The Tel Aviv Foundation

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UK arm of the Tel Aviv-Yafo Foundation, which works closely with the city's mayor

The Tel Aviv Foundation

Logo Shapira Quarter Tel Aviv 2026.jpg
Shapira Quarter, Tel Aviv. The foundation's 2024 Adopt-a-Neighbourhood grants of £440,550 covered the Shapira and Kiriyat Shalom neighbourhoods of Tel Aviv
Type Trust
Founded 1986-01-20 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 293477
Headquarters The Tel Aviv Foundation, 48 Priory Road, London, NW6 4SJ
Area served Israel
Website www.telavivfoundation.org


The Tel Aviv Foundation is a trust (deed of 11 December 1985) registered on 20 January 1986; Israel is its only register area.[1] Its object is to advance the aims of the Tel Aviv Foundation, an Israeli non-profit, for the benefit of the inhabitants of Tel Aviv-Yafo. The trustees are Simon Ross (chairman), Neville Eisenberg, Amina Harris and Dov I Shamir, and its address is 48 Priory Road, London NW6 4SJ. The trustees' report says that the Tel Aviv-Yafo Foundation (TAFI) "has close links with the Office of the Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo", that the UK charity acts as its agent, and that the UK charity is "legally and operationally independent" (PDF p.2, 4–5).[2] In 2024 income was £302,320, from the Paicolex Trust, the Archie Sherman Charitable Trust, the Raphael and Marika Levy Benevolent Fund, an individual and AR&V Investments Limited; spending rose to £563,422 (2023: £68,444) (PDF p.4).[2] The Israeli foundation gives its address as Shlomo Ibn Gvirol 69, Tel Aviv.[3]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "TO ADVANCE OR ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHARITABLE AIMS OBJECTS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE TEL AVIV FOUNDATION (A NON PROFIT ORGANISATION ESTABLISHED UNDER THE LAWS OF ISRAEL) AND BY ALL SUCH MEANS AS MAY BE CHARITABLE AT LAW TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN THE PROMOTION FOR THE PRIMARY BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF TEL AVIV, ISREAL OF THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE ADVANCEMENT OF RELIGION AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY INDIGENCE AND DISTRESS."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "To promote and assist eductional, religious and relief projects in Tel Aviv-Yafo."[1]

Register classifications: Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Recreation.[1]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel.[1]

Trustees

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

Trustees of The Tel Aviv Foundation (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Simon Ross not recorded —
Neville Eisenberg 2012-03-30 —
Amina Harris 2012-04-16 —
Dov Itzhak Shamir 2019-02-07 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2010-07-10 Michael J Gee; John Neil Davis; Anke Adler-slottke; Doreen Gerson; Shai Carmel; Michael Geiger; Howard Goulden; Gail Seal; Allan Morgenthau; Simon Ross; Lisette Stalbow [4]
2011-10-01 Michael J Gee; John Neil Davis; Stanley Salter; Anke Adler-slottke; Doreen Gerson; Shai Carmel; Michael Geiger; Howard Goulden; Gail Seal; Allan Morgenthau; Simon Ross [5]
2021-07-05 Anke Adler-slottke; Dov Itzhak Shamir (from 07 February 2019); Amina Harris (from 16 April 2012); Neville Eisenberg (from 30 March 2012); Simon Ross; Marc Worth (from 07 February 2019) [6]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2020-12-31 £590,364 £673,621
2021-12-31 £827,671 £806,759
2022-12-31 £925,247 £1,037,116
2023-12-31 £317,610 £68,444
2024-12-31 £302,320 £563,422

Source: register annual-return history.[1]

Historical finances (UK Government Web Archive)

Income and spending shown on archived register pages
Financial year end Income (£) Spending (£) Source
31 Dec 2004 335,658 335,213 [7]
31 Dec 2005 277,700 187,657 [7]
31 Dec 2006 562,510 643,952 [7]
31 Dec 2007 1,560,551 1,535,309 [7]
31 Dec 2008 1,846,292 1,716,918 [7]
31 Dec 2009 939,450 823,005 [8]

Archived accounts

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

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

Funding in Israel

Israeli partners

The Tel Aviv-Yafo Foundation, Ibn Gvirol 69, Tel Aviv, and projects that the accounts place in Tel Aviv neighbourhoods.[2][3]

Support for the Israeli military

Borderline. The accounts describe Tel Aviv House, a community centre that welcomes, among others, "lone soldiers" of the Israel Defense Forces. The foundation's restricted fund for it held £7,597 at 31 December 2024 (£5,000 received in 2024, nothing spent) (PDF p.12–13).[2] A £10,000 grant to the Israel Emergency Fund, spent in 2024, is described as being "to help inhabitants during war" (PDF p.11–13). No grant to the IDF itself is stated.[2]

Prior scrutiny. No Charity Commission inquiry or Official Warning, and no complaint or report by the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians, the Islamic Human Rights Commission or Declassified UK, concerning this charity's support for soldiers was found (checked October 2026).

Activity beyond the Green Line

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
All projects named are in Tel Aviv-Yafo, inside the 1949 armistice lines.[2] Low – Tel Aviv-Yafo

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;[14] 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.[15][16][17][18] 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.[19]
  • Draft accounts filed. Every page of the FY2024 accounts on the register is headed "Draft Financial Statements at 29 August 2025"; the approval date is blank, and the independent examiner's report is undated and leaves the examiner's professional body blank (PDF p.6, 8).[2]
  • Late filing. The FY2023 annual return was received on 12 February 2025, 104 days after its due date.[1]

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).[20] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[21]

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.[22]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[23]

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.[24]

Land and property

The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased.[25]

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Tel Aviv Foundation" returned 0 contributions in total.[26]

Web archive

  • telavivfoundation.org: 26 yearly captures, first 2001-04-01, last 2026-01-01.[27]

The UK Government Web Archive holds 4 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile (cited in the sections above).

See also

External links

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), extract dated 14 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Charity Commission, The Tel Aviv Foundation (293477): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file). Latest accounts on the register (year to 31 December 2024): archived copy, Wayback Machine, 25 October 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tel Aviv Foundation, Home telavivfoundation.org, viewed 15 October 2026 ("The Tel Aviv Foundation has been the engine of urban hope for Tel Aviv-Yafo for nearly half a century"; "Address: Shlomo Ibn Gvirol 69, Tel Aviv").
  4. ↑ Register entry 293477, contact and trustees (capture of 20100710) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 293477, contact and trustees (capture of 20111001) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Register entry 293477, full print (capture of 20210705) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Register entry 293477, financial history (capture of 20100710) UK Government Web Archive.
  8. ↑ Register entry 293477, financial history (capture of 20111001) UK Government Web Archive.
  9. ↑ The Tel Aviv Foundation accounts, year ended 2014-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  10. ↑ The Tel Aviv Foundation accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  11. ↑ The Tel Aviv Foundation accounts, year ended 2016-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  12. ↑ The Tel Aviv Foundation accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  13. ↑ The Tel Aviv Foundation accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  14. ↑ 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-10 charities, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; alerts were shown only for Solev Co Limited (254623) and Lehachyos (1170523).
  15. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  16. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  17. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ 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").
  20. ↑ 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.
  21. ↑ 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).
  22. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Tel Aviv Foundation' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
  23. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-293477 360Giving, queried 15 October 2026.
  24. ↑ 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.
  25. ↑ 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.
  26. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Tel Aviv Foundation" Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
  27. ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for telavivfoundation.org Wayback Machine, queried 15 October 2026.
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