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New page: UK charity/company from Charity Commission register and Companies House records, with dynasty link and its basis

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{{short description|'''Former charitable company in London, incorporated in 2004, that worked in Israel; dissolved in 2021 and removed from the charity register in 2022'''}}
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{{Infobox organization
| name = Kiryat Sanz Jerusalem Ltd
| type = Charitable company limited by guarantee (dissolved)
| registration_id = Former registered charity 1112856; company 05083109
| founded = {{Start date|2004|03|24}} (incorporated)
| dissolved = {{Start date|2021|09|28}} (company dissolved)
| headquarters = 15 Leadale Road, London N16 6BZ (registered office)
| area_served = Israel
}}
'''Kiryat Sanz Jerusalem Ltd''' was a charitable company registered with the [[Charity Commission for England and Wales]] (charity number 1112856) and at [[Companies House]] (company number 05083109). It carried the name of Kiryat Sanz, and it made grants in Israel.<ref name="CC" /><ref name="CH" /> The link to the [[Sanz-Klausenburg (Hasidic dynasty)|Sanz-Klausenburg]] dynasty rests on that name.

== Registration ==
According to Companies House, the company was incorporated on 24 March 2004 as a private company limited by guarantee without share capital. Its registered office was 15 Leadale Road, London N16 6BZ, and its business was classed as activities of religious organisations. Its last accounts were made up to 31 March 2019, and it was dissolved on 28 September 2021.<ref name="CH" />

The Charity Commission registered it on 30 January 2006 and removed it on 1 March 2022 as having ceased to exist. The register records it as not recognised by HMRC for gift aid.<ref name="CC" />

== Objects and activities ==
Its objects were to advance religion according to the Orthodox Jewish faith and, in support of that aim, to relieve people in need, to act unpaid as trustee of other charitable trusts, to publish literature and learned works, to set up or support other charitable bodies, and to give grants and scholarships to suitably qualified students for research.<ref name="CC" />

The charity described its work as religious education and activities and the relief of poverty. It made grants to individuals and organisations and worked in Israel.<ref name="CC" />

== Finances ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Income and spending (Charity Commission register)
! Year ending !! Income !! Spending
|-
| 31 March 2015 || £13.85k || £14.19k
|-
| 31 March 2016 || £30.72k || £28.79k
|-
| 31 March 2017 || £130.07k || £132.51k
|-
| 31 March 2018 || £47.76k || £46.08k
|-
| 31 March 2019 || £0 || £13,643
|}<ref name="CC" />

The returns for 2020 and 2021 were not submitted.<ref name="CC" />

== Directors and secretaries ==
Companies House lists the following officers:<ref name="CHO" />
{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Role !! Appointed !! Resigned
|-
| [[Moses David Motzen]] || Director and secretary || 16 October 2007 || —
|-
| [[David Weiss]] || Director || 24 March 2004 || —
|-
| [[Shmuel Shmelke Biderman]] || Director and secretary || 24 March 2004 || 16 October 2007
|-
| [[Aron Bard]] || Director || 24 March 2004 || 16 October 2007
|-
| [[Naftula Elimilech Lipschitz]] || Director || 24 March 2004 || 16 October 2007
|}
The removed charity record shows no trustees.<ref name="CC" />

=== Other appointments ===
* Moses David Motzen is also a director of [[Divrei Yatziv Limited]] (09968154, active, from 25 January 2016). He was a director of [[Prestige Planning Services Limited]] (dissolved) and, from 2011 to 2015, of [[M & B Trade Ltd]].<ref name="CHAMotzen" />
* Shmuel Shmelke Biderman was secretary and director of [[Mosdos Lelov Limited|Mosdos Lelov Ltd]] (05311909, dissolved) from 13 December 2004. Between 2003 and 2007 he was a director or secretary of several property companies, including [[Leadale Estates Ltd]], [[Lea Estates Ltd]], [[Dovetail Estates Ltd]], [[Rotherton Estates Ltd]], [[Manorbroom Properties Ltd]] and [[Bayshield Estates Ltd]], and of [[Tadpole Investments Limited]].<ref name="CHABiderman" /> Mosdos Lelov carries the name of the [[Lelov (Hasidic dynasty)|Lelov]] dynasty. This is a link through one former officer's other role and does not show that Kiryat Sanz Jerusalem was connected with Lelov.
* Companies House lists no other appointments for David Weiss, Aron Bard or Naftula Elimilech Lipschitz.<ref name="CHAWeiss" /><ref name="CHABard" /><ref name="CHALipschitz" />

== Dynasty link ==
The link to [[Sanz-Klausenburg (Hasidic dynasty)|Sanz-Klausenburg]] rests on the company's name. Kiryat Sanz is the name of the dynasty's neighbourhood in [[Netanya]], and Rabinowicz records that its founder also set up a Sanz housing estate in [[Jerusalem]] in 1964.<ref name="Rabinowicz67" /> Neither register states which institution in Israel the company supported.

== See also ==
* [[Sanz-Klausenburg (Hasidic dynasty)]]
* [[Lelov (Hasidic dynasty)]]

== Notes ==
<references>
<ref name="Rabinowicz67">Tzvi Rabinowicz, [https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0765760681 Hasidism in Israel: A History of the Hasidic Movement], Northvale, N.J.: Jason Aronson, 2000, p. 67.</ref>
<ref name="CC">Charity Commission, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4021265/full-print KIRYAT SANZ JERUSALEM LTD – 1112856: full print] ''Charity Commission for England and Wales'', accessed 28 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="CH">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05083109 Kiryat Sanz Jerusalem Ltd. (05083109): company overview] ''Find and update company information'', accessed 28 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="CHO">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05083109/officers Kiryat Sanz Jerusalem Ltd. (05083109): officers] ''Find and update company information'', accessed 28 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="CHAMotzen">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/wBuWbzw0Pg9UutgBtX5crn3Ydhs/appointments Moses David Motzen: appointments] ''Find and update company information'', accessed 28 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="CHABiderman">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/EIWpcQElEuZ4MEMolt7p1b4lDBk/appointments Shmuel Shmelke Biderman: appointments] ''Find and update company information'', accessed 28 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="CHAWeiss">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/7G4wiJgtT07sBoiRVlrDo1chlms/appointments David Weiss: appointments] ''Find and update company information'', accessed 28 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="CHABard">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/rBfQdj2BTwfQO1CmPGdIYwHGDMQ/appointments Aron Bard: appointments] ''Find and update company information'', accessed 28 October 2026.</ref>
<ref name="CHALipschitz">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/Gcg8UmQBeO-eXJqZnJjYzifbrQk/appointments Naftula Elimilech Lipschitz: appointments] ''Find and update company information'', accessed 28 October 2026.</ref>
</references>

[[Category:Charities in England and Wales]]
[[Category:Orthodox Jewish charities]]
[[Category:Jewish charities in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Hasidic Judaism in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Israel]]

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