Chevras Machzikei Mesifta

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Unincorporated Hackney trust remitting grants to the Mesifta Academy in Jerusalem

Chevras Machzikei Mesifta

Type Other
Founded 2004-05-28 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1104022
Headquarters 28 Cranwich Road, London, N16 5JX
Area served Hackney, Israel


Chevras Machzikei Mesifta is an unincorporated charity registered under a deed of 26 February 2004; register areas are Hackney and Israel.[1] Its objects are the advancement of Orthodox Jewish religious education, "in particular by supporting the charitable work of the Talmudic institute The Mesifta Academy, in Jerusalem, Israel". In the year to 31 March 2025 donations were £501,310 and charitable expenditure £545,815, including grants to institutions of £528,321; funds were –£57,296 after a £182,001 revaluation loss (PDF p.3, 7, 12).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR BY SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE INSTITUTE"[1]

The register describes its activities as: "GRANTS TO OVERSEAS EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT"[1]

Register classifications: Education/training, Religious Activities.[1]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Hackney, Israel.[1]

Trustees

Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]

Trustees of Chevras Machzikei Mesifta (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Pinchai Benedikt not recorded —
Pinchas Karniol not recorded Kehal Charedim Trust (1098484)
Dina Mutzen not recorded —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2014-09-04 Pinchas Karniol; Pinchai Benedikt; Dina Mutzen [3]
2021-01-08 Dina Mutzen; Pinchai Benedikt; Pinchas Karniol [4]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-03-31 £806,632 £794,885
2022-03-31 £522,373 £565,226
2023-03-31 £598,081 £580,593
2024-03-31 £458,467 £447,111
2025-03-31 £501,310 £545,815

Source: register annual-return history.[1]

Historical finances (UK Government Web Archive)

Income and spending shown on archived register pages
Financial year end Income (£) Spending (£) Source
31 Mar 2009 515,921 519,381 [5]
31 Mar 2010 573,344 548,410 [5]
31 Mar 2011 652,089 679,072 [5]
31 Mar 2012 746,924 745,420 [5]
31 Mar 2013 744,982 710,879 [5]

Archived accounts

Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:

  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2009[6]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2010[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2011[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2012[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2013[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2014[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[15]

Funding in Israel

  • FY2025 grants to institutions £528,321, described as a programme of grants to the Mesifta Academy in Jerusalem; no other recipient is named (PDF p.3, 12).[2]

Israeli partners

The Mesifta Academy, Jerusalem (also styled "Mestifa Academy" in the accounts).[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.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
Finding Confidence
Jerusalem is named; no district within Jerusalem is given, so the finding is not graded beyond that city. 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;[16] 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.[17][18][19][20] 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.[21]
  • Related-party property company. Note 15 records that the charity held shares in Karnos Property Co Ltd valued at £182,199 and that, on disposal of the company's assets, "the proceeds were donated rather than distributed to the charity by way of dividend" (PDF p.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).[22] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[23]

The Gazette

Searches of The Gazette notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name returned no notices.[24]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[25]

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. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.[26]

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.[27]

Parliament

Hansard searches for 'Chevras Machzikei Mesifta', 'Machzikei Mesifta' returned 0 contributions in total.[28]

Web archive

The UK Government Web Archive holds 4 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile (cited in the sections above). The 2021 archived full print showed the status "Charity reporting is up to date" and "Other regulators: No information available".[4]

See also

External links

  • No current official website.

Notes

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Charity Commission, Chevras Machzikei Mesifta (1104022): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 1104022, contact and trustees (capture of 20140904) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1104022, full print (capture of 20210108) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Register entry 1104022, financial history (capture of 20140904) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Chevras Machzikei Mesifta accounts, year ended 2009-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140904).
  7. ↑ Chevras Machzikei Mesifta accounts, year ended 2010-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140904).
  8. ↑ Chevras Machzikei Mesifta accounts, year ended 2011-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140904).
  9. ↑ Chevras Machzikei Mesifta accounts, year ended 2012-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140904).
  10. ↑ Chevras Machzikei Mesifta accounts, year ended 2013-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140904).
  11. ↑ Chevras Machzikei Mesifta accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  12. ↑ Chevras Machzikei Mesifta accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  13. ↑ Chevras Machzikei Mesifta accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  14. ↑ Chevras Machzikei Mesifta accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  15. ↑ Chevras Machzikei Mesifta accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  16. ↑ 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 every charity in batches 1–8 (200 pages, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026) and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section. Alerts appeared only for Mifal Hachesed Vehatzedokoh (1139320), Ezer Viznitz Foundation (1161881), BC Trust (1155555), Vyoel Moshe Charitable Trust (327054) – all named in the cheque-cashing class inquiry – The Gevurath Ari Torah Academy Trust (1003102), The Telz Talmudical Academy and Talmud Torah Trust (299687) and Kollel Mishkon Yakov (1170620).
  17. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  18. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  19. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  20. ↑ 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.
  21. ↑ 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").
  22. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, downloaded October 2026; keyword search of the batch-7 charity names found no matching Scottish registration (the only hit, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Lieutenancy of Scotland, is a separate Scottish body).
  23. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-7 charity name returned zero results).
  24. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Machzikei Mesifta' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
  25. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1104022 360Giving, queried 15 October 2026.
  26. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-7 screening covered 428 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, subsidiaries and related bodies named in the accounts read for this batch (including Ambertown International Ltd); matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. The single forename-and-surname candidate (a former Wimbledon and District Synagogue director against a UK counter-terrorism designation) has different middle names and was not treated as a match; all other candidates were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps; lists downloaded October 2026.
  27. ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access in 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.
  28. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Machzikei Mesifta' Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
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