Yesamach Levav
UK Orthodox Jewish grant-maker funding UK and overseas institutions and individuals
| Yesamach Levav
| |
|---|---|
| Logo |  The world centre and great beit midrash of the Gur Hasidim (2020). The charity's 2024/25 grants include £206,407 to Kolel Beis Yisroel D'Chasidei Gur |
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 2009-02-10 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1127977 |
| Headquarters | 160 Holmleigh Road, London, N16 5PY |
| Area served | Bexley, Hackney, Haringey, Israel, United States |
| Website | www.yesamachlevav.com |
Yesamach Levav (Yesamach Levav Trust) is a registered charity. Objects cover Orthodox Jewish faith, education and relief of poverty; areas include Hackney, Haringey, Israel and the United States.[1] In the year ended 30 November 2025 grants totalled £6,124,066 (£2,086,733 to institutions and £4,037,333 to individuals). Named institutional grants include Kolel Beis Yisroel D'Chasidei Gur £206,407 and Reb Shayele's Tzeduke £41,196.[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION3 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND INFIRMITY AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH FAITH AND4 SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW"[1]
The register describes its activities as: "Fund raising and distribution"[1]
Register classifications: Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Bexley, Hackney, Haringey, Israel, United States.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mordechai Hersh Bindinger | not recorded | — | |
| Rabbi Nathan Benjamin Bindinger | 2017-08-01 | Darkei Chaim (1190418); Kehal Charedim Trust (1098484); The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (1158987) | |
| Reuven Spitzer | 2020-12-01 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-12 | Mordechai Hersh Bindinger; Nathan Benjamin Bindinger (from 01 August 2017) – also trustee of The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, Kehal Charedim Trust, Darkei Chaim | [3] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-30 | £2,871,763 | £2,745,584 |
| 2022-11-30 | £3,461,821 | £3,573,583 |
| 2023-11-30 | £4,901,375 | £4,898,945 |
| 2024-11-30 | £5,753,297 | £5,753,931 |
| 2025-11-30 | £6,384,320 | £6,247,165 |
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 30/11/2014[4]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/11/2015[5]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/11/2016[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/11/2017[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/11/2018[8]
Funding in Israel
- FY2025 institutional grants £2,086,733 (e.g. Kolel Beis Yisroel D'Chasidei Gur £206,407; Lamachzikim Bo £197,815; Reb Shayele's Tzeduke £41,196) and grants to individuals £4,037,333.[2]
Israeli partners
UK and overseas Orthodox institutions; Israel on register.[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 |
|---|---|
| No explicit settlement names in the named grant list. | low |
Support for the IDF: No IDF funding is stated.[2][2]
Controversies and regulatory action
- Grantee in cheque-cashing inquiry. Reb Shayele's Tzeduke (1158689) was named among charities entering the Commission's cheque-cashing class inquiry in December 2025.[9] Yesamach Levav itself is not named as under 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 names of current and archived trustees and Companies House officers were screened against the UK Sanctions List and the OFSI Consolidated List. No match on full name was found; only coincidental surname matches. 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 'Yesamach Levav' returned 0 contributions in total.[16]
Web archive
- yesamachlevav.com: 2 yearly captures, first 2009-03-11, last 2010-01-15.[17]
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
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 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 Charity Commission, Yesamach Levav (1127977): 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 1127977, full print (capture of 20210112) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Yesamach Levav accounts, year ended 2014-11-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200703).
- ↑ Yesamach Levav accounts, year ended 2015-11-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200703).
- ↑ Yesamach Levav accounts, year ended 2016-11-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200703).
- ↑ Yesamach Levav accounts, year ended 2017-11-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200703).
- ↑ Yesamach Levav accounts, year ended 2018-11-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200703).
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 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 found no matching Scottish registration (the only hit for "breakthrough" was Breakthrough Breast Cancer SC039058, unrelated).
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch charity name returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Yesamach Levav' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1127977 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV, version of 12 October 2026); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv, last updated 3 June 2026). Screening of 405 names (current and archived trustees and Companies House officers of the 25 batch-1 charities) carried out 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 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 'Yesamach Levav' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
- ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for yesamachlevav.com Wayback Machine, queried 14 October 2026.