British Friends of Atid
Trust registered in 2006 to support the ATID Academy for Torah Initiatives and Directions of Jerusalem; it reported income of £71,464 in 2016 and was removed in 2017 as ceased to exist
| British Friends of Atid
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Other (removed) |
| Founded | 2006-02-15 (registered) |
| Dissolved | 2017-04-20 (removed from the register: Ceased to exist) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1113003 |
| Headquarters | Not recorded on the register |
| Area served | Israel |
British Friends of Atid was established by a declaration of trust of 9 December 2004, amended by a supplemental deed of 16 January 2006, registered on 15 February 2006 and removed on 20 April 2017 as "Ceased to exist"; its area of operation was Jerusalem.[1] Its object was "to advance education and the Orthodox Jewish religion mainly, but not exclusively, by the provision of assistance to the ATID Academy for Torah Initiatives and Directions of Jerusalem".[1] The register describes it as making grants to organisations. Its final reported year, to 31 December 2016, showed income of £71,464 and spending of £72,032, after four years in which income did not exceed £1,600; the 2016 accounts were received on 27 January 2017.[1]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION MAINLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE TO THE ATID ACADEMY FOR TORAH INITIATIVES AND DIRECTIONS OF JERUSALEM, ISRAEL."[2]
The register describes its activities as: "Receiving voluntary donations and supporting institutions whose objects are in line with the aims of the charity"[2]
Register classifications: Education/training, Religious Activities.[2]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel.[2]
Trustees
The register extract holds no trustee records for removed charities.
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-12-31 | £854 | £848 |
| 2014-12-31 | £150 | £0 |
| 2015-12-31 | £1,600 | £1,250 |
| 2016-12-31 | £71,464 | £72,032 |
Source: register annual-return history.[2]
Funding in Israel
- Year to 31 December 2016: spending £72,032; the register does not name the recipient.[1]
Israeli partners
ATID Academy for Torah Initiatives and Directions, Jerusalem (named in the objects).[1]
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 |
|---|---|
| The register names Jerusalem as the area of operation but gives no address for the academy.[1] | Not established |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is recorded on the register.[1]
Controversies and regulatory action
- No Charity Commission inquiry naming this charity was found; it is not named in the 2025–2026 cheque-cashing class-inquiry announcements or statement of results, and the charities in the August 2026 settlements class inquiry have not been named.[3][4][5][6][7] The register shows it as removed, giving the reason "Ceased to exist".[1]
- Spike before closure. Income rose from £1,600 or less a year (2012–2015) to £71,464 in its final year, and the charity was removed three months after filing; no archived accounts were found in the UK Government Web Archive.[1]
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).[8] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[9]
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.[10]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[11]
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.[12]
Land and property
The register extract does not record whether the charity owned or leased land or property (the field is blank for this removed charity).[2] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[13]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "British Friends of Atid" returned 0 contributions in total.[14]
Web archive
The UK Government Web Archive holds 1 archived Charity Commission register page used in this profile (cited in the sections above). The 2021 archived full print showed the status "Removed charity" and "Other regulators: not shown".[15]
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, British Friends of Atid (1113003): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026 ("15 February 2006: Standard registration 20 April 2017: Removed (Ceased to exist)").
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 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, charity_other_names), extract dated 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 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-20 charity names found no matching Scottish registration (a name-only hit for "Sheila & Denis Cohen Charitable Trust" was not established to be connected with the Cohen Charitable Trust and is disregarded).
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-20 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'British Friends of Atid' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1113003 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-20 screening covered 272 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the five charitable companies, and trustees, examiners and other people and bodies named in the accounts and sources read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; token matches were surname-only coincidences (for example Weiss, Sara, Masri, Cohen) or generic words in organisation names (Limited, Company, Trust).
- ↑ 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 "British Friends of Atid" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
- ↑ Register entry 1113003, full print (capture of 20210112) UK Government Web Archive.