British Friends of Rinat Aharon

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Prestwich trust in deficit whose named beneficiary college received nothing in 2025

British Friends of Rinat Aharon

Type Other
Founded 2002-02-08 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1090495
Headquarters Prestwich M25
Area served Israel


British Friends of Rinat Aharon is a trust (declaration of trust of 7 January 2002) registered on 8 February 2002; Israel is its only register area.[1] The register lists trustees Michael Thursch, Myriam Thursch and Yehudo Weisz, all from 7 January 2002; the accounts name the third trustee as "J Weis", and its address is in Prestwich M25 (PDF p.3).[1][2] Its object is the religious education of students at "Rinat Aharon college in Israel"; "The day-to-day affairs are undertaken by Mr Thursch" (PDF p.4–5). In the year to 31 March 2025 donations were £237,677 and charitable spending £272,791 (PDF p.6, 9).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "1) THE FURTHERANCE OF THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION OF THE STUDENTS AT RINAT AHARON COLLEGE IN ISRAEL BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.2) FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "the charity raises funds to support the religious education of students at the Rinat Aharon College in Israel"[1]

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, 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 Rinat Aharon (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Michael Thursch 2002-01-07 —
Myriam Thursch 2002-01-07 —
Yehudo WEISZ 2002-01-07 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2011-09-07 Michael Thursch [3]
2011-09-08 Michael Thursch [4]
2021-01-17 Michael Thursch; Miriam Thursch (from 02 September 2012); Yehudo WEISZ (from 02 September 2012) [5]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-03-31 £940,638 £653,725
2022-03-31 £898,891 £882,437
2023-03-31 £281,482 £217,576
2024-03-31 £249,559 £189,094
2025-03-31 £237,677 £275,341

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 31/03/2007[6]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2008[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2009[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2014[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[13]

Funding in Israel

  • FY2025 grants £270,339: Parashat Mordechai £185,104, Mamlechet Ha'Tora Ve'Hachinuch £10,300, Ziv Ha'Tora £6,740 and Chasdey Tahara £4,235, described as "educational and religious institutions in Israel" (£206,379), plus individuals (relief of poverty) £63,960; 2024 recipients included Beyachad £108,941 and Rinat Aharon college support £10,491 (PDF p.6, 15).[2]

Israeli partners

The recipients are described only as institutions "in Israel"; no locations are given.[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
No place in Israel is named for any recipient.[2] 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;[14] 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.[15][16][17][18] 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.[19]
  • Net liabilities funded by loans. Funds were a deficit of £148,744 (2024: £111,080), "funded by well-wishers of the charity who have lent interest free sums" – other creditors of £149,513 – while cash was £5,088 (PDF p.6, 10).[2]
  • Named beneficiary not funded. Rinat Aharon college received nothing in FY2025 (2024: £10,491), while £185,104 went to Parashat Mordechai (PDF p.15).[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).[20] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[21]

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.[22]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[23]

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.[24]

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.[25]

US counterparts (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)

Organisation EIN Latest filing year Revenue (US$) Expenses (US$)
American Friends Of Rinat Aharon Inc[26] 680592570 2023 305,084 396,435

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 exact-phrase searches for "British Friends of Rinat Aharon", "Rinat Aharon" returned 0 contributions in total.[27]

Web archive

The UK Government Web Archive holds 3 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".[5]

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 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), extract dated 14 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Charity Commission, British Friends of Rinat Aharon (1090495): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 1090495, contact and trustees (capture of 20110907) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ Register entry 1090495, contact and trustees (capture of 20110908) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 1090495, full print (capture of 20210117) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ British Friends of Rinat Aharon accounts, year ended 2007-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110907).
  7. ↑ British Friends of Rinat Aharon accounts, year ended 2008-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110907).
  8. ↑ British Friends of Rinat Aharon accounts, year ended 2009-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110907).
  9. ↑ British Friends of Rinat Aharon accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  10. ↑ British Friends of Rinat Aharon accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  11. ↑ British Friends of Rinat Aharon accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  12. ↑ British Friends of Rinat Aharon accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  13. ↑ British Friends of Rinat Aharon accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  14. ↑ 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-11 charities, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. The pages showed reporting status (for example "Charity reporting is up to date (39 days late)" for British Friends of Rambam Medical Centre, "(4 days late)" for British Friends of Aleh and "(11 days late)" for Urgent Projects).
  15. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  16. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  17. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ 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").
  20. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026, downloaded October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-11 charity names found no matching Scottish registration (the only hits were unrelated names such as J R Gibb Charitable Trust and Boleskine Community Care).
  21. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-11 charity names returned zero results).
  22. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Rinat Aharon' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
  23. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1090495 360Giving, queried 15 October 2026.
  24. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-11 screening covered 386 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 of related companies named in the accounts (GS Property Management Services, Igerville, Housefresh, Vitalina, Rochester Developments and Delapage), and trustees, examiners, donors and grant recipients named in the accounts read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; the only token matches were generic words in organisation names ("Trust", "Fund", "Israel", "Republic") and surname-only coincidences (Cohen, Levy, Friedman, Green, Said); lists downloaded October 2026.
  25. ↑ 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.
  26. ↑ American Friends Of Rinat Aharon Inc – Nonprofit Explorer ProPublica, viewed 15 October 2026.
  27. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Rinat Aharon" Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
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