Give It Forward Today
UK Jewish giving charity (GIFT) with an Israel hub and post-7 October appeals
| Give It Forward Today
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable company |
| Founded | 2013-08-14 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1153393; company 08439369 |
| Headquarters | Mountcliff House, 154 Brent Street, London, NW4 2DR |
| Area served | Throughout England, Israel |
| Key people | Neil Zev SCHIFF (chair) |
| Website | www.jgift.org |
Give It Forward Today (GIFT) is a charitable company promoting charitable giving. Areas include England and Israel.[1] It operates an Israel GIFT Hub at 161 Yaffo Street, Jerusalem, and a Tel Aviv homeless-feeding project; its website describes post-7 October collections for Israel and a £60,000 appeal.[2][3] Its London hub at Mountcliff House, 154 Brent Street, is the same building used as JNF UK's address in related research.
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROMOTING VOLUNTEERING AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE AND ASSOCIATING TOGETHER VOLUNTEERS AND PEOPLE IN NEED IN A COMMON EFFORT TO:- ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE,- ADVANCE EDUCATION; AND- RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "GIFT CHARITABLE TRUST IS A NON-PROFIT MAKING AND RECOGNISED CHARITY.THE CHARITY AIMS TO EDUCATE, PROMOTE AND INSPIRE GOODNESS AND TO BE PROACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY."[1]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard a Jackson | 2013-03-20 | — | |
| Neil Zev SCHIFF | 2013-03-20 | Yes | Aneinu Limited (1174669); Jroots Limited (1136532) |
| Neil Blair | 2013-11-19 | British Friends of United Hatzalah Israel (1101329); JW3 Trust Limited (1117644); The Atlas Foundation (1161179) | |
| Lauren Elana Moshal | 2021-01-01 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-01-03 | Neil Zeev Schiff; Shimon Gillis Neil Blair; Howard A. Jackson; Oliver Zachary White; Cindy Levy Neil | [4] |
| 2021-01-06 | Lauren Elana Moshal (from 01 January 2021); Howard a Jackson (from 20 March 2013); Haim Taib (from 02 January 2019); Neil Blair (from 19 November 2013) – also trustee of The Atlas Foundation, Lumos Foundation JW3 Trust Limited; Neil Zeev Schiff (chair) (from 20 March 2013) – also trustee of Jroots Limited, Loving Classroom Limited, Aneinu Limited | [5] |
Companies House officers
Companies House lists 10 current and former officers of the charitable company (08439369), 5 of them active.[6]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-31 | £2,399,242 | £1,633,048 |
| 2021-12-31 | £1,982,463 | £1,670,995 |
| 2022-12-31 | £2,496,597 | £2,270,858 |
| 2023-12-31 | £2,632,401 | £3,375,879 |
| 2024-12-31 | £3,908,825 | £3,892,385 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Historical finances (UK Government Web Archive)
| Financial year end | Income (£) | Spending (£) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2013 | 0 | 0 | [7] |
| 31 Dec 2014 | 1,120,529 | 986,220 | [7] |
| 31 Dec 2015 | 860,462 | 881,853 | [7] |
| 31 Dec 2016 | 1,091,927 | 1,040,876 | [7] |
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[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015[9]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2016[10]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2017[11]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[12]
Funding in Israel
- Israel GIFT Hub (Jerusalem) and Tel Aviv feeding project; post-7 October Israel appeal (~£60,000 described on website).[2][3]
Israeli partners
GIFT Israel Hub, Jerusalem; Tel Aviv project.[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 |
|---|---|
| Jerusalem hub at Yaffo Street is west Jerusalem; no settlement funding identified. | none |
Support for the IDF: No IDF funding is stated. Israel programme is welfare / food / community giving.[2][3][3]
Controversies and regulatory action
- No Commission inquiry was found. 360Giving records seven grants received (only batch-1 charity with GrantNav hits in this research).
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).[13] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[14]
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.[15]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
| Date | Funder | Amount (£) | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-01-30 | The National Lottery Community Fund | 6,200 | The charity in Barnet serving beneficiaries in Barnet and Manchester will use the funding to collect and distribute food for homeless people |
| 2020-05-22 | The National Lottery Community Fund | 10,000 | The funding will be used to expand current provision to cope with increased demand enabling support for all those affected by poverty illnes |
| 2020-09-30 | Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport | 35,000 | NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus redu |
| 2020-09-30 | The London Community Foundation | 35,000 | The funding is for costs involved to supply 5000 fully kosher cooked main meals to approx. 1000 – 1250 members of the Jewish community who |
| 2022-08-05 | Garfield Weston Foundation | 25,000 | Core Funding |
| 2025-08-08 | The National Lottery Community Fund | 10,000 | Give it Forward Today (GIFT) - Community - National Lottery Awards for All England |
| 2025-11-17 | Pears Foundation | 16,000 | Discretionary donation |
No grants made by the charity are published in 360Giving data, so flows between linked charities could not be traced there.[16]
Sanctions screening
The names of current and archived trustees and Companies House officers were screened against the UK Sanctions List and the OFSI Consolidated List. No match on full name was found; only coincidental surname matches. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.[17]
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.[18]
Parliament
A search of Hansard for 'Give It Forward Today' returned 0 contributions in total.[19]
Web archive
- jgift.org: 23 yearly captures, first 2003-08-08, last 2026-04-21.[20]
The UK Government Web Archive holds 3 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".[5]
See also
External links
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 Give It Forward Today, GIFT inspires giving to Israel jgift.org (accessed 14 October 2026).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Charity Commission, Give It Forward Today (1153393): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ Register entry 1153393, contact and trustees (capture of 20180103) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 1153393, full print (capture of 20210106) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Company 08439369: officers Companies House, viewed 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Register entry 1153393, financial history (capture of 20180103) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Give It Forward Today accounts, year ended 2014-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ Give It Forward Today accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ Give It Forward Today accounts, year ended 2016-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ Give It Forward Today accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ Give It Forward Today accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ 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 found no matching Scottish registration (the only hit for "breakthrough" was Breakthrough Breast Cancer SC039058, unrelated).
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch charity name returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Give It Forward Today' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1153393 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV, version of 12 October 2026); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv, last updated 3 June 2026). Screening of 405 names (current and archived trustees and Companies House officers of the 25 batch-1 charities) carried out 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 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 'Give It Forward Today' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
- ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for jgift.org Wayback Machine, queried 14 October 2026.