Aid and Relief
Recently registered CIO providing food distribution and grants in London and Israel
| Aid and Relief
| |
|---|---|
| Type | CIO |
| Founded | 2024-07-09 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1209024 |
| Headquarters | 59 Darenth Road, London, N16 6ES |
| Area served | Israel, Throughout London |
| Key people | Moshe Liebenthal (chair) |
Aid and Relief is a CIO registered on 9 July 2024. Objects cover advancement of Orthodox Jewish religion and education in the UK and abroad; register areas are Israel and throughout London.[1] In the year ended 31 March 2026 (first full reporting period presented) food distribution costs were £1,002,981 and grants £197,127 (institutions £18,409; individuals £178,718).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD BY PROVIDING GRANTS AND BURSARIES TO INDIVIDUALS AND TO REGISTERED CHARITIES OR EQUIVALENT CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS FOR: A) THE PURCHASE OF ITEMS AND RESOURCES TO ENABLE PRACTISING ORTHODOX JEWS TO CONDUCT THEIR RELIGIOUS OBLIGATIONS. B) THE COSTS OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND FOR THE STUDY OF THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION. 2. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN THE ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO ENABLE PRACTISING ORTHODOX JEWS AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BECAUSE OF THE COSTS OF THEIR RELIGIOUS OBLIGATIONS TO PURCHASE CLOTHING, FOOD, FURNITURE, AND ACCOMMODATION."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "Making Grants to Individuals and Charities"[1]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel, Throughout London.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moshe Liebenthal | 2024-07-09 | Yes | Hachnosas Kalloh North London (1205977); Mosdos Toldos Aron Limited (1203714) |
| Michoel Yudah Lebrecht | 2024-07-09 | The Well Trust Limited (1180207) | |
| Moishe Erlich | 2024-07-09 | Hachnosas Kalloh North London (1205977); The New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust (1050963) |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-31 | £628,001 | £573,584 |
| 2026-03-31 | £2,302,422 | £2,351,733 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Funding in Israel
- FY2026: large direct food-distribution costs in the UK accounts presentation; grants £197,127. Register areas include Israel but Israel spend is not separately itemised.[2][1]
Israeli partners
Not named in the grant note ("institutions" aggregated).[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 |
|---|---|
| Not established.[2] | Low |
Support for the IDF: No IDF funding is stated.[2][2]
Controversies and regulatory action
- No Commission inquiry, Official Warning or Gazette insolvency notice was found. Newly registered (2024).
Other registers and records
Scotland and Northern Ireland
No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (full register download of 14 October 2026 searched by name).[3] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[4]
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; results were limited to Companies House filing lists.[5]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[6]
Sanctions screening
The charity's name and the names of its current register trustees 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.[7]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[8]
Parliament
A search of Hansard for 'Aid and Relief' returned 0 contributions in total.[9]
Web archive
The UK Government Web Archive holds 0 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile; none were found for this charity number.
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 1.8 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 2.5 Charity Commission, Aid and Relief (1209024): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, CharityExport-14-Oct-2026.csv, downloaded 14 October 2026; keyword search of charity names for the batch-2 charities found no matching Scottish registration of the same organisations (unrelated name collisions such as Open Door Edinburgh SC007315 were disregarded).
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-2 charity name returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Aid and Relief' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1209024 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Screening of the current register trustees of the 25 batch-2 charities and the charity names, carried out 14 October 2026; no matches. Companies House officers and archived trustees were not included in this batch's screen. Viatcheslav Kantor (RUS1127) remains on the UK Sanctions List as previously noted.
- ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access on 14 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 'Aid and Relief' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).