Keren Gemillas Chesed Fund
Salford family trust of the Blums that distributed £74,920 in 2024/25 to unnamed recipients and owes £20,000 to an unnamed lender
| Keren Gemillas Chesed Fund
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Other |
| Founded | 2011-09-20 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1143868 |
| Headquarters | Salford M7 |
| Area served | Lancashire, Israel |
Keren Gemillas Chesed Fund was registered on 20 September 2011; its address is in Salford M7.[1][2] The trustees are Yisroel Moishe Blum and Esther Gittel Blum; the report says it "commenced activities in July 2012" (PDF p.2, 4).[2] In the year to 31 March 2025 donations were £75,615 (2024: £77,490) and distributions £74,920 (2024: £76,658), leaving funds of £181 (PDF p.6).[2] The accounts were prepared and examined by B Olsberg & Co, Manchester, whose report, signed in the firm's name without a named individual, is dated 28 January 2026 (PDF p.9).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS"):- A) TO ADVANCE ORTHODOX JEWISH EDUCATION B) TO ADVANCE RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPLES OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM. C) TO RELIEVE POVERTY."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "Collects funds to distribute in accordance with the objects of the trust"[1]
Register classifications: Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Lancashire, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yisroel Moishe Blum | 2011-09-20 | — | |
| Esther Gittel Blum | 2011-09-20 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-12 | Yisroel Moishe Blum (from 20 September 2011); Esther Gittel Blum (from 20 September 2011) | [3] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £96,906 | £84,013 |
| 2022-03-31 | £111,561 | £106,418 |
| 2023-03-31 | £88,450 | £105,014 |
| 2024-03-31 | £77,490 | £77,409 |
| 2025-03-31 | £75,615 | £75,684 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2014[4]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[5]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2019[9]
Funding in Israel
- No spending in Israel is identified; distributions of £74,920 are not attributed to any recipient or country (PDF p.6).[2]
Israeli partners
No Israeli partner is 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 in Israel is named.[2] | 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;[10] 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.[11][12][13][14] 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.[15]
- Unnamed lender and recipients. Creditors include a loan of £20,000 (2024: £24,800) with no lender named, alongside sundry debtors of £20,950; no recipient of the distributions is named (PDF p.7–8).[2]
- Inconsistencies. The report says the charity was "constituted by trust deed dated 1 September 2011", while the register records a declaration of trust of 21 February 2011; it compares the year with "2023" rather than 2024, cites SORP 2005, and the examiner refers to "Section 41 of the Act", the Charities Act 1993 numbering (PDF p.4, 9).[2][1]
Other registers and records
Scotland and Northern Ireland
No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (register export dated 14 October 2026, searched by name).[16] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[17]
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.[18]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[19]
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.[20]
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.[21]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Keren Gemillas Chesed Fund" returned 0 contributions in total.[22]
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 "Charity reporting is up to date" and "Other regulators: No information available".[3]
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, charity_other_names), extract dated 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Charity Commission, Keren Gemillas Chesed Fund (1143868): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Register entry 1143868, full print (capture of 20210112) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Keren Gemillas Chesed Fund accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ Keren Gemillas Chesed Fund accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ Keren Gemillas Chesed Fund accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ Keren Gemillas Chesed Fund accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ Keren Gemillas Chesed Fund accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ Keren Gemillas Chesed Fund accounts, year ended 2019-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200702).
- ↑ 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-19 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Twenty-two registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)"; British Friends of Ramoth Jerusalem showed "Charity reporting is overdue by 1691 days"; Leibovici Charitable Trust and Friends of Bereaved Families Forum (1118221) showed "Removed charity".
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Charity Commission, Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements GOV.UK, 5 August 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; keyword search of the 25 batch-19 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-19 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Keren Gemillas Chesed Fund' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1143868 360Giving, queried 16 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-19 screening covered 358 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the eight charitable companies, and trustees, examiners, grantees and other people and bodies named in the accounts and sources read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; token matches were surname-only coincidences (for example Miller, Gold) or generic words in organisation names (Trust, Ltd, Limited).
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Keren Gemillas Chesed Fund" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).