YMC Charity
Prestwich trust, with an investment property of £168,351, that gave £37,670 in 2024/25 in grants to students and a college for religious study; its register income was £552,163 in 2021 and £570,173 in 2022
| YMC Charity
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 2008-04-17 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1123734 |
| Headquarters | Prestwich M25 |
| Area served | Israel |
YMC Charity (registered as Y.M.C. Charity) was established by a trust deed of 1 November 2007 and registered on 17 April 2008; its address is in Prestwich M25.[1][2] Its objects are strictly Orthodox Jewish education, the advancement of religion according to Orthodox Judaism and the relief of poverty among Jews, and its principal activity is "raising funds from donations for the purposes of enabling and supporting students to further their research and education in Jewish Religious subjects, as well as providing for the needy".[2] The accounts for the year to 31 March 2025 name the trustees as Ahron Bernstein, Simon Ellinson, Sarah Ellinson, Batya Ellinson and Solomon Ellinson, matching the register's Ahron Bernstein, Simon Ellinson, Sarah Ellinson, Batya Ellinson and Solomon Ellinson; Simon Ellinson is also described as "Chief Executive Officer".[2][3] Income was £46,708 (2024: £72,190): donations of £21,611 (2024: £47,813) and rent of £25,097; spending was £48,688, comprising "Grants to students and college" of £37,670 (2024: £44,170) and administration of £11,018, including repairs of £7,980 and loan interest of £622; funds fell from £166,526 to £164,546.[2] The balance sheet shows an investment property of £168,351 at cost and long-term creditors of £21,177, a loan whose lender is not named.[2] The register's history shows income of £552,163 in 2021, £570,173 in 2022 and £427,898 in 2023.[3] The accounts were examined by B Olsberg FCA of B Olsberg & Co, Manchester M8, and signed by A Bernstein on 28 January 2026.[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES AND PRINCIPLES OF ORTHODOX JUDAISM BY THE ESTABLISHMENT, SUPPORT AND PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS.RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, ANDFURTHER SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE."[3]
The register describes its activities as: "The charity raises funds for the purposes of enabling students to further their research of and education in Jewish religious subjects"[3]
Register classifications: Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[3]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel.[3]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[3]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahron Bernstein | not recorded | — | |
| Sarah Ellinson | not recorded | — | |
| Simon Ellinson | not recorded | — | |
| Solomon Ellinson | 2023-05-31 | — | |
| Batya Ellinson | 2023-05-31 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-16 | Sarah Ellinson; Simon Ellinson; Ahron Bernstein | [4] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £552,163 | £542,852 |
| 2022-03-31 | £570,173 | £567,496 |
| 2023-03-31 | £427,898 | £429,681 |
| 2024-03-31 | £72,190 | £50,136 |
| 2025-03-31 | £46,708 | £48,688 |
Source: register annual-return history.[3]
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[5]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[9]
Funding in Israel
- No spending in Israel is identified; the accounts do not name the students or the college that received grants.[2]
Israeli partners
No Israeli partner is named. The register gives Israel as the charity's only area of operation.[3]
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]
- Trustee as chief executive. Simon Ellinson is both a trustee and the "Chief Executive Officer"; the accounts do not say whether he is paid.[2]
- Unnamed lender. The creditors falling due after more than one year (£21,177; 2024: £24,902) are a loan on which interest of £622 was paid; the lender is not named.[2]
- Property not depreciated and figures misprinted. The investment property is held at cost and not depreciated, citing "SSAP19"; the 2024 bank balance is printed as "24,302,".[2]
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.[20]
Land and property
The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property.[3] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[21] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[22]
- Investment property of £168,351, not depreciated; address not stated – Accounts (source: [2])
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "YMC Charity" returned 0 contributions in total.[23]
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".[4]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ Charity Commission, YMC Charity (1123734): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 Charity Commission, YMC Charity (1123734): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1123734, full print (capture of 20210116) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ YMC Charity accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ YMC Charity accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ YMC Charity accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ YMC Charity accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ YMC Charity accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ 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-23 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").
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-23 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-23 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'YMC Charity' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1123734 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-23 screening covered 249 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and other people 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 (such as "Trust", "Company Limited" in the name of a corporate formation agent, and ".com") and surname-only matches, 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "YMC Charity" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).