Reshet
Removed trust registered in 1981 to promote Jewish education in the United Kingdom "OR ELSEWHERE", with Israel and the United States among its areas of operation; it was removed in 2011 as having ceased to exist
| Reshet
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Other (removed) |
| Founded | 1981-06-16 (registered) |
| Dissolved | 2011-11-11 (removed from the register: Ceased to exist) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 282623 |
| Headquarters | Not recorded on the register (removed) |
| Area served | Throughout England, Israel, United States |
Reshet was a charity governed by a declaration of trust of 19 March 1981; it was registered on 16 June 1981 and removed on 11 November 2011 as having "Ceased to exist".[1][2] Its objects were "TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF JEWISH EDUCATION AND THE DISSEMINATION OF JEWISH KNOWLEDGE AMONGST THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE.", its area of benefit "UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE", and its activity "To promote the advancement of Jewish knowledge amongst the Jewish communities."[1][2] Its areas of operation were "Throughout England, Israel, United States".[2] The register holds no trustee records for it, and the archived register full print of 2021 lists none.[1][3] Its recorded income and spending were £25.90k and £27.99k (2005), £31.44k and £29.72k (2006), £29.24k and £29.34k (2007), £30,776 and £27,447 (2008), and £25,174 and £28,936 (2009), for years ending 30 June.[1][2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF JEWISH EDUCATION AND THE DISSEMINATION OF JEWISH KNOWLEDGE AMONGST THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE."[2]
The register describes its activities as: "To promote the advancement of Jewish knowledge amongst the Jewish communities."[2]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[2]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England, Israel, United States.[2]
Trustees
The register extract holds no trustee records for removed charities.
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2008-06-30 | £30,776 | £27,447 |
| 2009-06-30 | £25,174 | £28,936 |
Source: register annual-return history.[2]
Funding in Israel
- No accounts are available on the live register or in the UK Government Web Archive, so no grant is known.[4]
Israeli partners
Not established.[4]
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 place in Israel is named in the register entry, and no accounts are available.[1][4] | Not established |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated in the register entry; no accounts are available.[1][4]
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.[5][6][7][8][9] The register shows it as removed, giving the reason "Ceased to exist".[1]
- Missing filings. The register records the annual returns and accounts for the years to 30 June 2010 and 2011 as "Not submitted"; those for 2008 and 2009 were received on time.[1]
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).[10] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[11]
The Gazette
Searches of The Gazette for "Reshet" returned only Companies House filing-list supplements (21 results) naming companies called Reshet Limited, Reshet Business Connect Limited and Reshet Ventures Limited, none of which is shown to be connected with the charity; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.[12]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[13]
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.[14]
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).[2] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[15]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Reshet" returned 0 contributions in total.[16]
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".[17]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Charity Commission, Reshet (282623): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026 ("16 June 1981: Standard registration 11 November 2011: Removed (Ceased to exist)").
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 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.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Reshet (282623): full print UK Government Web Archive, capture of 16/01/2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Charity Commission, Reshet (282623): 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).
- ↑ 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 3 batch-27 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 3 batch-27 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Reshet' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-282623 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-27 screening covered 29 name strings: the 3 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and in current and archived accounts, and the accountants named in the accounts; the only hits were generic words in organisation names (such as "London", "Ltd", "College" and "Trust") and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 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 "Reshet" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
- ↑ Register entry 282623, full print (capture of 20210116) UK Government Web Archive.