Bayt ul Maqdis Foundation

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London Muslim foundation providing food, winter and orphan support

Bayt ul Maqdis Foundation

Logo Bayt ul Maqdis Foundation logo.png
Type Charitable company
Founded 2010-11-23 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1139176; company 07274585
Headquarters 968 North Circular Road, Second Floor, London, NW2 7UZ
Area served Israel
Website www.bmfoundation.org.uk


Bayt ul Maqdis Foundation (BMF) is a charitable company (07274585) founded in 2010 with its office at 968 North Circular Road, London NW2 7UZ; Israel is its only register area.[1] Its trustees are Dr Adel Sabir and Rachid Aissou, and its website is bmfoundation.org.uk. In the year to 30 June 2025 donations were £421,600 and charitable expenditure £281,326; funds were £614,610 (PDF p.3, 13).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "THE OBJECTS ARE THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATIONOF HEALTH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST THE ARAB POPULATION INISRAEL AND TO ADVANCE THE TENETS OF THE ABRAHARNIC FAITHS (ISLAM, CHRISTIANITYAND JUDAISM) IN ISRAEL"[1]

The register describes its activities as: "Activities Aims Providing a variety of services for the needy people in Al-Quds & its surrounding. Preserve the architectural heritage of Al-Quds VISSION Leading institution in supporting the development of Bayt UL Maqdis to become symbol of human civilization Mission Preserve the architectural features, cultural and heritage of Bayt UL Maqdis."[1]

Register classifications: Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Accommodation/housing, 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]

Trustees of Bayt ul Maqdis Foundation (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Dr ADEL ABDUL-QADIR MOHAMED SABIR not recorded Birmingham Arabic School (1166742)
Rachid Aissou 2023-04-13 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2021-01-08 Dr ADEL ABDUL-QADIR MOHAMED SABIR – also trustee of Birmingham Arabic School; Ghassan Elkahlout (from 22 December 2016) [3]

Companies House officers

Companies House lists 7 current and former officers of the charitable company (07274585), 2 of them active.[4] Officers recorded as resident outside the UK: Yousef Awawdi (Israel, resigned); Abd El Karim Hajajri (Israel, resigned).[4]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-06-30 £307,457 £195,041
2022-06-30 £332,087 £277,944
2023-06-30 £332,482 £330,113
2024-06-30 £443,217 £350,411
2025-06-30 £421,600 £356,560

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 30/06/2014[5]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2015[6]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2016[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2017[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2018[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2019[10]

Funding in Israel

  • FY2025 charitable activities £281,326 (restricted £235,762); no institutional recipients are named in the pages reviewed (PDF p.13).[2]

Israeli partners

Not named.[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.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
Finding Confidence
Israel is the register area; no settlement or town is named in the accounts. Not established

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[2]

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;[11] 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.[12][13][14][15] 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.[16]
  • Area of operation. The register lists Israel as the area of operation; the accounts describe emergency food aid, seasonal relief and orphan support without naming towns (PDF p.5, 13).[2][1]

Other registers and records

Scotland and Northern Ireland

No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (register export dated 15 October 2026, downloaded 15 October 2026 and searched by name).[17] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[18]

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.[19]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[20]

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.[21]

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.[22]

Parliament

Hansard searches for 'Bayt ul Maqdis', 'Bayt Al Maqdis', 'BM Foundation' returned 0 contributions in total.[23]

Web archive

  • bmfoundation.org.uk: 13 yearly captures, first 2014-04-17, last 2026-01-24.[24]

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".[3]

See also

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Charity Commission, Bayt ul Maqdis Foundation (1139176): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Register entry 1139176, full print (capture of 20210108) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Company 07274585: officers Companies House, viewed 15 October 2026.
  5. ↑ Bayt ul Maqdis Foundation accounts, year ended 2014-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  6. ↑ Bayt ul Maqdis Foundation accounts, year ended 2015-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  7. ↑ Bayt ul Maqdis Foundation accounts, year ended 2016-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  8. ↑ Bayt ul Maqdis Foundation accounts, year ended 2017-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  9. ↑ Bayt ul Maqdis Foundation accounts, year ended 2018-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  10. ↑ Bayt ul Maqdis Foundation accounts, year ended 2019-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200703).
  11. ↑ 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 1–8 (200 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 – The Gevurath Ari Torah Academy Trust (1003102), The Telz Talmudical Academy and Talmud Torah Trust (299687) and Kollel Mishkon Yakov (1170620).
  12. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  13. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  14. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ 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").
  17. ↑ 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).
  18. ↑ 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).
  19. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Bayt ul Maqdis' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
  20. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1139176 360Giving, queried 15 October 2026.
  21. ↑ 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.
  22. ↑ 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.
  23. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Bayt ul Maqdis' Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
  24. ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for bmfoundation.org.uk Wayback Machine, queried 15 October 2026.
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