Yad Ezrah (The Helping Hand)

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Stamford Hill trust that raises money for needy individuals "through the offices of Yad Ezra Institute, Jerusalem", to which it paid £31,000 in 2024/25

Yad Ezrah (The Helping Hand)

Type Other
Founded 1987-09-15 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 297233
Headquarters London N16
Area served Israel


Yad Ezrah (The Helping Hand) is a charitable trust constituted by a declaration of trust of 12 November 1986 and registered on 15 September 1987; its address is in London N16 and its only recorded area of operation is Israel.[1][2] Its activity is "raising funds for distribution to needy individuals through the offices of Yad Ezra Institute, Jerusalem, Israel, a registered charity engaged in rehabilitation and support."[3] The trustees are Myer Rothfeld and Eve Rothfeld (from 1 April 2023).[1] In the year to 31 March 2025 donations were £29,375 (2024: £2,022) and interest £69; payments to charity were £31,000 (2024: nil), and cash fell from £2,297 to £741.[3] The register shows income of £1,766 and spending of £27,089 for 2023, and £2,022 and £12 for 2024.[1] The accounts were prepared by Rachel Dym, described as "ACCOUNTANT", on 10 December 2025, with no professional qualification stated.[3]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "SUCH CHARITIES CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "relief of poverty"[1]

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

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

Trustees

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

Trustees of Yad Ezrah (The Helping Hand) (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Myer Rothfeld not recorded The Egerton Road Trust (1057841); The M Y a Charitable Trust (299642)
Eve Rothfeld 2023-04-01 The M Y a Charitable Trust (299642)

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2010-07-04 Myer Rothfeld; Isaac Babad [4]
2012-05-04 Myer Rothfeld; Isaac Babad [5]
2013-09-04 Myer Rothfeld; Isaac Babad [6]
2014-01-03 Myer Rothfeld; Isaac Babad [7]
2021-01-15 Myer Rothfeld – also trustee of The Egerton Road Trust, The M Y a Charitable Trust; Isaac Babad – also trustee of Alexander Usher Limited [8]

Myer Rothfeld is also a register trustee of The Egerton Road Trust (1057841) and The M Y A Charitable Trust (299642); Eve Rothfeld is also a trustee of The M Y A Charitable Trust.[1]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-03-31 £76,543 £25,030
2022-03-31 £51,529 £77,560
2023-03-31 £1,766 £27,089
2024-03-31 £2,022 £12
2025-03-31 £29,375 £31,000

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 31/03/2007[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2008[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2009[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2010[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2011[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2012[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2013[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[16]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[17]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[18]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[19]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2019[20]

Funding in Israel

  • Year to 31 March 2025: "Major Payments to Charity: Yad Ezra Institute £ 31,000.00".[3]

Israeli partners

Yad Ezra Institute, Jerusalem, described as "a registered charity engaged in rehabilitation and support"; no address is given.[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.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
Finding Confidence
The accounts place the Yad Ezra Institute in "Jerusalem, Israel", with no address.[3] Medium (city stated by the accounts; no address)

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[3]

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;[21] 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.[22][23][24][25] 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.[26]
  • Examiner's qualification not stated. The examiner's report is signed by Rachel Dym as "ACCOUNTANT" with no professional body given, and the trustees' signature lines carry no printed names.[3]

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).[27] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[28]

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.[29]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[30]

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.[31]

Land and property

The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased.[32]

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Yad Ezrah (The Helping Hand)", "Yad Ezrah" returned 0 contributions in total.[33]

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".[8]

External links

  • No current official website.

Notes

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ Charity Commission, Yad Ezrah (The Helping Hand) (297233): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Charity Commission, Yad Ezrah (The Helping Hand) (297233): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  4. ↑ Register entry 297233, contact and trustees (capture of 20100704) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 297233, contact and trustees (capture of 20120504) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Register entry 297233, contact and trustees (capture of 20130904) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ Register entry 297233, contact and trustees (capture of 20140103) UK Government Web Archive.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Register entry 297233, full print (capture of 20210115) UK Government Web Archive.
  9. ↑ Yad Ezrah (The Helping Hand) accounts, year ended 2007-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20120504).
  10. ↑ Yad Ezrah (The Helping Hand) accounts, year ended 2008-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130904).
  11. ↑ Yad Ezrah (The Helping Hand) accounts, year ended 2009-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130904).
  12. ↑ Yad Ezrah (The Helping Hand) accounts, year ended 2010-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130904).
  13. ↑ Yad Ezrah (The Helping Hand) accounts, year ended 2011-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130904).
  14. ↑ Yad Ezrah (The Helping Hand) accounts, year ended 2012-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130904).
  15. ↑ Yad Ezrah (The Helping Hand) accounts, year ended 2013-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140103).
  16. ↑ Yad Ezrah (The Helping Hand) accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  17. ↑ Yad Ezrah (The Helping Hand) accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  18. ↑ Yad Ezrah (The Helping Hand) accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  19. ↑ Yad Ezrah (The Helping Hand) accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  20. ↑ Yad Ezrah (The Helping Hand) accounts, year ended 2019-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  21. ↑ 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-26 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none showed one.
  22. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  23. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  24. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  25. ↑ 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).
  26. ↑ 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").
  27. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-26 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
  28. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-26 charity names returned zero results).
  29. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Yad Ezrah' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  30. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-297233 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  31. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-26 screening covered 224 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers, examiners and other people and organisations 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 company names (such as "Company Directors Limited") and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.
  32. ↑ 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.
  33. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Yad Ezrah" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
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