Zichron Refoel
North-west London charitable company that received £48,999 in donations in 2024/25 and made grants it describes as administrative expenses, including £4,000 to Chasdei Dovid, a charity with trustees in common
| Zichron Refoel
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable company |
| Founded | 2009-10-28 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1132385; company 06611534 |
| Headquarters | London NW11 |
| Area served | City Of London, Israel |
| Key people | Joey Joseph (chair) |
Zichron Refoel is a charitable company (06611534) registered with the Charity Commission on 28 October 2009; its registered office is in London NW11.[1][2][3] Its objects are "the advancement of the orthodox Jewish Religion, the advancement of orthodox jewish education, the relief of poverty and sickness amongst persons of the jewish faith" (PDF p.3).[3] The accounts for the year to 30 June 2025 name the trustees as J J Joseph, A Kahan and S Strom, with A Kahan as secretary; Companies House lists Joey Jizchak Joseph, Akiva Kahan and Samuel Strom as directors (PDF p.4).[3][2] The trustees say the charity made a "significant contribution to local needy jewish causes", with grants to "a wide ranging number of individuals and charities" (PDF p.3).[3] Donations were £48,999 (2024: £45,389) and spending £42,377 (2024: £48,030), giving a surplus of £6,622; funds rose from £8,203 to £14,825, and cash at the bank was £17,005 (PDF p.6).[3] The accounts were examined by Howard L. Morris of H. Morris & Co, Edgware, on 16 April 2026 and approved by A Kahan on 15 April 2026.[3]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION, THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AMONGST PERSONS OF THE JEWISH FAITH."[4]
The register describes its activities as: "Advancement of Jewish Religion and Relief of Poverty."[4]
Register classifications: Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[4]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: City Of London, Israel.[4]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[4]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akiva Kahan | not recorded | Chasdei Dovid (1154626); UK Friends of Mishkan Hatalmud Ofakim (1138582) | |
| Joey Joseph | not recorded | Yes | Chasdei Dovid (1154626); Samuel Sobelman Charitable Trust (1205743) |
| Samuel Strom | 2011-09-02 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-06 | Akiva Kahan – also trustee of Chasdei Dovid, UK Friends of Mishkan Hatalmud Ofakim; Samuel Strom (from 02 September 2011); J J Joseph (chair) | [5] |
| 2021-07-02 | Samuel Strom (from 02 September 2011); Akiva Kahan – also trustee of Chasdei Dovid, UK Friends of Mishkan Hatalmud Ofakim; J J Joseph (chair) | [6] |
Akiva Kahan is also a register trustee of Chasdei Dovid (1154626) and UK Friends of Mishkan Hatalmud Ofakim (1138582); Joey Joseph is also a trustee of Chasdei Dovid and the Samuel Sobelman Charitable Trust (1205743).[4] Companies House also lists two formation-agent companies as former officers.[2]
Companies House officers
Companies House lists 6 current and former officers of the charitable company (06611534), 4 of them active.[7]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-30 | £55,218 | £57,839 |
| 2022-06-30 | £51,496 | £46,577 |
| 2023-06-30 | £47,935 | £44,699 |
| 2024-06-30 | £45,389 | £48,030 |
| 2025-06-30 | £48,999 | £42,377 |
Source: register annual-return history.[4]
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
- Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2014[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2015[9]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2016[10]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2017[11]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2018[12]
Funding in Israel
- No spending in Israel is identified; the accounts name only Chasdei Dovid among the recipients (PDF p.11).[3]
Israeli partners
No Israeli partner is named. The register lists Israel among the charity's areas of operation.[4]
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.[3] | Not established |
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;[13] 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.[14][15][16][17] 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.[18]
- Grants labelled as administrative expenses. The statement of financial activities shows the whole of the charitable spending under "Administrative expenses", and note 4 gives "Grants payable: Administrative expenses" of £41,741 (2024: £47,562); a list of grants is said to be obtainable "by registered post" (PDF p.6, 9).[3]
- Grant to a connected charity. Note 10 records grants of £4,000 (2024: £8,000) to Chasdei Dovid, "a charity with Trustees in common"; the register lists Akiva Kahan and Joey Joseph as trustees of Chasdei Dovid (1154626) (PDF p.11).[3][4]
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).[19] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[20]
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.[21]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[22]
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.[23]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[4] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[24]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Zichron Refoel" returned 0 contributions in total.[25]
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".[5]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ Charity Commission, Zichron Refoel (1132385): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Companies House, ZICHRON REFOEL (06611534) Find and update company information, overview and officers, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Charity Commission, Zichron Refoel (1132385): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 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, charity_other_names), extract dated 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 1132385, full print (capture of 20210106) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Register entry 1132385, full print (capture of 20210702) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Company 06611534: officers Companies House, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ Zichron Refoel accounts, year ended 2014-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20190903).
- ↑ Zichron Refoel accounts, year ended 2015-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20190903).
- ↑ Zichron Refoel accounts, year ended 2016-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20190903).
- ↑ Zichron Refoel accounts, year ended 2017-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20190903).
- ↑ Zichron Refoel accounts, year ended 2018-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20190903).
- ↑ 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-23 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none was shown.
- ↑ 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-23 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-23 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Zichron Refoel' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1132385 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-23 screening covered 249 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", "Company Limited" in the name of a corporate formation agent, and ".com") 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 – 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.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Zichron Refoel" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).