Ahavat Shalom Charity Fund
UK fund remitting large grants to Israeli educational institutions
| Ahavat Shalom Charity Fund
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Other |
| Founded | 1981-10-30 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 283397 |
| Headquarters | Lynwood House, 373/375 Station Road, Harrow, Middx., HA1 2AW |
| Area served | Israel |
Ahavat Shalom Charity Fund is a registered charity whose objects include supporting Yeshiva Chevrat Ahavat Shalom and advancing education in Israel.[1] In the year ended 30 April 2025 charitable grants totalled £3,620,818: Kehilot Yisrael £600,830, Bnot Elisheva £400,000 and restricted grant Gavriel Sar Yisrael £2,619,988 (note 6).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "(A) TO MAINTAIN SUPPORT AND FURTHER SUCH OF THE PURPOSES AND ACTIVITIES OF THE YESHIVA CHEVRAT AHAVAT SHALOM AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW. (B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN ISRAEL AND WHERESOEVER THE SCHOOL SHALL CARRY ON ITS ACTIVITIES."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "Funds are raised via donations and saved for grants to Israel and the UK for educational purposes."[1]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Religious Activities.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Simon Abraham | not recorded | — | |
| Anne Abraham | not recorded | — | |
| Avraham Hillel | not recorded | — | |
| Eliyahu Hillel | 2013-12-02 | — | |
| Elan Shasha | 2016-11-09 | David Elias Charitable Trust (1102181); E M Shasha Foundation Limited (1082263); Friends of Yeshiva Hazon Meir (1063727) |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-05 | Abraham Simon Abraham; Avraham Hillel; Anne Abrahams | [3] |
| 2015-01-06 | Abraham Simon Abraham; Avraham Hillel; Anne Abrahams | [4] |
| 2021-01-15 | Elan Shasha (from 09 November 2016) – also trustee of David Elias Charitable Trust, E M Shasha Foundation Limited, Friends of Yeshiva Hazon Meir; Anne Abraham; Avraham Hillel; Abraham Simon Abraham; Eliyahu Hillel (from 02 December 2013) | [5] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-30 | £1,696,072 | £3,262,138 |
| 2022-04-30 | £707,202 | £1,306,513 |
| 2023-04-30 | £1,499,373 | £1,845,525 |
| 2024-04-30 | £2,845,651 | £1,856,839 |
| 2025-04-30 | £2,319,030 | £3,717,973 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Historical finances (UK Government Web Archive)
| Financial year end | Income (£) | Spending (£) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Apr 2009 | 4,598,073 | 4,414,793 | [6] |
| 30 Apr 2010 | 3,451,450 | 1,966,452 | [6] |
| 30 Apr 2011 | 2,468,710 | 2,444,856 | [6] |
| 30 Apr 2012 | 3,293,182 | 209,600 | [6] |
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
- Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2009[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2010[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2011[9]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2012[10]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2014[11]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2015[12]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2016[13]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2017[14]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2018[15]
Funding in Israel
- FY2025 grants £3,620,818 almost entirely to Kehilot Yisrael, Bnot Elisheva and Gavriel Sar Yisrael; objects centre on education in Israel.[2][1]
Israeli partners
Kehilot Yisrael, Bnot Elisheva and Gavriel Sar Yisrael named; exact locations not stated beyond the charity's Israel objects.[2]
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 |
|---|---|
| Not established – no settlement named.[2] | Low |
Support for the IDF: No IDF funding is stated. Grants are to named educational/religious institutions (Israel-focused per objects).[2][2]
Controversies and regulatory action
- No Commission inquiry, Official Warning or Gazette insolvency notice was found.
Other registers and records
Scotland and Northern Ireland
No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (full register download of 14 October 2026 searched by name).[16] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[17]
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; results were limited to Companies House filing lists.[18]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[19]
Sanctions screening
The charity's name and the names of its current register trustees 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.[20]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[21]
Parliament
A search of Hansard for 'Ahavat Shalom Charity Fund' returned 0 contributions in total.[22]
Web archive
The UK Government Web Archive holds 4 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".[5]
See also
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 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), extract dated 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Charity Commission, Ahavat Shalom Charity Fund (283397): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ Register entry 283397, contact and trustees (capture of 20140505) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Register entry 283397, contact and trustees (capture of 20150106) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 283397, full print (capture of 20210115) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Register entry 283397, financial history (capture of 20140505) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Ahavat Shalom Charity Fund accounts, year ended 2009-04-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140904).
- ↑ Ahavat Shalom Charity Fund accounts, year ended 2010-04-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140904).
- ↑ Ahavat Shalom Charity Fund accounts, year ended 2011-04-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140904).
- ↑ Ahavat Shalom Charity Fund accounts, year ended 2012-04-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140904).
- ↑ Ahavat Shalom Charity Fund accounts, year ended 2014-04-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ Ahavat Shalom Charity Fund accounts, year ended 2015-04-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ Ahavat Shalom Charity Fund accounts, year ended 2016-04-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ Ahavat Shalom Charity Fund accounts, year ended 2017-04-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ Ahavat Shalom Charity Fund accounts, year ended 2018-04-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, CharityExport-14-Oct-2026.csv, downloaded 14 October 2026; keyword search of charity names for the batch-2 charities found no matching Scottish registration of the same organisations (unrelated name collisions such as Open Door Edinburgh SC007315 were disregarded).
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-2 charity name returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Ahavat Shalom Charity Fund' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-283397 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Screening of the current register trustees of the 25 batch-2 charities and the charity names, carried out 14 October 2026; no matches. Companies House officers and archived trustees were not included in this batch's screen. Viatcheslav Kantor (RUS1127) remains on the UK Sanctions List as previously noted.
- ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access on 14 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 'Ahavat Shalom Charity Fund' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).