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Charity number: 1138710 <ref>Charity Commission[https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5012840] Retrieved 18 Sep 2025</ref>
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{{short description|'''Hackney Orthodox Jewish grant-making charity under Charity Commission inquiry'''}}
 
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{{Infobox organization
==Contact Info==
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| name = Dover Sholem Community Trust
 
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| founded =
* Address: 1 Belz Terrace,London, E5 9SN
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| type = Charity
* Phone: 020 8800 6599<ref>Charity Commission [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5012840/contact-information?_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_organisationNumber=5012840 Dover Sholem Community Trust - Contact Information] Retrieved 18 Sep 2025</ref>
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| registration_id = 1138710
 
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| location = 1 Belz Terrace, London E5 9SN
==People==
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| area_served = Hackney; Haringey
===Trustees===
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| method = Grant-making
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}}
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'''[[Dover Sholem Community Trust]]''' is an England and Wales registered charity (number 1138710).[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5012840 DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST - 1138710] ''Register of Charities'', accessed 12 September 2026. Its recorded objects are the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish faith, Orthodox Jewish religious education, and the relief of poverty in the Orthodox Jewish community. It operates in [[Hackney]] and [[Haringey]] and makes grants to individuals and organisations.[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5012840/what-who-how-where DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST what, who, how, where] ''Register of Charities'', accessed 12 September 2026.
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In the year ending 31 March 2025 it reported income of £3,212,183 and expenditure of £3,355,630, almost all from donations and spent on charitable activities. Grants to institutions in that year were recorded at £1.66 million.[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5012840/financial-history DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST financial history] ''Register of Charities'', accessed 12 September 2026. The register carries an inquiry alert.
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The charity was added to the [[Charity Commission]] statutory class inquiry into cashed cheques on 1 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, [https://www.thirdsector.co.uk/commission-investigates-10-further-charities-22m-cashed-cheques-probe/governance/article/1930635 Commission investigates 10 further charities in £22m cashed cheques probe] ''Third Sector'', 1 September 2025. An inquiry is not a finding of wrongdoing.
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== Objects and activities ==
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The Commission classifies the charity under education and training, disability, and the prevention or relief of poverty. Beneficiaries include people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, other charities, and the general public. The main recorded method of carrying out purposes is grant-making. There are no trading subsidiaries and trustees are unpaid.
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''The Jewish Chronicle'' described the trust as promoting Orthodox Jewish religious education and assisting with food poverty in the community.Katie Grant, [https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/orthodox-jewish-charities-commission-investigating-cashed-cheques-22m-10-named-e2vrtkmx Ten further Orthodox Jewish charities named by regulator investigating cashed cheques worth £22m] ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 1 September 2025. ''Schools Week'' reported that accounts show the trust supports children with mild to moderate special educational needs and specific learning difficulties.[[Schools Week]], [https://schoolsweek.co.uk/watchdog-widens-probe-into-charities-supporting-jewish-schools/ Watchdog widens probe into charities supporting Jewish schools] ''Schools Week'', 1 September 2025.
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== People ==
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The Commission register currently lists one trustee.[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5012840/trustees Trustees DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST] ''Register of Charities'', accessed 12 September 2026. An earlier listing also named [[Mordechai Jaakov Wind]].[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5012840/trustees?_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_organisationNumber=5012840 Dover Sholem Community Trust - Trustees] ''Register of Charities'', retrieved 18 September 2025.
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
! NAME !! ROLE !! DATE OF APPOINTMENT  !! DATE OF RESIGNATION !! OTHER CHARITIES
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|+ Trustees
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! Name !! Role !! Date of appointment !! Other trusteeships
 
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| [[Mordechai Jaakov Wind]] || Trustee || 4/16/13 || N/A || N/A
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| [[Haim Dov Francoz]] || Trustee || 16 April 2013 || None on record
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| [[Haim Dov Francoz]] || Trustee || 4/17/13 || N/A || N/A
 
|} <ref>Charity Commission [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5012840/trustees?_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_organisationNumber=5012840 Dover Sholem Community Trust - Trustees] Retrieved 18 Sep 2025</ref>
 
 
 
==Finances==
 
===Income & Expenditure===
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! INCOME/EXPENDITURE !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024
 
