The Bais Rochel Dsatmar Charitable Trust
UK Satmar girls’ school charity, Stamford Hill (281371)
The Bais Rochel Dsatmar Charitable Trust (also styled Bais / Beis Rochel D’Satmar) is a UK unincorporated charity (no. 281371). Declaration of trust 19 August 1980; registered 8 January 1981. Organisation type: Other. Ofsted is listed as another regulator. Owns or leases land. Not recognised for Gift Aid. No trading subsidiary. Trustees unpaid.[1][2]
The charity runs a Hasidic school for pupils aged 2 to 19. Objects: religious and secular education of Jewish youth in the United Kingdom, in particular by maintaining a school or schools; and a synagogue or other place of worship. Area of benefit: national. Register “where it operates”: Hackney.[2][3]
Principal address in the 2024 accounts: 51–57 Amhurst Park, London N16 5DL. Auditors: Venitt and Greaves, 115 Craven Park Road, N15 6BL.[4]
The school
The 2024 trustees’ report describes Beis Rochel D’Satmar Girls’ School as an independent day school for girls aged 2 to 19 in Hackney, owned and maintained by the trust “on behalf of the Satmar Chassidic community,” serving Stamford Hill and Stoke Newington. Majority Satmar; other Hasidic courts also send girls. 378 staff at 31 December 2024; none paid over £60,000. Five volunteers.[4][1]
A separate Ofsted file, Beis Ruchel D’Satmar London (URN 137505), is at 117 Stamford Hill, N16 5RS — girls, ages listed 2–11 on the current card, 1,108 pupils, capacity 1,150. Latest standard inspection 17 June 2025: Requires Improvement. The Jewish Chronicle reported an Inadequate judgement in 2021 over missing statutory RSE, reproduction omitted from GCSE science, and a historic DfE ban on new admissions (late 2019, lifted July 2020). Do not merge the URN with the trust number without an accounts note that they are the same legal school.[5][6]
Finance
Year to 31 December 2024: income £6,976,785 (donations and legacies £6.74m; investments / rent £240.37k); expenditure £6,963,520. Government grant income appears in some years on the register (£2.70m in 2021; £2.97m in 2023). Own-use assets about £9.65m. Funds carried at end-2023 were about £10.2m.[7][4]
| 31/12/2020 | 31/12/2021 | 31/12/2022 | 31/12/2023 | 31/12/2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total gross income | £4.65m | £4.63m | £4.27m | £5.75m | £6.98m |
| Total expenditure | £4.01m | £4.82m | £4.52m | £5.70m | £6.96m |
| Income from government contracts | N/A | N/A | N/A | £0 | £0 |
| Income from government grants | N/A | £2.70m | N/A | £2.97m | N/A |
Related-party notes, 2024 accounts
- Childcare fees received from a trustee: £15,600 (2023: £6,500).
- Donations received from Beis Rochel D’Satmar Ltd (company 12037637): £55,000. Shared management personnel.
- Donations paid to Talmud Torah Torah Veyirah D'Satmar London Limited: £653,894 (2023: £302,482). Shared management personnel.
- Supplier payments to Satmar Meats & Poultry Ltd / Samar Meats: £29,730 (2023: £18,216).[4]
Beis Rochel D’Satmar Ltd is a guarantee company at 26 Clapton Common, E5 9BA (child day-care SIC). PSC: Solomon Berkowitz (January 1973), from 1 December 2019.[8]
People
Trustees
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status of other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Berkowitz | Trustee | 11 May 2020 | Yeitev Lev Eretz Israel Ltd, Just Kidding, Talmud Torah Torah Veyirah D'Satmar London Limited | All received: on time |
| Abraham Schreiber | Trustee | 11 May 2020 | None on record | |
| Victor Langberg | Trustee | ? | None on record | |
| Jacob Frankel | Trustee | ? | Friends of Yeshiva Luzern, Nextgrant Limited, Vyoel Moshe Charitable Trust | All received: on time |
Working identification on this project: the Satmar-school Abraham Schreiber is the Klein-line man born 1981 (Abraham Schreiber (born 1981)), not Abraham Schreiber (Rumpler, October 1979, TTD Gur / UOHC). The Commission print for this charity lists no other trusteeships against the name. Confirm on the next accounts signatory block before merging pages.[9]
Vyoel Moshe Charitable Trust takes the name of Satmar rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum (Vayoel Moshe). Yeitev Lev Eretz Israel Ltd is a separate Satmar-titled company; “Eretz Israel” is the name, not proof of West Bank operations.
Contact
- 51–57 Amhurst Park
- London N16 5DL
Ofsted listing for Beis Ruchel D’Satmar London: 117 Stamford Hill, N16 5RS; 020 8809 9636.
See also
- Satmar (Hasidic dynasty)
- Satmar in the UK
- Talmud Torah Torah Veyirah D'Satmar London Limited
- Just Kidding
- Samar Meats
- Abraham Schreiber (born 1981)
- Solomon Berkowitz
- Jewish Schools in the UK
External links
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 THE BAIS ROCHEL DSATMAR CHARITABLE TRUST, Charity Commission, 281371.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Governing document, Charity Commission 281371.
- ↑ What, who, how, where, Charity Commission 281371.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 The Bais Rochel Dsatmar Charitable Trust, Report of the Trustees and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.
- ↑ Beis Ruchel D'Satmar London, Ofsted, URN 137505.
- ↑ Simon Rocker, 'Inadequate' Chasidic school avoids RSE, The Jewish Chronicle, 12 October 2021.
- ↑ Financial history, Charity Commission 281371.
- ↑ BEIS ROCHEL D’SATMAR LTD, Companies House, 12037637.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Trustees, Charity Commission 281371.