Yad Shlomo Trust
UK Orthodox Jewish voucher/grant conduit; FY2025 grantees include several cheque-inquiry charities
| Yad Shlomo Trust
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Other |
| Founded | 2007-12-17 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1122011 |
| Headquarters | 86 Amhurst Park, London, N16 5AR |
| Area served | Throughout England, Israel |
Yad Shlomo Trust is a registered charity that runs a voucher system allowing donors to make grants in a tax-efficient manner; register areas are throughout England and Israel.[1] In the year ended 31 January 2025 grants totalled £1,934,864. Named institutional grants include Amud Hatzdokoh Trust £182,678, Chevras Mo'oz Ladol £82,486, Mifal Hachesed Vehatzedokoh £75,852, Friends of Beis Soroh Schneirer £71,857, Friends of Beis Chinuch Lebonos Trust £49,553, Friends of Mercaz Hatorah Belz Macnivka £43,157 and Yad Vochessed Association Ltd £31,868 (note 8).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "(I) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH.(II) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION(III) THE RELIEF OF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND INFIRMITY AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH FAITH AND(IV) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW"[1]
The register describes its activities as: "THE CHARITY RUNS A VOUCHER SYSTEM ALLOWING DONORS TO MAKE GRANTS IN A TAX EFFICIENT MANNER."[1]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr F Getter | not recorded | Bais Rizhin Trust (285562); Otser Gemillus Chasodim (283256); The Cheder Limited (1123628) | |
| Benjamin Katz | not recorded | — | |
| Benjamin Stern | not recorded | Hatzola Trust (278914); Hatzola Trust Limited (1160299); Schiffshul Ltd (1071348); Talmud Torah Beis Shlomo Limited (1119165); The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (1158987) |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-14 | Mr F Getter – also trustee of Bais Rizhin Trust, Otser Gemillus Chasodim, The Cheder Limited; Benjamin Stern – also trustee of The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, Hatzola Trust Talmud Torah Beis Shlomo Limited, Schiffshul Ltd; Hatzola Trust Limited Benjamin Katz | [3] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-31 | £1,484,661 | £1,443,322 |
| 2022-01-31 | £1,637,607 | £1,550,756 |
| 2023-01-31 | £1,781,288 | £1,659,532 |
| 2024-01-31 | £1,737,478 | £1,874,117 |
| 2025-01-31 | £2,065,790 | £1,972,249 |
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 31/03/2015[4]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/01/2016[5]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/01/2017[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/01/2018[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/01/2019[8]
Funding in Israel
Israeli partners
Named grantees are largely UK Orthodox charities; Israel connection is via register areas and the nature of some grantees' own objects rather than a direct Israeli grant schedule.[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 |
|---|---|
| Not established from named grant list.[2] | Low |
Support for the IDF: No IDF funding is stated.[2][2]
Controversies and regulatory action
- No Commission inquiry naming Yad Shlomo Trust itself was found.
- Grantees in cheque-cashing inquiry. Several FY2025 named grantees appear in the Commission's May 2025 cheque-cashing inquiry press release (including Mifal Hachesed Vehatzedokoh, Friends of Beis Soroh Schneirer, Friends of Beis Chinuch Lebonos, Friends of Mercaz Hatorah Belz Macnivka and Yad Vochessed).[9] The press release does not name Yad Shlomo Trust as a subject of that inquiry.
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).[10] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[11]
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.[12]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[13]
Sanctions screening
The charity's name and the names of its current register trustees 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.[14]
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.[15]
Parliament
A search of Hansard for 'Yad Shlomo Trust' returned 0 contributions in total.[16]
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".[3]
See also
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 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), extract dated 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Charity Commission, Yad Shlomo Trust (1122011): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Register entry 1122011, full print (capture of 20210114) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Yad Shlomo Trust accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200704).
- ↑ Yad Shlomo Trust accounts, year ended 2016-01-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200704).
- ↑ Yad Shlomo Trust accounts, year ended 2017-01-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200704).
- ↑ Yad Shlomo Trust accounts, year ended 2018-01-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200704).
- ↑ Yad Shlomo Trust accounts, year ended 2019-01-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200704).
- ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
- ↑ 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-2 charities found no matching Scottish registration of the same organisations (unrelated name collisions such as Open Door Edinburgh SC007315 were disregarded).
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-2 charity name returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Yad Shlomo Trust' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1122011 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Screening of the current register trustees of the 25 batch-2 charities and the charity names, carried out 14 October 2026; no matches. Companies House officers and archived trustees were not included in this batch's screen. Viatcheslav Kantor (RUS1127) remains on the UK Sanctions List as previously noted.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Yad Shlomo Trust' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).