British Friends Of Kupat Ha'ir

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UK friends' body remitting grants to Kupat Ha'ir in Bnei Brak

British Friends Of Kupat Ha'ir

Type Other
Founded 2002-06-28 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1092671
Headquarters 93 Fairholt Road, London, N16 5EP
Area served Israel
Key people David Lobenstein (chair)

The British Friends Of Kupat Ha'ir is a UK registered charity (no. 1092671). According to the UK Charity Commission, the charity's primary purpose is to raise funds for Kupat Ha'ir, an Israel-based charity.[1] Kupat Ha'ir does not only operate in Israel proper but also within illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. Settlements it operates in include Beitar Illit and Modi'in Illit (also known as Kiryat Sefer).[2] [3]

History

The organisation became a registered charity in 2002.[1]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY SHALL BE:1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, AND2. THE RELIEF OF THE AGED, FEEBLE AND INFIRM AMONGST PERSONS OF THE JEWISH FAITH IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE TOWN OF BNEI BRAK, ISRAEL (FOR FULL DETAILS PLEASE SEE A COPY OF THE DEED ON FILE)."[4]

The register describes its activities as: "The primary object of the charity is to raise funds for and make grants to Kupat Ha'ir, Israel. The objects of this charity are the relief of poverty and the relief of the aged, feeble and infirm amongst persons of the Jewish faith in any part of the world, and in particular in the town of Bnei Brak, Israel."[4]

Register classifications: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty.[4]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel.[4]

Finances and Funding

Between 2010 and 2014 the charity spent £2,902,000.[5]

Latest figures (Charity Commission register)

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-03-31 £722,122 £737,579
2022-03-31 £1,655,128 £1,611,800
2023-03-31 £885,190 £844,044
2024-03-31 £1,135,465 £1,088,339
2025-03-31 £487,060 £603,156

Source: register annual-return history.[4]

Historical finances (UK Government Web Archive)

Income and spending shown on archived register pages
Financial year end Income (£) Spending (£) Source
31 Mar 2006 305,960 319,168 [6]
31 Mar 2007 403,681 406,216 [6]
31 Mar 2008 575,873 554,108 [6]
31 Mar 2009 873,874 864,326 [6]
31 Mar 2010 757,301 776,665 [6]

Archived accounts

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

  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2006[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2007[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2008[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2009[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2010[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2014[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[16]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2019[17]

People

Board of Directors circa July 2015

David Lobenstein | Jizchak David Gershon Kruskal | Moshe Chaim Elzas

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2011-09-20 David Lobenstein; Jizchak David Gershon Kruskal; Moshe Chaim Elzas [18]
2021-01-13 David Lobenstein (chair) (from 01 April 2002) – also trustee of (Trust Property Held in Connexion With) Adath Yisroel Synagogue, British Friends of the Chazon Ish Institutions, Fairholt Charity Trust, Uohc Supervision Ltd, Friends of Tashbar Chazon Ish, Friends of Ccs; Moshe Chaim Elzas (from 01 April 2002) – also trustee of Friends of Be'er Miriam; Jizchak David Gershon Kruskal (from 01 April 2002) [19]

Funding in Israel

  • FY2025 grants £585,000 (2024: £1,065,000) to Kupat Ha'ir, Bnei Brak (PDF p.11).[20]

Israeli partners

Kupat Ha'ir, Bnei Brak.[20]

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
Bnei Brak is inside the 1949 armistice lines. Low – Bnei Brak

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[20]

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;[21] 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.[22][23][24][25] 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.[26]

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).[27] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[28]

The Gazette

Searches of The Gazette notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name returned no notices.[29]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[30]

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.[31]

Land and property

The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[4] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[32]

Parliament

Hansard searches for 'Kupat Ha'ir', 'Kupat Hair', 'Kupat Hai'r' returned 0 contributions in total.[33]

Web archive

  • kupat.org.uk: no captures found.[34]

The UK Government Web Archive holds 3 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".[19]

Contact

Address circa July 2015:

93 Fairhold Road
London
N16 5EP
Email: david@furfabrics.com

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Charity Commission Website Charity Framework. Accessed 7 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Kupat Ha'ir Website Pesach Distribution of Kupat Hair. Accessed 7 July 2015.
  3. ↑ B'Tselem Website Settlements. Accessed 7 July 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 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.
  5. ↑ Charity Commission Website Charity Overview. Accessed 8 July 2015.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Register entry 1092671, financial history (capture of 20110920) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ British Friends of Kupat Ha'ir accounts, year ended 2006-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110923).
  8. ↑ British Friends of Kupat Ha'ir accounts, year ended 2007-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110923).
  9. ↑ British Friends of Kupat Ha'ir accounts, year ended 2008-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110923).
  10. ↑ British Friends of Kupat Ha'ir accounts, year ended 2009-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110923).
  11. ↑ British Friends of Kupat Ha'ir accounts, year ended 2010-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110923).
  12. ↑ British Friends of Kupat Ha'ir accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  13. ↑ British Friends of Kupat Ha'ir accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  14. ↑ British Friends of Kupat Ha'ir accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  15. ↑ British Friends of Kupat Ha'ir accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  16. ↑ British Friends of Kupat Ha'ir accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  17. ↑ British Friends of Kupat Ha'ir accounts, year ended 2019-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200704).
  18. ↑ Register entry 1092671, contact and trustees (capture of 20110920) UK Government Web Archive.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Register entry 1092671, full print (capture of 20210113) UK Government Web Archive.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Charity Commission, British Friends of Kupat Ha'ir (1092671): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  21. ↑ 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).
  22. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  23. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  24. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  25. ↑ 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.
  26. ↑ 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").
  27. ↑ 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).
  28. ↑ 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).
  29. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Kupat Ha'ir' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
  30. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1092671 360Giving, queried 15 October 2026.
  31. ↑ 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.
  32. ↑ 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.
  33. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Kupat Ha'ir' Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
  34. ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for kupat.org.uk Wayback Machine, queried 15 October 2026.
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