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{{short description|'''Stamford Hill charitable company with UK-only objects funding Viznitz institutions, in deficit to a trustee-linked lender'''}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Keren Yedidei Beis Viznitz
| type = Charitable company
| registration_id = Registered charity 1195033; company 12835710
| founded = 2021-07-01 (registered)
| headquarters = 30 Plevna Crescent, London, N15 6DN
| area_served = Throughout England, Israel
| key_people = [[Yosef Shlomo Ganz]] (chair)
| revenue = £501,847 (year to 2025-08-31)
}}

'''[[Keren Yedidei Beis Viznitz]]''' is a charitable company (12835710) registered on 1 July 2021; register areas are England and Israel, but its objects are the advancement of the Jewish religion "in such parts of the UK as the trustees shall determine".<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), extract dated 14 October 2026.</ref> The accounts for the year to 31 August 2025, independently examined by Howard Schwalbe ACA, give its office as 30 Plevna Crescent, London N15 6DN, and its trustees as Y S Ganz, I Kahan and N Taub. Donations rose to £501,847 (2024: £23,260) and expenditure to £603,938; funds were –£89,229, with creditors giving assurances not to call in their loans (PDF p.3, 6).<ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5167582/accounts-and-annual-returns Keren Yedidei Beis Viznitz (1195033): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).</ref>

== Objects and activities ==
The charity's registered objects read: "THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH RELIGION IN SUCH PARTS OF THE UK AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO ORTHODOX JEWISH INDIVIDUALS IN FINANCIAL NEED TO SUPPORT THEIR OBSERVANCE OF THE RELIGION."<ref name="EXTRACT" />

The register describes its activities as: "as detailed in the charity objects"<ref name="EXTRACT" />

Register classifications: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England, Israel.<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 Keren Yedidei Beis Viznitz (register, October 2026)
! Trustee !! Appointed !! Chair !! Other trusteeships
|-
| [[Yosef Shlomo Ganz]] || 2020-08-25 || Yes || [[Aiming High London]] (1152228); [[Keren Habinyan Limited]] (1144177)
|-
| [[Israel Kahan]] || 2020-08-25 ||  || [[Bhw Limited]] (1130437); [[Chaim Bechesed]] (1198349); [[Children Ahead Ltd]] (1138140); [[Kupath Gemach Trust]] (1110323)
|-
| [[Nachman Taub]] || 2020-08-25 ||  || [[British Friends of Chatzer Hakodesh Viznitz]] (1153006); [[Keren Habinyan Limited]] (1144177)
|}

Companies House records Israel Kahan (American) and Nachman Taub as appointed on 25 August 2020, resigning on 13 September 2020 and reappointed on 22 February 2021.<ref name="CH_KYBV">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12835710/officers Company 12835710 (Keren Yedidei Beis Viznitz Ltd): officers] ''Find and update company information'', viewed 15 October 2026.</ref>

=== Companies House officers ===
Companies House lists 5 current and former officers of the charitable company (12835710), 3 of them active.<ref name="uf9574c27">[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12835710/officers Company 12835710: officers] ''Companies House'', viewed 15 October 2026.</ref>

== Finances ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
! Financial year end !! Income !! Expenditure
|-
| 2022-08-31 || £125,650 || £126,231
|-
| 2023-08-31 || £85,810 || £84,188
|-
| 2024-08-31 || £23,260 || £14,727
|-
| 2025-08-31 || £501,847 || £603,938
|}
Source: register annual-return history.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

== Funding in Israel ==
* Year to August 2025 grants: Merkaz Hasideiy Viznitz Mosdot Yeshuot Moshe £202,397; Chasdai Yitzchak £113,888; Friends Of Tiferes Beis Viznitz £64,432; Kehila Kadisha Pramishlan £51,794; Keren Or Lemishpacha £24,893; Kupat Hamalchis £12,946; others under £10,000 £40,976; individuals £88,084 (PDF p.17). No locations are given.<ref name="ACC" />

=== Israeli partners ===
Not identified; recipients are named without locations.<ref name="ACC" />

== 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 is named for any recipient.<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 every charity in batches 1–7 (175 pages, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026) and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section. Alerts appeared only for Mifal Hachesed Vehatzedokoh (1139320), Ezer Viznitz Foundation (1161881), BC Trust (1155555), Vyoel Moshe Charitable Trust (327054) – all named in the cheque-cashing class inquiry – and The Gevurath Ari Torah Academy Trust (1003102).</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), both retrieved 15 October 2026.</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, retrieved 15 October 2026 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").</ref>
* '''Loans from trustee-linked charities.''' Note 18 records £110,000 owed interest-free to Keren Habinyan Ltd, of which Ganz is a trustee, and £4,000 to British Friends of Chatzar Hakodesh Viznitz, of which Taub is a trustee (PDF p.19).<ref name="ACC" /> Israel Kahan is also an officer of Keren Habinyan Limited.<ref name="CH_APPS_KAHAN">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/1JTk1R5QdfBPLVMWRmsvJe_1XwM/appointments Israel Kahan: appointments] (the list includes KEREN HABINYAN LIMITED, 07750075) ''Find and update company information'', viewed 15 October 2026.</ref>
* '''Objects and areas.''' The objects refer only to parts of the UK, while the register lists Israel as an area of operation; the accounts give no location for any recipient (PDF p.17).<ref name="EXTRACT" /><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, downloaded 15 October 2026 and 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'', downloaded October 2026; keyword search of the batch-7 charity names found no matching Scottish registration (the only hit, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Lieutenancy of Scotland, is a separate Scottish body).</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=Migdal%20Ohr&pageNumber=1 Register of charities search API] ''CCNI'', searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-7 charity name returned zero results).</ref>

=== 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.<ref name="u88ac019d">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Beis%20Viznitz The Gazette: notices matching 'Beis Viznitz'] ''The Gazette'', searched 15 October 2026.</ref>

=== Grants recorded by 360Giving ===
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.<ref name="ub04efda0">[https://api.threesixtygiving.org/api/v1/org/GB-CHC-1195033/grants_received/?limit=100 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1195033] ''360Giving'', queried 15 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. [[Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor]] (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.<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-7 screening covered 428 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the charitable companies, and trustees, officers, lenders, subsidiaries and related bodies named in the accounts read for this batch (including Ambertown International Ltd); matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. The single forename-and-surname candidate (a former Wimbledon and District Synagogue director against a UK counter-terrorism designation) has different middle names and was not treated as a match; all other candidates were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps; lists downloaded 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 searches for 'Keren Yedidei Beis Viznitz', 'Yedidei Beis Viznitz' returned 0 contributions in total.<ref name="HANS">UK Parliament, [https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/search/contributions/Spoken.json?queryParameters.searchTerm=Beis%20Viznitz&queryParameters.take=100&queryParameters.orderBy=SittingDateAsc Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Beis Viznitz'] ''Hansard'', queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).</ref>

== Web archive ==

The [[UK Government Web Archive]] holds 0 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile; none were found for this charity number.

== See also ==

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

==Notes==
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[[Category:Hasidic Judaism in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Orthodox Jewish charities]]
[[Category:Jewish charities in the United Kingdom]]
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