One Heart Israel
Christian CIO whose two unnamed staff evangelise and offer trauma counselling among Arab and Jewish residents of Jerusalem's Old City; its 2025 accounts contain a template "Agreement Error"
| One Heart Israel
| |
|---|---|
| Logo |  A street in the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, where the charity's staff work (2010) |
| Type | CIO |
| Founded | 2020-05-14 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1189480 |
| Headquarters | Stroud GL5 |
| Area served | Israel |
| Key people | Brian Grant Talbot (chair) |
| Website | www.oneheartisrael.co.uk |
One Heart Israel is a charitable incorporated organisation (association model) with a constitution of 5 August 2019, registered on 14 May 2020; its register contact address is in Stroud GL5.[1][2] Its registered objects are the advancement of the Christian faith "in Jerusalem, and other parts of the world" and the relief of those in need through abuse, hardship or ill-health.[1] The 2025 report describes its goal as "to introduce the Christian story of the unconditional love of God, through acts of service to Arab and Jewish residents of Jerusalem's Old City and environs", so that believers might identify as "the 'One New Man' ... before each identifies ethnically as Jewish or Arab" (PDF p.1).[3] It "employs two remunerated staff members, the Field Director (FD) and the Deputy Field Director (DFD) who cannot be named for security reasons" (PDF p.1).[3] The trustees are Brian Grant Talbot (chair), Mary Elisabeth Rosie, Elaine Venning, Shirley-Anne Chance and Celia Weltner, who must "subscribe and adhere to, in belief and lifestyle, the Statement of Faith" (PDF p.6–7).[3] In 2025 receipts were £67,342 and payments £66,563, including salaries and national insurance of £42,105 (PDF p.9).[3]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "4.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-4.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN JERUSALEM, AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE; AND4.1.2 THE RELIEF OF THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL ABUSE, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR ILL-HEALTH."[2]
The register describes its activities as: "* Weekly Main Congregation Service* Small Midweek Groups* Prayer Meetings*Evangelistic Meetings* Women's & Men's ConferencesYouth Groups*Over 60's Club*Community Football Team*Drama Group*ChoirWe will adopt a multi-faceted approach aimed at bringing the Gospel message to Jewish and non-Jewish people living in Jerusalem, who do not know the good news."[2]
Register classifications: Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Recreation.[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]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Grant Talbot | 2022-06-30 | Yes | — |
| Mary Elisabeth Rosie | 2022-09-28 | — | |
| Elaine Venning | 2022-10-01 | Pcc St Matthew's Cainscross (1206348) | |
| Shirley-Anne Chance | 2022-11-10 | — | |
| Celia Weltner | 2023-04-19 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-15 | Trevor Gerrard Rodgers; Sarah Louise Hoskins; Vivien Margaret Wright Metliss (chair) | [4] |
| 2021-07-07 | Trevor Gerrard Rodgers (from 09 January 2019); Vivien Margaret Wright Metliss (chair) (from 14 November 2018); Sarah Louise Hoskins (from 14 November 2018) | [5] |
Elaine Venning is also a register trustee of PCC St Matthew's Cainscross (1206348).[2]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-31 | £27,800 | £22,427 |
| 2022-12-31 | £41,908 | £47,836 |
| 2023-12-31 | £58,178 | £56,806 |
| 2024-12-31 | £59,545 | £60,404 |
| 2025-12-31 | £67,342 | £66,563 |
Source: register annual-return history.[2]
Funding in Israel
- 2025 payments: salary and national insurance £42,105; insurance ("Social Security Israel and Medical Insurance") £535; rent £1,574; travel £4,023; vehicle hire £1,128; study and language classes £2,851; "Private Gifts" £5,440 (PDF p.9).[3]
Israeli partners
The report names Banot Yeshua (a Christian support group on whose leadership team the Field Director sits), Be'ad Chaim ("Christian pro-life charity in Israel"), JHOPFAN (prayer meetings), Repairing the Breach (a Christian reconciliation group), the elementary section of an unnamed Jerusalem school, and a congregation called 'One Heart' planted in 2025 (PDF p.2–4).[3]
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 |
|---|---|
| The accounts place the work in "Jerusalem's Old City and environs" (PDF p.1).[3] The work described is Christian ministry and counselling among residents; no settlement activity is described. | High |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[3] The report says the Deputy Field Director "is still experiencing difficulties in gaining their permanent Israeli ID card and Israeli passport" (PDF p.1).[3]
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;[6] 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.[7][8][9][10] 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.[11]
- Accounting errors. The receipts and payments account gives cash at the year end as £1,343, while the statement of assets gives £1,026 beside the template's "Agreement Error" flag; a £1,192 transfer between funds is counted as a receipt; and payments include "Private Gifts" £5,440 (2024: £41) and "Drawings" £982 (PDF p.9–10).[3]
- Giving figures and dates. The report says regular giving rose "3fold to a monthly £12,000, which translates into nearly 25% of our donated income", which cannot be reconciled with annual donations of £36,333 from individuals and £8,384 from organisations; the independent examiner, Thomas Payne FCCA, dated his report 1 June 2026, before the trustees approved theirs on 6 June 2026 (PDF p.5, 8–9).[3]
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 notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name found no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice.[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. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.[16]
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.[17]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "One Heart Israel" returned 0 contributions in total.[18]
Web archive
- oneheartisrael.co.uk: 3 yearly captures, first 2021-12-15, last 2024-08-26.[19]
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 "Recently registered" and "Other regulators: No information available".[4]
External links
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Charity Commission, One Heart Israel (1189480): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 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.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Charity Commission, One Heart Israel (1189480): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1189480, full print (capture of 20210115) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Register entry 1189480, full print (capture of 20210707) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 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-20 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Seventeen registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)"; the other eight (Friends of Milbat, British Friends of Atid, River Progress Foundation, Morris Family Israel Trust, Afikim, the Cohen Charitable Trust, the Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust and Encompass) showed "Removed charity".
- ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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").
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-20 charity names found no matching Scottish registration (a name-only hit for "Sheila & Denis Cohen Charitable Trust" was not established to be connected with the Cohen Charitable Trust and is disregarded).
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-20 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'One Heart Israel' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1189480 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-20 screening covered 272 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the five charitable companies, and trustees, examiners and other people and bodies 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 Weiss, Sara, Masri, Cohen) or generic words in organisation names (Limited, Company, Trust).
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "One Heart Israel" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
- ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for oneheartisrael.co.uk Wayback Machine, queried 16 October 2026.