Chareidim Beis Shaymesh

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Hackney trust funding Talmud study and hardship relief among Haredi communities in Beit Shemesh

Chareidim Beis Shaymesh

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Beit Shemesh from the east (2025). The register describes the charity's activities as supporting the community "of Chareidim Beis Shaymesh in Israel"
Type Trust
Founded 2012-06-19 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1147735
Headquarters 48 Warwick Grove, London, E5 9HU
Area served Hackney, Haringey, Lancashire, Israel, United States
Key people Mr J Katz (chair)


Chareidim Beis Shaymesh was established by trust deed of 4 June 2012 and registered on 19 June 2012; register areas are Hackney, Haringey, Lancashire, Israel and the United States.[1][2] Its trustees are M Ekstein, J Katz (responsible for day-to-day running) and G Spitz, at 48 Warwick Grove, London E5 9HU. Its objects are education in Talmud "among people in Beis Shaymesh" and relief of hardship "among people living or working in Beis Shaymesh". In the year ended 30 April 2025 income was £786,055 and grants £760,395.[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONG PEOPLE IN BEIS SHAYMESH IN THE SUBJECT OF THE TALMUD IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT INCLUDING BY (I) AWARDING SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE GRANTS OR ALLOWANCES AT ANY INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION; (II) PROVIDING THEIR EDUCATION AND UNDERTAKE TRAVEL IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE STUDIES.2) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN BEIS SHAYMESH BY (I) MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR SUCH GOODS AND SERVICES THEY WOULD OTHERWISE NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS; (II) PROVIDING GOODS AND SERVICES THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OTHERWISE ACCESS.3) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "support the community (residents and institutions)of Chareidim Beis Shaymesh in Israel where most of the residents live below the poverty line."[1]

Register classifications: Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Economic/community Development/employment.[1]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Hackney, Haringey, Lancashire, Israel, United States.[1]

Trustees

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

Trustees of Chareidim Beis Shaymesh (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Mr J Katz 2011-10-25 Yes Shaykel Esuh (1128777)
Manuel Ekstein 2011-10-25 —
Aron Warfman 2024-09-01 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2021-01-07 Gavriel Spitz (from 25 October 2011); J Katz (chair) (from 25 October 2011) – also trustee of Youth Space, Shaykel Esuh; Manuel Ekstein (from 25 October 2011) [3]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-04-30 £418,778 £399,936
2022-04-30 £899,020 £865,142
2023-04-30 £778,871 £896,621
2024-04-30 £665,542 £515,136
2025-04-30 £786,065 £761,442

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 31/12/2017[4]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2019[5]

Funding in Israel

  • FY2025 grants £760,395: Kehal Chareidim Beis Shemesh £76,880; Kehal Chasidei Yerusholayim £75,050; Kollel Behaalos Aharon £63,170; Ohr Hameir £37,390; festival and financial-hardship grants £433,705; other grants £74,200.[2]

Israeli partners

Haredi communal bodies in Beit Shemesh, including Kehal Chareidim Beis Shemesh.[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
The objects name Beit Shemesh ("Beis Shaymesh"), inside the 1949 line; no recipient address is given.[2] Low

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;[6] 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.[7][8][9][10] 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.[11]
  • Unexplained creditor. Other creditors of £250,000 appear at the year end (2024: nil) with no explanation.[2]

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).[12] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[13]

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.[14]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[15]

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.[16]

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.[17]

Parliament

Hansard searches for 'Chareidim Beis Shaymesh', 'Beis Shaymesh' returned 0 contributions in total.[18]

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]

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 2.5 2.6 Charity Commission, Chareidim Beis Shaymesh (1147735): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Register entry 1147735, full print (capture of 20210107) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ Chareidim Beis Shaymesh accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  5. ↑ Chareidim Beis Shaymesh accounts, year ended 2019-04-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  6. ↑ 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 1–7 (175 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 – and The Gevurath Ari Torah Academy Trust (1003102).
  7. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  8. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025 (re-fetched 14 October 2026).
  9. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ 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").
  12. ↑ 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-5 charities found no matching Scottish registration.
  13. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-5 charity name returned zero results).
  14. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Beis Shaymesh' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
  15. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1147735 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
  16. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-5 screening covered 345 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and archived full-print register pages (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the charitable companies, and trustees, officers and related persons named in the accounts read for this batch (including archived accounts) and on the Companies House pages for Brightness Ltd; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually (all candidate hits were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps); lists downloaded October 2026.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Beis Shaymesh' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
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