Kollel Shefa Chaim

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Charitable trust in Stamford Hill, London, registered in 2004, that uses the working name Kollel Sanz

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Baal Shem Tov | Dov Ber of Mezeritch | Elimelech of Lizhensk | Shneur Zalman of Liadi | Nachman of Breslov | Moshe Leib of Sassov

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Joel Teitelbaum | Aharon Rokeach | Menachem Mendel Schneerson

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Kollel Shefa Chaim

Type Charitable trust
Founded 12 May 2004 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1103727
Headquarters Kollel Shefa Chaim, 124 Stamford Hill, London N16 6QT
Area served Throughout London

Kollel Shefa Chaim is a charitable trust on the register of the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1103727). The register gives Kollel Sanz as its working name and an address on Stamford Hill in London.[1] It is linked to the Sanz-Klausenburg Hasidic dynasty by that working name, by a shared address and by a shared trustee with Friends of Sanz Institutions; the basis is set out below.

Registration

The charity was registered on 12 May 2004. It is governed by a declaration of trust dated 1 October 2003. Its registered address is Kollel Shefa Chaim, 124 Stamford Hill, London N16 6QT. The register records that it is not recognised by HMRC for gift aid and that its reporting is up to date.[1]

Objects and activities

Its objects are the relief of poverty, the advancement of Orthodox Jewish education, and other purposes that the law of England and Wales treats as charitable.[1]

The charity's own summary on the register says it was set up by trust deed to make general charitable donations, especially for relieving poverty and advancing religion and religious education. The register classes its work as general charitable purposes, education and training, and religious activities. It makes grants to individuals, serves people of a particular ethnic or racial origin and works throughout London. It reports three trustees and three volunteers.[1]

Finances

Income and spending (Charity Commission register)
Year ending Income Spending
31 October 2021 £92.08k £81.68k
31 October 2022 £88.93k £82.84k
31 October 2023 £74.57k £92.05k
31 October 2024 £147.05k £143.95k
31 October 2025 £80,211 £82,796

[1]

For the year to 31 October 2024 the register shows £20.00k against both "income from government contracts" and "income from government grants".[1]

Trustees

The register lists three trustees, with no appointment dates:[1]

Dynasty link

The link to Sanz-Klausenburg rests on the following register entries:

  • The charity's working name is Kollel Sanz.[1]
  • Its address, 124 Stamford Hill, London N16 6QT, is the address that the register gives for Friends of Sanz Institutions.[1][2]
  • Its trustee David Klein is also a trustee of Friends of Sanz Institutions.[1][2]

The register itself does not name a rebbe or a dynasty. The Sanz name is also borne by other descendants of the Sanz line, so the link is drawn from the name and the shared address and trustee, not from a statement by the charity.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Charity Commission, KOLLEL SHEFA CHAIM – 1103727: full print Charity Commission for England and Wales, accessed 28 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Charity Commission, FRIENDS OF SANZ INSTITUTIONS – 328498: full print Charity Commission for England and Wales, accessed 28 October 2026.