 
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| Income || £1.58m || £1.84m || £2.54m || £2.47m || £2.10m
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| [[Mordechai Jaakov Wind]] || Trustee (previously listed) || 16 April 2013 || None on record in 2025 listing
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|}
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== Finances ==
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Income is recorded as donations and legacies. There is no recorded income from government contracts or grants.
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|+ Income and expenditure (year ending 31 March)
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! !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! 2025
 
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| Expenditure || £1.60m || £1.71m || £2.53m || £2.50m || £2.14m
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| Total income || £1.84m || £2.54m || £2.47m || £2.10m || £3,212,183
 
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| Income from government contracts || £0 || £0 || £0 || £0 || £0
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| Total expenditure || £1.71m || £2.53m || £2.50m || £2.14m || £3,355,630
 
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| Income from donations || £1.58m || £1.84m || £2.54m || £2.47m || £2.10m
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| Donations and legacies || £1.84m || £2.54m || £2.47m || £2.10m || £3.21m
 
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| Expenditure - Charitable activities || £1.60m || £1.71m || £2.53m || £2.50m || £2.14m
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| Charitable activities expenditure || £1.71m || £2.53m || £2.50m || £2.14m || £3.36m
 
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| Expenditure - Governance || £12.52k || £6.80k || £16.35k || £73.50k || £16.85k
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| Governance || £6.80k || £16.35k || £73.50k || £16.85k || £12.64k
 
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| Expenditure - Grants institution || £268.60k || £223.62k || £650.89K || £241.46K || £270.15K
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| Grants to institutions || £223.62k || £650.89k || £241.46k || £270.15k || £1.66m
|}<ref>Charity Commission [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5012840/financial-history?_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_organisationNumber=5012840 Dover Sholem Community Trust - Income & Expenditure] Retrieved 18 Sep 2025</ref>
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|}
 
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At 31 March 2025 other assets were £494,350 and total liabilities £688,170.[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5012840/assets-and-liabilities DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST assets and liabilities] ''Register of Charities'', accessed 12 September 2026. Annual returns for 2022–2025 were received on time; the 2021 filing was one day late.[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5012840/accounts-and-annual-returns DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities'', accessed 12 September 2026.
===Donations Given===
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=== Grant categories ===
 
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Figures below are taken from the charity’s financial statements as compiled in an earlier register extract of annual returns.[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5012840/accounts-and-annual-returns?_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_organisationNumber=5012840 Dover Sholem Community Trust - Annual Returns Reports] ''Register of Charities'', retrieved 23 September 2025.
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Grants for:  !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! Total per grant:
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|+ Grants by category
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! !! 2019 !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! Total
 
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| Training and SEN services: || £16,088 || £9,564 || £7,396 || || || || £33,048
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| Training and SEN services || £16,088 || £9,564 || £7,396 || || || || £33,048
 
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| Awards and Student Grants: || £1,287,647 || £1,579,116 || £1,697,614 || £2,513,537 || £2,425,225 || £2,126,522 || £11,629,661
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| Awards and student grants || £1,287,647 || £1,579,116 || £1,697,614 || £2,513,537 || £2,425,225 || £2,126,522 || £11,629,661
 
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| Other: || || || || £16,348 || £73,497 || || £89,845
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| Other || || || || £16,348 || £73,497 || || £89,845
 
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| Total per year: || £1,303,735 || £1,588,680 || £1,705,010 || £2,529,885 || £2,498,722 || £2,126,522 ||  
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| Total || £1,303,735 || £1,588,680 || £1,705,010 || £2,529,885 || £2,498,722 || £2,126,522 ||
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|}
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=== Institutional grant recipients ===
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Named institutional grants from the same statements:
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|+ Named grant recipients
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! Recipient !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! Total
 
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|}<ref>Companies House [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5012840/accounts-and-annual-returns?_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_organisationNumber=5012840 Dover Sholem Community Trust - Annual Returns Reports] Retrieved 23 Sep 2025</ref>
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| [[Clapton Common Boys Club]] || £12,221 || || || || || £12,221
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
! Grant Recipients:  !! 2020 !! 2021 !! 2022 !! 2023 !! 2024 !! Total per recipient:
 
 
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| [[Clapton Common Boys Club]] || £12,221 || || || || || £12,221
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| [[Chasdei Sholom Trust]] || £36,000 || || || || || £36,000
 
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| [[Chasdei Sholom Trust]] || £36,000 || || || || || £36,000
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| [[Moreshet Hatorah Limited]] || £34,421 || £83,600 || £425,668 || || || £543,689
 
