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| − | 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 | + | 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-9 screening covered 296 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, donor companies, subsidiaries and grant recipients named in the accounts read for this batch (including Bextor Estates Ltd, Newmarston Ltd, PWorld.UK Ltd and Gateway Sight Ltd and their directors); matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname candidate arose; all candidates were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps (for example "Trust" or "Israel"); lists downloaded October 2026.</ref> |
=== Land and property === | === 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 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> |
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Latest revision as of 22:30, 25 October 2026
Charitable company earning loan interest on £1.7m of unexplained debtors
| Steinbock Foundation
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable company |
| Founded | 2020-06-08 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1189828; company 12584365 |
| Headquarters | Steinbock Foundation, 45 Stamford Hill, London, N16 5SR |
| Area served | Throughout England, Israel |
| Key people | Samuel Philip Steinbock (chair) |
Steinbock Foundation is a charitable company (12584365) registered in 2020; register areas are England and Israel.[1] Its trustees are S P Steinbock, D A Steinbock and S Steinbock. In the year to 31 March 2025 income was £348,575 (donations £218,338; interest receivable £130,237) and charitable expenditure £47,527, of which grants £45,046; funds were £1,785,895 (PDF p.2, 4, 7, 12).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME PARTICULARLY BUT NOT LIMITED TO ADVANCING THE JEWISH RELIGION, ADVANCING JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND THE ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY MONTH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "Grant making."[1]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephanie Steinbock | 2020-05-04 | — | |
| Samuel Philip Steinbock | 2020-05-04 | Yes | — |
| David Anthony Steinbock | 2021-04-18 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-15 | Stephanie Steinbock; Charles Benjamin Steinbock (chair); Samuel Philip Steinbock | [3] |
| 2021-07-03 | Stephanie Steinbock (from 04 May 2020); David Anthony Steinbock (from 18 April 2021); Samuel Philip Steinbock (chair) (from 04 May 2020) | [4] |
Companies House officers
Companies House lists 4 current and former officers of the charitable company (12584365), 3 of them active.[5]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-31 | £277,661 | £10,785 |
| 2022-03-31 | £863,838 | £74,304 |
| 2023-03-31 | £203,012 | £37,240 |
| 2024-03-31 | £299,857 | £37,192 |
| 2025-03-31 | £348,575 | £47,527 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Funding in Israel
- FY2025 grants to institutions "Other" £40,812 and individuals £4,234; the accounts name no recipients (PDF p.12).[2]
Israeli partners
Not named.[2]
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.
| Finding | Confidence |
|---|---|
| No place is named. | Not established |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[2]
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;[6] 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.[7][8][9][10] 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.[11]
- Large loans. Other debtors were £1,738,285 (2024: £1,461,221); the accounts do not identify the borrowers, and note 14 states there were no related party transactions (PDF p.8, 14).[2]
Other registers and records
Scotland and Northern Ireland
No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (register export dated 15 October 2026, downloaded 15 October 2026 and searched by name).[12] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[13]
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.[14]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[15]
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.[16]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased.[17]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Steinbock Foundation" returned 0 contributions in total.[18]
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 "Recently registered" and "Other regulators: No information available".[3]
See also
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Charity Commission, Steinbock Foundation (1189828): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Register entry 1189828, full print (capture of 20210115) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Register entry 1189828, full print (capture of 20210703) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Company 12584365: officers Companies House, viewed 15 October 2026.
- ↑ 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-9 charities, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none of the 25 pages showed an alert.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator concludes investigation into 4 charities as class inquiry continues GOV.UK, 9 September 2026, with Statement of the results of a class inquiry (same date), both retrieved 15 October 2026.
- ↑ Charity Commission, 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").
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026, downloaded October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-9 charity names and their other names found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-9 charity name returned zero results; a control search returned results normally).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Steinbock Foundation' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1189828 360Giving, queried 15 October 2026.
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-9 screening covered 296 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, donor companies, subsidiaries and grant recipients named in the accounts read for this batch (including Bextor Estates Ltd, Newmarston Ltd, PWorld.UK Ltd and Gateway Sight Ltd and their directors); matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname candidate arose; all candidates were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps (for example "Trust" or "Israel"); lists downloaded October 2026.
- ↑ HM Land Registry, 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 CCOD / OCOD datasets (October 2026 release), not from paid title registers.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Steinbock Foundation" Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).