The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation

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Removed predecessor of Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation UK

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation

Logo Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.jpg
Type Trust (removed)
Founded 1985-02-19 (registered)
Dissolved 2018-09-26 (removed from the register: Funds transferred (incor) to 1168735 Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation UK)
Registration ID Registered charity 291129
Area served Throughout London, Israel


The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation (previously The Israel Music Foundation) was a trust established by settlement deed of 6 February 1985 and registered on 19 February 1985; register areas were London and Israel.[1][2] Its objects were "the advancement of public education in the art of music in Israel". It was removed on 26 September 2018 when its funds were transferred to the charitable company Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation UK (1168735), which has its own Powerbase profile (batch 8); this trust is therefore the predecessor of that charity.[2] The 2015 accounts list trustees John Porter (chairman), Michael Crystal (vice chairman), Marsha Lee, Dame Vivien Duffield, Oded Gera, Brian Pilkington and Denise Esfandi, with an office at Westbourne Studios, 242 Acklam Road, London W10 5JJ (p.i, 1).[3] Three of them – Marsha Lee, Denise Esfandi and Dame Vivien Duffield – are current register trustees of the successor charity.[1] Its last reported year, to 31 May 2017, showed income of £326,587 and expenditure of £263,505.[1]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION IN THE ART OF MUSIC IN ISRAEL AND FOR THAT PURPOSE TO ENCOURAGE STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE IN THE PERFORMANCE AND INTERPRETATION THEREOF."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "Raising funds to support the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra."[1]

Register classifications: Arts/culture/heritage/science.[1]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout London, 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
2010-07-06 Vivien Duffield; Brian Pilkington; Oded Gera; John Porter [4]
2011-09-15 Vivien Duffield; Brian Pilkington; Oded Gera; John Porter; Michael Crystal [5]
2016-07-01 Vivien Duffield; Brian Pilkington; Oded Gera; John Porter; Michael Crystal; Marsha Lee; Denise Esfandi [6]
2018-01-03 Vivien Duffield; Brian Pilkington; Oded Gera; John Porter; Michael Crystal; Marsha Lee; Denise Esfandi [7]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2015-05-31 £442,719 £371,741
2016-05-31 £322,339 £335,509
2017-05-31 £326,587 £263,505

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 31/05/2006[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/05/2007[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/05/2008[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/05/2010[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/05/2011[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/05/2012[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/05/2013[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/05/2014[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/05/2015[16]

No copies were found of the accounts for the years to 31 May 2009, 2016 and 2017. The 2016 and 2017 accounts (received by the Commission on 11 May 2017 and 28 March 2018) are listed on archived beta-register pages of 2017–18, but the files themselves were never captured.[1][17] The 2017/18 accounts of the successor charity, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation UK (1168735), record £148,495 received from this trust "on cessation".[18]

Funding in Israel

  • FY2015: charitable donations of £138,619 (2014: £33,069) "to The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation 'Gala and International Board' in Israel"; income was £442,719, of which £262,760 came from events, and event staging costs were £214,428 (p.1–2).[3] The FY2014 accounts give donations of £33,069 in FY2014 and £163,355 in FY2013 to the same 'Gala and International Board'.[19]

Israeli partners

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, whose office is at 1 Huberman Street, Tel Aviv, and whose concerts are held in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and Rehovot.[20]

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 orchestra is based in Tel Aviv, inside the 1949 armistice lines; its listed concert venues are in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and Rehovot, and no venue beyond the line is listed.[20] Low – Tel Aviv

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated in the 2015 accounts.[3]

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.[21][22][23][24][25]

Other registers and records

Scotland and Northern Ireland

No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (register export dated 15 October 2026, downloaded 15 October 2026 and searched by name).[26] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[27]

The Gazette

Searches of The Gazette for "Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation" returned only Companies House filing lists for the successor company, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation UK; no notice naming this trust was found.[28]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[29]

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.[30]

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).[1] No title registers were purchased.[31]

US counterparts (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)

Organisation EIN Latest filing year Revenue (US$) Expenses (US$)
American Friends Of The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Inc[32] 237183563 2023 3,247,945 4,267,683

These US organisations share the name or beneficiary of the UK charity; no financial flows between them and the UK charity were established.

