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{{short description|'''Stamford Hill poverty-relief trust that raised £43,424 in 2024/25 and made small grants, almost all in the UK, with £2,020 for relief of poverty overseas'''}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Beth Feige Breslov Trust
| type = Trust
| registration_id = Registered charity 1063752
| founded = 1997-08-01 (registered)
| headquarters = London N16
| area_served = Barnet, Hackney, Haringey, Salford City, Israel, United States
| revenue = £43,424 (year to 2025-03-31)
}}

'''[[Beth Feige Breslov Trust]]''' is a charitable trust governed by a deed of trust of 28 February 1995 with a supplementary deed of 22 July 1997, registered on 1 August 1997; its register address is in London N16.<ref name="FP_BF">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/3077442/full-print Beth Feige Breslov Trust (1063752): full print] ''Register of Charities'', retrieved 16 October 2026.</ref><ref name="EXTRACT">[[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.</ref> The accounts name the trustees as [[Feivish Spitz (trustee, Beth Feige Breslov Trust)|Feivish Spitz]], [[Joel Spitz (trustee, Beth Feige Breslov Trust)|Joel Spitz]] and Rabbi [[Yitzchok Kalish (trustee, Beth Feige Breslov Trust)|Yitzchok Kalish]] (the register spells the last name "Yitzchor Kalish").<ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/3077442/accounts-and-annual-returns Beth Feige Breslov Trust (1063752): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).</ref><ref name="EXTRACT" /> The trustees say they "raised £43,424" in the year to 31 March 2025 and that "almost all funding was disbursed in small grants for relief of poverty"; "Almost all grantmaking this year was in the UK, with £2,020 provided for relief of poverty overseas", and "In some cases, grants are made through another charitable organisations ... or directly to a supplier".<ref name="ACC" /> Grants were £40,896 (2024: £38,494) – relief of poverty £33,330 (UK £31,310, overseas £2,020), religion £2,525 and religious education £5,041 – with accountancy of £360, and funds rose from £1,479 to £3,647.<ref name="ACC" /> The accounts were examined by B Olsberg FCA of Manchester M8 and signed by F Spitz on 27 January 2026.<ref name="ACC" />

== Objects and activities ==
The charity's registered objects read: "THE TRUSTEES SHALL STAND POSSESSED OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE WHOLE OF THE INCOME AND CAPITAL OF THE TRUST FUND FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH RELIGION PARTICULARLY BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS OR LOANS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES  TO INDIVIDUALS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS AND TALMUDICAL COLLEGES AND BY ASSISTING PERSONS OF THE JEWISH DIETARY LAWS."<ref name="EXTRACT" />

The register describes its activities as: "The charity raises funds and distributes them in furtherance of its charitable objectives in the UK and in Jewish communities worldwide."<ref name="EXTRACT" />

Register classifications: Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Barnet, Hackney, Haringey, Salford City, Israel, United States.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

== Trustees ==
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:<ref name="EXTRACT" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Trustees of Beth Feige Breslov Trust (register, October 2026)
! Trustee !! Appointed !! Chair !! Other trusteeships
|-
| [[Yitzchor Kalish (trustee, Beth Feige Breslov Trust)|Yitzchor Kalish]] || not recorded ||  || —
|-
| [[Feivish Spitz (trustee, Beth Feige Breslov Trust)|Feivish Spitz]] || not recorded ||  || —
|-
| [[Joel Spitz (trustee, Beth Feige Breslov Trust)|Joel Spitz]] || 2016-01-28 ||  || —
|}

=== Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive) ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Trustees shown in archived register pages
! Capture date !! Trustees listed !! Source
|-
| 2021-01-06 || [[Joel Spitz (trustee, Beth Feige Breslov Trust)|Joel Spitz]] (from 28 January 2016); [[Feivish Spitz (trustee, Beth Feige Breslov Trust)|Feivish Spitz]]; [[Yitzchor Kalish (trustee, Beth Feige Breslov Trust)|Yitzchor Kalish]] || <ref name="u452bc3b3">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210106165908/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/3077442/full-print Register entry 1063752, full print (capture of 20210106)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|}

== Finances ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
! Financial year end !! Income !! Expenditure
|-
| 2021-03-31 || £27,043 || £37,171
|-
| 2022-03-31 || £36,948 || £34,910
|-
| 2023-03-31 || £27,132 || £30,386
|-
| 2024-03-31 || £37,478 || £38,854
|-
| 2025-03-31 || £43,424 || £41,256
|}
Source: register annual-return history.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

