Friends of Boyan Trust

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Stamford Hill trust and synagogue funding Boyan Hasidic institutions in Israel, including one named for Beitar Illit

Friends of Boyan Trust

Logo Beth Hamedrash Tiferes Yisroel Ruzhyn Jerusalem 2007.jpg
Beth Hamedrash Tiferes Yisroel – Ruzhyn, Jerusalem (2007), described on Wikimedia Commons as the headquarters of the Boyaner Rebbe and his Hasidim. The trust's 2024 grants included £102,280 to Mercaz Hachasidus Boyan
Type Other
Founded 2006-06-01 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1114498
Headquarters 23 Durley Road, London, N16 5JW
Area served Throughout London, Belgium, Israel


Friends of Boyan Trust is a charity registered on 1 June 2006, with its registered office at 23 Durley Road, London N16 5JW; trustees are J Getter, M Freund and N Kuflik, and register areas are London, Belgium and Israel.[1][2] It also runs a synagogue. In 2024 donations were £974,237 (2023: £953,872) and expenditure £897,784, including grants of £769,497 (2023: £1,102,922).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "(3.1) (I) TO ADVANCE THE ORTHODOX RELIGION AND ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION PARTICULARLY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING THE ORGANISATION AND (II) FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND INFIRMITY AND THE AGED AMONG PERSONS OF THE JEWISH FAITH.(3.2) THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH OF THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE INCLUDING PAYMENTS BY WAY OF GIFT OR LOAN (WITH OR WITHOUT INTEREST) TO INDIVIDUAL PERSONS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSONS QUALIFY AS OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANISATION AS DETERMINED BY ENGLISH LAW."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "the advancement of the orthodox Jewish faith, orthodox Jewish religious education, and the relief of poverty in the orthodox Jewish community"[1]

Register classifications: Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[1]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout London, Belgium, Israel.[1]

Trustees

Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]

Trustees of Friends of Boyan Trust (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Mordechai Freund not recorded —
Jacob Getter not recorded —
Nathan Kuflik not recorded Chaim V'shalvah (1180676)

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2021-07-04 Mordechai Freund – also trustee of Tomchei Cholim (Supporters of the Sick Feeble and Frail) Trust; Nathan Kuflik – also trustee of Chaim V'shalvah; Jacob Getter [3]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2020-12-31 £642,952 £610,161
2021-12-31 £768,511 £839,095
2022-12-31 £867,290 £781,902
2023-12-31 £953,872 £1,122,101
2024-12-31 £974,237 £897,784

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 31/12/2014[4]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015[5]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2016[6]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2017[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[8]

Funding in Israel

  • 2024 grants: Talpiot – Mishkonois Torah Vehorah £234,280; Mercaz Hachasidus Boyan £102,280; Tiferet Yisrael Kiryat Gat £93,960; Yaazoire Boyan £72,164; Bais Rizhin Trust £51,578; Mifal Torah Vochesed – Chasidei Boyan Beitar Illit £30,000; Yeshivat Rozin-Boyan Metivta Tiferet Israel-Modi'i[n] (name truncated) £28,500; Ben Amram Charitable Trust £20,000; Beis Aharon Charitable Trust £20,000; others £100,207; individuals £16,528.[2]

Israeli partners

Boyan Hasidic institutions in Israel. The recipient "Mifal Torah Vochesed – Chasidei Boyan Beitar Illit" corresponds by name to the Israeli amuta 580584159, whose registered name refers to the Boyan Hasidim of Beitar Illit but whose registered address is in Jerusalem.[2][9]

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
£30,000 to "Mifal Torah Vochesed – Chasidei Boyan Beitar Illit". Beitar Illit is listed by Peace Now as a settlement.[10] The Israeli amuta with that name is registered at a Jerusalem address, so where the money was used is not verified.[2][9] Unverified – settlement in recipient's registered name only; registered address Jerusalem
"Yeshivat Rozin-Boyan Metivta Tiferet Israel-Modi'i…" (£28,500) is truncated in the accounts; whether it refers to Modi'in or Modi'in Illit (a West Bank settlement) cannot be determined.[2] Unverified – name only, incomplete
"Talpiot – Mishkonois Torah Vehorah" (£234,280) has no location in the accounts.[2] Unverified

Support for the IDF: No IDF 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;[11] 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.[12][13][14][15] 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.[16]
  • Grant to a charity named in the cheque-cashing inquiry. 2024 grants include £20,000 to Beis Aharon Charitable Trust;[2] a charity of that name (1010420) was placed under the class inquiry in May 2025.[12] No charity number is given, so the match is by name; the release makes no finding about Friends of Boyan.
  • Related party. The trust lent £3,400 to and donated £51,578 to a charity of which a trustee and close family are trustees (the grant list shows Bais Rizhin Trust £51,578).[2]

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).[17] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[18]

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.[19]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

Grants received (360Giving data)
Date Funder Amount (£) Purpose
2016-11-11 The National Lottery Community Fund 9,780 This project will use the funding to hold a launch event for their newly refurbished premises as well as an improved delivery model that has
2026-04-02 The National Lottery Community Fund 20,000 Friends of Boyan Trust - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England

No grants made by the charity are published in 360Giving data, so flows between linked charities could not be traced there.[20]

Sanctions screening

The charity's name, its current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages 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.[21]

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.[22]

Parliament

Hansard searches for 'Friends of Boyan', 'Boyan Trust' returned 0 contributions in total.[23]

Web archive

The UK Government Web Archive holds 2 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile (cited in the sections above).

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 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 2.8 2.9 Charity Commission, Friends of Boyan Trust (1114498): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 1114498, full print (capture of 20210704) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ Friends of Boyan Trust accounts, year ended 2014-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  5. ↑ Friends of Boyan Trust accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  6. ↑ Friends of Boyan Trust accounts, year ended 2016-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  7. ↑ Friends of Boyan Trust accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  8. ↑ Friends of Boyan Trust accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Mafteach HaTaktziv (Budget Key), Mifal Torah VeChesed by the Boyan Hasidim of Beitar Illit (amuta 580584159) next.obudget.org, viewed 14 October 2026 (Hebrew; registered 2014; registered address 'פישל אהרן, 19, ירושלים' (Jerusalem); reported turnover 2022 ₪2,235,295; objects include Torah institutions, a metivta and yeshiva, and charitable support).
  10. ↑ Peace Now, Beitar Illit Settlement Watch, viewed 14 October 2026 (type: settlement; established 1985; 64,016 residents; ultra-Orthodox).
  11. ↑ 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 every charity in batches 1–7 (175 pages, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026) and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section. Alerts appeared only for Mifal Hachesed Vehatzedokoh (1139320), Ezer Viznitz Foundation (1161881), BC Trust (1155555), Vyoel Moshe Charitable Trust (327054) – all named in the cheque-cashing class inquiry – and The Gevurath Ari Torah Academy Trust (1003102).
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  13. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025 (re-fetched 14 October 2026).
  14. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025 (re-fetched 14 October 2026).
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ 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").
  17. ↑ 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-4 charities found no matching Scottish registration.
  18. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-4 charity name returned zero results).
  19. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Friends of Boyan' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
  20. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1114498 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
  21. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-4 screening covered 354 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and archived full-print register pages (UK Government Web Archive) and Companies House officers of the 8 charitable companies; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually (all candidate hits were surname-only coincidences or generic company-word overlaps); lists downloaded October 2026.
  22. ↑ 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.
  23. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Friends of Boyan' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
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