Toras Hamishpacha Ltd
Women's reproductive-health helpline (Tahareinu) that works only in the UK
| Toras Hamishpacha Ltd
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable company |
| Founded | 2017-12-06 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1176133; company 10769687 |
| Headquarters | New Burlington House, 1075 Finchley Road, London, NW11 0PU |
| Area served | Throughout England, Israel |
| Key people | Rabbi YITZCHOK MELBER (chair) |
| Website | http://tahareinu.com/ |
Toras Hamishpacha Ltd (working name Tahareinu) is a charitable company (10769687, incorporated 2 May 2017) registered on 6 December 2017; register areas are England and Israel.[1] Its trustees are Rabbi Yitzchok Melber (chair), Ian Tesler, Gershon Dunner, Jehuda Levi Wittenberg and Benjamin Gestetner (appointed 26 November 2024), and its registered office is New Burlington House, 1075 Finchley Road, London NW11, the office of its independent examiner.[1][2] It supports women with reproductive health problems such as miscarriage, infertility and menopause through a hotline staffed by "64 trained advisors" handling "nearly 5,000 calls" (PDF p.2, 7). In the year to 31 May 2025 donations were £247,937 (2024: £371,117), charitable spending £203,041 and funds £89,230 (PDF p.12, 14).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF WOMEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH JEWISH LAW AND TRADITIONS IN THE UK AND ABROAD, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, GUIDANCE AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "The advancement preservation and protection, the good health of women in accordance with Jewish law and traditions in the UK and worldwide, through the provision of information guidance and emotional support . Establishing call centres, hot lines, and seminars providing support education, practical guidance and advise, and to do what ever is needed to achieve these goals."[1]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability.[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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rabbi YITZCHOK MELBER | 2017-05-13 | Yes | — |
| Ian Tesler | 2017-05-13 | — | |
| Gershon Aryeh James Edward Dunner | 2022-06-12 | Ezras Achim UK (1204163) | |
| Jehuda Levi Wittenberg | 2022-06-12 | North West London Chevra Kadisha (1212433); Pal Charitable Trust (1110416) | |
| Benjamin Gestetner | 2024-11-26 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-06 | Bertha Zwiebel; Rabbi YITZCHOK MELBER (chair); Ian Tesler | [3] |
Companies House officers
Companies House lists 7 current and former officers of the charitable company (10769687), 5 of them active.[4] Officers recorded as resident outside the UK: Yitzchok Melber (United States, active).[4]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-31 | £144,792 | £21,761 |
| 2022-05-31 | £187,890 | £210,212 |
| 2023-05-31 | £182,476 | £220,129 |
| 2024-05-31 | £371,117 | £346,519 |
| 2025-05-31 | £247,937 | £252,143 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Funding in Israel
- No Israel spending: the charity states that its activities are exclusively in the UK. FY2025 charitable spending of £203,041 covered hotline services £67,074, educational services £22,288, medical conferences £16,127, case management £12,436 and consultations £12,276; Delapage Limited gave a restricted donation of £10,589 (2024: £99,411) (PDF p.4, 18, 20).[2] The National Lottery Community Fund awarded £20,000 for "Step by Step Wellbeing" on 23 February 2026.[5]
Israeli partners
No Israeli partner is named.[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 charity reports no activity outside the UK.[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;[6] 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.[7][8][9][10] 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.[11]
- Israel listed but not served. The register lists Israel as an area of operation,[1] but the report states: "Though our objectives mention the provision of assistance abroad, in practice the trustees focus on activities exclusively in the UK" (PDF p.4).[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).[12] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[13]
The Gazette
Searches of The Gazette for the charity's name returned only Companies House filing lists; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.[14]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
| Date | Funder | Amount (£) | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-23 | The National Lottery Community Fund | 20,000 | TORAS HAMISHPACHA LTD - Health & Wellbeing - National Lottery Awards for All England |
No grants made by the charity are published in 360Giving data, so flows between linked charities could not be traced there.[15]
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.[16]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased.[17]
US counterparts (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)
| Organisation | EIN | Latest filing year | Revenue (US$) | Expenses (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toras Hamishpacha[18] | 464614175 | 2023 | 1,071,679 | 1,084,464 |
These US organisations share the name or beneficiary of the UK charity; no financial flows between them and the UK charity were established.
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Toras Hamishpacha", "Tahareinu" returned 0 contributions in total.[19]
Web archive
- tahareinu.com: 10 yearly captures, first 2016-12-12, last 2026-01-06.[20]
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 281 days late" and "Other regulators: No information available".[3]
See also
External links
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Charity Commission, Toras Hamishpacha Ltd (1176133): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Register entry 1176133, full print (capture of 20210106) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Company 10769687: officers Companies House, viewed 15 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving, Step by Step Wellbeing GrantNav, viewed 15 October 2026 (The National Lottery Community Fund, £20,000 to Toras Hamishpacha Ltd, 23 February 2026, "Health & Wellbeing – National Lottery Awards for All England").
- ↑ 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-11 charities, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. The pages showed reporting status (for example "Charity reporting is up to date (39 days late)" for British Friends of Rambam Medical Centre, "(4 days late)" for British Friends of Aleh and "(11 days late)" for Urgent Projects).
- ↑ 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), both retrieved 15 October 2026.
- ↑ 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").
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026, downloaded October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-11 charity names found no matching Scottish registration (the only hits were unrelated names such as J R Gibb Charitable Trust and Boleskine Community Care).
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-11 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Toras Hamishpacha' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1176133 360Giving, queried 15 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-11 screening covered 386 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the charitable companies and of related companies named in the accounts (GS Property Management Services, Igerville, Housefresh, Vitalina, Rochester Developments and Delapage), and trustees, examiners, donors and grant recipients named in the accounts read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; the only token matches were generic words in organisation names ("Trust", "Fund", "Israel", "Republic") and surname-only coincidences (Cohen, Levy, Friedman, Green, Said); 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.
- ↑ Toras Hamishpacha – Nonprofit Explorer ProPublica, viewed 15 October 2026.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Toras Hamishpacha" Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
- ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for tahareinu.com Wayback Machine, queried 15 October 2026.