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{{short description|'''Stamford Hill trust passing about £118,000 a year to individuals'''}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Tomchei Avreichim
| type = Other
| registration_id = Registered charity 1092194
| founded = 2002-05-24 (registered)
| headquarters = London N16
| area_served = Barnet, Hackney, Haringey, Israel
| key_people = [[Isaac Rudzinski]] (chair)
| revenue = £116,925 (year to 2025-03-31)
}}

'''[[Tomchei Avreichim]]''' was established by a declaration of trust of 27 December 2001 and registered on 24 May 2002; register areas are Barnet, Hackney, Haringey 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, charity_other_names), extract dated 14 October 2026.</ref> The register lists [[Isaac Rudzinski]] (chair), [[Levi Isaac Miller]] and [[Abraham Lipschitz]] (from 11 May 2025) as trustees; the accounts name I Rudzinski, D Newman and L I Miller, with a principal address care of Isaac Rudzinski in Stamford Hill, London N16, and the independent examiner is [[Joseph Kahan Associates]] LLP of London NW11 (PDF p.3).<ref name="EXTRACT" /><ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/3988258/accounts-and-annual-returns Tomchei Avreichim (1092194): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).</ref> Its objects are the relief of poverty and of the aged and infirm, and Orthodox Jewish religious education and religion.<ref name="EXTRACT" /> In the year to 31 March 2025 donations were £116,925 (2024: £123,831) and spending £117,985 (2024: £114,380), all of it "Grants to individuals", leaving funds of £24,670 (PDF p.6, 12).<ref name="ACC" />

== Objects and activities ==
The charity's registered objects read: "1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY2) THE RELIEF OF THE AGED, FEEBLE AND INFIRM3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND4) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION"<ref name="EXTRACT" />

The register describes its activities as: "The objects of the charity empower the Trustees to make payments in accordance with their charitable objects, which are the relief of poverty; the relief of the aged, feeble and infirm; the advancement of Orthodox Jewish religious education; and the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish religion."<ref name="EXTRACT" />

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

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Barnet, Hackney, Haringey, 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 Tomchei Avreichim (register, October 2026)
! Trustee !! Appointed !! Chair !! Other trusteeships
|-
| [[Levi Isaac Miller]] || not recorded || || —
|-
| [[Isaac Rudzinski]] || not recorded || Yes || —
|-
| [[abraham lipschitz]] || 2025-05-11 || || —
|}

=== Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive) ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Trustees shown in archived register pages
! Capture date !! Trustees listed !! Source
|-
| 2021-01-13 || [[David Newman]]; [[Isaac Rudzinski]] (chair); [[Levi Isaac Miller]] || <ref name="uc0329675">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210113015011/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/3988258/full-print Register entry 1092194, full print (capture of 20210113)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|}

== Finances ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
! Financial year end !! Income !! Expenditure
|-
| 2021-03-31 || £149,553 || £158,021
|-
| 2022-03-31 || £149,799 || £162,047
|-
| 2023-03-31 || £115,083 || £120,007
|-
| 2024-03-31 || £123,831 || £114,380
|-
| 2025-03-31 || £116,925 || £117,985
|}
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="u1aa45316">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200104202251/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends94/0001092194_AC_20150331_E_C.PDF Tomchei Avreichim accounts, year ended 2015-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200104).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016<ref name="u65c4762a">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200104203547/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends94/0001092194_AC_20160331_E_C.PDF Tomchei Avreichim accounts, year ended 2016-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200104).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017<ref name="uf3cf3914">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200104203141/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends94/0001092194_AC_20170331_E_C.PDF Tomchei Avreichim accounts, year ended 2017-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200104).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018<ref name="uf7f8f9df">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200104203140/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends94/0001092194_AC_20180331_E_C.PDF Tomchei Avreichim accounts, year ended 2018-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200104).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2019<ref name="u5df2a0a3">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200104202250/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends94/0001092194_AC_20190331_E_C.PDF Tomchei Avreichim accounts, year ended 2019-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200104).</ref>

== Funding in Israel ==
* FY2025 grants to individuals £117,985; the accounts do not say where the recipients live, so the Israeli share, if any, is not known (PDF p.12).<ref name="ACC" />

