British Friends of Igud Hakolelim B'Yerushalayim

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UK friends' body remitting grants to institutions in Israel

British Friends of Igud Hakolelim B'Yerushalayim

Type Other
Founded 2005-04-26 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1109229
Headquarters 15 Alba Gardens, London, NW11 9NS
Area served Israel
Key people Joel Aaron Rabinowitz (chair)


British Friends of Igud Hakolelim B'Yerushalayim is an unincorporated charity governed by a deed of 4 April 2005; Israel is its only register area.[1] Its principal office is 15 Alba Gardens, London NW11 9NS, and its trustees are Julian Bamberger, Joel Aaron Rabinowitz and Abigail Bamberger. In the year to 30 June 2025 donations were £444,885 and charitable expenditure £548,648, of which £548,000 went "to institutions in Israel that support families in advancing Jewish religious education"; funds were £114,572 (PDF p.3, 8, 14).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "A) THE ADVANCEMENT AND FURTHERANCE OF THE JEWISH RELIGION AND JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND THE ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY AMONG THE JEWISH COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.B) OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES THAT THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE"[1]

The register describes its activities as: "THE FURTHERANCE OF JEWISH RELIGION AND JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND THE ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY AMONG THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD"[1]

Register classifications: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, 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 Igud Hakolelim B'Yerushalayim (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Julian Bamberger not recorded Torah Vodaas Limited (1092266)
Abigail Bamberger not recorded —
Joel Aaron Rabinowitz not recorded Yes —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2011-09-23 Julian Bamberger Joel Aaron Rabinowitz Abigail Bamberger [3]
2021-01-17 Joel Aaron Rabinowitz (chair); Julian Bamberger – also trustee of Torah Vodaas Limited; Abigail Bamberger [4]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-06-30 £1,491,303 £1,460,129
2022-06-30 £849,248 £837,136
2023-06-30 £1,201,323 £1,065,155
2024-06-30 £555,964 £649,938
2025-06-30 £444,885 £548,648

Source: register annual-return history.[1]

Historical finances (UK Government Web Archive)

Income and spending shown on archived register pages
Financial year end Income (£) Spending (£) Source
30 Jun 2006 501,928 477,278 [5]
30 Jun 2007 980,647 979,723 [5]
30 Jun 2008 806,127 751,180 [5]
30 Jun 2009 687,969 675,775 [5]

Archived accounts

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

  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2006[6]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2007[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2008[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2009[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2014[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2015[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2016[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2017[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2018[14]

Funding in Israel

  • FY2025 grants to institutions in Israel £548,000 (PDF p.14).[2]

Israeli partners

Unnamed institutions in Israel supporting Jewish religious education.[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
Recipients are "institutions in Israel" without towns. 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;[15] 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.[16][17][18][19] 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.[20]
  • Subsidiary wound up. Note 10 records that the charity's wholly owned subsidiary Renslade Limited sold its investment property in January 2025, donated £272,302 to the charity and was dissolved during the year (PDF p.14).[2]

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).[21] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[22]

The Gazette

Searches of The Gazette notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name returned no notices.[23]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[24]

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.[25]

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.[26]

Parliament

Hansard searches for 'Igud Hakolelim', 'Igud Hakollelim' returned 0 contributions in total.[27]

Web archive

The UK Government Web Archive holds 4 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

  • No current official website.

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 Charity Commission, British Friends of Igud Hakolelim B'Yerushalayim (1109229): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 1109229, contact and trustees (capture of 20110923) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1109229, full print (capture of 20210117) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Register entry 1109229, financial history (capture of 20110923) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ British Friends of Igud Hakolelim B'Yerushalayim accounts, year ended 2006-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110926).
  7. ↑ British Friends of Igud Hakolelim B'Yerushalayim accounts, year ended 2007-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110926).
  8. ↑ British Friends of Igud Hakolelim B'Yerushalayim accounts, year ended 2008-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110926).
  9. ↑ British Friends of Igud Hakolelim B'Yerushalayim accounts, year ended 2009-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110926).
  10. ↑ British Friends of Igud Hakolelim B'Yerushalayim accounts, year ended 2014-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  11. ↑ British Friends of Igud Hakolelim B'Yerushalayim accounts, year ended 2015-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  12. ↑ British Friends of Igud Hakolelim B'Yerushalayim accounts, year ended 2016-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  13. ↑ British Friends of Igud Hakolelim B'Yerushalayim accounts, year ended 2017-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  14. ↑ British Friends of Igud Hakolelim B'Yerushalayim accounts, year ended 2018-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  15. ↑ 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).
  16. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  17. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  18. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  19. ↑ 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.
  20. ↑ 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").
  21. ↑ 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).
  22. ↑ 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).
  23. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Igud Hakolelim' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
  24. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1109229 360Giving, queried 15 October 2026.
  25. ↑ 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.
  26. ↑ 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.
  27. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Igud Hakolelim' Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
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