Viznitz Institutions Trust

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Clapton trust maintaining the Viznitz Talmudical College, with loans from property companies

Viznitz Institutions Trust

Type Other
Founded 1999-01-13 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1073284
Headquarters 8 Jessam Avenue, London, E5 9DU
Area served Hackney, Israel


Viznitz Institutions Trust was registered on 13 January 1999; register areas are Hackney and Israel.[1] The accounts for the 13 months to 30 April 2025 give its principal address as 8 Jessam Avenue, London E5 9DU, and its trustees as A Deutch, I Vizel and M Steren. Its objects cover Orthodox Jewish religion, education and poverty, "especially by maintaining the Talmudical College of Viznitz, London", and assistance to individuals "in England and abroad". Donations were £663,506; grants were £617,440 and college expenditure £73,402; funds were –£53,281 (PDF p.3–4, 6, 11).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIONB) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND EDUCATION GENERALLYC) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY ANDD) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "Supporting those in financial hardship and the Talmudical College of Viznitz in London."[1]

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

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Hackney, Israel.[1]

Trustees

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

Trustees of Viznitz Institutions Trust (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Ahron Shimshon Zelig Deuitch not recorded —
Rabbi Mordechai Steren 2020-05-06 Blossoms London Ltd (1198424); The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations (1158987)
Izchak Aizik Menachem Vizel 2020-05-06 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2021-01-13 Aron Deutch; Mordechai Steren (from 06 May 2020) – also trustee of The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations; Itzchak Vizel (from 06 May 2020) [3]

Other trustees named in archived snapshots of the Charity Commission register (first and last snapshot only; not appointment dates):

  • Israel Zieg: listed as a trustee in snapshots dated 26 July 2017 to 3 January 2019.[4][5]
  • Shaul Freed: listed as a trustee in snapshots dated 26 July 2017 to 3 January 2019.[4][5]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-03-31 £554,780 £516,769
2022-04-01 £553,290 £624,391
2023-04-01 £763,099 £747,103
2024-04-30 £237,691 £224,032
2025-05-05 £663,506 £697,086

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[6]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[10]

Funding in Israel

  • Grants of £617,440, of which £389,680 is analysed (religion £32,810; education £356,870); no recipients or countries are named (PDF p.11).[2]

Israeli partners

Not identified.[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
No place 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;[11] 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.[12][13][14][15] 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.[16]
  • Grants not analysed. The institutional breakdown of grants totals £389,680, leaving £227,760 of the £617,440 unexplained; no recipients are named (PDF p.11).[2]
  • Related parties. Note 13 records donations received from Blossoms London Ltd (£1,000), Vishnitz Club Ltd (£5,000) and Vishnitz Girls School Ltd (£28,770); a payment of £15,000 to Rise and Shine (1144287); and loans from Shlishi Investments Ltd (£15,000, outstanding), Gradelink Limited and Rearvale Limited (£25,000 each, repaid) and a trustee (£2,000, repaid) (PDF p.14).[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).[17] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[18]

The Gazette

Searches of The Gazette notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name returned no notices.[19]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

Grants received (360Giving data)
Date Funder Amount (£) Purpose
2012-03-01 The National Lottery Community Fund 10,000 This is a project by a charity in Hackney. The group will use the funding to run a Saturday club with recreational activities for young Orth

No grants made by the charity are published in 360Giving data, so flows between linked charities could not be traced there.[20]

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.[21]

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.[22]

Parliament

Hansard searches for 'Viznitz Institutions Trust', 'Viznitz Institutions' 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".[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, Viznitz Institutions Trust (1073284): 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 1073284, full print (capture of 20210113) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 UK Government Web Archive, Viznitz Institutions Trust – register entry (26 July 2017), archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 26 July 2017, accessed 14 October 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 UK Government Web Archive, Viznitz Institutions Trust – register entry (3 January 2019), archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 3 January 2019, accessed 14 October 2026.
  6. ↑ Viznitz Institutions Trust accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  7. ↑ Viznitz Institutions Trust accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  8. ↑ Viznitz Institutions Trust accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  9. ↑ Viznitz Institutions Trust accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  10. ↑ Viznitz Institutions Trust accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  11. ↑ 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).
  12. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  13. ↑ 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).
  14. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ 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").
  17. ↑ 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-6 charities found no matching Scottish registration.
  18. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-6 charity name returned zero results).
  19. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Viznitz Institutions' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
  20. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1073284 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
  21. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-6 screening covered 429 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); matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually (all candidate hits were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps); lists downloaded October 2026.
  22. ↑ 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.
  23. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Viznitz Institutions' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
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