The New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust

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UK trust funding Rachmistrivka institutions (synagogue and overseas mosdos)

The New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust

Type Trust
Founded 1995-11-27 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1050963
Headquarters 12 Portland Avenue, London, N16 6ET
Area served Throughout England And Wales, Israel


The New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust is a trust registered since 1995. Its main activity is making grants to Rachmistrivka institutions; register areas are throughout England and Wales and Israel.[1] In the year ended 30 September 2025 grants were £2,203,585, of which £2,167,762 went to support Rachmistrivke Institutions and institutions connected to Rachmistrivke (note 7).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "TO PROMOTE THE JEWISH RELIGION AND TO ADVANCE JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "The Charity's objectives are to promote Orthodox Jewish religion in general and in particular by assisting Rachmistrivka Synagogue by raising funds for the purpose of building, refurbishing and equipping a new building for a synagogue to be used for communal religious worship. The main activity of the charity is to make grants to Rachmistrivka Institutions."[1]

Register classifications: Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[1]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel.[1]

Trustees

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

Trustees of The New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
David Margulies not recorded Kehal Charedim Trust (1098484); The Bluzhov Charitable Trust (1066840); Tomchei Yotzei Anglia (1111333)
Malcolm Stern not recorded Berest Charities (1123148)
Israel Pinchas Karniol 2024-06-11 —
Moishe Erlich 2024-06-11 Aid and Relief (1209024); Hachnosas Kalloh North London (1205977)

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2010-07-07 Malcolm Stern; David Margulies; Rachel Margulies [3]
2012-01-25 Malcolm Stern; David Margulies; Rachel Margulies [4]
2021-07-03 Rachel Margulies – also trustee of The Bluzhov Charitable Trust; Step by Step London David Margulies – also trustee of The Bluzhov Charitable Trust, Tomchei Yotzei Anglia, Kehal Charedim Trust; Malcolm Stern – also trustee of Berest Charities [5]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-09-30 £2,280,971 £1,998,449
2022-09-30 £1,676,529 £1,783,156
2023-09-30 £1,915,488 £2,008,138
2024-09-30 £1,576,763 £1,624,050
2025-09-30 £2,156,697 £2,252,063

Source: register annual-return history.[1]

Historical finances (UK Government Web Archive)

Income and spending shown on archived register pages
Financial year end Income (£) Spending (£) Source
30 Sep 2004 976,853 1,089,624 [6]
30 Sep 2005 1,703,761 1,701,552 [6]
30 Sep 2006 1,147,242 1,092,548 [6]
30 Sep 2007 1,682,918 1,690,508 [6]
30 Sep 2008 1,605,018 1,561,627 [7]
30 Sep 2009 1,023,614 1,052,103 [7]

Archived accounts

Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:

  • Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2006[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2007[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2008[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2009[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2014[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2015[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2016[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/10/2017[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2018[16]

Funding in Israel

  • FY2025: £2,167,762 to Rachmistrivke Institutions and connected institutions; register areas include Israel.[2][1]

Israeli partners

Rachmistrivka/Rachmistrivke institutions (Hasidic) in the UK and Israel; individual overseas entities not named in the note.[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.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
Finding Confidence
Not established – no settlement named.[2] Low

Support for the IDF: No IDF funding is stated.[2][2]

Controversies and regulatory action

  • No Commission inquiry, Official Warning or Gazette insolvency notice was found.

Other registers and records

Scotland and Northern Ireland

No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (full register download of 14 October 2026 searched by name).[17] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[18]

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; results were limited to Companies House filing lists.[19]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[20]

Sanctions screening

The charity's name and the names of its current register trustees 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.[21]

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.[22]

Parliament

A search of Hansard for 'New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust' returned 0 contributions in total.[23]

Web archive

The UK Government Web Archive holds 4 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 (on time)" and "Other regulators: No information available".[5]

See also

External links

  • No current official website.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 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, The New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust (1050963): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 1050963, contact and trustees (capture of 20100707) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ Register entry 1050963, contact and trustees (capture of 20120125) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 1050963, full print (capture of 20210703) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Register entry 1050963, financial history (capture of 20100707) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Register entry 1050963, financial history (capture of 20120125) UK Government Web Archive.
  8. ↑ The New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust accounts, year ended 2006-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20120127).
  9. ↑ The New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust accounts, year ended 2007-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20120127).
  10. ↑ The New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust accounts, year ended 2008-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20120127).
  11. ↑ The New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust accounts, year ended 2009-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20120127).
  12. ↑ The New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust accounts, year ended 2014-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  13. ↑ The New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust accounts, year ended 2015-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  14. ↑ The New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust accounts, year ended 2016-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  15. ↑ The New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust accounts, year ended 2017-10-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  16. ↑ The New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust accounts, year ended 2018-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  17. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, CharityExport-14-Oct-2026.csv, downloaded 14 October 2026; keyword search of charity names for the batch-2 charities found no matching Scottish registration of the same organisations (unrelated name collisions such as Open Door Edinburgh SC007315 were disregarded).
  18. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-2 charity name returned zero results).
  19. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
  20. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1050963 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
  21. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Screening of the current register trustees of the 25 batch-2 charities and the charity names, carried out 14 October 2026; no matches. Companies House officers and archived trustees were not included in this batch's screen. Viatcheslav Kantor (RUS1127) remains on the UK Sanctions List as previously noted.
  22. ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access on 14 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.
  23. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
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