Yesodey Hatorah Trust
Supporting trust for the Stamford Hill Yesodey Hatorah schools (charity 1103911); grants, staff and buildings; chair Joseph Schleider of Agudas Israel; trustee Rabbi Chaim Pinter
| Yesodey Hatorah Trust | |
|---|---|
| Type | Unincorporated charitable trust |
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| Founded | Registered 25 May 2004[1] |
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| Dissolved | |
| Registration ID | Charity 1103911 |
| Status | Active; reporting up to date; not recognised by HMRC for Gift Aid |
| Headquarters | 43 Craven Walk, London N16 6BS[2] |
| Location | Stamford Hill, Hackney |
| Area served | Hackney (in practice)[1] |
| Services | Grants to organisations; human resources; buildings, facilities and open space for Orthodox Jewish schools |
| Registration | England and Wales |
| Key people | Joseph Schleider (chair); Rabbi Chaim Pinter; Robert Schiffer; Sydney Samuel Sinitsky |
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| Remarks | Year to 5 April 2025: income £62,948; expenditure £5,056. Owns or leases land. No company number. No trading subsidiaries.[1] |
Yesodey Hatorah Trust is an unincorporated charity (1103911) registered on 25 May 2004. It has no Companies House number. The published office is 43 Craven Walk, London N16 6BS; bursar contact bursar@yesodeyhatorah.org. Commission activity: makes grants to organisations, provides human resources, and provides buildings, facilities or open space. It owns or leases land. Area of benefit is not defined in the deed; in practice Hackney.[1][2]
Objects:
- (i) to advance the education and the religion of the Jewish faith in accordance with Orthodox practice in particular to create and maintain and run Orthodox Jewish schools; (ii) to relieve poverty; (iii) such other purposes as are recognised by English law as charitable.[1]
Finances
| Year | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £89,960 | £288,500 |
| 2022 | £101,490 | £166,580 |
| 2023 | £189,120 | £103,430 |
| 2024 | £60,830 | £58,100 |
| 2025 | £62,948 | £5,056 |
No government grants or contracts are recorded. Spend has fallen sharply; 2024/25 looks like a near-dormant year on the public return. Part B itemised grants are not on the Commission summary.[1]
Trustees
| Name | Role | Appointed | Other trusteeships (Commission) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Schleider | Chair | — | Zeire Aguda; The Zeire Agudath Israel General Charitable Trust; Agudas Israel Organisation of Great Britain |
| Rabbi Chaim Pinter | Trustee | 14 May 2020 | YHS Trust; The Golders Charitable Trust |
| Robert Schiffer | Trustee | — | Chitov Limited |
| Sydney Samuel Sinitsky | Trustee | — | Berosa Charity Limited; Tagmarsh Charity Limited; The Ma'os Yesomim Charitable Trust; Yesodey Hatorah Nursery; Side by Side (Children) Limited; YHS Trust; S & J Charitable Trust |
Schleider’s other boards are the UK Agudat Yisrael youth / organisation network (Zeire Agudas Israel), not a single Hasidic court. Pinter is proprietor of Yesodey Hatorah Girls School (URN 146748) and chair of the boys’ Yesodey Hatorah School proprietor body. Sinitsky also sits on the large nursery charity Yesodey Hatorah Nursery (292611; income £1.69m to 31 December 2024, including £853k government grant).
Schools — what this trust is not
Yesodey Hatorah is a Pinter-family, pan-Charedi Stamford Hill campus, not Satmar, Belz or Vizhnitz as proprietor.
- Yesodey Hatorah Girls School — independent primary, 153 Stamford Hill, URN 146748; proprietor Rabbi Chaim Pinter as an individual
- Yesodey Hatorah School — independent boys, 2–4 Amhurst Park, URN 100287; proprietor Yesodey Hatorah Schools; chair Chaim Pinter
- Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School — voluntary-aided secondary, Egerton Road, URN 133599; state-funded; separate governing body
- Yesodey Hatorah Nursery — charity 292611
This trust’s objects allow it to create, maintain and run Orthodox schools and to grant to organisations. It is a supporting vehicle (buildings, staff, grants), not the DfE proprietor named on GIAS for the VA senior girls’ school. Do not treat 1103911 as the legal owner of that maintained school without the instrument of government.
The Commission field is Hackney only. It does not list Israel. Related Pinter / Agudah charities may; this return does not.
See also
- Yesodey Hatorah Girls School
- Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls' School
- Chaim Pinter
- Abraham Pinter
- Agudas Israel Organisation of Great Britain
- Yesodey Hatorah Nursery
External links
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Charity Commission, Yesodey Hatorah Trust, 1103911.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Giving is Great, Yesodey Hatorah Trust factsheet.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Yesodey Hatorah Trust trustees.