Springs of Life and Hope

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Pwllheli trust that passed £58,747 in 2025 in earmarked gifts to unnamed partner organisations in Israel and "the territories" for relief of hardship, accommodation and vocational training

Springs of Life and Hope

Type Trust
Founded 2008-12-29 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1127290
Headquarters Pwllheli LL53
Area served Israel


Springs of Life and Hope was established by a trust deed of 24 November 2008 and registered on 29 December 2008; its address is in the Pwllheli area (LL53).[1][2] Its objects are to relieve sickness and financial hardship and promote good health, including through accommodation and funding for education and training, "in such parts of Israel or the world" as the trustees decide; the register describes its activities as grants "to organisations working in Israel and the territories" for the relief of financial hardship, accommodation and vocational training (PDF p.4).[1][2] The accounts for 2025 name the trustees as Mr P D James, Mrs B Johnson (signing as Mrs B Johnston), M A Mercer, G L Sharman and S Percival; the accountant and independent examiner is Gwyn Thomas ACA of Gwyn Thomas & Co Ltd, Pwllheli (PDF p.3).[2] The report says that "the purpose of all grants are agreed with our partners in advance" and that the trustees receive an annual personal visit from "our chief partner"; donations come from individuals "and occasionally churches who want to support our work in Israel", and are usually earmarked (PDF p.4).[2] In 2025 total income was £56,872 (2024: £63,037), including gift aid of £4,925, and "donations expended" were £58,747 (2024: £59,429); cash fell from £4,337 to £1,234, all restricted (PDF p.6).[2]

Objects and activities

Pwllheli in an illustration from Thomas Pennant's A Tour in Wales; the charity's address is in the Pwllheli area

The charity's registered objects read: "TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FUNDS, GOODS OR SERVICES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING ACCOMMODATION AND FUNDING FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN SUCH PARTS OF ISRAEL OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME MAY THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE TRUST."[3]

The register describes its activities as: "We make grants to organisations working in Israel and the territories for the relief f financial hardship, providing accommodation and vocational training"[3]

Register classifications: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty.[3]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel.[3]

Trustees

Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[3]

Trustees of Springs of Life and Hope (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Peter David James not recorded Shevet Achim UK (1126426)
Barbara Johnston 2011-03-31 —
Graham Lewis Sharman 2024-12-19 —
Margaret Aileen Mercer 2024-12-19 —
Sandra Percival 2024-12-19 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2010-07-13 Peter David James; John Courtney Earl Bakewell; Lisbeth Helen James; Sarah Griffina Roberts; Eileen Wendy Bakewell; Joan Edith Freeman [4]
2011-09-15 Peter David James; John Courtney Earl Bakewell; Lisbeth Helen James; Eileen Wendy Bakewell; Joan Freeman; Barbara Johnston [5]
2018-01-05 Peter David James; John Courtney Earl Bakewell; Lisbeth Helen James; Eileen Wendy Bakewell; Joan Freeman; Barbara Johnston [6]
2021-01-12 Peter David James – also trustee of Shevet Achim UK, Hafod Ceiri; Eileen Wendy Bakewell; Joan Edith Freeman – also trustee of Elijah's Brook Christian Fellowship; Lisbeth Helen James – also trustee of Hafod Ceiri; Barbara Johnston (from 31 March 2011) – also trustee of Elijah's Brook Christian Fellowship; John Courtney Earl Bakewell [7]

Rev Peter David James is also a register trustee of Shevet Achim UK (1126426).[3]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2020-12-31 £72,146 £70,276
2021-12-31 £129,562 £130,840
2022-12-31 £110,691 £109,106
2023-12-31 £105,337 £107,442
2024-12-31 £63,037 £60,663

Source: register annual-return history.[3]

Archived accounts

Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:

  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2009[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2010[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2014[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2016[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2017[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[14]

Funding in Israel

  • 2025: "donations expended" £58,747 (2024: £59,429), passed to unnamed partner organisations; the register says the grants go to organisations working in Israel and "the territories" (PDF p.6).[2][1]

Israeli partners

Not named; the report refers only to "our partners" and "our chief partner" (PDF p.4).[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 describes grants to organisations working in "Israel and the territories", but no source read names a partner or place.[1][2] Not established

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[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;[15] 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.[16][17][18][19] 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.[20]
  • Partners not named. The accounts do not name any partner or recipient organisation, or say where in Israel or "the territories" the grants were used (PDF p.4–6).[2]
  • Inconsistent donations figure. The statement of financial activities gives restricted donations of £51,647 in the restricted column but £51,947 in the total column (PDF p.6).[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).[21] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[22]

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.[23]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[24]

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.[25]

Land and property

The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[3] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[26]

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Springs of Life and Hope" returned 0 contributions in total.[27]

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".[7]

External links

  • No current official website.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Charity Commission, Springs of Life and Hope (1127290): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Charity Commission, Springs of Life and Hope (1127290): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 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, charity_other_names), extract dated 14 October 2026.
  4. ↑ Register entry 1127290, contact and trustees (capture of 20100713) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 1127290, contact and trustees (capture of 20110915) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Register entry 1127290, contact and trustees (capture of 20180105) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Register entry 1127290, full print (capture of 20210112) UK Government Web Archive.
  8. ↑ Springs of Life and Hope accounts, year ended 2009-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110914).
  9. ↑ Springs of Life and Hope accounts, year ended 2010-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110914).
  10. ↑ Springs of Life and Hope accounts, year ended 2014-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  11. ↑ Springs of Life and Hope accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  12. ↑ Springs of Life and Hope accounts, year ended 2016-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  13. ↑ Springs of Life and Hope accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  14. ↑ Springs of Life and Hope accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  15. ↑ 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-21 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Twenty registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)" and the J S and N Hodari Charitable Trust "Charity reporting is up to date (33 days late)"; the other four (Friends of the Israel Aged, Eizer Le'Zedoko, Truevine Christians International and the Olive Tree Reconciliation Fund) showed "Removed charity".
  16. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  17. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  18. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  19. ↑ 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).
  20. ↑ 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").
  21. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-21 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
  22. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-21 charity names returned zero results).
  23. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Springs of Life and Hope' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  24. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1127290 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  25. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-21 screening covered 246 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 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 Levy, Cohen, Phillips, Smith) or generic words in organisation names (Limited, Trust, International).
  26. ↑ 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.
  27. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Springs of Life and Hope" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
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