Freilich Family Foundation
Hendon family foundation also known as Hatzala Beit Shemesh
| Freilich Family Foundation
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable company |
| Founded | 2008-10-14 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1126279; company 06715806 |
| Headquarters | 5 Sentinel Square, Hendon, NW4 2EL |
| Area served | Israel, Throughout England |
| Key people | Laurence Freilich (chair) |
| Website | www.freilichfamilyfoundation.com |
Freilich Family Foundation is a charitable company (06715806) registered in 2008, with the other name "Hatzala Beit Shemesh"; register areas are Israel and England.[1] It "focusses on relief of poverty, education and welfare both in the UK and Israel". Its registered office is 5 Sentinel Square, London NW4 2EL, its trustees are L C Freilich and S S Freilich and its secretary is B Grossman. In the year to 29 December 2024 donations were £347,167 and grants to institutions £345,686; funds were £1,008 (PDF p.3–5).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH. (B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY. (C) FOR SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE RECOGNISED BY THE ENGLISH LAW AS CHARITABLE."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "Providing education, individual grants, emergency healthcare (including first aid), relief of poverty, and general charitable activities to support and empower communities in the UK and 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, Other Charitable Purposes.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel, Throughout England.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sterna Freilich | not recorded | — | |
| Laurence Freilich | not recorded | Yes | Tiferes Yisroel (1191518) |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-15 | Sterna Freilich; Laurence Freilich (chair) | [3] |
Companies House officers
Companies House lists 6 current and former officers of the charitable company (06715806), 2 of them active.[4]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-30 | £116,252 | £118,197 |
| 2021-12-30 | £185,585 | £184,984 |
| 2022-12-30 | £180,251 | £178,910 |
| 2023-12-30 | £405,105 | £405,917 |
| 2024-12-30 | £347,167 | £345,686 |
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 31/12/2015[5]
Funding in Israel
- FY2024 grants to institutions £345,686 (2023: £405,917); the accounts name no recipients (PDF p.3, 5).[2]
Israeli partners
Not named in the accounts; the register's other name is "Hatzala Beit Shemesh".[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 other name refers to Beit Shemesh, but no grant to a Beit Shemesh body is shown in the accounts and no address was verified. | 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;[6] 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.[7][8][9][10] 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.[11]
- Late filing. The accounts include a late filing penalty of £235 (PDF p.11).[2]
Other registers and records
Scotland and Northern Ireland
No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (register export dated 15 October 2026, downloaded 15 October 2026 and searched by name).[12] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[13]
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.[14]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[15]
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.[16]
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.[17]
US counterparts (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)
| Organisation | EIN | Latest filing year | Revenue (US$) | Expenses (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Friends Of Hatzolah Beit Shemesh Inc[18] | 202084051 | 2016 | 132,600 | 133,595 |
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 "Freilich Family Foundation", "Hatzala Beit Shemesh" returned 0 contributions in total.[19]
Web archive
- freilichfamilyfoundation.com: 1 yearly captures, first 2024-04-23, last 2024-04-23.[20]
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".[3]
See also
External links
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Charity Commission, Freilich Family Foundation (1126279): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Register entry 1126279, full print (capture of 20210115) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Company 06715806: officers Companies House, viewed 15 October 2026.
- ↑ Freilich Family Foundation accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ 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-9 charities, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none of the 25 pages showed an alert.
- ↑ 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), both retrieved 15 October 2026.
- ↑ 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").
- ↑ 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-9 charity names and their other names found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-9 charity name returned zero results; a control search returned results normally).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Freilich Family Foundation' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1126279 360Giving, queried 15 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-9 screening covered 296 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 trustees, officers, lenders, donor companies, subsidiaries and grant recipients named in the accounts read for this batch (including Bextor Estates Ltd, Newmarston Ltd, PWorld.UK Ltd and Gateway Sight Ltd and their directors); matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname candidate arose; all candidates were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps (for example "Trust" or "Israel"); lists downloaded October 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ American Friends Of Hatzolah Beit Shemesh Inc – Nonprofit Explorer ProPublica, viewed 15 October 2026.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Freilich Family Foundation" Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
- ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for freilichfamilyfoundation.com Wayback Machine, queried 15 October 2026.