Tomchei Avreichim
Stamford Hill trust passing about £118,000 a year to individuals
| Tomchei Avreichim
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Other |
| Founded | 2002-05-24 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1092194 |
| Headquarters | London N16 |
| Area served | Barnet, Hackney, Haringey, Israel |
| Key people | Isaac Rudzinski (chair) |
Tomchei Avreichim was established by a declaration of trust of 27 December 2001 and registered on 24 May 2002; register areas are Barnet, Hackney, Haringey and Israel.[1] The register lists Isaac Rudzinski (chair), Levi Isaac Miller and Abraham Lipschitz (from 11 May 2025) as trustees; the accounts name I Rudzinski, D Newman and L I Miller, with a principal address care of Isaac Rudzinski in Stamford Hill, London N16, and the independent examiner is Joseph Kahan Associates LLP of London NW11 (PDF p.3).[1][2] Its objects are the relief of poverty and of the aged and infirm, and Orthodox Jewish religious education and religion.[1] In the year to 31 March 2025 donations were £116,925 (2024: £123,831) and spending £117,985 (2024: £114,380), all of it "Grants to individuals", leaving funds of £24,670 (PDF p.6, 12).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY2) THE RELIEF OF THE AGED, FEEBLE AND INFIRM3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND4) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION"[1]
The register describes its activities as: "The objects of the charity empower the Trustees to make payments in accordance with their charitable objects, which are the relief of poverty; the relief of the aged, feeble and infirm; the advancement of Orthodox Jewish religious education; and the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish religion."[1]
Register classifications: Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Barnet, Hackney, Haringey, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Levi Isaac Miller | not recorded | — | |
| Isaac Rudzinski | not recorded | Yes | — |
| abraham lipschitz | 2025-05-11 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-13 | David Newman; Isaac Rudzinski (chair); Levi Isaac Miller | [3] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £149,553 | £158,021 |
| 2022-03-31 | £149,799 | £162,047 |
| 2023-03-31 | £115,083 | £120,007 |
| 2024-03-31 | £123,831 | £114,380 |
| 2025-03-31 | £116,925 | £117,985 |
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 31/03/2015[4]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[5]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2019[8]
Funding in Israel
- FY2025 grants to individuals £117,985; the accounts do not say where the recipients live, so the Israeli share, if any, is not known (PDF p.12).[2]
Israeli partners
No partner organisation is named; all grants go to individuals.[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;[9] 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.[10][11][12][13] 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.[14]
- Trustee lists differ. The accounts name D Newman as a trustee, but the register does not; the register's Abraham Lipschitz, appointed after the year end, is not in the accounts (PDF p.3).[2][1]
- Grants to individuals not described. The accounts do not say how many people received grants or where they live (PDF p.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).[15] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[16]
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.[17]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[18]
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.[19]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased.[20]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Tomchei Avreichim" returned 0 contributions in total.[21]
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
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 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, Tomchei Avreichim (1092194): 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 1092194, full print (capture of 20210113) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Tomchei Avreichim accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ Tomchei Avreichim accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ Tomchei Avreichim accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ Tomchei Avreichim accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ Tomchei Avreichim accounts, year ended 2019-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ 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-16 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)"; Halacha Lemoshe Trust showed "up to date (8 days late)", The Josh Charitable Trust "up to date (140 days late)" and The Pauline Aviges-Graham Foundation "up to date (34 days late)"; Songbrook Limited, Shekel Limited and Refeeah 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-16 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-16 charity names returned no matching charity).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Tomchei Avreichim' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1092194 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-16 screening covered 247 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the five charitable companies, and trustees, 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 Miller, Shah, Weinberg and Rapoport) or the generic words "UK", "Ltd" and "Company Limited"; lists downloaded October 2026.
- ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK, accessed 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 "Tomchei Avreichim" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).