=== 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<ref name="u91126c14">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200104101838/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends52/0001063752_AC_20150331_E_C.PDF Beth Feige Breslov Trust accounts, year ended 2015-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200104).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016<ref name="ubab6857c">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200104101729/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends52/0001063752_AC_20160331_E_C.PDF Beth Feige Breslov Trust accounts, year ended 2016-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200104).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018<ref name="u93eb72c9">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200104102652/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends52/0001063752_AC_20180331_E_C.PDF Beth Feige Breslov Trust accounts, year ended 2018-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200104).</ref>

== Funding in Israel ==
* Year to 31 March 2025: £2,020 "provided for relief of poverty overseas"; the country is not named.<ref name="ACC" />

=== Israeli partners ===
No Israeli recipient is named. The register lists Israel among the charity's areas of operation.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

== 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.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
! Finding !! Confidence
|-
| No place in Israel is named; the accounts refer only to "overseas".<ref name="ACC" /> || Not established
|}

'''Support for the IDF:''' No IDF or military funding is stated.<ref name="ACC" />

== 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;<ref name="ALERTS">[[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-24 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; only Dalaid (1064655) showed one.</ref> 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.<ref name="CC_CHEQUE1">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/serious-concerns-over-use-of-22-million-triggers-investigation-by-charity-regulator Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator] ''GOV.UK'', 14 May 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE2">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-opens-next-phase-of-investigation-into-105-charities-connected-to-company-cashing-cheques Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques] ''GOV.UK'', 1 September 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE3">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-announces-next-charities-to-be-investigated-as-part-of-inquiry-connected-to-company-cashing-cheques Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques] ''GOV.UK'', 4 December 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE4">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-concludes-investigation-into-4-charities-as-class-inquiry-continues Regulator concludes investigation into 4 charities as class inquiry continues] ''GOV.UK'', 9 September 2026, with [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-the-results-of-a-class-inquiry/statement-of-the-results-of-a-class-inquiry Statement of the results of a class inquiry] (same date).</ref> 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.<ref name="CC_SETTLE">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/charity-regulator-opens-inquiry-into-charities-working-in-illegal-israeli-settlements 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").</ref>
* '''Out-of-date examiner's report.''' The independent examiner's report in the 2024/25 accounts refers to "the year ended 31 March 2016", to SORP 2005 and to "section 249 of the Act".<ref name="ACC" />

== Other registers and records ==
=== Scotland and Northern Ireland ===
No entry was found on the [[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator|Scottish Charity Register]] for this charity (register export dated 14 October 2026, searched by name).<ref name="OSCR">[[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator]], [https://www.oscr.org.uk/download/charity-register Scottish Charity Register download] ''OSCR'', export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-24 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.</ref> No entry was found on the [[Charity Commission for Northern Ireland]] register (API name searches returned zero results).<ref name="CCNI">[[Charity Commission for Northern Ireland]], [https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/api/charity-search/results?searchText=Dalaid&pageNumber=1 Register of charities search API] ''CCNI'', searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-24 charity names returned zero results).</ref>

=== 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.<ref name="u12832fbd">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Beth%20Feige%20Breslov The Gazette: notices matching 'Beth Feige Breslov'] ''The Gazette'', searched 16 October 2026.</ref>

=== Grants recorded by 360Giving ===
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.<ref name="uaa485e6c">[https://api.threesixtygiving.org/api/v1/org/GB-CHC-1063752/grants_received/?limit=100 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1063752] ''360Giving'', queried 16 October 2026.</ref>

=== 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.<ref name="SANC">[[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]], ''UK Sanctions List'' (CSV); [[Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation]], ''Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets'' (ConList.csv). Batch-24 screening covered 264 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", "Foundation", "Company Limited" in the names of corporate formation agents) and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.</ref>

=== Land and property ===
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.<ref name="EXTRACT" /> No title registers were purchased; the [[HM Land Registry]] interactive search blocked automated access.<ref name="HLRWEB">[[HM Land Registry]], [https://search-property-information.service.gov.uk/ 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 [[Corporate and Commercial Ownership Data|CCOD]] / [[Overseas Companies Ownership Data|OCOD]] datasets (October 2026 release), not from paid title registers.</ref>

=== Parliament ===
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Beth Feige Breslov Trust", "Beth Feige Breslov" returned 0 contributions in total.<ref name="HANS">UK Parliament, [https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/search/contributions/Spoken.json?queryParameters.searchTerm=%22Beth%20Feige%20Breslov%22&queryParameters.take=100&queryParameters.orderBy=SittingDateAsc Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Beth Feige Breslov"] ''Hansard'', queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).</ref>

== 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".<ref name="u452bc3b3" />

== External links ==
* No current official website.

==Notes==
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[[Category:Orthodox Jewish charities]]
[[Category:Jewish charities in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Charities based in London]]
[[Category:Israel]]
[[Category:Charities]]