Friends of Neve Yerushalayim Seminary Trust

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Golders Green trust raising about £140,000 a year for the Neve Yerushalayim women's seminary in Jerusalem

Friends of Neve Yerushalayim Seminary Trust

Logo Neve Yerushalayim Har Nof 2013.jpg
Type Other
Founded 1973-08-31 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 266098
Headquarters London NW11
Area served Throughout England And Wales, Israel


Friends of Neve Yerushalayim Seminary Trust (The Friends of Neve Yerushalayim Seminary Trust) was established by a declaration of trust of 20 June 1973 and registered on 31 August 1973; register areas are England and Wales and Israel.[1][2] Its trustees, both appointed on 1 January 2016, are Benjamin Chontow and Jack Jacob Emanuel, with a principal address in London NW11 (PDF p.3).[1][2] Its objects include assisting Neve Yerushalayim Seminary, Israel, primarily by raising funds (PDF p.2). In 2024 receipts were £134,251 (2023: £175,074) and payments £142,059, of which £141,000 (2023: £167,000) were donations; cash at the year end was £5,469 (PDF p.5–6).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "THE FURTHERANCE AND PROMOTION OF THE JEWISH RELIGION AND JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "THE FURTHERANCE AND PROMOTION OF THE JEWISH RELIGION AND JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, AND TO ASSIST NEVE YERUSHALAYIM SEMINARY, ISRAEL PRIMARILY BY RAISING FUNDS AND ENLISTING SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE."[1]

Register classifications: Education/training.[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]

Trustees of Friends of Neve Yerushalayim Seminary Trust (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
benjamin Chontow 2016-01-01 Friends of B'ezri (1203939); The Friends of Bnei Torah Movement Trust (265804); UK Friends of Keren Tzlach (1110715); Yad Eliezer Trust (1115426)
Jack Jacob Emanuel 2016-01-01 Friends of Yeshivas Torah Ohr (1108790); Friends of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud (1102117); The Friends of Bnei Torah Movement Trust (265804); UK Friends of Keren Tzlach (1110715)

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2010-07-14 David Chontow; Michael Neuberger Llb; Michael Chontow; Alan Barnet [3]
2013-05-03 David Chontow; Michael Neuberger Llb; Alan Barnet [4]
2013-09-04 David Chontow; Michael Neuberger Llb; Alan Barnet [5]
2014-09-04 David Chontow; Alan Barnet; Michael Chontow [6]
2021-01-12 Jack Jacob Emanuel (from 01 January 2016) – also trustee of UK Friends of Keren Tzlach, Support, Friends of Baranovich, Friends of Yeshivas Torah Ohr; Benjamin Chontow (from 01 January 2016) – also trustee of UK Friends of Keren Tzlach, The Friends of Bnei Torah Movement Trust, Yad Eliezer Trust [7]
2021-07-06 benjamin Chontow (from 01 January 2016) – also trustee of UK Friends of Keren Tzlach, The Friends of Bnei Torah Movement Trust, Yad Eliezer Trust; Jack Jacob Emanuel (from 01 January 2016) – also trustee of UK Friends of Keren Tzlach, Support, Friends of Baranovich, Friends of Yeshivas Torah Ohr [8]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2020-12-31 £37,824 £44,047
2021-12-31 £183,044 £172,500
2022-12-31 £113,104 £119,822
2023-12-31 £175,074 £167,030
2024-12-31 £134,251 £142,059

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 31/12/2005[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2006[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2007[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2008[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2009[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2010[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2011[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2012[16]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2014[17]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015[18]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2016[19]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2017[20]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[21]

Funding in Israel

  • 2024 donations £141,000 (2023: £167,000); the accounts do not itemise the recipient, but the objects name Neve Yerushalayim Seminary, Israel (PDF p.2, 5).[2]

Israeli partners

Neve Yerushalayim, a women's seminary whose website gives its Israel office as Rechov Beit Yitzchak 1, Har Nof, Jerusalem.[22]

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
Neve Yerushalayim gives its address as Rechov Beit Yitzchak 1, Har Nof, Jerusalem; no activity beyond the Green Line is stated.[22] High

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;[23] 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.[24][25][26][27] 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.[28]

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).[29] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[30]

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.[31]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[32]

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.[33]

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.[34]

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Neve Yerushalayim Seminary", "Neve Yerushalayim" returned 0 contributions in total.[35]

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".[7]

External links

  • No current official website.

Notes

  1. ↑ 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, charity_other_names), extract dated 14 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Charity Commission, Friends of Neve Yerushalayim Seminary Trust (266098): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 266098, contact and trustees (capture of 20100714) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ Register entry 266098, contact and trustees (capture of 20130503) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 266098, contact and trustees (capture of 20130904) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Register entry 266098, contact and trustees (capture of 20140904) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Register entry 266098, full print (capture of 20210112) UK Government Web Archive.
  8. ↑ Register entry 266098, full print (capture of 20210706) UK Government Web Archive.
  9. ↑ Friends of Neve Yerushalayim Seminary Trust accounts, year ended 2005-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110711).
  10. ↑ Friends of Neve Yerushalayim Seminary Trust accounts, year ended 2006-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110711).
  11. ↑ Friends of Neve Yerushalayim Seminary Trust accounts, year ended 2007-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130904).
  12. ↑ Friends of Neve Yerushalayim Seminary Trust accounts, year ended 2008-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130904).
  13. ↑ Friends of Neve Yerushalayim Seminary Trust accounts, year ended 2009-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130904).
  14. ↑ Friends of Neve Yerushalayim Seminary Trust accounts, year ended 2010-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130904).
  15. ↑ Friends of Neve Yerushalayim Seminary Trust accounts, year ended 2011-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130904).
  16. ↑ Friends of Neve Yerushalayim Seminary Trust accounts, year ended 2012-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140103).
  17. ↑ Friends of Neve Yerushalayim Seminary Trust accounts, year ended 2014-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  18. ↑ Friends of Neve Yerushalayim Seminary Trust accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  19. ↑ Friends of Neve Yerushalayim Seminary Trust accounts, year ended 2016-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  20. ↑ Friends of Neve Yerushalayim Seminary Trust accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  21. ↑ Friends of Neve Yerushalayim Seminary Trust accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Neve Yerushalayim, Neve Yerushalyim – Women's Seminary in Jerusalem nevey.org, retrieved 16 October 2026 (Israel office address "Rechov Beit Yitzchak 1 ... Har Nof, Jerusalem 9134101"; New York office at 111 John Street).
  23. ↑ 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-15 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Nineteen registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)"; The Kolel Limited showed "up to date (85 days late)" and Practical Compassion for Destitute Children "up to date (2 days late)"; Lionel Black Charitable Trust, Friends of Horim Establishments Tel Aviv and Arad, Prayer for Israel (326132) and The Maurice Wohl Charitable Trust showed "Removed charity".
  24. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  25. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  26. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  27. ↑ 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).
  28. ↑ 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").
  29. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-15 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
  30. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-15 charity names returned no matching charity; the only result, for "Donkey", was an unrelated Belfast organisation).
  31. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Neve Yerushalayim' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  32. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-266098 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  33. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-15 screening covered 227 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the three charitable companies and of J. E. Joseph Trustee Company Limited, directors of the dissolved Friends of Horim company (01966551), and trustees, executive-committee members, examiners and other people named in the accounts and sources read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; token matches were surname-only coincidences (for example Hassan, Friedman, Cohen and Sabah) or the generic words "Company Limited"; lists downloaded October 2026.
  34. ↑ 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.
  35. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Neve Yerushalayim" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
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