British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem

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Charitable company funding the Boys Town Jerusalem school in Bayit Vegan

British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem

Logo British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem logo.png
Type Charitable company
Founded 2003-10-27 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1100332; company 04877476
Headquarters Schaller House, 44A Albert Road, London, NW4 2SJ
Area served Israel
Key people David Garbacz (chair)
Website www.btj.org.uk


British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem is a charitable company (04877476) registered on 27 October 2003; Israel is its only register area.[1] The accounts for the year to 31 August 2025 give its registered office as Schaller House, 44a Albert Road, London NW4 2SJ, and its trustees as D I Baum, D Garbacz, R J Lazarus and Judge N G Lithman. It supports "the institution in Israel, known internationally as Boys Town Jerusalem or locally as Kiryat Noar, located in Bayit Vegan, Jerusalem", a residential school of about 900 boys with a College of Applied Engineering. It raised £703,425 (2024: £387,062), including a £300,000 legacy from the late Richard Cohen, also known as Richard Yaqoob, and remitted £660,100 (2024: £350,200); reserves were £15,382. Its chief executive, Yoni Strimber, is based at the school (PDF p.3–5, 7, 10).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "TO SUPPORT THE INSTITUTION IN ISRAEL KNOWN AS "BOYS TOWN JERUSALEM" IN PROVIDING CARE, EDUCATION, VOCATIONAL AND OTHER TRAINING AND FACILITIES FOR ITS PUPILS."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "We raise funds through events, appeals and legacies to send to Boys Town Jerusalem in Israel, a school for Jewish boys who mainly come from disadvantaged backgrounds."[1]

Register classifications: 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]

Trustees of British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
David Garbacz 2019-05-06 Yes —
Daniel Ian Baum 2022-04-05 The Duchenne Research Fund (1119068)
His Honour Nigel Lloyd Lithman QC 2022-07-11 —
Robert Joseph Lazarus 2022-08-02 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2018-01-04 Stuart Stanton; Lee Reuben; Kate Sue Reuben Howard Brecker; Russell Lux Sidney Myers [3]
2021-01-14 Ephraim Ehrhardt (from 30 May 2018); Jonathan Moshi (from 14 March 2018); Isaac Mockton (from 23 August 2020); Howard Brecker (from 15 April 2016); Tessa Laws (from 23 August 2020); Professor Stuart Stanton (from 23 May 2012); David Garbacz (from 06 May 2019) [4]

Companies House records director Daniel Ian Baum as resident in Israel; former directors include Lord Bergman (2009–2012) and Professor Stuart Lawrence Stanton (2012–2024).[5]

Companies House officers

Companies House lists 27 current and former officers of the charitable company (04877476), 4 of them active.[6] Officers recorded as resident outside the UK: Daniel Ian Baum (Israel, active); Stuart Lawrence Stanton (Israel, resigned).[6]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-08-31 £226,815 £196,950
2022-08-31 £254,111 £266,462
2023-08-31 £160,306 £252,183
2024-08-31 £387,062 £385,601
2025-08-31 £703,425 £711,577

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 31/08/2014[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/08/2015[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/08/2016[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/08/2017[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/08/2018[11]

Funding in Israel

  • FY2025: £660,100 remitted to Boys Town Jerusalem (2024: £350,200).[2]

Israeli partners

Boys Town Jerusalem (Kiryat Noar), Bayit Vegan, Jerusalem.[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
The school is located in Bayit Vegan, a West Jerusalem neighbourhood inside the 1949 armistice line, as stated in the accounts.[2] Low

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;[12] 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.[13][14][15][16] 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.[17]
  • Shared address. The registered office, Schaller House, 44a Albert Road NW4, is also the registered office of The Montefiore Endowment (1113038).[2]

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).[18] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[19]

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.[20]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[21]

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.[22]

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.[23]

US counterparts (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)

Organisation EIN Latest filing year Revenue (US$) Expenses (US$)
Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation Of America Inc[24] 115324002 2021 7,899,988 33,948,513

These US organisations share the name or beneficiary of the UK charity; no financial flows between them and the UK charity were established.

Parliament

Hansard searches for 'Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem', 'Boys Town Jerusalem' returned 0 contributions in total.[25]

Web archive

  • btj.org.uk: 15 yearly captures, first 2004-05-29, last 2022-01-21.[26]

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".[4]

See also

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 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 2.5 Charity Commission, British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem (1100332): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 1100332, contact and trustees (capture of 20180104) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1100332, full print (capture of 20210114) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Companies House, Company 04877476 (British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem): officers Find and update company information, viewed 14 October 2026.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Company 04877476: officers Companies House, viewed 14 October 2026.
  7. ↑ British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem accounts, year ended 2014-08-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  8. ↑ British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem accounts, year ended 2015-08-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  9. ↑ British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem accounts, year ended 2016-08-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  10. ↑ British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem accounts, year ended 2017-08-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  11. ↑ British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem accounts, year ended 2018-08-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  12. ↑ 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 1–7 (175 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 – and The Gevurath Ari Torah Academy Trust (1003102).
  13. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  14. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025 (re-fetched 14 October 2026).
  15. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ 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").
  18. ↑ 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-6 charities found no matching Scottish registration.
  19. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-6 charity name returned zero results).
  20. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Boys Town Jerusalem' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
  21. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1100332 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
  22. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-6 screening covered 429 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and archived full-print register pages (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the charitable companies, and trustees, officers and related persons named in the accounts read for this batch (including archived accounts); matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually (all candidate hits were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps); lists downloaded October 2026.
  23. ↑ 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.
  24. ↑ Boys Town Jerusalem Foundation Of America Inc – Nonprofit Explorer ProPublica, viewed 14 October 2026.
  25. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Boys Town Jerusalem' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
  26. ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for btj.org.uk Wayback Machine, queried 14 October 2026.
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