British Friends of Kollel Nefesh Hachaim

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North London trust raising funds for Kollel Nefesh HaChaim, a rabbinical seminary in Jerusalem, which made grants of £52,810 in 2025 to recipients its accounts do not name; the register marks the 2025 accounts as qualified

British Friends of Kollel Nefesh Hachaim

Type Other
Founded 2002-10-16 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1094200
Headquarters London NW4 (register contact address); accounts address London NW11
Area served Israel


British Friends of Kollel Nefesh Hachaim (working names Kollel Ruach Chaim and Ruach Chaim; previously British Friends of Kollel Ruach Chaim) was established by a declaration of trust of 21 February 2002, with a supplemental deed of 9 December 2010, and registered on 16 October 2002; its register contact address is in London NW4 and the address on its accounts is in London NW11.[1][2] The register says it "raises funds to support the advancement of orthodox Jewish education, in particular that undertaken by Kollel Nefesh HaChaim, a rabbinical seminary with a job placement program located in Jerusalem".[1] The trustees are Joshua Kraushar, Michael Harvey Manson and Daniel Levy (PDF p.4).[2][3] Its receipts and payments accounts for 2025 show donations of £54,518 (2024: £72,059) and bank interest of £117; payments were £52,810 in grants to charitable institutions (2024: £66,614) and £2,717 in fundraising costs, a total of £55,644, leaving £3,916 in the bank (PDF p.1–2).[2] The recipients are not named (PDF p.4).[2] The accounts were examined by Benjamin Dzialowski of Alexander & Company, London NW11.[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "THE OBJECTS OF THE TRUST FUND ARE:(I) TO ADVANCE ORTHODOX JEWISH EDUCATION;(II) TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION OF THE JEWISH FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORTHODOX PRACTICE;(III) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY;(IV) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED BY THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS CHARITABLE."[3]

The register describes its activities as: "The charity raises funds to support the advancement of orthodox Jewish education, in particular that undertaken by Kollel Nefesh HaChaim, a rabbinical seminary with a job placement program located in Jerusalem. Their goal is to teach students still in need of personal guidance in order to master basic learning skills, including Hebrew & Aramaic grammar, thereby achieving independence in learning."[3]

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Other Charitable Purposes.[3]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel.[3]

Trustees

Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[3]

Trustees of British Friends of Kollel Nefesh Hachaim (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Joshua Kraushar not recorded The Friends of Beis-Eliyohu Trust (264365)
Daniel Levy not recorded —
Michael Harvey Manson not recorded —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2021-01-08 Joshua Kraushar; Daniel Levy; Michael Harvey Manson [4]
2021-07-06 Daniel Levy; Michael Harvey Manson; Joshua Kraushar – also trustee of The Friends of Beis-Eliyohu Trust [5]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-12-31 £62,704 £61,185
2022-12-31 £59,301 £62,843
2023-12-31 £51,202 £51,037
2024-12-31 £72,059 £68,770
2025-12-31 £54,518 £55,644

Source: register annual-return history.[3]

Archived accounts

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

  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2014[6]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2016[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2017[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[10]

Funding in Israel

  • 2025: grants to charitable institutions £52,810 (2024: £66,614); the accounts do not name the recipients, though the register says the charity supports Kollel Nefesh HaChaim in Jerusalem (PDF p.2, 4).[2][1]

Israeli partners

Kollel Nefesh HaChaim, described on the register as "a rabbinical seminary with a job placement program located in Jerusalem"; the accounts do not name it as a recipient.[1][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 register places Kollel Nefesh HaChaim in Jerusalem without giving an address or neighbourhood; the accounts name no recipient or place.[1][2] Medium (city named by the register only)

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]
  • Qualified accounts. The register marks the accounts for the year to 31 December 2025, received on 25 September 2026, with the note "These accounts have been qualified".[1]
  • Placeholder dates. Both the trustee's signature on the statement of assets and the independent examiner's report are dated "xx ….ber 2026" (PDF p.1, 3).[2]

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).[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 notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name found no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice.[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.[21]

Land and property

The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[3] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[22]

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "British Friends of Kollel Nefesh Hachaim", "Kollel Nefesh Hachaim", "Kollel Ruach Chaim" returned 0 contributions in total.[23]

Web archive

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]

External links

  • No current official website.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Charity Commission, British Friends of Kollel Nefesh Hachaim (1094200): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Charity Commission, British Friends of Kollel Nefesh Hachaim (1094200): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 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, charity_other_names), extract dated 14 October 2026.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1094200, full print (capture of 20210108) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 1094200, full print (capture of 20210706) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ British Friends of Kollel Nefesh Hachaim accounts, year ended 2014-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  7. ↑ British Friends of Kollel Nefesh Hachaim accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  8. ↑ British Friends of Kollel Nefesh Hachaim accounts, year ended 2016-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  9. ↑ British Friends of Kollel Nefesh Hachaim accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  10. ↑ British Friends of Kollel Nefesh Hachaim accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  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 each of the 25 batch-22 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none was shown.
  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).
  16. ↑ 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").
  17. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-22 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
  18. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-22 charity names returned zero results).
  19. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Nefesh Hachaim' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  20. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1094200 360Giving, queried 16 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-22 screening covered 196 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and staff named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies; the only hits were generic words in charity names (such as "Charitable Foundation", "Trust", "Fund" and "Association") matching listed entities, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 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 the exact phrase "Nefesh Hachaim" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
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