Ohr Yeshaya
Stamford Hill CIO set up in 2023 to relieve poverty in the UK and Israel that, in its first 18 months, gave £32,586 to individuals and £14,937 to two institutions and paid £10,500 in rent
| Ohr Yeshaya
| |
|---|---|
| Type | CIO |
| Founded | 2023-07-03 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1203824 |
| Headquarters | London N16 (register contact address) |
| Area served | Throughout England, Israel |
| Key people | Baruch Lazar (chair) |
Ohr Yeshaya is a charitable incorporated organisation (foundation model) registered on 3 July 2023; its register contact address is in London N16.[1][2] Its object is "the relief of poverty or financial hardship in the UK and in Israel by providing grants and items to Jewish individuals in need" (PDF p.4).[3] The first accounts, for 3 July 2023 to 31 December 2024, name the trustees as B Lazar, A A Appel and H M Berman; the register lists Baruch Lazar and Abraham Akiva Appel; the independent examiner is CHS Accountants Limited, London N16 (PDF p.2).[3][2] Income was £61,053 and spending £60,333, leaving a surplus of £720 and cash of £2,400 (PDF p.4, 12).[3] Grants were £47,523: Connected Community £10,000, United Talmudical Association Ltd £4,937 and individuals £32,586; support costs included rent of £10,500 (PDF p.13).[3]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN THE UK AND IN ISRAEL BY PROVIDING GRANTS AND ITEMS TO JEWISH INDIVIDUALS IN NEED."[2]
The register describes its activities as: "Relief of poverty"[2]
Register classifications: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty.[2]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England, Israel.[2]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[2]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baruch Lazar | not recorded | Yes | — |
| Abraham Akiva Appel | not recorded | — |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-31 | £61,053 | £60,333 |
Source: register annual-return history.[2]
Funding in Israel
- No spending in Israel is identified; the objects include Israel, but the accounts do not say where the individuals or institutions that received grants are (PDF p.4, 13).[3]
Israeli partners
No Israeli partner is named.[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.[3] | Not established |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[3]
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;[4] 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.[5][6][7][8] 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.[9]
- Withdrawn accounting standard. The examiner notes that the accounts were prepared under the SORP "issued on 1 April 2005 ... but has now been withdrawn" (PDF p.7, 10).[3]
- Template errors. A heading in the notes reads "#ac982", and the reserves policy of three to six months' expenditure is set against reserves of £720 (PDF p.4, 13).[3]
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).[10] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[11]
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.[12]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[13]
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.[14]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[2] No title registers were purchased.[15]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Ohr Yeshaya" returned 0 contributions in total.[16]
Web archive
The UK Government Web Archive holds 0 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile; none were found for this charity number.
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ Charity Commission, Ohr Yeshaya (1203824): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Charity Commission, Ohr Yeshaya (1203824): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 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-21 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Twenty registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)" and the J S and N Hodari Charitable Trust "Charity reporting is up to date (33 days late)"; the other four (Friends of the Israel Aged, Eizer Le'Zedoko, Truevine Christians International and the Olive Tree Reconciliation Fund) showed "Removed charity".
- ↑ 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-21 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-21 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Ohr Yeshaya' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1203824 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-21 screening covered 246 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the five charitable companies, and trustees, examiners and other people named in the accounts and sources read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; token matches were surname-only coincidences (for example Levy, Cohen, Phillips, Smith) or generic words in organisation names (Limited, Trust, International).
- ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK, accessed 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.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Ohr Yeshaya" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).