Ridgesave Limited
Clapton charitable company whose grants include a Belz Machnovka body that shares a name with a cheque-inquiry charity
| Ridgesave Limited
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable company |
| Founded | 1983-11-03 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 288020; company 01745720 |
| Headquarters | London E5 |
| Area served | Throughout England And Wales, Belgium, Israel, United States |
| Key people | Joseph Leib Weiss (chair) |
Ridgesave Limited is a charitable company (01745720, incorporated 12 August 1983) registered on 3 November 1983; register areas are England and Wales, Belgium, Israel and the United States.[1] Its trustees are Joseph Leib Weiss (chairman), Hannah Zelda Weiss (company secretary), E Englander, Aaron Hoffman and Menachem Mendel Reichman, with a principal office in London E5 (PDF p.3).[1][2] It owns the non-charitable subsidiary Bullion Properties Limited (00767173) and "receives income from its subsidiary undertakings and voluntary income from companies connected with the Trustees" (PDF p.4). In the year to 31 March 2025 income was £186,980, grants £169,020 (2024: £696,110) and reserves £486,858, down from £976,586 in 2023 (PDF p.5, 8).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH. B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY. C) FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED BY THE ENGLISH LAW AS CHARITABLE."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "To further those purposes both in the United Kingdom and abroad recognised as charitable by English Law."[1]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Belgium, Israel, United States.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
J L Weiss is also a register trustee of Beis Minchas Yitzchok Trust, Friends of Mosdos Belz Machnovka, Kolel Belz Machnovkeh Limited, Kollel Mishkon Yakov, Organisation for the Support of Torah Education Limited and The Zecharia Charitable Trust; E Englander of Collel Chibath Yerushalayim Rabbi Meir Baal Hanes Trust, Friends of Mosdos Belz Machnovka, Keren Association Limited, Melcren Limited, Menachem General Charitable Trust, The Zecharia Charitable Trust, Thornbirch Limited and Wychville Limited; H Z Weiss of Keren Association Limited, Menachem General Charitable Trust, Side by Side (Children) Limited and The Beth Jacob Youth Movement; Aaron Hoffman of Bat Belz, Oiraysa Limited, Success Stories and Teens Haven.[1]
Companies House officers
Companies House lists 6 current and former officers of the charitable company (01745720), 6 of them active.[5]
Directors and secretaries listed by Companies House (from the Jewish Charity Bot draft):
| Name | Role | Position | Date of birth | Appointed on | Resigned on | Nationality | Country of residence | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannah Zelda Weiss | Active | Secretary Appointed before 8 August 1992 | British | Not disclosed | ||||
| Eliasz Englander | Active | Director | August 1932 Appointed before 8 August 1992 | British | England | Not disclosed | ||
| Aaron Hoffman | Active | Director | February 1975 | 22 September 2020 | British | United Kingdom | Not disclosed | |
| Menachem Mendel Reichman | Active | Director | April 1979 | 22 September 2020 | Belgian | England | Not disclosed | |
| Hannah Zelda Weiss | Active | Director | October 1954 Appointed before 8 August 1992 | British | United Kingdom | Not disclosed | ||
| Joseph Leib Weiss | Active | Director | November 1953 Appointed before 8 August 1992 | British | England | Not disclosed |
Source: Companies House officers register.[5]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £1,326,620 | £1,269,110 |
| 2022-03-31 | £601,308 | £617,664 |
| 2023-03-31 | £241,270 | £250,274 |
| 2024-03-31 | £249,960 | £717,890 |
| 2025-03-31 | £186,980 | £182,531 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Historical finances (UK Government Web Archive)
| Financial year end | Income (£) | Spending (£) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2005 | 695,726 | 789,296 | [6] |
| 31 Mar 2006 | 1,161,314 | 1,161,114 | [6] |
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[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[9]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[10]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[11]
Funding in Israel
- FY2025 grants £169,020: Beis Aharon Trust £101,500, Achisomoch Aid Company Ltd £22,000, Friends of Mercaz Hatorah Belz Macnivka £18,500 and others under £10,000 £27,020. No place in Israel is named (PDF p.13).[2]
Israeli partners
No Israeli organisation is named. Achisomoch Aid Company Limited is a UK voucher charity; Friends of Mosdos Belz Machnovka (1101793), of which J L Weiss and E Englander are register trustees, has its own profile.[2][1]
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;[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 to a cheque-inquiry charity. FY2025 grants include £18,500 to "Friends of Mercaz Hatorah Belz Macnivka" (PDF p.13).[2] That is the exact name of charity 1126075, one of the charities placed in the Commission's cheque-cashing class inquiry in May 2025.[13] No finding has been made against Ridgesave.
- Loan to a connected charity. Other debtors include £213,000 due from Kolel Belz Machnovkeh, of which a Ridgesave trustee is also a trustee (PDF p.15–16).[2] The register lists J L Weiss as a trustee of Kolel Belz Machnovkeh Limited (1144942).[1]
- High examination fee and falling reserves. The independent examination fee was £12,120, almost all of governance costs of £12,359; reserves halved between 2023 and 2025 after grants of £696,110 in 2024 (PDF p.5, 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 14 October 2026, searched by name).[18] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[19]
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.[20]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[21]
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.[22]
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.[23] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[24]
- Shares in Bullion Properties Limited (00767173), 100% subsidiary, £294,518 at the trustees' valuation of its underlying assets – Accounts (PDF p.4, 14) (source: [2])
- land at Staines Road, East Bedfont (title MX265658, freehold; proprietor added 11/11/1980) – Name-only CCOD match: proprietor recorded as "BULLION PROPERTIES LIMITED" without a company number; probably the charity's subsidiary (00767173), not verified (source: [24])
- Woodfield House and 1 and 2 Woodfield Cottages, Woodfield Road, Ashtead (title SY192657, freehold; proprietor added 11/11/1980) – registered to Bullion Properties Limited (00767173), the charity's wholly owned non-charitable subsidiary (source: [24][2])
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Ridgesave Limited", "Ridgesave" returned 0 contributions in total.[25]
Web archive
The UK Government Web Archive holds 3 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
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 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.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Charity Commission, Ridgesave Limited (288020): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ Register entry 288020, contact and trustees (capture of 20100717) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 288020, full print (capture of 20210106) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Company 01745720: officers Companies House, viewed 15 October 2026.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Register entry 288020, financial history (capture of 20100717) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Ridgesave Limited accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ Ridgesave Limited accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ Ridgesave Limited accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ Ridgesave Limited accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ Ridgesave Limited accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
- ↑ 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-13 charities, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. The 22 registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)"; Hatzolas Chasanim Ltd, Trumfold Limited and The Naaman Trust showed "Removed charity".
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 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-13 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-13 charity names returned zero results, except "J O Charitable", which returned only unrelated Northern Irish charities).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Ridgesave' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-288020 360Giving, queried 15 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-13 screening covered 285 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the six charitable companies (including the removed Hatzolas Chasanim Ltd and Trumfold Limited), related companies named in the accounts (Cromwell Corporate Protector Limited, Salmino Limited, Bullion Properties Limited, Crewpride Limited, Wilkincroft Ltd and others), and trustees, examiners, donors and grant recipients named in the accounts and fetched partner pages read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; the only token matches were generic words in organisation names ("Trust", "Limited", "Ltd", "Foundation") and surname-only coincidences (Weiss, Friedman, Kish, Silver, James, Seal, Potash); lists downloaded 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.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 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 charitable company numbers, registered names and the names and numbers of subsidiaries named in the accounts; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Ridgesave" Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).