=== Israeli partners ===
No partner organisation is named; all grants go to individuals.<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 in Israel 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 each of the 25 batch-16 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Nineteen registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)"; Halacha Lemoshe Trust showed "up to date (8 days late)", The Josh Charitable Trust "up to date (140 days late)" and The Pauline Aviges-Graham Foundation "up to date (34 days late)"; Songbrook Limited, Shekel Limited and Refeeah Trust showed "Removed charity".</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>
* '''Trustee lists differ.''' The accounts name D Newman as a trustee, but the register does not; the register's Abraham Lipschitz, appointed after the year end, is not in the accounts (PDF p.3).<ref name="ACC" /><ref name="EXTRACT" />
* '''Grants to individuals not described.''' The accounts do not say how many people received grants or where they live (PDF p.12).<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-16 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=Mayanot&pageNumber=1 Register of charities search API] ''CCNI'', searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-16 charity names returned no matching charity).</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="u47d3ae77">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Tomchei%20Avreichim The Gazette: notices matching 'Tomchei Avreichim'] ''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="ud91492b9">[https://api.threesixtygiving.org/api/v1/org/GB-CHC-1092194/grants_received/?limit=100 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1092194] ''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. [[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-16 screening covered 247 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the five charitable companies, and trustees, examiners and other people named in the accounts and sources read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; token matches were surname-only coincidences (for example Miller, Shah, Weinberg and Rapoport) or the generic words "UK", "Ltd" and "Company Limited"; 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 exact-phrase searches for "Tomchei Avreichim" returned 0 contributions in total.<ref name="HANS">UK Parliament, [https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/search/contributions/Spoken.json?queryParameters.searchTerm=%22Tomchei%20Avreichim%22&queryParameters.take=100&queryParameters.orderBy=SittingDateAsc Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Tomchei Avreichim"] ''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="uc0329675" />

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

==Notes==
<references/>

[[Category:Orthodox Jewish charities]]
[[Category:Jewish charities in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Charities based in London]]
[[Category:Israel]]
[[Category:Stamford Hill]]
[[Category:Charities]]

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 === 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-16 screening covered 247 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the five charitable companies, and trustees, examiners and other people named in the accounts and sources read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; token matches were surname-only coincidences (for example Miller, Shah, Weinberg and Rapoport) or the generic words "UK", "Ltd" and "Company Limited"; lists downloaded October 2026.</ref>
+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-16 screening covered 247 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the five charitable companies, and trustees, examiners and other people named in the accounts and sources read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; token matches were surname-only coincidences (for example Miller, Shah, Weinberg and Rapoport) or the generic words "UK", "Ltd" and "Company Limited"; lists downloaded October 2026.</ref>
 === Land and property ===

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 === 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>
+The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.<ref name="EXTRACT" /> No title registers were purchased.<ref name="HLRWEB">[[HM Land Registry]], [https://search-property-information.service.gov.uk/ Search for land and property information] ''GOV.UK'', accessed 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 ===

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 == 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-16 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Nineteen registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)"; Halacha Lemoshe Trust showed "up to date (8 days late)", The Josh Charitable Trust "up to date (140 days late)" and The Pauline Aviges-Graham Foundation "up to date (34 days late)"; Songbrook Limited, Shekel Limited and Refeeah Trust showed "Removed charity".</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>
-* '''Trustee lists differ.''' The accounts name D Newman as a trustee, but the register does not; the register's Abraham Lipschitz, appointed after the year end, is not in the accounts (PDF p.3).<ref name="ACC" /><ref name="EXTRACT" />
+* '''Trustee lists differ.''' The accounts name D Newman as a trustee, but the register does not; the register's [[Abraham Lipschitz]], appointed after the year end, is not in the accounts (PDF p.3).<ref name="ACC" /><ref name="EXTRACT" />
 * '''Grants to individuals not described.''' The accounts do not say how many people received grants or where they live (PDF p.12).<ref name="ACC" />
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 === 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="u47d3ae77">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Tomchei%20Avreichim The Gazette: notices matching 'Tomchei Avreichim'] ''The Gazette'', searched 16 October 2026.</ref>
+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="u47d3ae77">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Tomchei%20Avreichim The Gazette: notices matching 'Tomchei Avreichim'] ''The Gazette'', searched 16 October 2026.</ref>
 === Grants recorded by 360Giving ===
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 == Web archive ==
-The [[UK Government Web Archive]] holds 2 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile (cited in the sections above).
+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="uc0329675" />