Tzedokah Vchesed
Tottenham grant-making trust whose 2024/25 institutional grants of £58,086 included £36,635 to "Globex E.Y" and £700 to "Scotch Smoked Salmon Co Ltd", neither described in the accounts
| Tzedokah Vchesed
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Other |
| Founded | 2012-06-14 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1147686 |
| Headquarters | London N15 |
| Area served | Israel, Hackney, Haringey |
Tzedokah Vchesed is a charitable trust registered on 14 June 2012; the accounts say it is "constituted by trust deed, dated14th June 2012" [sic], while the register records a declaration of trust of 1 April 2012.[1][2] Its administrative address is in South Tottenham, London N15, and the register lists Israel, Hackney and Haringey as its areas of operation and describes its activities as "Making grants to institutions and individuals".[3][2] The trustees are Mattes Katz (from 20 December 2021) and Pinchas Benedikt (from 2 May 2012), who the register shows is also a trustee of six other charities.[3] In the year to 28 February 2025 income was £69,105 (2024: £96,762), almost all shown as "Activities to further the Charity's Objects" (which note 2 calls donations received), and charitable spending £65,821 (2024: £110,888): grants to institutions of £58,086 (2024: £55,236) and to individuals of £7,735 (2024: £55,652); funds rose from £5,930 to £9,214, all held in cash.[2] The accounts were examined by "C. Rosen & Co", with no individual examiner named, and approved by Mattes Katz on 9 November 2025.[2] For the year to 28 February 2026 the register records income of £43,910 and spending of £51,453.[3]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH"[3]
The register describes its activities as: "The advancement of the orthodox Jewish faith and relief of povertyMaking grants to institutions and individuals"[3]
Register classifications: Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty.[3]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel, Hackney, Haringey.[3]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[3]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinchas Benedikt | 2012-05-02 | Gabai Tzedokoh Limited (1129844); Meirim Illuminating Ltd (1201029); North London Cost Shop (1188028); The Chicken Soup Shelter (1119905); Tomchei Yotzei Anglia (1111333); Yad Eliezer Trust (1115426) | |
| Mattes Katz | 2021-12-20 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-12 | Pinchas Benedikt (from 02 May 2012) – also trustee of The Chicken Soup Shelter, Tomchei Yotzei Anglia, Gabai Tzedokoh Limited, Yad Eliezer Trust, Keren Hachesed Trust, North London Cost Shop; Isaac Honig (from 02 May 2012) – also trustee of Linas Hachesed, Chasodim Fund | [4] |
Pinchas Benedikt is also a register trustee of Gabai Tzedokoh Ltd (1129844), Meirim Illuminating (1201029), North London Cost Shop (1188028), The Chicken Soup Shelter (1119905), Tomchei Yotzei Anglia (1111333) and Yad Eliezer Trust (1115426).[3]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-28 | £24,123 | £28,335 |
| 2023-02-28 | £54,458 | £34,574 |
| 2024-02-29 | £96,762 | £110,888 |
| 2025-02-28 | £69,105 | £65,821 |
| 2026-02-28 | £43,910 | £51,453 |
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 28/02/2015[5]
- Accounts for the year ended 28/02/2016[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 28/02/2017[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 28/02/2018[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 28/02/2019[9]
Funding in Israel
- Year to 28 February 2025: grants to institutions £58,086 – Amud Hatzdokoh Trust £2,850; Chevras Machzikei Mesivta £8,036; Chevras Mooz £2,950; Kollel Erev £135; Kollel Tiferes Shulem £2,000; Reach Vehazola Trust Dover £130; Schiffsul Ltd £650; Scotch Smoked Salmon Co Ltd £700; Globex E.Y £36,635; Yeshiva Gedoilah Torah Veyirah LTD £1,000; Yeshivas Lev Simcha Ltd £3,000 – and grants to individuals £7,735. The accounts do not say which, if any, were in Israel.[2]
Israeli partners
No Israeli recipient is identified. The register lists Israel among the charity's areas of operation.[3]
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;[10] 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.[11][12][13][14] 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.[15]
- Grants to trading companies. The list of institutional grants includes "Globex E.Y" £36,635, "Scotch Smoked Salmon Co Ltd" £700 and "Schiffsul Ltd" £650; the accounts do not say what these bodies are or why they received grants.[2]
- Presentation errors. The accounts contain misspellings such as "Exmainer" and "Indvidulas", the examiner's report refers to the "Charity Commissioners" under section 144, and the trustees' report says the independently examined statements give a "true and fair view".[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).[16] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[17]
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.[18]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[19]
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.[20]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[3] No title registers were purchased.[21]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Tzedokah Vchesed", "Tzedokah V'chesed" returned 0 contributions in total.[22]
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".[4]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ Charity Commission, Tzedokah Vchesed (1147686): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Charity Commission, Tzedokah Vchesed (1147686): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1147686, full print (capture of 20210112) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Tzedokah Vchesed accounts, year ended 2015-02-28 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Tzedokah Vchesed accounts, year ended 2016-02-28 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Tzedokah Vchesed accounts, year ended 2017-02-28 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Tzedokah Vchesed accounts, year ended 2018-02-28 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Tzedokah Vchesed accounts, year ended 2019-02-28 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-24 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; only Dalaid (1064655) showed one.
- ↑ 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-24 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-24 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Tzedokah Vchesed' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1147686 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-24 screening covered 264 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and other people 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 (such as "Trust", "Foundation", "Company Limited" in the names of corporate formation agents) and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 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 "Tzedokah Vchesed" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).