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{{short description|'''Salford charitable company whose late-filed accounts are internally inconsistent and lack a balance sheet'''}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Kupas Rashbi Ltd
| type = Charitable company
| registration_id = Registered charity 1091590; company 04074983
| founded = 2002-04-10 (registered)
| headquarters = 14 Wellington Street East, Salford, M7 2AX
| area_served = Throughout England And Wales, Israel
| revenue = £620,500 (year to 2025-09-30)
}}

'''[[Kupas Rashbi Ltd]]''' is a charitable company (04074983) incorporated on 20 September 2000 and registered on 10 April 2002; register areas are England and Wales and Israel.<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 30 September 2025 give its principal office as 14 Wellington Street East, Salford M7 2AX, its trustees as Jacob Freed and Moses Roitenbarg and its secretary as Bayla Freed. It makes grants "to Jewish education and religious organisations both in the UK and abroad". The report gives donations of £620,500 and distributions of £615,000; no recipient is named (PDF p.3–5).<ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/3980610/accounts-and-annual-returns Kupas Rashbi Ltd (1091590): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).</ref>

== Objects and activities ==
The charity's registered objects read: "1) TO ESTABLISH, SUPPORT AND PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPLES OF ORTHODOX JUDASIM.2) TO PROVIDE FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND ANY OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITY.3) FOR  SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS CHARITABLE."<ref name="EXTRACT" />

The register describes its activities as: "The charity collects funds and distributes in accordance with its objects."<ref name="EXTRACT" />

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

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, 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 Kupas Rashbi Ltd (register, October 2026)
! Trustee !! Appointed !! Chair !! Other trusteeships
|-
| [[Jacob Freed]] || not recorded ||  || [[Apte Ltd]] (1127533); [[Bnos Tsfas Ltd]] (1090858); [[Hachnosas Orchim Trust]] (1174672)
|-
| [[Moses Roitenbarg]] || 2017-08-22 ||  || [[Apte Ltd]] (1127533); [[Bnos Tsfas Ltd]] (1090858)
|}

=== Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive) ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Trustees shown in archived register pages
! Capture date !! Trustees listed !! Source
|-
| 2011-07-11 || [[Jacob Freed]]; [[Ezra Bloch]]; [[Joseph Freed]] || <ref name="u89a01be6">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20110711145243/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1091590&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 1091590, contact and trustees (capture of 20110711)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 2013-01-04 || [[Jacob Freed]]; [[Ezra Bloch]]; [[Joseph Freed]] || <ref name="u75a42fce">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130104052618/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1091590&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 1091590, contact and trustees (capture of 20130104)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 2013-09-04 || [[Jacob Freed]]; [[Ezra Bloch]]; [[Joseph Freed]] || <ref name="ub9f108f0">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130904081108/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1091590&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 1091590, contact and trustees (capture of 20130904)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 2014-09-04 || [[Jacob Freed]]; [[Ezra Bloch]]; [[Joseph Freed]] || <ref name="u5c3a85b4">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140904110414/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1091590&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 1091590, contact and trustees (capture of 20140904)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 2021-07-02 || [[Jacob Freed]] – also trustee of [[Apte Ltd]], [[Bnos Tsfas Ltd]], [[Hachnosas Orchim Trust]]; [[Moses Roitenbarg]] (from 22 August 2017) – also trustee of [[Apte Ltd]], [[Bnos Tsfas Ltd]] || <ref name="u3f673980">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210702045636/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/3980610/full-print Register entry 1091590, full print (capture of 20210702)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|}

Companies House lists Bernard Olsberg and Rachel Hannah Olsberg as nominee secretary and nominee director for one day at incorporation (20 September 2000), and former directors Ezra Bloch, Joseph Freed and Elli Goldberg.<ref name="CH_KUPAS">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04074983/officers Company 04074983 (Kupas Rashbi Ltd): officers] ''Find and update company information'', viewed 14 October 2026.</ref>

=== Companies House officers ===
Companies House lists 10 current and former officers of the charitable company (04074983), 3 of them active.<ref name="u35e4356b">[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04074983/officers Company 04074983: officers] ''Companies House'', viewed 14 October 2026.</ref>

