Keren Eretz Yisroel

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North-west London trust for the relief of poverty in Israel whose filed 2024/25 accounts belong to a different charity, UK Friends of Keren Tzlach (1110715); its 2019 accounts say its funds went to an unnamed charitable organisation in Israel

Keren Eretz Yisroel

Type Trust
Founded 2006-02-06 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1112935
Headquarters London NW11
Area served Israel


Keren Eretz Yisroel is a charitable trust established by a trust deed of 16 January 2006 and registered on 6 February 2006; its register address is in London NW11 and its only recorded area of operation is Israel.[1][2] The register lists two trustees, Jacob Emanuel (from 1 June 2021) and Amram Appel (from 14 July 2024).[2] Archived register pages of January 2021 list four trustees including David Chontow, and in July 2021 list Rabbi Chaim Halpern, "Dayan Chanoch Enrentreu" [sic] and Joshua Halpern.[3][4] The archived accounts for the year to 31 March 2019 name the trustees as D Chontow, J Halpern, C Ehrentrau and C Halpern and say "These funds were donated to a charitable organisation in Israel that the trustees have done due diligence on", without naming it; receipts were £39,070 (2018: £53,734), general grants £45,000 (2018: £33,500), bank charges £104 and bookkeeping £540, a total of £45,644, and cash fell from £22,850 to £16,276.[5] Those accounts were examined by J Neuberger and signed by D Chontow on 29 January 2020.[5] For the year to 31 March 2025 the register records income of £43,930 and spending of £786, but the accounts document filed under this charity number is headed "UK FRIENDS OF KEREN TZLACH" and gives charity number 1110715.[2][6]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "THE RELIEF OF THE POOR SICK AND FEEBLE IN ISRAEL AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANISATION3.2 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."[2]

The register describes its activities as: "Keren Eretz Yisroel in Israel (the Organisation) is established for the relief of poverty in Israel. This charity is also established for the relief of the poor sick and feeble in Israel, and in particular (but not exclusively) by providing financial assistance for the charitable activities of the Organisation."[2]

Register classifications: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty.[2]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel.[2]

Trustees

Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[2]

Trustees of Keren Eretz Yisroel (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Jacob Emanuel 2021-06-01 —
Amram Appel 2024-07-14 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2021-01-11 David Chontow – also trustee of Friends of Yeshivat Meor Hatalmud, The Menorah Primary School, Achiezer, Kollel Rabinow (Divre Shir) Foundation, Nahamas Dov Charitable Trust, Achiezer Association Limited, North West London Communal Mikvah Limited, Friends of Kupat Hakahal Kirhyat Sefer; Chaim Halpern; Dayan Chanoch Enrentreu; Joshua Halpern – also trustee of Samjo Limited, The T R Heilpern Charitable Trust, Avir Charitable Trust, Oizer Charitable Trust, Shaarei Torah Buildings Limited [7]
2021-07-06 Chaim Halpern; Dayan Chanoch Enrentreu; Joshua Halpern – also trustee of Samjo Limited, The T R Heilpern Charitable Trust, Avir Charitable Trust, Oizer Charitable Trust, Shaarei Torah Buildings Limited [8]

The trustee names in the 2021 archived full prints are shown as printed. It is not established whether the J J Emanuel and B Chontow named in the UK Friends of Keren Tzlach accounts are the same people as the trustees recorded for this charity.[6]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-03-31 £30,314 £45,493
2022-03-31 £26,399 £21
2023-03-31 £33,675 £56,200
2024-03-31 £30,477 £25,481
2025-03-31 £43,930 £786

Source: register annual-return history.[2]

Archived accounts

Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:

  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2014[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2019[14]

Funding in Israel

  • Year to 31 March 2019: general grants of £45,000 (2018: £33,500), which the accounts say were "donated to a charitable organisation in Israel" (not named).[5]
  • The document filed for 2024/25 (of UK Friends of Keren Tzlach, 1110715) records "Grants to Keren Tzlach, Israel" of £17,500; it is not established that this concerns Keren Eretz Yisroel.[6]

Israeli partners

No Israeli recipient of Keren Eretz Yisroel is named.[5]

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 2019 accounts name only the country ("a charitable organisation in Israel").[5] Not established (country only)

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated in the register entry or the archived 2019 accounts.[1][5]

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;[15] 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.[16][17][18][19] 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.[20]
  • Accounts of another charity filed. The PDF filed for 2024/25 is the accounts of "UK Friends of Keren Tzlach" (charity number 1110715, trust deed of 7 July 2006), with trustees J J Emanuel and B Chontow and a principal address in the same London NW11 postcode district; it records donations of £35,510 (2024: £18,290), interest £2, "Grants to Keren Tzlach, Israel" £17,500 (2024: £20,000), general grants £16,800 (2024: £7,400), bank charges £118 and bookkeeping £372, total spending £34,790, and covers a period headed "04/01/2024 To 31/03/2025".[6] These figures do not match the register's figures for Keren Eretz Yisroel for the same year (income £43,930, spending £786).[2] The document was examined by Jeremy Neuberger and signed by B Chontow on 26 January 2026.[6]
  • Unnamed recipient. The 2019 accounts say the funds went to "a charitable organisation in Israel" without naming it.[5]

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).[21] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[22]

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.[23]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[24]

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.[25]

Land and property

The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[2] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[26]

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Keren Eretz Yisroel" returned 0 contributions in total.[27]

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 Charity Commission, Keren Eretz Yisroel (1112935): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 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.
  3. ↑ Charity Commission, Keren Eretz Yisroel (1112935): full print UK Government Web Archive, capture of 11/01/2021.
  4. ↑ Charity Commission, Keren Eretz Yisroel (1112935): full print UK Government Web Archive, capture of 06/07/2021.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Charity Commission, Keren Eretz Yisroel: accounts for the year to 31 March 2019 UK Government Web Archive, capture of 03/07/2020.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Charity Commission, Keren Eretz Yisroel (1112935): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; the document filed for the year to 31 March 2025, downloaded 16 October 2026, is headed "UK FRIENDS OF KEREN TZLACH" and gives charity number 1110715 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Register entry 1112935, full print (capture of 20210111) UK Government Web Archive.
  8. ↑ Register entry 1112935, full print (capture of 20210706) UK Government Web Archive.
  9. ↑ Keren Eretz Yisroel accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  10. ↑ Keren Eretz Yisroel accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  11. ↑ Keren Eretz Yisroel accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  12. ↑ Keren Eretz Yisroel accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  13. ↑ Keren Eretz Yisroel accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  14. ↑ Keren Eretz Yisroel accounts, year ended 2019-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200703).
  15. ↑ 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-24 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; only Dalaid (1064655) showed one.
  16. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  17. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  18. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  19. ↑ 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).
  20. ↑ 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").
  21. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-24 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
  22. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-24 charity names returned zero results).
  23. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Keren Eretz Yisroel' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  24. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1112935 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  25. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-24 screening covered 264 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and other people named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies; the only hits were generic words (such as "Trust", "Foundation", "Company Limited" in the names of corporate formation agents) and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.
  26. ↑ 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.
  27. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Keren Eretz Yisroel" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
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