Tomchei Yotzei Anglia

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Stamford Hill trust remitting over £1.1m a year to its Israeli counterpart for poor former UK residents living in Israel

Tomchei Yotzei Anglia

Type Other
Founded 2005-09-15 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1111333
Headquarters 2 Paget Road, London, N16 5NQ
Area served Throughout London, Israel


Tomchei Yotzei Anglia is an unincorporated charitable trust registered on 15 September 2005, with its principal office at 2 Paget Road, London N16 5NQ; its trustees are P Bendikt, M Bodner and D Margulies, and register areas are London and Israel.[1][2] Its objective is relief of poor, sick and feeble Jews "primarily (but not exclusively) amongst those currently living in Israel but formerly having resided in the United Kingdom". In the year ended 30 June 2025 income was £1,158,938 (2024: £1,260,408), expenditure £1,242,437 and grants £1,144,936.[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "3. OBJECTS3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE THE RELIEF OF THE POOR SICK FEEBLE AND FRAIL AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH FAITH THROUGHOUT THE WORLD PRIMARILY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) AMONGST THOSE NOW LIVING IN ISRAEL BUT FORMERLY HAVING RESIDED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. 3.2 THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH OF THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINEINCLUDING PAYMENTS BY WAY OF GIFT OR LOAN (WITH OR WITHOUT INTEREST) TO INDIVIDUAL PERSONS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSONS QUALIFY AS OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "The Charity makes regular appeals and utilises the funds raised for the relief of the poor, sick and feeble amongst members of the Jewish faith throughout the world, primarily (but not exclusively) amongst those currently living in Israel but formerly having resided in the United Kingdom."[1]

Register classifications: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty.[1]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout London, Israel.[1]

Trustees

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

Trustees of Tomchei Yotzei Anglia (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Pinchas Benedikt not recorded Gabai Tzedokoh Limited (1129844); Meirim Illuminating Ltd (1201029); North London Cost Shop (1188028); The Chicken Soup Shelter (1119905); Tzedokah Vchesed (1147686); Yad Eliezer Trust (1115426)
David Margulies not recorded Kehal Charedim Trust (1098484); The Bluzhov Charitable Trust (1066840); The New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust (1050963)
Mark Bodner 2013-05-22 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2010-07-05 David Margulies; Pinchas Benedikt [3]
2012-01-16 David Margulies; Pinchas Benedikt [4]
2021-01-06 Pinchas Benedikt – also trustee of The Chicken Soup Shelter, Tzedokah Vchesed, Gabai Tzedokoh Limited, Yad Eliezer Trust, Keren Hachesed Trust, North London Cost Shop; Mark Bodner (from 22 May 2013); David Margulies – also trustee of The Bluzhov Charitable Trust, The New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust Kehal Charedim Trust, Finagra Charity Limited [5]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-06-30 £1,387,231 £1,045,848
2022-06-30 £1,426,118 £1,507,776
2023-06-30 £1,231,917 £1,368,611
2024-06-30 £1,260,408 £1,260,403
2025-06-30 £1,158,938 £1,242,437

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
31 Mar 2006 77,266 43,574 [6]
31 Mar 2007 437,774 375,037 [6]
30 Jun 2008 810,202 878,912 [6]
30 Jun 2009 530,055 527,575 [6]
30 Jun 2010 537,036 549,035 [6]

Archived accounts

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

  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2006[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2007[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2008[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2009[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2010[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2014[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2015[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2016[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2017[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2018[16]

Funding in Israel

  • "Donations to Tomchei Yotzei Anglia Israel" £1,124,630 in FY2025 (2024: £1,153,000); other grants £16,746; individuals £4,190.[2]

Israeli partners

Tomchei Yotzei Anglia Israel; no address or registration number is given.[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 – the beneficiaries' locations in Israel are not stated.[2] Low

Support for the IDF: No IDF funding is stated; "All grants went to towards the relief of poverty".[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;[17] 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.[18][19][20][21] 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.[22]

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).[23] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[24]

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.[25]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[26]

Sanctions screening

The charity's name, its current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages 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.[27]

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.[28]

Parliament

Hansard searches for 'Tomchei Yotzei Anglia' returned 0 contributions in total.[29]

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" 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 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, Tomchei Yotzei Anglia (1111333): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 1111333, contact and trustees (capture of 20100705) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ Register entry 1111333, contact and trustees (capture of 20120116) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 1111333, full print (capture of 20210106) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Register entry 1111333, financial history (capture of 20120114) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ Tomchei Yotzei Anglia accounts, year ended 2006-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20120118).
  8. ↑ Tomchei Yotzei Anglia accounts, year ended 2007-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20120118).
  9. ↑ Tomchei Yotzei Anglia accounts, year ended 2008-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20120118).
  10. ↑ Tomchei Yotzei Anglia accounts, year ended 2009-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20120118).
  11. ↑ Tomchei Yotzei Anglia accounts, year ended 2010-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20120118).
  12. ↑ Tomchei Yotzei Anglia accounts, year ended 2014-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  13. ↑ Tomchei Yotzei Anglia accounts, year ended 2015-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  14. ↑ Tomchei Yotzei Anglia accounts, year ended 2016-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  15. ↑ Tomchei Yotzei Anglia accounts, year ended 2017-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  16. ↑ Tomchei Yotzei Anglia accounts, year ended 2018-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  17. ↑ 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 every charity in batches 1–7 (175 pages, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026) and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section. Alerts appeared only for Mifal Hachesed Vehatzedokoh (1139320), Ezer Viznitz Foundation (1161881), BC Trust (1155555), Vyoel Moshe Charitable Trust (327054) – all named in the cheque-cashing class inquiry – and The Gevurath Ari Torah Academy Trust (1003102).
  18. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  19. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025 (re-fetched 14 October 2026).
  20. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025 (re-fetched 14 October 2026).
  21. ↑ 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), both retrieved 15 October 2026.
  22. ↑ Charity Commission, Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements GOV.UK, 5 August 2026, retrieved 15 October 2026 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").
  23. ↑ 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-4 charities found no matching Scottish registration.
  24. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-4 charity name returned zero results).
  25. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Tomchei Yotzei Anglia' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
  26. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1111333 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
  27. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-4 screening covered 354 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and archived full-print register pages (UK Government Web Archive) and Companies House officers of the 8 charitable companies; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually (all candidate hits were surname-only coincidences or generic company-word overlaps); lists downloaded October 2026.
  28. ↑ 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.
  29. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Tomchei Yotzei Anglia' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
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