Torah Centre Tshebin Association
Hendon trust supporting the Talmudical College of Tshebin in Israel, which gave £60,000 in 2025, including £10,000 to the Tshebiner Yeshiva "Kohav MiYaacov" in Jerusalem
| Torah Centre Tshebin Association
| |
|---|---|
| Logo |  The Merchants Synagogue in Trzebinia, Poland (2008); Yad Vashem says the Kochav Miyaakov yeshiva, which the charity funds in Jerusalem, began in Trzebinia |
| Type | Other |
| Founded | 1998-07-07 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1070421 |
| Headquarters | London NW4 |
| Area served | Throughout England And Wales, Israel |
Torah Centre Tshebin Association was established by a declaration of trust of 17 February 1998 and registered on 7 July 1998; its principal office is in London NW4.[1][2] Its objects are the Orthodox Jewish religion, Orthodox Jewish religious education and the relief of poverty, "in particular the support of the Talmudical College of Tshebin in Israel" (PDF p.4).[3][2] The trustees are Rabbi D Halpern and Rabbi N Schneersohn (PDF p.3).[2][3] In 2025 donations were £53,326 (2024: £47,398), and it distributed £60,000 (2024: £90,000) out of total spending of £61,676, leaving funds of £49,949 (PDF p.4, 7).[2] The grants were £50,000 to Torath Geonei Galizia (2024: £40,000) and £10,000 to Tshebiner Yeshiva "Kohav MiYaacov" Jerusalem (2024: £50,000) (PDF p.11).[2] Yad Vashem says Rabbi Dov-Berish Weidenfeld founded the "Kochav Miyaakov" yeshiva in Trzebinia, Poland, and "In 1946 he arrived in Eretz Israel, where he reestablished his Kochav Miyaakov Yeshiva".[4] The independent examiner was Moshe Broner-Cohen of Cohen Arnold, and the accounts were approved on 6 March 2026.[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND (C) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY"[3]
The register describes its activities as: "To further both in the United Kingdom and abroad those purposes recognised as charitable by English Law."[3]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[3]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel.[3]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[3]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| D Halpern | 2013-10-01 | British Friends of Ramoth Jerusalem (299010); Friends of Mosdos Sanz of Safad (292396); Jewish Rescue & Relief Committee of Agudas Israel World Organisation (1120311); Kolel Pardes Trust (1085850) | |
| N Schneersohn | 2013-10-01 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-06 | D Halpern; N Schneersohn | [5] |
| 2021-07-05 | D Halpern (from 01 October 2013) – also trustee of Kolel Pardes Trust, Friends of Mosdos Sanz of Safad, British Friends of Ramoth Jerusalem, Jewish Rescue & Relief Committee of Agudas Israel World Organisation; N Schneersohn (from 01 October 2013) | [6] |
Rabbi D Halpern is also listed on the archived 2021 register entry as a trustee of Kolel Pardes Trust, Friends of Mosdos Sanz of Safad, British Friends of Ramoth Jerusalem and the Jewish Rescue & Relief Committee of Agudas Israel World Organisation.[7]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-31 | £80,343 | £72,556 |
| 2022-12-31 | £60,027 | £56,564 |
| 2023-12-31 | £158,279 | £64,952 |
| 2024-12-31 | £47,398 | £91,832 |
| 2025-12-31 | £53,326 | £61,676 |
Source: register annual-return history.[3]
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2016[9]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2017[10]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[11]
Funding in Israel
- 2025: £10,000 to Tshebiner Yeshiva "Kohav MiYaacov" Jerusalem (2024: £50,000) and £50,000 to Torath Geonei Galizia (2024: £40,000), whose location is not given (PDF p.11).[2]
Israeli partners
Tshebiner Yeshiva "Kohav MiYaacov", Jerusalem, and the "Talmudical College of Tshebin in Israel" named in the purposes; no address is given (PDF p.4, 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 |
|---|---|
| The accounts place the Tshebiner Yeshiva "Kohav MiYaacov" in Jerusalem without an address or neighbourhood; its position relative to the 1949 armistice line is not established.[2] | High (city named; site 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;[12] 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.[13][14][15][16] 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.[17]
- Examiner cites a section that is not there. The examiner's report draws attention to "the material uncertainty as reported in page one of the Trustees' Annual Report: Events after the end of the reporting period", but the trustees' report contains no such section and the notes say "There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue" (PDF p.6, notes).[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).[18] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[19]
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.[20]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[21]
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.[22]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[3] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[23]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Torah Centre Tshebin Association", "Tshebin" returned 0 contributions in total.[24]
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 (on time)" and "Other regulators: No information available".[6]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ Charity Commission, Torah Centre Tshebin Association (1070421): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Charity Commission, accounts and annual returns (1070421) Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 (scanned document; text read by OCR, so some printed digits are unclear; "PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 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.
- ↑ Yad Vashem, Religious Life in Trzebinia Before the Holocaust yadvashem.org, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ Register entry 1070421, contact and trustees (capture of 20140506) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Register entry 1070421, full print (capture of 20210705) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Torah Centre Tshebin Association (1070421): full print UK Government Web Archive, capture of 05/07/2021.
- ↑ Torah Centre Tshebin Association accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Torah Centre Tshebin Association accounts, year ended 2016-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Torah Centre Tshebin Association accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Torah Centre Tshebin Association accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ 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-22 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none was shown.
- ↑ 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-22 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-22 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Tshebin' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1070421 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-22 screening covered 196 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and staff named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies; the only hits were generic words in charity names (such as "Charitable Foundation", "Trust", "Fund" and "Association") matching listed entities, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 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 "Tshebin" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).