Yedidim Association Ltd

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Stamford Hill property-owning charitable company whose grants go to UK Orthodox institutions

Yedidim Association Ltd

Type Charitable company
Founded 2005-09-22 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1111411; company 05385704
Headquarters London N16
Area served Hackney, Israel


Yedidim Association Ltd (also known as Jewish Heritage Holocaust Remembrance Trust) is a charitable company (05385704) registered on 22 September 2005; register areas are Hackney and Israel.[1] Its trustees and directors are Ahron Klein and Yisachar Berish Horowitz, both appointed in 2013, and its registered office is in London N16; the accounts state that it is "not the intention" of the trustees to appoint new trustees (PDF p.3).[2] In the year to 31 March 2026 income was £229,820 (donations £153,620, rents £76,200), grants £96,950 and funds £1,374,147, after a £170,000 revaluation gain on investment property valued at £1,420,000 (PDF p.6–7).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE(I) TO ADVANCE THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD(II) TO ADVANCE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, AND(III) TO RELIEVE THE POOR, SICK, FEEBLE AND INFIRM AMONG PERSONS OF THE JEWISH FAITH IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD"[1]

The register describes its activities as: "advancement of the orthodox Jewish faith,orthodox Jewish religious education, and the relief of poverty in the orthodox Jewish community"[1]

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[1]

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

Trustees

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

Trustees of Yedidim Association Ltd (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Ahron Klein 2013-04-16 The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (1158987)
Yisachar Berish Horowitz 2013-04-16 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2010-07-12 Ahron Klein; Jehuda Baumgarten [3]
2011-09-26 Ahron Klein; Jehuda Baumgarten [4]
2014-05-06 Ahron Klein; Shlomo Fink; Yisachar Berish Horowitz [5]
2021-01-16 Ahron Klein (from 16 April 2013) – also trustee of The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, Belz Foundation Ltd, Children Ahead Ltd, Moreshet Hatorah Ltd, Clapton Common Boys Club; Shlomo Fink (from 28 May 2013) – also trustee of Dover Sholem Community Trust, Give N'earn, Westcliff Jewish Association; Yisachar Berish Horowitz (from 16 April 2013) [6]

Ahron Klein is also recorded on the register as a trustee of The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (1158987).[1] Companies House records Yisachar Berish Horowitz as an American national resident in England, and former directors including Shlomo Fink (Canadian, resigned 2021) and Mordechai Jaakow Wind (Swiss, 2012–2013) – see Companies House officers below.

Companies House officers

Companies House lists 10 current and former officers of the charitable company (05385704), 2 of them active.[7]


Directors and secretaries listed by Companies House (from the Jewish Charity Bot draft):

Directors and secretaries (Companies House)
Name Role Position Date of birth Appointed on Resigned on Nationality Country of residence Occupation
Yisachar Berish Horowitz Active Director June 1980 1 April 2013 American England Not disclosed
Ahron Klein Active Director August 1976 1 April 2013 British England Not disclosed
Jehuda Baumgarten Resigned Secretary 8 March 2005 31 August 2012 British Not disclosed
Jehuda Baumgarten Resigned Director June 1948 1 April 2013 27 May 2013 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Jehuda Baumgarten Resigned Director June 1948 8 March 2005 31 August 2012 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Shlomo Fink Resigned Director January 1988 27 May 2013 11 August 2021 Canadian England Not disclosed
Shlomo Fink Resigned Director January 1988 8 May 2012 1 April 2013 Canadian England Not disclosed
Haim Dov Francoz Resigned Director March 1982 8 May 2012 1 April 2013 English England Not disclosed
Ahron Klein Resigned Director August 1976 8 March 2005 31 August 2012 British England Not disclosed
Mordechai Jaakow Wind Resigned Director July 1988 8 May 2012 1 April 2013 Swiss England Not disclosed

Source: Companies House officers register.[7]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2022-03-31 £204,659 £247,832
2023-03-31 £339,606 £321,192
2024-03-31 £120,593 £98,828
2025-03-31 £217,856 £133,649
2026-03-31 £229,820 £140,841

Source: register annual-return history.[1]

Historical finances (UK Government Web Archive)

Income and spending shown on archived register pages
Financial year end Income (£) Spending (£) Source
31 Mar 2009 131,212 181,623 [8]
31 Mar 2010 135,550 134,532 [8]
31 Mar 2011 421,540 395,827 [8]
31 Mar 2012 327,542 402,884 [8]
31 Mar 2013 1,225,779 756,570 [8]

Archived accounts

Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:

  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2006[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2007[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2008[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2009[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2010[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2011[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2012[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2013[16]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2014[17]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[18]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[19]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[20]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[21]

Funding in Israel

  • FY2026 grants £96,950: Mercas Torah V'Chesed £60,000, Moreshet Hatorah Ltd £20,400, Dover Sholem Community Trust £8,200 and grants under £5,000 £8,350; the accounts do not mention Israel (PDF p.10).[2] Israel appears only as a register area of operation.[1]

