Acheinu Limited

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Hendon charity for young Jewish men at risk, with a satellite programme in Israel

Acheinu Limited

Logo Acheinu.jpeg
Type Charitable company
Founded Incorporated 3 April 2009; registered as a charity 1 October 2009
Registration ID 1131948
Location 240 Hendon Way, London NW4 3NL
Area served Throughout London, Bury, Salford City, Gateshead, Israel
Key people Maurice Moshe Frankel (chair); Mathew Daniel Sher; David Wilner; Ari Leaman (founder / chief executive)
Website https://www.theclubhouse.biz (also www.theboysclubhouse.co.uk)


Acheinu Limited (charity number 1131948; company number 06868489), working name The Boys Clubhouse, is an English charitable company incorporated on 3 April 2009 and registered on 1 October 2009. It supports Jewish children and young men at risk of social and economic exclusion, including those excluded from school or affected by family breakdown, homelessness or addiction. Services described by the charity and in its accounts include accommodation, food, employment and vocational training, education, therapy and mentoring. It operates throughout London and also lists Bury, Gateshead, Salford and Israel. Gift Aid is recorded. It owns or leases land or property. Reporting is up to date. There is no current statutory-inquiry alert on the register.[1][2][3]

In January 2024 the Charity Commission opened a regulatory compliance case (not a section 46 statutory class inquiry) after the charity advertised a lunch with Levi Simon, a British man who had served with the Israeli army in Gaza, as a “special star guest”. Protests and counter-protests formed outside the Hendon premises; police said the advertised event was cancelled at that site and it went ahead at another address. Founder and chief executive Ari Leaman MBE told the Jewish Chronicle that Simon had been invited to speak to four excluded schoolboys about overcoming adversity and not doing drugs, and that the talk “had nothing to do with the army”.[4][5]

Middle East Eye later reported that the charity runs a Jerusalem project known as the Cave Club which assists young British men, including some previously supported in London, to join the Israeli army’s lone-soldiers programme. The Commission’s published register entry does not describe the outcome of the 2024 compliance case.[6]

Objects

(I) The relief of poverty hardship and distress including emotional distress amongst Jewish children and young people in particular but not exclusively by the provision of educational services, vocational training and recreational facilities with the object of improving the conditions of life of such persons and so that they become actively engaged in society and useful citizens
(II) The advancement of education of Jewish young persons whose welfare is at risk or impaired by abuse or neglect or social disadvantage
(III) The advancement of such other objects as are for the benefit of the public and are charitable according to English law.[1]

Area of benefit: undefined; in practice national and overseas. Beneficiaries listed: children/young people; people with disabilities; people of a particular ethnic or racial origin. How: grants to individuals; buildings/facilities; services. Three trustees; two employees; eight volunteers. No trading subsidiaries. No trustee remuneration.[1]

The charity’s website and 2022 trustees’ report describe a homeless shelter, gym, music studio and a Business Enterprise Unit (CBE, piloted 2013) using online selling platforms for employability training.[3][2]

The register describes its activities as: "- EDUCATION/TRAINING- RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES- SPORT/RECREATION- ECONOMIC/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT- THE PROVISION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY"[7]

Register classifications: Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment.[7]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout London, Bury, Salford City, Gateshead, Israel.[7]

Contact

  • Address: 240 Hendon Way, London NW4 3NL
  • Accounts correspondence has also used 8 Rodborough Road, London NW11 8RY
  • Phone: 020 8090 5094
  • Email: info@theboysclubhouse.co.uk
  • Website: https://www.theclubhouse.biz (also theboysclubhouse.co.uk)[1][2]

People

Trustees

Name Role Date of appointment Other charities
Maurice Moshe Frankel Chair None on record
Mathew Daniel Sher Trustee 1 May 2024 None on record
David Wilner Trustee 20 April 2015 None on record

[1]

Ari Leaman MBE is described in contemporaneous reporting as founder and chief executive; he is not listed as a current Commission trustee.[5]

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2021-01-13 Stephen Robert Taylor (from 27 January 2017); Maurice Moshe Frankel (chair); David Wilner (from 20 April 2015) [8]

The accounts give D Lerner as resigning on 30 March 2025 and "M D Sher" as appointed on 10 June 2024 (PDF p.5);[9] Companies House records David Lerner's resignation on 22 April 2026 and the appointment of "Mathew Daniel Shaer" on 10 June 2024.[10]

Companies House officers

Companies House lists 8 current and former officers of the charitable company (06868489), 4 of them active.[11]

