Ezras Achim UK
UK CIO that raised £3.57m in FY2025 and granted millions to Israeli yeshivas
| Ezras Achim UK
| |
|---|---|
| Logo |  The Hebron Yeshiva in snow (2015). The charity granted £184,258 to Yeshivas Chevron Knesses Yisrael in 2024/25 |
| Type | CIO |
| Founded | 2023-07-31 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1204163 |
| Headquarters | 17 Princes Park Avenue, London, NW11 0JR |
| Area served | Throughout England And Wales, Israel |
| Key people | Benjamin Green (chair) |
Ezras Achim UK is a charitable incorporated organisation registered on 31 July 2023. Its objects include advancing the Orthodox Jewish religion and relieving poverty, in particular by supporting the work of Ezras Achim in Israel.[1] In the year ended 31 July 2025 it received donations of £3,574,298 and made grants of £2,396,699 (with a further £1,000,000 of grants made shortly after year end). Named institutional grants include Keren Hitchazcut Yeshivas Ponovezh Institutions £370,162, Yeshivas Orchos Torah £357,792, Yeshivas Ateres Shlomo £327,528, Yeshivas Mir Yerushalayim £256,349 and Yeshivas Chevron Knesses Yisrael £184,258 (note 6).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO ADVANCING THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION AND THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY SUPPORTING THE WORK OF EZRAS ACHIM IN ISRAEL."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "GRANT-MAKING TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND ANDWALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TOADVANCING THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION AND THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OFPOVERTY, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY SUPPORTING THE WORK OF EZRASACHIM AND OTHER CHARITIES IN ISRAEL."[1]
Register classifications: Religious Activities.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gershon Aryeh James Edward Dunner | 2023-07-31 | Toras Hamishpacha Ltd (1176133) | |
| Benjamin Green | 2023-07-31 | Yes | Veshinantom (1210828) |
| Sam Noe | 2024-10-14 | — |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-30 | £370,437 | £353,744 |
| 2025-07-30 | £3,574,298 | £2,456,733 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Funding in Israel
- FY2025 grants £2,396,699 almost entirely to institutions including Mir Yerushalayim and Yeshivas Chevron Knesses Yisrael; objects expressly support Ezras Achim in Israel.[2]
Israeli partners
Objects refer to supporting Ezras Achim in Israel; named grantees include major Israeli yeshivas. Separate US organisations named Ezras Achim appear on ProPublica search results; no UK–US flow was established.[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.
| Finding | Confidence |
|---|---|
| Yeshivas Chevron Knesses Yisrael (£184,258) is named. Despite the name, the yeshiva left Hebron after 1929 and its campus has been in Givat Mordechai, Jerusalem since 1975, so the name is not evidence of activity beyond the Green Line. No settlement is named in the grant list.[2][3] | Low – name refers to historic Hebron origin |
Support for the IDF: No IDF funding is stated. Grants are to yeshivas and related institutions (including Yeshivas Chevron Knesses Yisrael).[2][2]
Controversies and regulatory action
- No Commission inquiry, Official Warning or Gazette insolvency notice was found. The charity is newly registered (2023).
Other registers and records
Scotland and Northern Ireland
No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (full register download of 14 October 2026 searched by name).[4] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[5]
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; results were limited to Companies House filing lists.[6]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[7]
Sanctions screening
The charity's name and the names of its current register trustees 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.[8]
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.[9]
Parliament
A search of Hansard for 'Ezras Achim UK' returned 0 contributions in total.[10]
Web archive
The UK Government Web Archive holds 0 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile; none were found for this charity number.
See also
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 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), extract dated 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Charity Commission, Ezras Achim UK (1204163): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ The Jewish Community of Hebron, The Story of the Slabodka Yeshiva in Hebron hebron.org.il, 22 December 2015 (the yeshiva moved to Geula, Jerusalem after 1929 and to Givat Mordechai, Jerusalem in 1975).
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, CharityExport-14-Oct-2026.csv, downloaded 14 October 2026; keyword search of charity names for the batch-2 charities found no matching Scottish registration of the same organisations (unrelated name collisions such as Open Door Edinburgh SC007315 were disregarded).
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-2 charity name returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Ezras Achim UK' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1204163 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Screening of the current register trustees of the 25 batch-2 charities and the charity names, carried out 14 October 2026; no matches. Companies House officers and archived trustees were not included in this batch's screen. Viatcheslav Kantor (RUS1127) remains on the UK Sanctions List as previously noted.
- ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access on 14 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 'Ezras Achim UK' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).