British Friends of Tiferet Shlomo Jerusalem
Salford trust, removed from the register in January 2025, that raised money for the Tiferet Shlomo home for orphaned and abandoned children in Jerusalem
| British Friends of Tiferet Shlomo Jerusalem
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Trust (removed) |
| Founded | 1992-03-19 (registered) |
| Dissolved | 2025-01-15 (removed from the register: Ceased to exist) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1009951 |
| Headquarters | Not recorded on the register (removed); the 2019 accounts give an operating address in Salford M7 |
| Area served | Israel |
British Friends of Tiferet Shlomo Jerusalem was a charitable trust established by a deed of 27 February 1992 and registered on 19 March 1992; it was removed from the register on 15 January 2025 as "Ceased to exist".[1] Its objects were the education of orphans and homeless and abandoned children "and in particular the furtherance of the objects and activities of the TIFERET SHLOMO HOME IN JERUSALEM IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL", and the register describes its activities as "COLLECTING FUNDS FROM PRIVATE DONORS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ORPHANAGE IN JERUSALEM".[1] In July 2024 the register listed four trustees: Micha Leitner (chair), Noemi Sulamith Leitner, Michael Leitner and Noach Baddiel.[2] The archived accounts for the year to 31 May 2019, which give an operating address in Salford M7, say "Funds of £46,780 (2018: £72,007) were collected and £58,507 (2018: £34,234) was distributed to children in need of support" and that "Through the provisions of grants the charity has provided support to Tiferet Shlomo Jerusalem"; funds fell from £66,401 to £47,758.[3] Those accounts were examined by John Richard Hunter of Goole and approved by M Leitner on 1 October 2019.[3] The last figures on the register are for the year to 31 May 2022: income of £49,699 and spending of £53,740.[1]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONGST ORPHANS AND HOMELESS AND ABANDONED CHILDREN AND THE SUPPORT OF THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH CHILDREN AND IN PARTICULAR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE TIFERET SHLOMO HOME IN JERUSALEM IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL."[4]
The register describes its activities as: "COLLECTING FUNDS FROM PRIVATE DONORS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ORPHANAGE IN JERUSALEM"[4]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Religious Activities.[4]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel.[4]
Trustees
The register extract holds no trustee records for removed charities.
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-17 | Noemi Sulamith Leitner – also trustee of Friends of Bambi, Simcha Chesed Limited; Noach Baddiel – also trustee of Mechinoh L'yeshiva; Michael Leitner; Micha Leitner (chair) – also trustee of Simcha Chesed Limited | [5] |
The trustee list above comes from the archived register page of July 2024; Micha Leitner and Noemi Sulamith Leitner were also trustees of Simcha Chesed Limited, Noemi Sulamith Leitner of Friends of Bambi, and Noach Baddiel of Mechinoh L'Yeshiva.[2]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-31 | £17,073 | £14,678 |
| 2022-05-31 | £49,699 | £53,740 |
Source: register annual-return history.[4]
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
- Accounts for the year ended 31/05/2017[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/05/2018[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/05/2019[8]
Funding in Israel
- Year to 31 May 2019: £58,507 "distributed to children in need of support"; the accounts say grants supported Tiferet Shlomo Jerusalem but do not give an amount per recipient.[3]
Israeli partners
The objects name the Tiferet Shlomo home in Jerusalem; the register describes it as an orphanage in Jerusalem. No address is given.[1]
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.
| Finding | Confidence |
|---|---|
| The objects and the register place the Tiferet Shlomo home in Jerusalem without an address or neighbourhood; its position relative to the 1949 armistice line is not established.[1] | Medium (city named by the register only) |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated in the register entry or the archived accounts.[1][3]
Controversies and regulatory action
- No Charity Commission inquiry naming this charity was found; it is not named in the 2025–2026 cheque-cashing class-inquiry announcements or statement of results, and the charities in the August 2026 settlements class inquiry have not been named.[9][10][11][12][13] The register shows it as removed, giving the reason "Ceased to exist".[1]
- Returns not filed before removal. The register shows the returns for the years to 31 May 2023 and 31 May 2024 as "Not submitted", and an archived register page of July 2024 shows "Charity reporting is overdue by 99 days".[1][2]
- Trustee benefits. The register records that "One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services"; no source read for this profile says who received them or how much.[1]
- Contradictory trustee statement. The 2019 trustees' report says both that there were no changes in the trustees and that "During the year there were new trustees appointed".[3]
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).[14] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[15]
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.[16]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[17]
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.[18]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[4] No title registers were purchased.[19]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "British Friends of Tiferet Shlomo Jerusalem", "Tiferet Shlomo" returned 0 contributions in total.[20]
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".[5]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Charity Commission, British Friends of Tiferet Shlomo Jerusalem (1009951): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026 ("19 March 1992: Standard registration 15 January 2025: Removed (Ceased to exist)").
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Charity Commission, British Friends of Tiferet Shlomo Jerusalem (1009951): trustees UK Government Web Archive, capture of 08/07/2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Charity Commission, British Friends of Tiferet Shlomo Jerusalem: accounts for the year to 31 May 2019 UK Government Web Archive, capture of 07/01/2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 1009951, full print (capture of 20210117) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ British Friends of Tiferet Shlomo Jerusalem accounts, year ended 2017-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
- ↑ British Friends of Tiferet Shlomo Jerusalem accounts, year ended 2018-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
- ↑ British Friends of Tiferet Shlomo Jerusalem accounts, year ended 2019-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
- ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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").
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-23 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-23 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Tiferet Shlomo' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1009951 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-23 screening covered 249 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and other people 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 (such as "Trust", "Company Limited" in the name of a corporate formation agent, and ".com") and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.
- ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK, accessed 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.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Tiferet Shlomo" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).