Lehachyos

UK grant-making charity under Charity Commission class inquiry

Lehachyos
Type	Charity (trust)
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Founded	2 December 2016
Founder(s)
Dissolved
Registration ID	1170523
Status
Headquarters
Location	Flat 2, Stroh Court, 9 Amhurst Park, London N16 5DH
Area served	England; Israel; United States
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Registration
Key people
Website
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Lehachyos is an England and Wales registered grant-making trust (charity number 1170523), entered on the register of the Charity Commission on 2 December 2016. It was previously named British Friends of Lehachyos. Its governing document is a trust deed dated 17 June 2016, amended on 7 February 2017.Charity Commission, LEHACHYOS - 1170523 full print Register of Charities, accessed 12 September 2026. The Commission records its activity as “grantmaking mainly to institutions advancing education.” In the year ending 31 March 2025 it reported income of £311,530 and expenditure of £271,352. It is not recognised by HM Revenue and Customs for Gift Aid. The register carries an inquiry alert. Lehachyos was added to the Commission’s statutory class inquiry into cashed cheques in September 2025, in the second named tranche of a probe covering 105 charities that cashed cheques worth £22 million with a company in Hackney between December 2021 and March 2023.Charlie Moloney, Commission investigates 10 further charities in £22m cashed cheques probe Third Sector, 1 September 2025. An inquiry is not a finding of wrongdoing.

Objects and activities

The objects are: (i) the prevention or relief of poverty, in particular but not exclusively in Israel, by providing grants, items and services to individuals in need or organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty; and (ii) any other exclusively charitable objects the trustees see fit, provided they are charitable under the law of England and Wales.Charity Commission, LEHACHYOS governing document Register of Charities, accessed 12 September 2026. Listed activities include general charitable purposes, education and training, prevention or relief of poverty, religious activities, and other charitable purposes. Beneficiaries include children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, and other charities. It makes grants to individuals and organisations. Areas of operation are throughout England, Israel and the United States. It does not own or lease land or property.Charity Commission, LEHACHYOS what, who, how, where Register of Charities, accessed 12 September 2026.Charity Commission, LEHACHYOS governance Register of Charities, accessed 12 September 2026. The Jewish Chronicle described the charity as helping to distribute food to people in need in Israel.Katie Grant, Ten further Orthodox Jewish charities named by regulator investigating cashed cheques worth £22m The Jewish Chronicle, 1 September 2025.

People

Trustees recorded by directory listings drawing on Commission data:Charici, Lehachyos Charici, accessed 12 September 2026.

Trustees

Name	Notes
Pinches Herzka	Appointed at formation period (c. 2016)
Maurice Freund	Appointed at formation period (c. 2016)
Menachem Greenfeld	Appointed at formation period (c. 2016)

Finances

Income and expenditure

Year end	Total income	Total expenditure
30 March 2021	£398,070	£431,640
30 March 2022	£343,340	£359,500
31 March 2023	£346,700	£332,280
31 March 2024	£351,070	£354,560
31 March 2025	£311,530	£271,352

The 2025 annual return and accounts were received on time. The 2024 filing was 31 days late. Reporting is currently recorded as up to date.

Charity Commission inquiry

The class inquiry began after an unannounced HM Revenue and Customs visit to a company in Hackney found that 105 charities had cashed cheques with it to a value of £22 million between December 2021 and March 2023.Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025. Ten charities were named in May 2025. On 1 September 2025 the Commission named a further ten, including Lehachyos, Ezer Viznitz Foundation, Satmar Nursery Trust, Dover Sholem Community Trust, Friends of Yeshiva Daas Sholem Shotz, Vyoel Moshe Charitable Trust, The Z.S.V. Trust, United Talmudical Associates Ltd, Forty Limited and Bnois Jerusalem Schools. The Commission ordered charities under inquiry not to issue cheques without its prior consent. It said it would examine how funds were transferred, trustee oversight of cash obtained from cashed cheques, whether spending furthered charitable purposes, and how trustees decided the transactions were in each charity’s best interests. On 9 September 2026 four charities from the same September 2025 tranche — The Z.S.V. Trust, Bnois Jerusalem Schools, Forty Limited and Friends Of Yeshiva Daas Sholem Shotz — were removed from the inquiry after findings of misconduct and/or mismanagement over open cheques, while the Commission was satisfied they were undertaking charitable activities in line with their purposes. Lehachyos was not among those four, and its register entry still records that an inquiry has been opened.Charity Commission, Regulator concludes investigation into 4 charities as class inquiry continues GOV.UK, 9 September 2026.

Contact

Address: Flat 2, Stroh Court, 9 Amhurst Park, London N16 5DH Telephone: 020 3745 3789 Email: lehachyos@gmail.com Charity number: 1170523

See also

Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator British Jewish charities investigated by the Charity Commission

External links

Charity Commission register entry for Lehachyos lehachyos.org (listed by Charity Choice)