British Friends of Reuth

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London charitable company that passed £77,200 in 2024/25 to Reuth, the Tel Aviv rehabilitation hospital and elderly-care association; its main grant income comes from an unnamed funder

British Friends of Reuth
Type Charitable company
Logo Reuth Medical Center Tel Aviv 2013.jpg
Founded 2008-10-01 (registered)
Founder(s)
Dissolved
Registration ID Registered charity 1126124; company 06615331
Status
Headquarters London NW4 (PO box)
Location
Area served Throughout London, Israel
Services
Registration
Key people
Website www.reuth.org.uk
Remarks


British Friends of Reuth (also registered as "Reuth UK") is a charitable company (06615331) whose memorandum and articles are dated 10 June 2008; it was registered on 1 October 2008, its correspondence address is a PO box in Hendon, London NW4, and its registered office is that of its accountants, Goldwins, in West Hampstead (PDF p.3–4).[1][2] Its object is to support Reuth, an Israeli non-profit whose services, the accounts say, "include the Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital which is a neurological, rehabilitation and chronic care facility, community housing for those in need and senior homes & day centres for the elderly" (PDF p.4).[2] The directors in 2024/25 were Dr Neil Ferber, Michael Bleys, Stephen Jacobson and R Somerston, who resigned on 11 June 2025; the independent examiner is Anthony Epton FCA of Goldwins (PDF p.3).[2] In the year to 30 June 2025 income was £85,587, of which grants were £77,223 (2024: £76,681) and donations £8,328; donations to Reuth (Israel) were £77,200 (2024: £86,950) (PDF p.7, 10–11).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "3. TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF REUTH, (OTHERWISE KNOWN AS WOMEN'S SOCIAL SERVICE) ("REUTH") A NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANISATION ESTABLISHED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL, AND THROUGH OR IN ASSOCIATION WITH REUTH TO PROVIDE OR PROMOTE THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL RELIEF, ACCOMMODATION AND ASSISTANCE IN KIND TO THOSE IN NEED, INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING) THE ELDERLY, THE HANDICAPPED AND THE CHRONICALLY ILL OF ALL AGES AND ALSO VICTIMS OF TRAUMA."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "Support Reuth organisation"[1]

Register classifications: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing.[1]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout London, Israel.[1]

Trustees

Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]

Trustees of British Friends of Reuth (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Neil Ferber not recorded —
Michael Bleys 2016-11-08 —
Stephen David Jacobson 2018-12-15 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2010-07-12 M D Paisner; Russell Ivor Kett; Neil Ferber; Beverley de Vries; Ann Rau Dawes [3]
2011-01-15 M D Paisner; Russell Ivor Kett; Neil Ferber; Beverley de Vries; Ann Rau Dawes [4]
2016-07-01 M D Paisner; Russell Ivor Kett; Neil Ferber; Beverley de Vries; Ann Rau Dawes; Martin [5]
2018-01-03 M D Paisner; Russell Ivor Kett; Neil Ferber; Beverley de Vries; Michael Bleys; Vikki Louise Yaffe; Martin [6]
2021-01-14 Roy Sydney Somerston (from 15 December 2018); Stephen David Jacobson (from 15 December 2018); Neil Ferber; Michael Bleys (from 08 November 2016) [7]

At Companies House, Neil Ferber, Michael Bleys and Stephen Jacobson are active directors and R Somerston's appointment ended on 11 June 2025; the register lists only the three active directors.[8][1]

Companies House officers

Companies House lists 13 current and former officers of the charitable company (06615331), 3 of them active.[9]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-06-30 £23,308 £30,588
2022-06-30 £24,969 £25,707
2023-06-30 £89,226 £99,602
2024-06-30 £84,325 £93,931
2025-06-30 £85,587 £84,029

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 30/06/2011[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2012[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2013[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2014[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2015[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2016[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2017[16]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2018[17]

Funding in Israel

The Reuth medical centre in Tel Aviv at night (2008)
  • Year to 30 June 2025: donations to Reuth (Israel) £77,200 (2024: £86,950; 2023: £92,550) (PDF p.11).[2]

