The British Friends of Ezer Mizion

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UK fundraising arm of Ezer Mizion, the Bnei Brak-based organisation that runs a bone-marrow registry, whose head office must sanction its trustees; it granted £20,000 to Ezer Mizion Israel in 2024/25 and its report contradicts its own figures

The British Friends of Ezer Mizion

Type Other
Founded 1999-01-26 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1073496
Headquarters 923 Finchley Road, Golders Green, London NW11 7PE (the address of its accountants)
Area served Throughout England, Israel, United States
Website www.ezermizion.org.il


The British Friends of Ezer Mizion is a charitable trust constituted by a declaration of trust of 17 September 1998 and registered on 26 January 1999; its address is 923 Finchley Road, Golders Green, London NW11 7PE, and its areas of operation are England, Israel and the United States.[1][2][3] The accounts give Ezer Mizion's international head office as the Yaakov Fried Building, 5 Rabinov Street, Bnei Brak, Israel, and say that the appointment of trustees "must be sanctioned by, the Israeli Head office of Ezer Mizion".[3] The trustees are Yoel Schwartz, Jonathan Ebrahimoff, Moshe Listenberg and Tali Listenberg, all from 13 July 2015.[1] The report says Ezer Mizion "completed the construction of the new international bone marrow registry", that "478 transplants were facilitated making a grand total of 5,643" and that "During the year 65,219 people have registered making a total of 1,240,249 potential donors".[3] In the year to 31 January 2025 donations were £26,461 (2024: £72,069) and charitable spending £27,110 (2024: £157,379), including grants to Ezer Mizion Israel of £20,000 (2024: £150,000); funds were £33,891 (2024: £34,540).[3] The accounts were examined by Howard Morris of H. Morris & Co on 12 November 2025, with no qualification stated, and signed by Y Schwartz.[3]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS PARTICULARLY BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO THE ISRAELI CHARITY KNOWN AS EZER MIZION WHOSE MAIN OBJECTS ARE THE AID AND SUPPORT OF THE SICK AND NEEDY IN ISRAEL."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "To relieve poverty and sickness particularly by providing financial and other assistance to the Israeli charity known as Ezer Mizion whose main objects are the aid and support of the sick and needy in Israel."[1]

Register classifications: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty.[1]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England, Israel, United States.[1]

Trustees

Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]

Trustees of The British Friends of Ezer Mizion (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Yoel Schwartz 2015-07-13 A Spark in the Dark Ltd (1199465); Legadel (1154487)
Jonathan Ebrahimoff 2015-07-13 —
Moshe Listenberg 2015-07-13 —
Tali Listenberg 2015-07-13 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2021-01-13 Tali Listenberg (from 13 July 2015); Jonathan Ebrahimoff (from 13 July 2015); Moshe Listenberg (from 13 July 2015); Yoel Schwartz (from 13 July 2015) – also trustee of Legadel [4]

Yoel Schwartz is also a register trustee of A Spark in the Dark Ltd (1199465) and Legadel (1154487).[1]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-01-31 £44,502 £7,255
2022-01-31 £70,466 £104,679
2023-01-31 £88,623 £5,629
2024-01-31 £72,069 £157,379
2025-01-31 £26,461 £27,110

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 31/01/2015[5]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/01/2016[6]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/01/2017[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/01/2018[8]

Funding in Israel

Ezer Mizion premises in Petah Tikva (2024). The charity granted £20,000 to Ezer Mizion Israel in 2024/25
  • Year to 31 January 2025: grants to Ezer Mizion Israel £20,000 (2024: £150,000); "Grants of £20,000 were disbursed".[3]

Israeli partners

Ezer Mizion's main building in Bnei Brak (2014). The charity's accounts give Ezer Mizion's international head office in Bnei Brak

Ezer Mizion, international head office at the Yaakov Fried Building, 5 Rabinov Street, Bnei Brak, Israel.[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.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
Finding Confidence
The accounts give the partner's head office address in Bnei Brak; they do not refer to the 1949 line.[3] High (address stated by the accounts)

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[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;[9] 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.[10][11][12][13] 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.[14]
  • Report contradicts the figures. The report says "The charity has had a successful twenty seven years and has always maintained a position of surplus", but the accounts show deficits of £649 in 2025 and £85,310 in 2024. A policy note says "The charity has no unrestricted funds at present", while all its funds (£33,891) are shown as unrestricted.[3]
  • Control by the Israeli head office. Trustee appointments must be sanctioned by Ezer Mizion's Israeli head office, whose representatives also train the trustees.[3]
  • Unitemised spending. Of charitable spending of £27,110, only the £20,000 grant is itemised.[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).[15] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[16]

The Gazette

Searches of The Gazette for the charity's name returned only Companies House filing lists; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.[17]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[18]

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.[19]

Land and property

The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased.[20]

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "The British Friends of Ezer Mizion", "British Friends of Ezer Mizion", "Ezer Mizion" returned 0 contributions in total.[21]

Web archive

  • ezermizion.org.il: no captures found.[22]

The UK Government Web Archive holds 4 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".[4]

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 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.
  2. ↑ Charity Commission, The British Friends of Ezer Mizion (1073496): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Charity Commission, The British Friends of Ezer Mizion (1073496): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1073496, full print (capture of 20210113) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ The British Friends of Ezer Mizion accounts, year ended 2015-01-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  6. ↑ The British Friends of Ezer Mizion accounts, year ended 2016-01-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  7. ↑ The British Friends of Ezer Mizion accounts, year ended 2017-01-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  8. ↑ The British Friends of Ezer Mizion accounts, year ended 2018-01-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  9. ↑ 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-26 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none showed one.
  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. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-26 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
  16. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-26 charity names returned zero results).
  17. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Ezer Mizion' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  18. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1073496 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  19. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-26 screening covered 224 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers, examiners and other people and organisations named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies; the only hits were generic words in company names (such as "Company Directors Limited") and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.
  20. ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK, accessed 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.
  21. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Ezer Mizion" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
  22. ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for ezermizion.org.il Wayback Machine, queried 16 October 2026.
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