The Kolel Limited
Stamford Hill charitable company funding a Talmudic college's mature students and poor individuals
| The Kolel Limited
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable company |
| Founded | 2009-03-03 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1128361; company 06791037 |
| Headquarters | First Floor, 94 Stamford Hill, London, N16 6XS |
| Area served | Israel, United States, Hackney |
The Kolel Limited is a charitable company (06791037; memorandum and articles of 14 January 2009) registered on 3 March 2009; register areas are Israel, the United States and Hackney.[1] Its trustees and directors are Menashe Eichenstein, Maurice Freund and Leon Rabinowitz, with Chasya Rivka Eichenstein as company secretary; the registered office is the Stamford Hill office of its independent examiner, Sugarwhite Meyer Accountants Ltd (N16) (PDF p.3).[1][2] Its object is an institute for advanced Talmudic studies, and the register describes it as "Making grants to mature students of a talmudical college and other charities" (PDF p.4).[1][2] In the year to 31 January 2025 income was £136,000 (2024: £181,650), spending £141,265 and grants £136,324 – £41,543 to institutions and £94,781 to individuals for the relief of poverty – leaving reserves of £2,148 (PDF p.4, 6–7, 9).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "I THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING AN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED TALMUDIC STUDIES AND PROVIDING THEREAT FACILITIES AND COURSES FOR SUCH STUDIESII THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH ANDIII THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER OBJECTS AS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW"[1]
The register describes its activities as: "Making grants to mature students of a talmudical college and other charities."[1]
Register classifications: Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel, United States, Hackney.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice Freund | not recorded | Congregation Yetev Lev Dsatmar Antwerp Limited (1120657); Keren Yetev Lev Ltd (1189054); Livnos Bayis Limited (1197673); Nextgrant Limited (292305); Talmud Torah Torah Veyirah D'satmar London Limited (1136378); Yeitev Lev Eretz Israel Ltd (1121260) | |
| L Rabinowitz | not recorded | — | |
| Menashe Eichenstein | 2009-01-14 | Mayheights Limited (1112291) |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-07 | Menashe Eichenstein (from 14 January 2009) – also trustee of Mayheights Limited; Maurice Freund – also trustee of Congregation Yetev Lev Dsatmar Antwerp Limited, Keren Yetev Lev Ltd, Talmud Torah Torah Veyirah D'satmar London Limited, Nextgrant Limited, Yeitev Lev Eretz Israel Ltd; L Rabinowitz – also trustee of Kermaville Limited | [3] |
Maurice Freund holds 34 Companies House appointment entries and Leon Rabinowitz 17, mostly property companies; Maurice Freund's include Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar Antwerp Limited and Talmud Torah Torah Veyirah D'Satmar London Limited.[4]
Companies House officers
Companies House lists 4 current and former officers of the charitable company (06791037), 4 of them active.[5]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-31 | £102,963 | £102,973 |
| 2022-01-31 | £143,096 | £146,474 |
| 2023-01-31 | £141,564 | £146,879 |
| 2024-01-31 | £181,650 | £171,681 |
| 2025-01-31 | £136,000 | £141,265 |
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 31/01/2015[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/01/2016[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/01/2017[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/01/2018[9]
Funding in Israel
- FY2025 grants to institutions £41,543 – Mifal Tzedoko Vochesed £20,000, Torah And Charity Fund £6,000, Zoreya Tzedokos £2,000 and others under £2,000 £13,543 – and to individuals £94,781 (2024: study and lecture grants of £86,000); the accounts do not say how much was spent in Israel (PDF p.9).[2]
Israeli partners
No partner in Israel 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;[10] 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.[11][12][13][14] 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.[15]
- Figures differ; late filing. The 2024 grantmaking figure is £166,596 on the statement of financial activities but £166,648 in note 3 (PDF p.6, 9).[2] The register shows the latest filing as received 85 days late.[10]
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).[16] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[17]
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.[18]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[19]
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.[20]
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.[21]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "The Kolel Limited" returned 0 contributions in total.[22]
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, The Kolel Limited (1128361): 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 1128361, full print (capture of 20210107) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Companies House, FREUND, Maurice: appointments and RABINOWITZ, Leon: appointments Find and update company information, viewed 16 October 2026 (34 and 17 appointments respectively, mostly property companies; Maurice Freund's include Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar Antwerp Limited and Talmud Torah Torah Veyirah D'Satmar London Limited).
- ↑ Company 06791037: officers Companies House, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ The Kolel Limited accounts, year ended 2015-01-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ The Kolel Limited accounts, year ended 2016-01-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ The Kolel Limited accounts, year ended 2017-01-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ The Kolel Limited accounts, year ended 2018-01-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 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 'The Kolel Limited' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1128361 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 – 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.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "The Kolel Limited" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).