Israeli partners

The therapeutic garden at the Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital in Tel Aviv (2024); the charity's grants go to the Reuth association, which runs the hospital

Reuth (the Reuth association, Israel), which the accounts say runs the Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital, community housing and senior homes and day centres (PDF p.4).[2] The British Friends' website places its rehabilitation hospital and seniors' housing in central Tel Aviv and describes a new campus in north Tel Aviv.[18]

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 British Friends' website places Reuth's hospital and housing in Tel Aviv; nothing in the sources places Reuth's work beyond the Green Line.[18][2] Medium (partner)

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated in the UK accounts.[2] The British Friends' website says that "Reuth TLV opened its dedicated Trauma Clinic to help soldiers heal from the psychological wounds of war"; this is medical treatment of soldiers by the recipient, not funding of the military.[18] (Partner finding.)[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;[19] 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.[20][21][22][23] 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.[24]
  • Unnamed grantor. The charity's income is mostly "grants" of £77,223 (2024: £76,681) whose source is not named, and nearly the same amount was passed to Reuth; the accounts record no related-party transactions (PDF p.10–11, 13).[2]
  • Undated approval. The dates of the directors' approval and of the independent examiner's report are handwritten and not legible in the scanned filing (PDF p.5–8).[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).[25] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[26]

The Gazette

Searches of The Gazette for the charity's name returned only Companies House filing lists; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.[27]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[28]

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.[29]

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.[30]

US counterparts (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)

Organisation EIN Latest filing year Revenue (US$) Expenses (US$)

This US organisation shares the UK charity's beneficiary; no financial flows between it and the UK charity were established.[2]

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "British Friends of Reuth", "Reuth" returned 0 contributions in total.[31]

Web archive

  • reuth.org.uk: 16 yearly captures, first 2011-06-24, last 2026-01-07.[32]
  • reuth.org.il: 19 yearly captures, first 2000-03-04, last 2026-01-06.[33]

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".[7]

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 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.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Charity Commission, British Friends of Reuth (1126124): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 1126124, contact and trustees (capture of 20100712) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ Register entry 1126124, contact and trustees (capture of 20110115) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 1126124, contact and trustees (capture of 20160701) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Register entry 1126124, contact and trustees (capture of 20180103) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Register entry 1126124, full print (capture of 20210114) UK Government Web Archive.
  8. ↑ Companies House, BRITISH FRIENDS OF REUTH (06615331) Find and update company information, overview and officers, viewed 16 October 2026.
  9. ↑ Company 06615331: officers Companies House, viewed 16 October 2026.
  10. ↑ British Friends of Reuth accounts, year ended 2011-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20160701).
  11. ↑ British Friends of Reuth accounts, year ended 2012-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20160701).
  12. ↑ British Friends of Reuth accounts, year ended 2013-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20160701).
  13. ↑ British Friends of Reuth accounts, year ended 2014-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20160701).
  14. ↑ British Friends of Reuth accounts, year ended 2015-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20160701).
  15. ↑ British Friends of Reuth accounts, year ended 2016-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  16. ↑ British Friends of Reuth accounts, year ended 2017-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  17. ↑ British Friends of Reuth accounts, year ended 2018-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 British Friends of Reuth, Home page reuth.org.uk, viewed 16 October 2026.
  19. ↑ 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-19 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Twenty-two registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)"; British Friends of Ramoth Jerusalem showed "Charity reporting is overdue by 1691 days"; Leibovici Charitable Trust and Friends of Bereaved Families Forum (1118221) showed "Removed charity".
  20. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  21. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  22. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  23. ↑ 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).
  24. ↑ 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").
  25. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-19 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
  26. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-19 charity names returned zero results).
  27. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'British Friends of Reuth' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  28. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1126124 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  29. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-19 screening covered 358 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the eight charitable companies, and trustees, examiners, grantees 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 Miller, Gold) or generic words in organisation names (Trust, Ltd, Limited).
  30. ↑ 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.
  31. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "British Friends of Reuth" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
  32. ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for reuth.org.uk Wayback Machine, queried 16 October 2026.
  33. ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for reuth.org.il Wayback Machine, queried 16 October 2026.
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