Israeli partners

No Israeli partner is named; the named recipients are not described as being in Israel (PDF p.10).[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.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
Finding Confidence
No place in Israel or the occupied territories 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;[22] 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.[23][24][25][26] 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.[27]
  • Property-heavy balance sheet. Investment property of £1,420,000 (freehold £550,000, long leasehold £870,000) is financed partly by bank loans (£36,007 and £188,014; loan interest £18,249); grants of £96,950 were less than half of income, while costs of raising funds were £42,194 (PDF p.6–7, 10, 14).[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).[28] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[29]

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.[30]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

Grants received (360Giving data)
Date Funder Amount (£) Purpose
2016-01-06 The National Lottery Community Fund 10,000 The group will use the funding to deliver young people aged 12-16 with a smoking awareness programme inclusive of workshops and sessions whi
2019-01-30 The National Lottery Community Fund 9,975 The project will deliver specialised support classes for families of children with special educational needs and disabilities. The aim is to
2021-11-19 The National Lottery Community Fund 10,000 The funding will be used to deliver parental support training for the Jewish community. The project aims to equip parents with resources and

No grants made by the charity are published in 360Giving data, so flows between linked charities could not be traced there.[31]

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. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.[32]

Land and property

The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[33] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[34]

  • Investment property £1,420,000 at 31 March 2026 (freehold £550,000, long leasehold £870,000), after a revaluation gain of £170,000; rents £76,200; bank loans secured; addresses not stated – Accounts (PDF p.6–7, 10) (source: [2])
  • 54 Summit Estate, Portland Avenue, London (N16 6EU) (title EGL420167, leasehold; proprietor added 06/01/2015, price paid £268,000) – CCOD match on the charity's own company number 05385704 (proprietor YEDIDIM ASSOCIATION LIMITED) (source: [34])
  • 92 Summit Estate, Portland Avenue, London (N16 6EX) (title EGL466948, leasehold; proprietor added 15/06/2015) – CCOD match on the charity's own company number 05385704 (proprietor YEDIDIM ASSOCIATION LIMITED) (source: [34])
  • 28 Tysoe Avenue, Enfield (EN3 6DY) (title MX145016, freehold; proprietor added 29/01/2014) – CCOD match on the charity's own company number 05385704 (proprietor YEDIDIM ASSOCIATION LIMITED) (source: [34])

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Yedidim Association", "Jewish Heritage Holocaust Remembrance Trust" returned 0 contributions in total.[35]

Web archive

The UK Government Web Archive holds 3 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".[6]

See also

External links

  • No current official website.

Notes

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Charity Commission, Yedidim Association Ltd (1111411): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 1111411, contact and trustees (capture of 20100712) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ Register entry 1111411, contact and trustees (capture of 20110926) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 1111411, contact and trustees (capture of 20140506) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Register entry 1111411, full print (capture of 20210116) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Company 05385704: officers Companies House, viewed 15 October 2026.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Register entry 1111411, financial history (capture of 20140506) UK Government Web Archive.
  9. ↑ Yedidim Association Ltd accounts, year ended 2006-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110926).
  10. ↑ Yedidim Association Ltd accounts, year ended 2007-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110926).
  11. ↑ Yedidim Association Ltd accounts, year ended 2008-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110926).
  12. ↑ Yedidim Association Ltd accounts, year ended 2009-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140507).
  13. ↑ Yedidim Association Ltd accounts, year ended 2010-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140507).
  14. ↑ Yedidim Association Ltd accounts, year ended 2011-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140507).
  15. ↑ Yedidim Association Ltd accounts, year ended 2012-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140507).
  16. ↑ Yedidim Association Ltd accounts, year ended 2013-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140507).
  17. ↑ Yedidim Association Ltd accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  18. ↑ Yedidim Association Ltd accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  19. ↑ Yedidim Association Ltd accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  20. ↑ Yedidim Association Ltd accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  21. ↑ Yedidim Association Ltd accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  22. ↑ 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-12 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 – "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)" for 22 charities, "Removed charity" for Mifal Tzedukas and Keren Yaacov Limited, and "Charity reporting is up to date (256 days late)" for Friends of Eidah Chareidis Orthodox Council of Jerusalem.
  23. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  24. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  25. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  26. ↑ 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.
  27. ↑ 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").
  28. ↑ 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-12 charity names found no matching Scottish registration (the only hits were unrelated names: Madrasatul Imam Mohammad Zakariya and Harris Kaufman Trust).
  29. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-12 charity names returned zero results).
  30. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Yedidim Association' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
  31. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1111411 360Giving, queried 15 October 2026.
  32. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-12 screening covered 390 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and archived accounts (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the six charitable companies and of related companies named in the accounts (Millage Limited, International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (United Kingdom) Limited and Ezer Bekovoid Limited), 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", "Limited", "Foundation", "Society", "International") and surname-only coincidences (Green, Anderson, Weiss, Frank, Grace, Friedman, Fox, Ward); lists downloaded October 2026.
  33. ↑ 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.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.3 HM Land Registry, UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD) and Overseas companies that own property in England and Wales (OCOD) full extracts, October 2026 release, matched on charitable company numbers, registered names and the names of subsidiaries named in the accounts; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.
  35. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Yedidim Association" Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
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