Prayer for Israel (1982 charity)

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Removed 1982 Christian prayer and grant charity with "a special focus on Israel", succeeded by a CIO of the same name

This page is about the original Prayer for Israel charity (326132), registered in 1982 and removed in February 2026. For its successor charity (1197064), see Prayer for Israel.

Prayer for Israel

Type Other (removed)
Founded 1982-06-07 (registered)
Dissolved 2026-02-19 (removed from the register)
Registration ID Registered charity 326132
Area served Throughout England And Wales, Ethiopia, Israel


Prayer for Israel (charity 326132) was a Christian charity established by a declaration of trust of 21 May 1982 and registered on 7 June 1982; it was removed from the register on 19 February 2026. Register areas were England and Wales, Ethiopia and Israel. A charitable incorporated organisation with the same name (1197064) was registered on 13 December 2021.[1] The latest accounts found, for the year to 31 March 2018, give a PO Box address in Telford TF2 and name the trustees as R Borlase, S Dempster, R Reed and D A Evans (company secretary from 6 May 2017), with P Westworth resigning on 23 December 2017; the examiner was A N Poyton FCCA of Nockels Gee (PDF p.6–8).[2] The trust sought "to proclaim Christianity and to relieve need, hardship and distress, with a special focus on Israel", making grants "to individuals and institutions primarily in Israel, but also within the UK and elsewhere" (PDF p.3–4). In that year income was £550,466 (donations £514,188), spending £543,897 and "Distribution of funds" £240,258, of which £211,039 was restricted (PDF p.10, 17).[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. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF DEED)."[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: General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities.[1]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Ethiopia, Israel.[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
2021-01-16 Anne Johnson (from 27 May 2020); David Anthony Evans (from 14 May 2016); Andrew Rice (from 12 October 2019); Raymond William Borlase (from 21 April 2020) – also trustee of The Shalom Christian Trust; Stewart Dempster [3]
2021-07-07 John Clark (from 14 May 2021); Nick Philip Damary Thompson (from 14 May 2021); David Anthony Evans (from 14 May 2016); Andrew Rice (from 12 October 2019); Stewart Dempster [4]

The successor CIO Prayer for Israel (1197064), registered on 13 December 2021 with latest income of £945,014, lists Andrew Rice (chair) and Nicholas Philip Damary Thompson among its trustees; both were trustees of the 1982 charity in 2021. Archived register pages show the 1982 charity's land entry changing from "owns and/or leases land or property" (January 2021) to "does not own and/or lease land or property" (July 2021).[1]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-03-31 £624,285 £519,659
2022-03-31 £470,278 £520,602
2023-03-31 £337,931 £1,195,279
2024-03-31 £136,833 £136,833

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 31/03/2014[5]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[6]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[9]

Funding in Israel

  • FY2018 distributions £240,258 (restricted £211,039); grants went to people "in full-time or part-time Christian service" and to institutions "primarily in Israel", and donated money was forwarded to organisations "in this country and in Israel and elsewhere"; no recipients are named (PDF p.4, 6, 17).[2]

Israeli partners

No partner is named in the accounts.[2] The register describes the charity's first concern as "prayer for Messianic and Arab believers in the Biblical land of Israel".[1]

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
No place in Israel or the occupied territories is named.[2] Not established

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[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.[10][11][12][13][14] The register shows it as "Removed charity" without giving a reason.[15]
  • Figures differ. Restricted funds are £84,411 on the balance sheet but £84,111 in the trustees' report (PDF p.5, 11).[2]
  • Property written down. The freehold property "Rehovoth" was revalued at £385,000 by Nock Deighton on 10 August 2018, against a historical cost of £435,809 (PDF p.5, 19).[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).[16] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[17]

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.[18]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[19]

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.[20]

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.[21] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[22]

  • Freehold property "Rehovoth", revalued at £385,000 on 10 August 2018 (historical cost £435,809); address not stated – Accounts (PDF p.5, 19) (source: [2])

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Prayer for Israel" returned 0 contributions in total.[23]

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".[3]

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 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, Prayer for Israel: unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2018 UK Government Web Archive, capture of 05/01/2020 (the charity was removed in 2026 and no accounts are downloadable from the live register; this is the latest accounts file found; "PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Register entry 326132, full print (capture of 20210116) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ Register entry 326132, full print (capture of 20210707) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Prayer for Israel accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  6. ↑ Prayer for Israel accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  7. ↑ Prayer for Israel accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  8. ↑ Prayer for Israel accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  9. ↑ Prayer for Israel accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  10. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  11. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  12. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  13. ↑ 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).
  14. ↑ 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").
  15. ↑ Charity Commission, Register of Charities, overview pages for the removed charities 1184144 (organisation 5130289), 1001828, 326132 and 244518, retrieved 16 October 2026 (each marked "Removed charity"; no removal reason is shown).
  16. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-15 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
  17. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-15 charity names returned no matching charity; the only result, for "Donkey", was an unrelated Belfast organisation).
  18. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Prayer for Israel' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  19. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-326132 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  20. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-15 screening covered 227 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the three charitable companies and of J. E. Joseph Trustee Company Limited, directors of the dissolved Friends of Horim company (01966551), and trustees, executive-committee members, examiners and other people 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 Hassan, Friedman, Cohen and Sabah) or the generic words "Company Limited"; lists downloaded October 2026.
  21. ↑ 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.
  22. ↑ HM Land Registry, UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD) and Overseas companies that own property in England and Wales (OCOD) full extracts, October 2026 release, matched on the company numbers of the three charitable companies (01342362, 01777233, 06791037), the corporate trustee of J E Joseph Charitable Fund (11400999), Broadminster Limited (02116604, the related lender named in Closehelm's accounts) and on the charities' registered names; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.
  23. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Prayer for Israel" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
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