Tiferes Yochanan Tolna
South Tottenham CIO whose largest grantee is Yad Tolna; it carries a Bounce Back Loan
| Tiferes Yochanan Tolna
| |
|---|---|
| Type | CIO |
| Founded | 2017-11-16 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1175766 |
| Headquarters | London N15 |
| Area served | Throughout England, Israel |
| Key people | Naftali Knobloch (chair) |
Tiferes Yochanan Tolna is a foundation CIO registered on 16 November 2017; register areas are England and Israel.[1] Its trustees, both appointed on 16 November 2017, are Naftali Knobloch (chair) and Israel Goldenberg, with a principal address in London N15; the independent examiner is J Silver FCCA of Precision Ltd, London N16 (PDF p.2).[1][2] Its objects are the Orthodox Jewish religion and education and the relief of poverty among the sick and infirm (PDF p.4). In 2024 income was £131,863 (2023: £114,034) and spending £114,952, of which grants were £113,734; the CIO had net liabilities of £1,287 and an outstanding Bounce Back Loan of £4,500 at 2.5% (PDF p.6–7, 10–12).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO BEING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE:1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH EDUCATION.3. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND INFIRMITY."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "MAKES GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS MAKES GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS PROVIDES BUILDINGS / FACILITIES / OPEN SPACE PROVIDES ADVOCACY / ADVICE / INFORMATION"[1]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Recreation.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naftali Knobloch | 2017-11-16 | Yes | — |
| Israel Goldenberg | 2017-11-16 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-16 | Menachem Goldman (from 16 November 2017); Israel Goldenberg (from 16 November 2017); Naftali Knobloch (chair) (from 16 November 2017) | [3] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-31 | £61,855 | £74,530 |
| 2021-12-31 | £28,752 | £39,149 |
| 2022-12-31 | £115,142 | £115,181 |
| 2023-12-31 | £114,034 | £123,677 |
| 2024-12-31 | £131,863 | £114,952 |
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 31/12/2018[4]
Funding in Israel
- 2024 grants £113,734: Yad Tolna £61,929 (2023: £75,024), Achisomoch Aid Company £31,430, Chasdei Sorele £12,200, Shar Hamelech £4,000, Mifal Tzedoko V'chesed Ltd £2,525 (2023: £42,500) and others £1,650; the accounts do not mention Israel or give grantees' locations (PDF p.11).[2]
Israeli partners
No grantee is stated to be in Israel (PDF p.11).[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;[5] 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.[6][7][8][9] 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.[10]
- Bounce Back Loan; approval date blank. The CIO owes £4,500 under a Bounce Back Loan, and the approval date on the balance sheet is blank (PDF p.7, 12).[2]
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).[11] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[12]
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 for the single word "Tolna" did not concern this charity.[13]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[14]
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.[15]
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.[16]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Tiferes Yochanan Tolna", "Tolna" returned 0 contributions in total.[17]
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 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 Charity Commission, Tiferes Yochanan Tolna (1175766): 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 1175766, full print (capture of 20210116) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Tiferes Yochanan Tolna accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ 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 'Tiferes Yochanan Tolna' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1175766 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 "Tiferes Yochanan Tolna" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).