Finances

Year to 30 April Income Expenditure
2021 £246,711 £367,888
2022 £799,177 £574,315
2023 £328,348 £526,548
2024 £903,618 £621,946
2025 £552,129 £594,445

[1] Source: register annual-return history.[7]

The accounts for the year to 30 April 2025 give the registered office as 5 North End Road, London NW11 7RJ, and the trustees as M M Frankel, D Lerner, M D Sher and D Wilner. Income was £552,129 (2024: £903,618), expenditure £594,445 and funds £728,096 (PDF p.4–5, 7).[9]

Income is mainly donations, plus some trading. Own-use assets about £691,000 in recent years; other assets £249,370 and liabilities £212,130 at 30 April 2025. A £1,000 government grant is recorded for 2021 only.[1]

360Giving records include a City Bridge Foundation award of £30,829 (31 May 2024, three years) towards psychotherapy and counselling costs, and earlier grants from the National Lottery Community Fund, Garfield Weston Foundation, Greater London Authority, London Marathon Foundation, Power to Change and The Childhood Trust. After the January 2024 event, the Mayor of London’s office publicly distanced itself from past funding listed on the charity’s site.[12][4]

Archived accounts

Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:

  • Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2014[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2015[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2016[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2017[16]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2018[17]

Funding in Israel

  • Year to April 2025: Israel Project £55,104 (2024: £60,661) (PDF p.18).[9]

Israeli partners

Not identified.[9]

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 in Israel is named.[9] Not established

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[9]

Regulatory compliance case and controversy

On 17 January 2024 the Commission told Middle East Eye it had opened a regulatory compliance case “to assess concerns raised about an event allegedly hosted by the charity” and had contacted the trustees. That is a lower-level engagement than a statutory inquiry under section 46 of the Charities Act 2011. The current full-print register page carries no inquiry or compliance alert.[4][1]

Simon had posted Gaza footage on social media. Critics circulated the charity’s address; a lunchtime gathering outside 240 Hendon Way involved protesters and counter-protesters. The Jewish Chronicle reported that the talk moved to another venue and quoted Leaman on its intended pastoral purpose. Middle East Eye separately reported the Cave Club / lone-soldiers link in Jerusalem; that report has not been adopted as a Commission finding on the register.[5][6]

Acheinu Limited does not appear on the Commission’s published first lists of charities in the £22 million cashed-cheques class inquiry.[18]

Charity Commission register

  • No Charity Commission inquiry, Official Warning or Gazette insolvency notice naming this charity was found, and its register entry shows no regulatory alert;[19] 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.[20][21][22][23] 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.[24]
  • Israel programme. The report says: "The Israel programme is a satellite operation and mirrors our provision in the UK. Some of our young men will gravitate to Israel"; the Israel Project cost £55,104 (2024: £60,661) (PDF p.4, 18). No place in Israel is named.[9]
  • Approval date not completed. The dates of approval of the report and balance sheet are left blank (PDF p.5, 8).[9]
  • Public funding. 360Giving data record grants from public and charitable funders, including the London Borough of Barnet and City Bridge Foundation (see below).

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, downloaded 15 October 2026 and searched by name).[25] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[26]

The Gazette

Searches of The Gazette for the charity's name returned only Companies House filing lists; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.[27]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

Grants received (360Giving data)
Date Funder Amount (£) Purpose
2009-07-30 The National Lottery Community Fund 6,850 This group will use funding to train volunteers as peer mentors to help young males from the orthodox Jewish community who face social, culu
2012-09-20 The National Lottery Community Fund 5,180 This is a project by a community organisation in Barnet. The group will use the funding to provide volunteering and entertainment training f
2017-02-01 London Borough of Barnet 2,400 Rehearsal space for 'club h' music production project
2017-02-17 London Borough of Barnet 2,400 Rehearsal space for 'club h' music production project
2017-10-25 The National Lottery Community Fund 10,000 The group will expand the clubhouse so they can accommodate more people, giving those with limited access to training and education the oppo
2020-10-01 Greater London Authority 10,000 COVID-19 London Community Response Grant, Wave 3
2020-10-29 The National Lottery Community Fund 7,777 The funding will be used to run fitness sessions both indoors and outdoors. The project aims to support the physical wellbeing of members of
2020-12-18 Power to Change Trust 15,000 Grant to Renewal - Acheinu Limited T/A The Boys Clubhouse
2021-06-11 Garfield Weston Foundation 10,000 EMPLOYMENT PROJECT - CORE COSTS
2021-06-22 The Childhood Trust 6,344 Our charity teaches young Jewish boys who are not in education, employment or training the digital skills needed to find work or become self
2022-06-17 Garfield Weston Foundation 5,000 EMPLOYMENT PROJECT - CORE COSTS
2022-07-08 The National Lottery Community Fund 8,700 The funding will be used to provide additional emergency temporary shelter for your men aged 15 to 25. The project aims to assist young men
2023-02-06 London Marathon Foundation 3,980 towards expanding a pilot football programme targeting boys who are NEET, homeless, or socially excluded
2023-06-16 The National Lottery Community Fund 10,000 The funding will be used to provide fitness sessions for young people mainly from the Jewish community. The project aims to support people w
2024-05-31 City Bridge Foundation 30,829 £30,829 over 3 years (£10,229; £10,246; £10,354) contribution towards the psychotherapy and counselling staffing, therapy and activity costs
2024-06-17 SYP Trust 3,800 Under 18 project
2025-11-25 Pears Foundation 7,500 Discretionary donation
2026-02-18 Garfield Weston Foundation 10,000 Help me, I have nowhere else to go.