== Finances ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
! Financial year end !! Income !! Expenditure
|-
| 2021-09-30 || £765,525 || £740,770
|-
| 2022-09-30 || £265,500 || £260,000
|-
| 2023-09-30 || £320,500 || £318,500
|-
| 2024-09-30 || £480,000 || £465,000
|-
| 2025-09-30 || £620,500 || £615,000
|}
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 30/09/2005<ref name="u748bc221">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20110711145241/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends90/0001091590_AC_20050930_E_C.PDF Kupas Rashbi Ltd accounts, year ended 2005-09-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20110711).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2006<ref name="u17da57de">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20110711145234/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends90/0001091590_AC_20060930_E_C.PDF Kupas Rashbi Ltd accounts, year ended 2006-09-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20110711).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2007<ref name="uf31b496b">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20110711145235/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends90/0001091590_AC_20070930_E_C.PDF Kupas Rashbi Ltd accounts, year ended 2007-09-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20110711).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2009<ref name="ued08cca3">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130904081102/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends90/0001091590_AC_20090930_E_C.PDF Kupas Rashbi Ltd accounts, year ended 2009-09-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20130904).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2010<ref name="u259c0aa4">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20130904081104/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends90/0001091590_AC_20100930_E_C.pdf Kupas Rashbi Ltd accounts, year ended 2010-09-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20130904).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2011<ref name="u53e36381">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140506032611/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends90/0001091590_AC_20110930_E_C.pdf Kupas Rashbi Ltd accounts, year ended 2011-09-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20140506).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2012<ref name="ud28d64e1">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140506032606/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends90/0001091590_AC_20120930_E_C.pdf Kupas Rashbi Ltd accounts, year ended 2012-09-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20140506).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2013<ref name="u794b2b0d">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140904110430/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends90/0001091590_AC_20130930_E_C.pdf Kupas Rashbi Ltd accounts, year ended 2013-09-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20140904).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2014<ref name="u4bc760a0">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200106051334/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends90/0001091590_AC_20140930_E_C.PDF Kupas Rashbi Ltd accounts, year ended 2014-09-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200106).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2015<ref name="u872194b6">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200106050925/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends90/0001091590_AC_20150930_E_C.PDF Kupas Rashbi Ltd accounts, year ended 2015-09-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200106).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2016<ref name="ue48ef551">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200106050814/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends90/0001091590_AC_20160930_E_C.PDF Kupas Rashbi Ltd accounts, year ended 2016-09-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200106).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2017<ref name="uf564270c">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200106050810/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends90/0001091590_AC_20170930_E_C.PDF Kupas Rashbi Ltd accounts, year ended 2017-09-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200106).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2018<ref name="u2410d153">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200106050924/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends90/0001091590_AC_20180930_E_C.PDF Kupas Rashbi Ltd accounts, year ended 2018-09-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200106).</ref>

== Funding in Israel ==
* FY2025 distributions of £615,000 according to the report; no recipients or countries are named.<ref name="ACC" />

=== Israeli partners ===
Not identified.<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.<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 (re-fetched 14 October 2026).</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>
* '''Internally inconsistent accounts.''' In the statement of financial activities the current-year total-funds column shows income of £520,500 against unrestricted income of £620,500, and expenditure lines of £615,000 and £1,500 are totalled as £613,500; net movement is shown as £4,000. The cash-flow statement shows the same opening cash (£63,509) for both years and closing cash of £85,109. The contents list a statement of financial position on page 6, but the 11-page filing contains none, and note 1 calls the charity "unincorporated" although it is a company (PDF p.7–9).<ref name="ACC" />
* '''Examiner described as auditor.''' The independent examiner's report is signed by "Steven Kelly (Senior Statutory auditor)" for The Accountant LTD, Cheetham Hill, and dated 20 August 2026.<ref name="ACC" />
* '''Late filing.''' The register records the FY2025 return as received on 26 August 2026 against a due date of 30 July 2026.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

== 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 (full register download of 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'', CharityExport-14-Oct-2026.csv, downloaded 14 October 2026; keyword search of charity names for the batch-6 charities 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=Kennedy%20Leigh&pageNumber=1 Register of charities search API] ''CCNI'', searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-6 charity name 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; results were limited to Companies House filing lists.<ref name="uc3c51980">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Kupas%20Rashbi The Gazette: notices matching 'Kupas Rashbi'] ''The Gazette'', searched 14 October 2026.</ref>

=== Grants recorded by 360Giving ===
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.<ref name="ub611b533">[https://api.threesixtygiving.org/api/v1/org/GB-CHC-1091590/grants_received/?limit=100 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1091590] ''360Giving'', queried 14 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-6 screening covered 429 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and archived full-print register pages (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the charitable companies, and trustees, officers and related persons named in the accounts read for this batch (including archived accounts); matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually (all candidate hits 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 on 14 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 'Kupas Rashbi' returned 0 contributions in total.<ref name="HANS">UK Parliament, [https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/search/contributions/Spoken.json?queryParameters.searchTerm=Kupas%20Rashbi&queryParameters.take=100&queryParameters.orderBy=SittingDateAsc Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Kupas Rashbi'] ''Hansard'', queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).</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 (on time)" and "Other regulators: No information available".<ref name="u3f673980" />

== See also ==

== 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 Manchester]]
[[Category:Israel]]
[[Category:Salford]]
[[Category:Charities]]