Pinebent Limited
Prestwich charitable company with £153,943 in two UK property syndicates and loans from a trustee, which paid out £23,329 in grants in 2024/25 listed only by category; HM Land Registry data list two titles under its company number
| Pinebent Limited
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable company |
| Founded | 1981-06-03 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 282552; company 01473517 |
| Headquarters | Prestwich M25 (office of the charity's accountants) |
| Area served | Throughout England And Wales, Israel |
Pinebent Limited (registered as Pinebent Ltd) is a charitable company (01473517) incorporated on 16 January 1980 and registered on 3 June 1981; its registered and principal office in Prestwich M25 is the office of its accountants, Haffner Hoff.[1][2][3] It is established "to advance religion in accordance with the Orthodox Jewish Faith".[1] The trustees are Mrs C L Benedikt and Y Benedikt; Companies House lists Chaya Leah Benedikt and Yechiel Benedikt as directors since 18 June 2010 and Jacob Gershon Benedikt as secretary since 7 February 2001 (PDF p.3).[3][2] In the year to 30 June 2025 it received donations of £40,600 (2024: £38,155) and rental income of £10,764, a total income of £51,364; "All other office costs are borne by a local benefactor" (PDF p.6, 10).[3] Grants were £23,329 (2024: £48,150): community £12,875, educational £7,375, relief of poverty £2,154 and religious £925 (PDF p.17).[3] Its investments of £153,943 are "two UK investment property syndicates" at a management valuation, and it has "net current liabilities that are made up mainly of loans provided on an interest free basis from a trustee" (PDF p.7, note 15).[3] The accounts were examined by H Schwalbe ACA and approved on 12 March 2026.[3]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH. 2) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY."[4]
The register describes its activities as: "The Company is established to advance religion in accordance with the Orthodox Jewish Faith and for such other purposes as are recognised by English Law as charitable and in furtherance of the aforementioned objects."[4]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Religious Activities.[4]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel.[4]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[4]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaya Leah Benedikt | 2012-03-28 | — | |
| Yechiel Benedikt | 2022-06-01 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-14 | Chaya Leah Benedikt (from 28 March 2012) | [5] |
Companies House officers
Companies House lists 8 current and former officers of the charitable company (01473517), 3 of them active.[6]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-30 | £46,107 | £116,780 |
| 2022-06-30 | £189,137 | £124,168 |
| 2023-06-30 | £40,051 | £61,713 |
| 2024-06-30 | £48,169 | £51,744 |
| 2025-06-30 | £51,364 | £27,751 |
Source: register annual-return history.[4]
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
- Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2015[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2016[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2017[9]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2018[10]
Funding in Israel
- 2024/25: grants of £23,329 by category, with no recipient or country named (PDF p.17).[3]
- The archived accounts for the year to 30 June 2017 list a £2,000 grant to "Beer Mordechai Jerusalem".[11]
Israeli partners
No partner is named in the current accounts; the 2017 accounts name Beer Mordechai Jerusalem.[3][11]
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 |
|---|---|
| The current accounts name no place; the 2017 accounts name one recipient in Jerusalem (£2,000), without an address.[3][11] | Low (archived accounts; city only) |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[3]
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;[12] 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.[13][14][15][16] 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.[17]
- Grant list promised but not given. The report says "Grants over £1,000 made during the year to institutions are as detailed in the accounts", but note 11 lists only categories; a full list is "available upon a written request" (PDF p.6, 17).[3]
- Loans from trustees. Note 21 says Y Benedikt lent £12,425 in previous years, of which £10,259 has been repaid, leaving £2,166 owed, and that Yachel Ltd, of which Mrs C L Benedikt is a director, lent £5,500 in the previous year, since repaid (PDF p.20).[3]
- Property titles not reflected in the accounts. HM Land Registry's corporate ownership data list a freehold in Upper Norwood registered to Pinebent Limited and a leasehold in Stockton-on-Tees under the company's number (spelt "Pinevent"), while the accounts describe the investments only as two property syndicates (note 15).[18][3]
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).[19] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[20]
The Gazette
Searches of The Gazette for the charity's name returned only Companies House filing lists; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.[21]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[22]
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.[23]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[4] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[24] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[18]
- Investments of £153,943 in "two UK investment property syndicates" at a management valuation; rental income of £10,764 – Accounts (PDF p.6; note 15) (source: [3])
- Freehold property, Central Hill, Upper Norwood (title SY294282, freehold; proprietor added 15/11/1995) – CCOD record in the name Pinebent Limited with the charity's company number (01473517); candidate title, not purchased (source: [18])
- Leasehold property, Mallaig View, Stockton-on-Tees TS19 (title CE113610, leasehold; proprietor added 16/03/2011, price paid £49,000) – CCOD record with the charity's company number (01473517) but the proprietor name spelt "Pinevent Limited"; candidate title, not purchased (source: [18])
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Pinebent Ltd", "Pinebent" returned 0 contributions in total.[25]
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".[5]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Charity Commission, Pinebent Ltd (282552): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Companies House, PINEBENT LIMITED (01473517) Find and update company information, overview and officers, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 Charity Commission, Pinebent Limited (282552): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 282552, full print (capture of 20210114) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Company 01473517: officers Companies House, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ Pinebent Limited accounts, year ended 2015-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ Pinebent Limited accounts, year ended 2016-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ Pinebent Limited accounts, year ended 2017-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ Pinebent Limited accounts, year ended 2018-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Charity Commission, Pinebent Limited: financial statements for the year to 30 June 2017 UK Government Web Archive, capture of 05/01/2020.
- ↑ 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-22 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none was shown.
- ↑ 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").
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 HM Land Registry, UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD) and Overseas companies that own property in England and Wales (OCOD) full extracts, October 2026 release, matched on the company numbers of the charitable companies in this batch and searched for distinctive charity-name keywords; no title registers were purchased.
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-22 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-22 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Pinebent' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-282552 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-22 screening covered 196 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and staff named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies; the only hits were generic words in charity names (such as "Charitable Foundation", "Trust", "Fund" and "Association") matching listed entities, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 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 "Pinebent" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).