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| [[Moreshet Hatorah Limited]] || £34,421 || || || || || £34,421
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| [[North London Welfare and Educational Foundation]] || £20,000 || || || || || £20,000
 
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| [[North London Welfare and Educational Foundation]] || £20,000 || || || || || £20,000
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| [[The Talmud Torah Machzikei Hadass Trust]] || £124,305 || || || || || £124,305
 
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| [[The Talmud Torah Machzikei Hadass Trust]] || £124,305 || || || || || £124,305
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| [[Belz Foundation Ltd]] || || || £34,023 || || || £34,023
 
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| [[Belz Foundation Ltd]] || || || £34,023 || || || £34,023
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| [[Belz Synagogue]] || || £14,545 || £58,172 || £223,160 || £54,000 || £349,877
 
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| [[Belz Synagogue]] || || £14,545 || £58,172 || £223,160 || £54,000 || £349,877
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| [[Shefa Claim]] || || £33,560 || || || £68,650 || £102,210
 
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| [[Moreshet Hatorah Limited]] || || £83,600 || £425,668 || || || £509,268
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| [[Yedidim Association Ltd]] || || || £54,000 || || || £54,000
 
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| [[Shefa Claim]] || || £33,560 || || || £68,650 || £102,210
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| [[Fundd]] || || || || || £100,430 || £100,430
 
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| [[Yedidim Association Ltd]] || || || £54,000 || || || £54,000
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| [[The Community Hub]] || || || || || £17,530 || £17,530
 
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| [[Fundd]] || || || || || £100,430 || £100,430
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| Other donations under £10,000 || £41,649 || £91,911 || £79,025 || £18,304 || £31,540 || £262,429
 
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| [[The Community Hub]] || || || || || £17,530 || £17,530
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| Total (institutional, as listed) || £268,596 || £223,616 || £650,888 || £241,464 || £272,150 ||
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| [[Other donations less than £10,000]] || £41,649 || £91,911 || £79,025 || £18,304 || £31,540 || £262,429
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== Charity Commission inquiry ==
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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]], [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. Ten charities were named in May 2025. On 1 September 2025 the Commission named a further ten, including [[Dover Sholem Community Trust]], [[Ezer Viznitz Foundation]], [[Satmar Nursery Trust]], [[Lehachyos]], [[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]].
| Total per year: || £268,596 || £223,616 || £650,888 || £241,464 || £272,150 ||
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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.
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On 9 September 2026 four charities from that September 2025 tranche were removed from the inquiry. [[Dover Sholem Community Trust]] was not among them, and its register entry still records that an inquiry has been opened.[[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.
|}<ref>Companies House [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5012840/accounts-and-annual-returns?_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_organisationNumber=5012840 Dover Sholem Community Trust - Annual Returns Reports] Retrieved 23 Sep 2025</ref>
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== Contact ==
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Address: 1 Belz Terrace, London E5 9SN
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Telephone: 020 8800 6599
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Charity number: 1138710
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== See also ==
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[[Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques]]
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[[Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator]]
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[[British Jewish charities investigated by the Charity Commission]]
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== External links ==
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[https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5012840 Charity Commission register entry for Dover Sholem Community Trust]
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== Notes ==
  
Note: Data from Dover Sholem Community Trust Financial Statements 2020-2024.
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[[Category:Charities]]
==See also==
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[[Category:UK]]
*[[Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques]]
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[[Category:Orthodox Jewish organisations]]
*[[Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator]]
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[[Category:Charity Commission investigation]]
==Notes==
 
[[category:Charity Commission investigation]]
 

Revision as of 14:17, 12 September 2026

Hackney Orthodox Jewish grant-making charity under Charity Commission inquiry

Dover Sholem Community Trust
Type Charity
Logo
Founded
Founder(s)
Dissolved
Registration ID 1138710
Status
Headquarters
Location 1 Belz Terrace, London E5 9SN
Area served Hackney; Haringey
Services
Registration
Key people
Website
Remarks