No grants made by the charity are published in 360Giving data, so flows between linked charities could not be traced there.[28]

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.[29]

Land and property

The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property.[7] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[30] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[31]

  • 240-242 Hendon Way, London NW4 3NL (title NGL359802, leasehold, price paid £550,000, proprietor added 23 August 2017) – CCOD match on company number 06868489 (proprietor ACHEINU LIMITED); this is the register contact address, and the accounts show freehold property of £690,137 and bank loans of £193,931 due after one year (source: [31])

Parliament

Hansard searches for 'Acheinu Limited', 'Acheinu', 'Boys Clubhouse' returned 1 contribution in total; those not listed above were not established to concern this charity.[32]

Web archive

  • theboysclubhouse.co.uk: 8 yearly captures, first 2016-01-10, last 2026-01-18.[33]

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".[8]

See also

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Charity Commission, ACHEINU LIMITED - 1131948 Register of Charities, accessed 26 September 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Acheinu Limited, Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 April 2022.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Boys Clubhouse, Home.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Middle East Eye, UK regulator investigating charity over event with British-Israeli soldier, 17 January 2024.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Charity mobbed by hooded men after hosting controversial IDF soldier Levi Simon, 17 January 2024.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Middle East Eye, London Jewish youth club helps 'teenagers in crisis' join Israeli army, 24 January 2024.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 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.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Register entry 1131948, full print (capture of 20210113) UK Government Web Archive.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 Charity Commission, Acheinu (The Boys Clubhouse) (1131948): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  10. ↑ Companies House, Company 06868489 (Acheinu Limited): officers Find and update company information, viewed 15 October 2026.
  11. ↑ Company 06868489: officers Companies House, viewed 15 October 2026.
  12. ↑ 360Giving GrantNav, ACHEINU LIMITED.
  13. ↑ Acheinu (The Boys Clubhouse) accounts, year ended 2014-04-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  14. ↑ Acheinu (The Boys Clubhouse) accounts, year ended 2015-04-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  15. ↑ Acheinu (The Boys Clubhouse) accounts, year ended 2016-04-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  16. ↑ Acheinu (The Boys Clubhouse) accounts, year ended 2017-04-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  17. ↑ Acheinu (The Boys Clubhouse) accounts, year ended 2018-04-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  18. ↑ Jane Prinsley, Orthodox charities investigated over £22m cheque-cashing scandal Jewish Chronicle, 14 May 2025.
  19. ↑ 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).
  20. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  21. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  22. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  23. ↑ 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.
  24. ↑ 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").
  25. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, downloaded October 2026; keyword search of the batch-7 charity names found no matching Scottish registration (the only hit, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Lieutenancy of Scotland, is a separate Scottish body).
  26. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-7 charity name returned zero results).
  27. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Acheinu' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
  28. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1131948 360Giving, queried 15 October 2026.
  29. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-7 screening covered 428 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the charitable companies, and trustees, officers, lenders, subsidiaries and related bodies named in the accounts read for this batch (including Ambertown International Ltd); matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. The single forename-and-surname candidate (a former Wimbledon and District Synagogue director against a UK counter-terrorism designation) has different middle names and was not treated as a match; all other candidates were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps; lists downloaded October 2026.
  30. ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access in 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.
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 HM Land Registry, UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD) and Overseas companies that own property in England and Wales (OCOD) full extracts, October 2026 release, matched on charitable company numbers, registered names and the names of subsidiaries named in the accounts; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.
  32. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Acheinu' Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
  33. ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for theboysclubhouse.co.uk Wayback Machine, queried 15 October 2026.
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