New Routes

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Short-lived UK trust (2008–2011) for conflict resolution that aimed to strengthen "partnerships with Palestinians and Israelis employing non-violent strategies"; it filed one return and was removed as having ceased to exist

New Routes

Type Trust (removed)
Founded 2008-08-07 (registered)
Dissolved 2011-06-21 (removed from the register: Ceased to exist)
Registration ID Registered charity 1125424
Headquarters Not recorded on the register (removed)
Area served Israel, Occupied Palestinian Territories


New Routes was a charitable trust constituted by a trust deed made on 8 July 2008 and registered on 7 August 2008; it was removed from the register on 21 June 2011, the reason given being "Ceased to exist".[1][2] Its objects were to promote conflict resolution and reconciliation and racial and religious harmony, and "ALL ACTIVITIES SHALL BE BALANCED ... IMPARTIAL"; its area of benefit was "UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, OVERSEAS." and its areas of operation Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.[2][1] Its activities were described as: "We raise awareness and foster solution-focused thinking and action by: - Facilitating constructive debate within and across communities - Bringing speakers to UK audiences - Creating safe space for challenging conversation and discussion - Strengthening partnerships with Palestinians and Israelis employing non-violent strategies".[2] Its only return, for the year to 30 September 2009, shows income of £32,856 and spending of £36,210.[2] A January 2011 capture of its register page lists trustees including Matthew de Lange, Nigel Canin, Samina Rahman and Gregory McDonagh, and gives its website as www.new-routes.org.[3]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "1. TO PROMOTE CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITH A VIEW TO RELIEVING SUFFERING, POVERTY AND DISTRESS AND BUILDING AND MAINTAINING SOCIAL COHESION AND TRUST WITHIN AND BETWEEN COMMUNITIES BY: (A) PROMOTING SERVICES DIRECTED TO THE RESOLUTION OF CONFLICT BETWEEN PERSONS, ORGANISATIONS OR GROUPS; (B) PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING CONCERNING THE RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES OR CONFLICTS AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING OF THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF DISPUTES OR CONFLICTS AND THE MEANS OF MANAGING THEM. PROVIDING THAT ALL ACTIVITIES SHALL BE BALANCED AND SHALL MAINTAIN OR ENHANCE THE TRUST'S COMMITMENT TO REMAINING IMPARTIAL.2. TO PROMOTE RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: (A) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS; (B) EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BELIEFS INCLUDING AN AWARENESS OF THEIR DISTINCTIVE FEATURES AND THEIR COMMON GROUND TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT FAITHS; (C) PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "We raise awareness and foster solution-focused thinking and action by:- Facilitating constructive debate within and across communities- Bringing speakers to UK audiences- Creating safe space for challenging conversation and discussion- Strengthening partnerships with Palestinians and Israelis employing non-violent strategies"[1]

Register classifications: Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment.[1]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel, Occupied Palestinian Territories.[1]

Trustees

The register extract holds no trustee records for removed charities.

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2011-01-13 Matthew de Lange; Nigel Canin; Samina Rahman; Gregory McDonagh [4]
2011-01-13 Matthew de Lange; Nigel Canin; Samina Rahman; Gregory McDonagh [5]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2009-09-30 £32,856 £36,210

Source: register annual-return history.[1]

Funding in Israel

  • Year to 30 September 2009: spending of £36,210; no breakdown or recipient is available.[2]

Israeli partners

No partner is named; the activities refer to "partnerships with Palestinians and Israelis employing non-violent strategies".[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 register lists the Occupied Palestinian Territories among the areas of operation; no project or place is named.[1] Low (register area of operation only)

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated in the register entry.[2]

Controversies and regulatory action

  • No Charity Commission inquiry naming this charity was found; it is not named in the 2025–2026 cheque-cashing class-inquiry announcements or statement of results, and the charities in the August 2026 settlements class inquiry have not been named.[6][7][8][9][10] The register shows it as removed, giving the reason "Ceased to exist".[2]
  • No accounts available. No accounts are on the register or in the UK Government Web Archive; only the 2009 income and spending totals are known.[11][2]

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).[12] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[13]

The Gazette

Searches of The Gazette for "New Routes" returned notices using the phrase in other contexts; the insolvency notices returned (2001–2005) concern New Route Limited (company 02705714), a different body. No insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming this charity was found.[14]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[15]

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.[16]

Land and property

The register extract does not record whether the charity owned or leased land or property (the field is blank for this removed charity).[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[17]

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "New Routes" returned 121 contributions in total; those not listed above were not established to concern this charity.[18]

Web archive

The UK Government Web Archive holds 1 archived Charity Commission register page used in this profile (cited in the sections above). The 2021 archived full print showed the status "Removed charity" and "Other regulators: not shown".[19]

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 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Charity Commission, New Routes (1125424): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026 ("07 August 2008: Standard registration 21 June 2011: Removed (Ceased to exist)").
  3. ↑ Charity Commission, New Routes (1125424): contact and trustees UK Government Web Archive, capture of 13/01/2011.
  4. ↑ Register entry 1125424, contact and trustees (capture of 20110113) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 1125424, contact and trustees (capture of 20110113) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  7. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  8. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  9. ↑ 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).
  10. ↑ 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").
  11. ↑ Charity Commission, New Routes (1125424): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities, viewed 16 October 2026 (removed charity; no accounts are available on the live register, and none were found in the UK Government Web Archive).
  12. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-25 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
  13. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-25 charity names returned zero results).
  14. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'New Routes' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  15. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1125424 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  16. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-25 screening covered 459 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers, examiners and other people and organisations named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, every person and organisation linked in the profiles, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies and of the related companies Renco Properties, Conlatuse and Landmead; the only hits were generic words (the word "QA" in the names of corporate formation agents) and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "New Routes" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
  19. ↑ Register entry 1125424, full print (capture of 20210111) UK Government Web Archive.
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