Prayer for Israel
Christian prayer ministry CIO making several hundred small grants, mainly to recipients in Israel
This page is about the current charity (1197064). For the original charity registered in 1982 (326132) and removed in 2026, see Prayer for Israel (1982 charity).
| Prayer for Israel
| |
|---|---|
| Type | CIO |
| Founded | 2021-12-13 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1197064 |
| Headquarters | Po Box 105, Fence House, Cheshire, SK10 1LT |
| Area served | Throughout England And Wales, Israel, Ethiopia |
| Key people | Andrew Rice (chair) |
| Website | www.prayer4i.org |
Prayer for Israel is a CIO registered on 13 December 2021; register areas are England and Wales, Israel and Ethiopia.[1] It began operating on 1 January 2023 as a "continuation of the charity Prayer for Israel (charity number 326132) which was registered as a charity in 1982". Its objects are to advance the Christian religion by promoting the Gospel "in the UK, Israel and elsewhere" and to relieve need. It has a "special focus on Israel", sends a monthly prayer bulletin to nearly 5,000 subscribers and runs a weekly online gathering with speakers from Israel and the UK. In the year ended 31 March 2025 income was £945,014 (2024: £608,562) and expenditure £649,935.[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "(I) TO ADVANCE CHRISTIAN RELIGION BY PROMOTING THE GOSPEL AND EXTENDING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ISRAEL AND ELSEWHERE. (II) TO RELIEVE NEED HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONG PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ISRAEL AND ELSEWHERE."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "The first concern of PFI is prayer for Messianic and Arab believers in the Biblical land of Israel. Prayer partners also direct their giving to provide practical support and relieve hardship and distress in Israel and elsewhere."[1]
Register classifications: Education/training, Disability, Religious Activities, Other Charitable Purposes.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel, Ethiopia.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Philip Damary Thompson | 2021-12-13 | Powerhouse Christ Church (511967) | |
| Andrew Rice | 2021-12-13 | Yes | Penn Christian Centre (1202339) |
| Stephen Cranston | 2023-12-01 | — | |
| Jane Rice | 2026-04-29 | — | |
| Deborah Pauline Damary-Thompson | 2026-04-29 | — | |
| Jane Moxon | 2026-05-15 | — |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-31 | £816,159 | £80,317 |
| 2024-03-31 | £608,862 | £553,459 |
| 2025-03-31 | £945,014 | £649,935 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Funding in Israel
- FY2025 distributions totalled £365,844, including restricted grants of £262,395 (institutions £241,915; individuals £20,480) across more than 401 grants, to individuals and institutions "mainly based in Israel" and to "known ministries and organisations that promote the Christian message". The largest single recipient was the Emergency Relief Fund Israel.[2]
- The charity also funded a retreat for "Arab pastors' wives in Cyprus".[2] A designated fund of £432,458 came from the sale of the freehold of the predecessor charity.[2]
Israeli partners
Recipients are described only as Christian ministries and individuals, mainly in Israel; apart from the Emergency Relief Fund Israel none is named.[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 |
|---|---|
| No recipient's location in Israel or the occupied territories is given.[2] | Not established |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated. The largest single grant recipient was the "Emergency Relief Fund Israel"; the accounts do not describe what that fund paid for.[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;[3] 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.[4][5][6][7] 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.[8]
- Inconsistent reserves figures. The trustees' report, the statement of financial activities and note 21 give total funds of £1,107,263 (unrestricted £1,091,312), but note 22 (analysis of net assets) gives £1,007,263 (unrestricted £991,312), a difference of £100,000. The report also gives prior-year unrestricted funds as £786,133, against £787,133 in the statement of financial activities.[2]
- Website unavailable. The charity's website returned an error when checked on 14 October 2026, and no Wayback Machine captures were found.
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).[9] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[10]
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.[11]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[12]
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.[13]
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.[14]
Parliament
Hansard searches for 'Prayer for Israel' returned 0 contributions in total.[15]
Web archive
- prayer4i.org: no captures found.[16]
The UK Government Web Archive holds 0 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile; none were found for this charity number.
See also
- Prayer for Israel (1982 charity) – the original 1982 charity (326132)
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 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Charity Commission, Prayer for Israel (1197064): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 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 1–7 (175 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 – and The Gevurath Ari Torah Academy Trust (1003102).
- ↑ 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 (re-fetched 14 October 2026).
- ↑ 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), both retrieved 15 October 2026.
- ↑ 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").
- ↑ 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-5 charities found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-5 charity name returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Prayer for Israel' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1197064 360Giving, queried 14 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-5 screening covered 345 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and archived full-print register pages (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the charitable companies, and trustees, officers and related persons named in the accounts read for this batch (including archived accounts) and on the Companies House pages for Brightness Ltd; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually (all candidate hits were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps); lists downloaded 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 'Prayer for Israel' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
- ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for prayer4i.org Wayback Machine, queried 14 October 2026.