Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation UK

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UK foundation granting to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation UK

Logo Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.jpg
Type Charitable company
Founded 2016-08-11 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1168735; company 09929867
Headquarters 1 Bentinck Street, London, W1U 2EA
Area served Throughout London, Israel
Key people Marsha Nuriya Lee (chair)


Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation UK is a charitable company (09929867) with its office at 1 Bentinck Street, London W1U 2EA; register areas are London and Israel.[1] Its trustees have included Marsha Nuriya Lee (chair), Michael Crystal (vice chair), Denise Esfandi, Dame Vivien Louise Duffield and others. In the year to 31 May 2025 income was £428,200 and grants to the IPO £238,405; funds were £298,110 (PDF p.3, 6, 14).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "THE OBJECTS OF THE ORGANISATION ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE ART OF MUSIC IN ISRAEL FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO ENCOURAGE STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN THE PERFORMANCE AND INTERPRETATION THEREOF INCLUDING THE SUPPORT OF THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA FOUNDATION."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ART OF MUSIC IN ISRAEL AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO ENCOURAGE STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN THE PERFORMANCE AND INTERPRETATION THEREOF."[1]

Register classifications: Education/training.[1]

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

Trustees

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

Trustees of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation UK (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Marsha Nuriya Lee 2015-12-24 Yes —
Denise Esfandi 2017-07-17 —
Dame Vivien Louise Duffield 2017-07-17 —
Stephen Ross 2020-05-12 —
Hilary Amanda Newmark 2021-11-02 —
Gillian Djanogly 2023-05-01 —
Clive Zietman 2025-12-11 Sandringham Charitable Foundation (1152843)

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2018-01-03 Marsha Nuriya Lee; Denise Esfandi; Michael Crystal [3]
2021-01-16 Oded Gera (from 17 July 2017); David Mayer Cohen (from 29 January 2018); YONI JESNER FOUNDATION Dame Vivien Louise Duffield (from 17 July 2017) – also trustee of Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation; Linda Elizabeth Grosse (from 12 May 2020); Michael Crystal (chair) (from 05 March 2016); Marsha Nuriya Lee (from 24 December 2015); David Eric Olsson (from 12 May 2020); Stephen Ross (from 12 May 2020); John Robert Camber Porter (from 17 July 2017); Bianca Rose Roden (from 12 May 2020); Denise Esfandi (from 17 July 2017); Tali Gottlieb (from 29 January 2018) [4]
2021-07-05 Linda Elizabeth Grosse (from 12 May 2020); Stephen Ross (from 12 May 2020); Bianca Rose Roden (from 12 May 2020); Tali Gottlieb (from 29 January 2018); Denise Esfandi (from 17 July 2017); Oded Gera (from 17 July 2017); David Mayer Cohen (from 29 January 2018); YONI JESNER FOUNDATION Dame Vivien Louise Duffield (from 17 July 2017) – also trustee of Royal Opera House Covent Garden Foundation; Michael Crystal (from 05 March 2016); Marsha Nuriya Lee (chair) (from 24 December 2015); Chen Dalah (from 11 February 2021); David Eric Olsson (from 12 May 2020); John Robert Camber Porter (from 17 July 2017) [5]

Companies House officers

Companies House lists 22 current and former officers of the charitable company (09929867), 7 of them active.[6] Officers recorded as resident outside the UK: Vivien Louise Duffield (Switzerland, active); David Mayer Cohen (Israel, resigned); Michal Jacobson Dahav (Israel, resigned); Chen Dalah (Israel, resigned); Oded Gera (Israel, resigned); Tali Gottlieb (Israel, resigned); John Robert Porter (Switzerland, resigned).[6]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-05-31 £223,074 £200,749
2022-05-31 £482,672 £164,265
2023-05-31 £374,196 £622,379
2024-05-31 £347,817 £210,997
2025-05-31 £428,200 £375,342

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 31/05/2018[7]

Funding in Israel

  • FY2025 grants £238,405, all paid to "The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation 'Gala and International Board' in Israel" (PDF p.14).[2]

Israeli partners

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation, Israel.[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.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
Finding Confidence
The recipient is in Israel; no settlement is named. 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;[8] 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.[9][10][11][12] 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.[13]

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).[14] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[15]

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.[16]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[17]

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.[18]

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.[19]

Parliament

Hansard searches for 'Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation', 'Israel Philharmonic' returned 3 contributions in total; those not listed above were not established to concern this charity.[20]

Web archive

  • ipo.co.il: 23 yearly captures, first 1996-11-07, last 2026-01-01.[21]

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".[4]

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 Charity Commission, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation UK (1168735): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 1168735, contact and trustees (capture of 20180103) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1168735, full print (capture of 20210116) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 1168735, full print (capture of 20210705) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Company 09929867: officers Companies House, viewed 15 October 2026.
  7. ↑ Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation UK accounts, year ended 2018-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  8. ↑ 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 1–8 (200 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 – The Gevurath Ari Torah Academy Trust (1003102), The Telz Talmudical Academy and Talmud Torah Trust (299687) and Kollel Mishkon Yakov (1170620).
  9. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  10. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  11. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ 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").
  14. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, downloaded October 2026; keyword search of the batch-7 charity names found no matching Scottish registration (the only hit, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Lieutenancy of Scotland, is a separate Scottish body).
  15. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-7 charity name returned zero results).
  16. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Israel Philharmonic' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
  17. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1168735 360Giving, queried 15 October 2026.
  18. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-7 screening covered 428 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, subsidiaries and related bodies named in the accounts read for this batch (including Ambertown International Ltd); matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. The single forename-and-surname candidate (a former Wimbledon and District Synagogue director against a UK counter-terrorism designation) has different middle names and was not treated as a match; all other candidates were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps; lists downloaded October 2026.
  19. ↑ 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.
  20. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Israel Philharmonic' Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
  21. ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for ipo.co.il Wayback Machine, queried 15 October 2026.
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