Grovepalm Limited

UK Orthodox Jewish grant-making charitable company (02863657 / 1047427)

Grovepalm Limited
Type	Registered charity and company limited by guarantee
Founded	19 October 1993 (incorporated); 21 June 1995 (registered as a charity)
Registration ID	Charity 1047427; Company 02863657
Status	Registered
Location	London, England
Registration	Charity Commission for England and Wales; Companies House

Grovepalm Limited is a UK charitable company (no. 02863657) and registered charity (no. 1047427). It is a private company limited by guarantee without share capital, incorporated on 19 October 1993. Charity registration: 21 June 1995. SIC 94910, activities of religious organisations. Registered office: First Floor, Winston House, 349 Regents Park Road, London N3 1DH (Melinek Fine accountants, Finchley).

Objects: to advance religion in accordance with the Orthodox Jewish faith and such other purposes as English law recognises as charitable. The register classifies it as grant-making to individuals and organisations; beneficiaries “people of a particular ethnic or racial origin” and other charities. Area of operation on the register: throughout England. No Israel line on the Commission file.

Finance

Income rose sharply after 2021. Year to 31 October 2024: income £809,839 (all donations and legacies), expenditure £822,139, of which grants to institutions £821,263. Governance £876. No government contracts or grants. No trading subsidiary. Trustees unpaid.

	31/10/2020	31/10/2021	31/10/2022	31/10/2023	31/10/2024
Total gross income	£56.00k	£80.30k	£185.61k	£313.57k	£809.84k
Total expenditure	£60.70k	£86.05k	£184.17k	£291.78k	£822.14k
Income from government contracts	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Income from government grants	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Year to 31 October 2019 (accounts): income £45,012; grants to institutions £43,380 — Yad Vochesed £24,000; Talmud Torah £7,500; Keren Prus £7,000; other £4,880.

People

Current directors / trustees

Name	Role	Appointed	Notes
Freida Lipschitz (also Frida; August 1958)	Director and secretary	29 October 1993	PSC, voting rights 25–50%. Also secretary of Matonot Limited. Historic correspondence address 86 Darenth Road, N16 6EP.
Joseph Lipschitz (Joseph Yossel Lipschitz; April 1957)	Director	29 October 1993	PSC, voting rights 25–50%. Also trustee of Matonot Limited (chair) and Yad Vochessed Association Limited. Other CH boards include Beis Aharon Charitable Trust Limited, Organisation for the Support of Torah Education Limited, Trumpeter Investments Limited, Parkring Limited, J & J Partners Limited, Bellamore Trading Limited, Continental Imports Limited.
Rifkie Pearl Twerski (February 1983)	Director	28 February 2025	Also trustee of Matonot Limited. Walsham Close, N16 6QF on older listings.

Former directors

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
CCS Directors Limited	Nominee director	19 October 1993	29 October 1993
CCS Secretaries Limited	Nominee secretary	19 October 1993	29 October 1993
Gimp Secretarial & Finance Limited	Secretary	29 October 1993	29 October 1993
Marilyn Lesley Smulovitch (June 1953)	Director	29 October 1993	29 October 1993
Jacob Meir Lipschitz (October 1949)	Director	1 December 1994	12 August 2011
Mordechai Twerski (March 1982; American nationality on CH)	Director	1 January 2010	1 January 2010 (same-day)
Mordechai Eliezer Twerski (March 1982; American nationality on CH)	Director	1 October 2012	20 February 2025

Mordechai Twerski / Mordechai Eliezer Twerski ceased as a person with significant control on 21 April 2025.

Same household / N16 addresses recur on related boards (Darenth Road, Walsham Close, Holmleigh Road). The Twerski appointments sit on both Grovepalm Limited and Matonot Limited.

Persons with significant control

Name	Status	Notified on	Ceased on	Date of birth	Nationality	Country of residence	Nature of control
Frieda Lipschitz	Active	6 April 2016		August 1958	British	England	Ownership of voting rights - More than 25% but not more than 50%
Joseph Lipschitz	Active	6 April 2016		April 1957	British	England	Ownership of voting rights - More than 25% but not more than 50%
Mordechai Twerski	Ceased	6 April 2016	21 April 2025	March 1982	American	England	Ownership of voting rights - More than 25% but not more than 50%

Source: Companies House PSC register.

Related companies and charities

• Matonot Limited — company 00981941, charity 1157859. Same Winston House address. Joseph Lipschitz chair; Rifkie Pearl Twerski trustee from 28 February 2025.
• Yad Vochessed Association Limited — Joseph Lipschitz trustee; largest named 2019 Grovepalm grantee as “Yad Vochesed”.
• Property / trading boards on the Lipschitz file include Trumpeter Investments Limited, Parkring Limited, Bellamore Trading Limited, Hazlemount Limited (Twerski also listed historically).

The Commission register for Grovepalm does not list overseas operations. The 2019 grant names are UK-style short titles; destination countries are not stated on that note.

Contact

First Floor, Winston House

349 Regents Park Road

London N3 1DH

Controversies and conflicts

• Related-party transactions: The latest filed accounts state: "During the year, the charity had transactions and balances with charities and companies controlled by trustees of Grovepalm Limited. Included within debtors was £346,098 (2024: £368,210) due from related parties, while amounts due to related parties totalled £17,928 (2024: £40,757). No interest was charged or received on these balances during the year."
• Filing compliance: All 5 annual returns and accounts on the Charity Commission record were received by their due dates, and the register states "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)".
• Overlapping trusteeships: Joseph Lipschitz is also a trustee of Yad Vochessed Association Limited (1112797), Matonot Limited (1157859). Rifkie Pearl Twerski is also a trustee of Matonot Limited (1157859). Frieda Lipschitz is also a trustee of Yad Vochessed Association Limited (1112797).
• Shared address and control: Frieda Lipschitz, Joseph Lipschitz give the same correspondence address (86 Darenth Road, London, N16 6ED). Active PSCs among them: Frieda Lipschitz (Ownership of voting rights - More than 25% but not more than 50%); Joseph Lipschitz (Ownership of voting rights - More than 25% but not more than 50%).
• Winding-up petition (HMRC): A petition to wind up Grovepalm Limited (company 02863657), of Hallswelle House, 1 Hallswelle Road, London NW11, was presented on 12 November 2013 by the Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs as claimed creditors (High Court, Chancery Division, Companies Court No 7869 of 2013). The company was not wound up and remains registered.

See also

• Matonot Limited
• Yad Vochessed Association Limited
• Amuta
• British Jewish charities investigated by the Charity Commission

External links

• Companies House
• Charity Commission