Avos Ubanim
North-west London trust promoting Jewish religious education "particularly between father and son"; it gave £19,095 in donations and grants in 2024/25 without naming any recipient, and its examiner is a firm with no individual named
| Avos Ubanim
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Other |
| Founded | 2008-04-23 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1123852 |
| Headquarters | London NW11 |
| Area served | Barnet, Israel |
Avos Ubanim is a charitable trust constituted by a declaration of trust of 31 March 2008 and registered on 23 April 2008; its address is in London NW11 and its areas of operation are Barnet and Israel.[1][2][3] Its objects are the "advancement and promotion of Jewish religion and Jewish religious education, particularly between father and son."[3] The trustees are Refoel Berisch, Mendel Wolf Itzinger and Uri Nathaniel Goldberg (spelt "Uri Nethaniel Goldberg" in the accounts).[1][3] In the year to 28 February 2025 income was £30,838 (2024: £46,388) and spending £26,118 (2024: £33,010): donations and grants £19,095 (2024: £27,350), fundraising £6,473 and the examiner's fee £550; funds rose to £18,529 (2024: £13,809).[3] The accounts say support is given "in England and abroad" and name no recipient.[3] They were signed by Rabbi Refoel Berisch on 29 December 2025.[3]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "1) ADVANCING JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN PARENTING AND ALL MATTERS CONNECT WITH FAMILY LIFE AND RELATIONSHIPS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS, AND3) TO SUPPORT THE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE WORK AS RECOGNISED BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES OF AVOS UBANIM INTERNATIONAL"[1]
The register describes its activities as: "Create father sons programs, create father awareness campaigns, connect children from one parent families with mentors, train mentors. Provide grants, financial assistance and resources especially to young families. Preference is given to providing support to young families thereby helping them attain skills in education, social services and community based services."[1]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Barnet, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Refoel Berisch | not recorded | — | |
| Uri Nathaniel Goldberg | not recorded | Etz Chaim Shul (1195022); Imadi C.i.o. (1211515); Nwlj Schools Planning Committee (1197033) | |
| Mendel Wolf Itzinger | not recorded | B Hammer Charitable Trust (270093) |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-07-03 | Mendel Wolf Itzinger; Refoel Berisch; Uri Nathaniel Goldberg | [4] |
| 2012-01-07 | Mendel Wolf Itzinger; Refoel Berisch; Uri Nathaniel Goldberg | [5] |
| 2015-01-06 | Mendel Wolf Itzinger; Refoel Berisch; Uri Nathaniel Goldberg | [6] |
| 2021-01-13 | Uri Nathaniel Goldberg; Mendel Wolf Itzinger – also trustee of B Hammer Charitable Trust; Refoel Berisch | [7] |
Uri Nathaniel Goldberg is also a register trustee of Etz Chaim Shul (1195022), Imadi C.I.O. (1211515) and NWLJ Schools Planning Committee (1197033); Mendel Wolf Itzinger of the B Hammer Charitable Trust (270093).[1]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-28 | £44,168 | £44,366 |
| 2022-02-28 | £51,688 | £51,506 |
| 2023-02-28 | £34,845 | £34,733 |
| 2024-02-29 | £46,388 | £33,010 |
| 2025-02-28 | £30,838 | £26,118 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
- Accounts for the year ended 28/02/2015[8]
Funding in Israel
- Year to 28 February 2025: donations and grants of £19,095 (2024: £27,350); no recipient or place is named.[3]
Israeli partners
No recipient 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;[9] 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.[10][11][12][13] 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.[14]
- Examiner not an individual. The independent examiner's report, dated 29 December 2025, is given in the name of "Danan Sarzin Chartered Accountants" (London EC1A), with no individual examiner named.[3]
- Outdated accounting framework. The accounts cite the Statement of Recommended Practice of 2005.[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).[15] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[16]
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.[17]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[18]
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.[19]
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.[20]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Avos Ubanim" returned 0 contributions in total.[21]
Web archive
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 15 days late" and "Other regulators: No information available".[7]
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 1.9 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.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Avos Ubanim (1123852): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Charity Commission, Avos Ubanim (1123852): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ Register entry 1123852, contact and trustees (capture of 20100703) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Register entry 1123852, contact and trustees (capture of 20120107) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Register entry 1123852, contact and trustees (capture of 20150106) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Register entry 1123852, full print (capture of 20210113) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Avos Ubanim accounts, year ended 2015-02-28 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ 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-26 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none showed one.
- ↑ 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-26 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-26 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Avos Ubanim' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1123852 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-26 screening covered 224 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers, examiners and other people and organisations named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies; the only hits were generic words in company names (such as "Company Directors Limited") and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Avos Ubanim" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).