michael Diskind (from 17 November 2016); Barry Glass (chair) (from 17 November 2016) | [4] |
Yoseph Rigel is also a register trustee of Yeshivas Lev Simcha Limited (1120748).[1]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-31 | £77,838 | £70,261 |
| 2021-12-31 | £69,829 | £54,615 |
| 2022-12-31 | £72,912 | £40,783 |
| 2023-12-31 | £64,957 | £70,520 |
| 2024-12-31 | £28,339 | £35,783 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
Funding in Israel
- 2024: "All grants made during 2024, which totalled £35,000, were made to Shaarey Yosher, Israel." (2023: £69,707).[3]
Israeli partners
Yeshivas Shaarey Yosher, described only as a college in Israel.[1][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 accounts and register name only the country ("Shaarey Yosher, Israel").[3][1] | Not established (country only) |
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]
- Unnamed subsidiary. Nearly all the charity's assets are a debt of £230,338 from a subsidiary that the accounts do not name; the interest receivable of £6,709 is not attributed.[3]
- Missing text. The report says "Internal and external factors: There are specific factors to report." but reports none.[3]
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.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[18] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[19]
- No candidate address: the accounts show £230,338 due from an unnamed subsidiary and £100 of "Shares in group undertakings"; because the subsidiary is not named it could not be searched by company number, and a CCOD/OCOD name search for the charity found nothing – Accounts (source: [3][19])
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Shaarey Yosher" returned 0 contributions in total.[20]
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".[4]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 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.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Shaarey Yosher (1170234): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Charity Commission, Shaarey Yosher (1170234): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1170234, full print (capture of 20210106) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Shaarey Yosher accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
- ↑ Shaarey Yosher accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
- ↑ 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-26 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none 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-26 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-26 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Shaarey Yosher' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1170234 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-26 screening covered 224 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers, examiners and other people and organisations 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 in company names (such as "Company Directors Limited") 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.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 HM Land Registry, UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD) and Overseas companies that own property in England and Wales (OCOD) full extracts, October 2026 release, matched on the company numbers of the charitable companies in this batch and of companies named in their accounts or register entries as trustees or related parties, and searched for distinctive charity-name keywords; no title registers were purchased.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Shaarey Yosher" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).