British Friends of the Shenkar College

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London charity, removed in 2020 after its funds were spent, that supported Shenkar College's fashion and textile education and ran an intern scheme; it granted £65,000 to the college in 2017/18

British Friends of the Shenkar College

Logo Shenkar College Ramat Gan 2007.jpg
Shenkar College, Ramat Gan (2007), which received £65,000 from the charity in 2017/18
Type Other (removed)
Founded 1982-08-24 (registered)
Dissolved 2020-11-21 (removed from the register: Funds spent (by trustees))
Registration ID Registered charity 285120
Headquarters Not recorded on the register (removed); the 2018 accounts give a principal address in London NW1
Area served City Of Westminster, Israel


British Friends of the Shenkar College was registered on 24 August 1982 under rules dated 14 December 1970 (amended 10 December 2007), and was removed from the register on 21 November 2020 as "Funds spent (by trustees)".[1] Its objects were to contribute to the establishment, enlargement and maintenance of departments of Shenkar College and to grant scholarships "for education in fashion and textile technology"; the register lists the City of Westminster and Israel as its areas of operation.[1][2] In 2010 and 2012 the register listed its trustees as Barry Morris, Sir David Sieff, Brian Leslie Godbold, Arthur David Harverd and Paul Winter; in January 2018 it listed Paul Winter, Richard Schiffer and M Worth.[3] The archived accounts for the year to 5 April 2018 say "The Charity continued to support Shenkar College and operated a successful Intern Scheme": income was £99,514 (2017: £71,136), of which £79,200 was intern income and £20,000 donations, and charitable spending was £144,161, including grants to Shenkar College of £65,000, intern hotel costs of £28,788, intern pocket money of £12,865, visa costs of £18,888 and events of £4,168; the deficit was £44,647 and funds fell from £97,057 to £52,410.[4] The accounts give a principal address in London NW1 and were prepared by SPW (UK) LLP, London N3, with an accountants' report rather than an independent examination.[4] The last return, for the year to 5 April 2019 (income £48,342, spending £48,162), was received 281 days late, and the return for 2020 was not submitted.[1]

Objects and activities

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Shenkar College in Ramat Gan (PikiWiki Israel); the register gave the charity's area of benefit as "SHENKAR COLLEGE ISRAEL"

The charity's registered objects read: "1. CONTRIBUTE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT, ENLARGEMENT, EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF SUITABLE DEPARTMENTS OF THE SHENKAR COLLEGE AND 2. GRANT SCHOLARSHIPS, MAKE GRANTS AND LOANS (WITH OR WITHOUT INTEREST) FOR EDUCATION IN FASHION AND TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY."[2]

The register describes its activities as: "To contribute to the establishment elargement and maintenance of suitable departments of the Shenkar Colleger; and to grant scholarships make grants and loans for education in fashion and textiles"[2]

Register classifications: Education/training.[2]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: City Of Westminster, Israel.[2]

Trustees

The register extract holds no trustee records for removed charities.

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2010-07-07 Barry Morris; David Sieff; Brian Leslie Godbold; Arthur David Harverd; Paul Winter [5]
2012-01-26 Barry Morris; David Sieff; Brian Leslie Godbold; Arthur David Harverd; Paul Winter [6]
2018-01-04 Paul Winter; Richard Schiffer M Worth Esq [7]

In January 2018 the register showed Paul Winter as also a trustee of The Manor House Trust (283083) and The Movement for Reform Judaism (1139806), with a contact address at an accountancy practice in London N3.[3] The Sir David Sieff listed in 2010 and 2012 is not linked here because his identity with any existing profile has not been established.

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2017-04-05 £71,136 £71,476
2018-04-05 £99,514 £144,161
2019-04-05 £48,342 £48,162

Source: register annual-return history.[2]

Archived accounts

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

  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2006[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2007[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2008[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2009[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2010[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2014[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2015[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2016[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2017[16]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2018[17]

Funding in Israel

  • Year to 5 April 2018: grants to Shenkar College £65,000, plus intern-scheme costs (hotel £28,788, pocket money £12,865, visas £18,888); the accounts do not say where the interns were placed.[4]

Israeli partners

Shenkar College; the accounts describe the charity's "aim of supporting Shenkar College in Israel".[4]

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 accounts name Shenkar College but give no address; the Wikimedia Commons descriptions of the photographs used here place it in Ramat Gan.[4] Low (beneficiary named; city from photograph descriptions only)

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated in the register entry or the archived accounts.[1][4]

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.[18][19][20][21][22] The register shows it as removed, giving the reason "Funds spent (by trustees)".[1]
  • Late and missing returns. The register shows the 2019 accounts received 281 days late and the 2020 return "Not submitted".[1]
  • Inconsistent dates. The accountants' report in the 2018 accounts refers in one place to the "year ended 5 April 2016".[4]

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).[23] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[24]

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.[25]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[26]

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.[27]

Land and property

The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[2] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[28]

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "British Friends of the Shenkar College", "Shenkar College" returned 2 contributions in total; those not listed above were not established to concern this charity.[29]

Web archive

The UK Government Web Archive holds 1 archived Charity Commission register page used in this profile (cited in the sections above). The 2021 archived full print showed the status "Removed charity" and "Other regulators: not shown".[30]

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 the Shenkar College (285120): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026 ("24 August 1982: Standard registration 21 November 2020: Removed (Funds spent (by trustees))").
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 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.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Charity Commission, British Friends of the Shenkar College (285120): contact and trustees UK Government Web Archive, capture of 04/01/2018.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Charity Commission, British Friends of the Shenkar College: accounts for the year to 5 April 2018 UK Government Web Archive, capture of 03/01/2020.
  5. ↑ Register entry 285120, contact and trustees (capture of 20100707) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Register entry 285120, contact and trustees (capture of 20120126) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ Register entry 285120, contact and trustees (capture of 20180104) UK Government Web Archive.
  8. ↑ British Friends of the Shenkar College accounts, year ended 2006-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110926).
  9. ↑ British Friends of the Shenkar College accounts, year ended 2007-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110926).
  10. ↑ British Friends of the Shenkar College accounts, year ended 2008-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110926).
  11. ↑ British Friends of the Shenkar College accounts, year ended 2009-04-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110926).
  12. ↑ British Friends of the Shenkar College accounts, year ended 2010-04-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110926).
  13. ↑ British Friends of the Shenkar College accounts, year ended 2014-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  14. ↑ British Friends of the Shenkar College accounts, year ended 2015-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  15. ↑ British Friends of the Shenkar College accounts, year ended 2016-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  16. ↑ British Friends of the Shenkar College accounts, year ended 2017-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  17. ↑ British Friends of the Shenkar College accounts, year ended 2018-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  18. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  19. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  20. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  21. ↑ 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).
  22. ↑ 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").
  23. ↑ 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.
  24. ↑ 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).
  25. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Shenkar College' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  26. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-285120 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  27. ↑ 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.
  28. ↑ 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.
  29. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Shenkar College" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
  30. ↑ Register entry 285120, full print (capture of 20210107) UK Government Web Archive.
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