Dover Sholem Community Trust is an England and Wales registered charity (number 1138710).Charity Commission, DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST - 1138710 Register of Charities, accessed 12 September 2026. Its recorded objects are the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish faith, Orthodox Jewish religious education, and the relief of poverty in the Orthodox Jewish community. It operates in Hackney and Haringey and makes grants to individuals and organisations.Charity Commission, DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST what, who, how, where Register of Charities, accessed 12 September 2026. In the year ending 31 March 2025 it reported income of £3,212,183 and expenditure of £3,355,630, almost all from donations and spent on charitable activities. Grants to institutions in that year were recorded at £1.66 million.Charity Commission, DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST financial history Register of Charities, accessed 12 September 2026. The register carries an inquiry alert. The charity was added to the Charity Commission statutory class inquiry into cashed cheques on 1 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 Commission classifies the charity under education and training, disability, and the prevention or relief of poverty. Beneficiaries include people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, other charities, and the general public. The main recorded method of carrying out purposes is grant-making. There are no trading subsidiaries and trustees are unpaid. The Jewish Chronicle described the trust as promoting Orthodox Jewish religious education and assisting with food poverty in the community.Katie Grant, Ten further Orthodox Jewish charities named by regulator investigating cashed cheques worth £22m The Jewish Chronicle, 1 September 2025. Schools Week reported that accounts show the trust supports children with mild to moderate special educational needs and specific learning difficulties.Schools Week, Watchdog widens probe into charities supporting Jewish schools Schools Week, 1 September 2025.

People

The Commission register currently lists one trustee.Charity Commission, Trustees DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST Register of Charities, accessed 12 September 2026. An earlier listing also named Mordechai Jaakov Wind.Charity Commission, Dover Sholem Community Trust - Trustees Register of Charities, retrieved 18 September 2025.

Trustees
Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships
Haim Dov Francoz Trustee 16 April 2013 None on record
Mordechai Jaakov Wind Trustee (previously listed) 16 April 2013 None on record in 2025 listing

Finances

Income is recorded as donations and legacies. There is no recorded income from government contracts or grants.

Income and expenditure (year ending 31 March)
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Total income £1.84m £2.54m £2.47m £2.10m £3,212,183
Total expenditure £1.71m £2.53m £2.50m £2.14m £3,355,630
Donations and legacies £1.84m £2.54m £2.47m £2.10m £3.21m
Charitable activities expenditure £1.71m £2.53m £2.50m £2.14m £3.36m
Governance £6.80k £16.35k £73.50k £16.85k £12.64k
Grants to institutions £223.62k £650.89k £241.46k £270.15k £1.66m

At 31 March 2025 other assets were £494,350 and total liabilities £688,170.Charity Commission, DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST assets and liabilities Register of Charities, accessed 12 September 2026. Annual returns for 2022–2025 were received on time; the 2021 filing was one day late.Charity Commission, DOVER SHOLEM COMMUNITY TRUST accounts and annual returns Register of Charities, accessed 12 September 2026.

Grant categories

Figures below are taken from the charity’s financial statements as compiled in an earlier register extract of annual returns.Charity Commission, Dover Sholem Community Trust - Annual Returns Reports Register of Charities, retrieved 23 September 2025.

Grants by category
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Total
Training and SEN services £16,088 £9,564 £7,396 £33,048
Awards and student grants £1,287,647 £1,579,116 £1,697,614 £2,513,537 £2,425,225 £2,126,522 £11,629,661
Other £16,348 £73,497 £89,845
Total £1,303,735 £1,588,680 £1,705,010 £2,529,885 £2,498,722 £2,126,522

Institutional grant recipients

Named institutional grants from the same statements:

Named grant recipients
Recipient 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Total
Clapton Common Boys Club £12,221 £12,221
Chasdei Sholom Trust £36,000 £36,000
Moreshet Hatorah Limited £34,421 £83,600 £425,668 £543,689
North London Welfare and Educational Foundation £20,000 £20,000
The Talmud Torah Machzikei Hadass Trust £124,305 £124,305
Belz Foundation Ltd £34,023 £34,023
Belz Synagogue £14,545 £58,172 £223,160 £54,000 £349,877
Shefa Claim £33,560 £68,650 £102,210
Yedidim Association Ltd £54,000 £54,000
Fundd £100,430 £100,430
The Community Hub £17,530 £17,530
Other donations under £10,000 £41,649 £91,911 £79,025 £18,304 £31,540 £262,429
Total (institutional, as listed) £268,596 £223,616 £650,888 £241,464 £272,150

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 Dover Sholem Community Trust, Ezer Viznitz Foundation, Satmar Nursery Trust, Lehachyos, 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 that September 2025 tranche were removed from the inquiry. Dover Sholem Community Trust was not among them, 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: 1 Belz Terrace, London E5 9SN Telephone: 020 8800 6599 Charity number: 1138710

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 Dover Sholem Community Trust

Notes