Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques
Source: gov.uk (2025-12-04)

The Charity Commission has announced the next 12 charities entering a class inquiry it opened in May 2025.

Following an unannounced visit by HMRC to a company in Hackney, 105 charities were found to have cashed cheques with it to a value of £22 million between December 2021 and March 2023.

In May 2025 the Commission announced the inquiry (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/serious-concerns-over-use-of-22-million-triggers-investigation-by-charity-regulator) and the details of first 10 charities entered into it. A further 10 charities (https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-opens-next-phase-of-investigation-into-105-charities-connected-to-company-cashing-cheques#:~:text=Following%20an%20unannounced%20visit%20by,10%20charities%20entered%20into%20it.) entered the inquiry in July and August 2025.

The Commission has now extended this inquiry to include 12 more charities:
- Beis Chinuch Lebonos Limited (1049458) (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1049458)
- Mars Org. Ltd (1152340) (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5036971)
- Bnei Zion Community Nursery (1135287) (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5007490/charity-overview?_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_organisationNumber=5007490)
- BC Trust (1155555) (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5034839/charity-overview?_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_organisationNumber=5034839)
- Reb Shayale’s Tzeduke (1158689) (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5049668)
- Noam Halvovos (1165816) (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1165816&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_subId=0)
- Kollel Mishkon Yakov (1170620) (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5082431/charity-overview?_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_organisationNumber=5082431)
- Ttba Belz (1195140) (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5182250/charity-overview?_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_organisationNumber=5182250)
- Satmar Kolel (1169555) (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5082900)
- The Chevras Ezras Nitzrochim Trust (275352) (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/275352/charity-overview?_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_organisationNumber=275352)
- Support the Charity Worker (1156509) (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5046497)
- Edupoor Limited (1113785) (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4022828/charity-overview?_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_organisationNumber=4022828)
Using powers available to the Commission during an inquiry, the regulator will determine the facts around how these charities have transferred funds. It will also investigate how trustees had oversight of what happened to funds exchanged for the cheques, and if this cash has been used properly to support what the charities were set up to do. The Commission will seek to establish how trustees determined that these financial transactions were in their charity’s best interests.

The regulator has issued an immediate order to temporarily stop any of the charities under inquiry from issuing cheques without its prior consent.

The Commission has not reached any conclusions and the opening of the inquiry is not a finding of wrongdoing.

The scope of the inquiry may also be extended if additional regulatory issues emerge during the Commission’s investigation.

ENDS

Notes to editors:
- The Charity Commission is the independent, non-ministerial government department that registers and regulates charities in England and Wales. Its ambition is to be an expert regulator that is fair, balanced, and independent so that charity can thrive. This ambition will help to create and sustain an environment where charities further build public trust and ultimately fulfil their essential role in enhancing lives and strengthening society. Find out more About us - The Charity Commission (https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission/about)
- A statutory inquiry is a legal power enabling the Commission to formally investigate matters of regulatory concern within a charity, or class of charities and to use protective powers for the benefit of the charity and its beneficiaries, assets, or reputation. An inquiry will investigate and establish the facts of the case so that the Commission can determine the extent of any misconduct and/or mismanagement; the extent of the risk to the charity, its work, property, beneficiaries, employees or volunteers; and decide what action is needed to resolve the concerns.
- The latest charities entered the inquiry in November 2025.
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