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation", "Israel Music Foundation" returned 0 contributions in total.[33]

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".[34]

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 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), extract dated 14 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Charity Commission, The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation (291129): governance Register of Charities, viewed 15 October 2026 ("19 February 1985: Standard registration 26 September 2018: Removed (Funds transferred (incor)) 26 September 2018: Funds transferred to 1168735 ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA FOUNDATION UK ... Other names: THE ISRAEL MUSIC FOUNDATION (Previous name)").
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Charity Commission, The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation: accounts for the year to 31 May 2015 UK Government Web Archive, capture of 01/07/2016 (the charity was removed in 2018 and no accounts are downloadable from the live register; this is the latest accounts file found; page numbers are the accounts' printed page numbers).
  4. ↑ Register entry 291129, contact and trustees (capture of 20100706) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 291129, contact and trustees (capture of 20110915) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Register entry 291129, contact and trustees (capture of 20160701) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ Register entry 291129, contact and trustees (capture of 20180103) UK Government Web Archive.
  8. ↑ The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation accounts, year ended 2006-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110915).
  9. ↑ The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation accounts, year ended 2007-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110915).
  10. ↑ The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation accounts, year ended 2008-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110915).
  11. ↑ The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation accounts, year ended 2010-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110915).
  12. ↑ The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation accounts, year ended 2011-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20160701).
  13. ↑ The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation accounts, year ended 2012-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20160701).
  14. ↑ The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation accounts, year ended 2013-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20160701).
  15. ↑ The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation accounts, year ended 2014-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20160701).
  16. ↑ The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation accounts, year ended 2015-05-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20160701).
  17. ↑ Charity Commission, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation (291129): charity details UK Government Web Archive, capture of 02/07/2018 (beta register; lists "Accounts and trustees' annual report 31 May 2017 (285KB) 31 May 2016 (284KB) ...").
  18. ↑ Charity Commission, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation UK: report and financial statements for the year ended 31 May 2018 UK Government Web Archive, capture of 03/01/2020.
  19. ↑ Charity Commission, The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation: accounts for the year to 31 May 2014 UK Government Web Archive, capture of 01/07/2016 (trustees' report: donations of £33,069 (2013: £163,355) to The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation "Gala and International Board").
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Home ipo.co.il, viewed 15 October 2026 ("1 Huberman St., Tel Aviv"; 2026–27 concerts listed in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and Rehovot).
  21. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  22. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  23. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  24. ↑ 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.
  25. ↑ 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").
  26. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026, downloaded October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-10 charity names and their other names found no matching Scottish registration.
  27. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-10 charity name returned no relevant result; the search for "Kosov" returned only an unrelated removed charity, Kosova Support Group, showing that the API was answering).
  28. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
  29. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-291129 360Giving, queried 15 October 2026.
  30. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-10 screening covered 337 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the charitable companies and of related companies named in the accounts (including Pinlee Investments, Calvert Estates, Kendleville, Pidom Export, Faircastle, Hatzlocho, Localtrent, Ardina, Ridgesave, Portford, Wilkincroft and Pandor Estates), and trustees, lenders, donor companies and grant recipients named in the accounts read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; the only token matches were generic company words ("Services Limited" in the name of a corporate secretary) and surname-only coincidences; lists downloaded October 2026.
  31. ↑ 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.
  32. ↑ American Friends Of The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Inc – Nonprofit Explorer ProPublica, viewed 15 October 2026.
  33. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Foundation" Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
  34. ↑ Register entry 291129, full print (capture of 20210111) UK Government Web Archive.
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