University of Haifa UK

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UK fundraising charity remitting donations to the University of Haifa

University of Haifa UK

Logo University of Haifa, Israel.jpg
Type Other
Founded 1976-02-03 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 270733
Headquarters 61 Holders Hill Drive, London, NW4 1NN
Area served Israel
Key people Russell Jacobs (chair)
Website www.haifa-univ.org.uk

University of Haifa UK (formerly British Friends of Haifa University) is a registered charity whose object is to raise funds for the advancement of education in association with University of Haifa.[1] In the year ended 5 April 2025 incoming resources were £3,193,747 and charitable donations paid to the University of Haifa were £3,025,232; administrative costs are covered by transfers from the University.[2] The trustees' report states that the ongoing Gaza war continued to create a challenging fundraising environment.[2]

Formerly known as British Friends of Haifa University.== Objects and activities == The charity's registered objects read: "TO ADVANCE OR ASSIST IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHARITABLE EDUCATIONAL AIMS OBJECTS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE HAIFA UNIVERSITY AND THROUGH OR IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN PROMOTING SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR CHARITABLE PURPOSE CONNECTED WITH THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION WHETHER IN THE STATE OF ISRAEL OR IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE AND IN SUCH PROPORTION AND MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "The object of the Charity is to raise funds for the advancement of education in association with and relating to the charitable educational activities of The University of Haifa."[1]

Register classifications: Education/training.[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 University of Haifa UK (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Professor Sir Walter Fred Bodmer not recorded Academic Study Group on Israel and the Middle East (1191067); Fisher Memorial Trust (313536); Hugo (London) (1008230); Porter Foundation (261194); The Challenge Fund - the Fight Against Cancer in the Emerging World (1079181); The Foulkes Foundation (265166)
Peter Kadas not recorded KDS Foundation (1157614)
Professor Sir Simon Baron-Cohen 2013-10-14 —
Dr Efrat Sopher 2017-12-01 Uklfi Charitable Trust (1169041)
Russell Jacobs 2017-12-01 Yes Common Earth (1189434); Magen David Adom UK (1113409); Orpheus Sinfonia Foundation (1161411)
Richard Hatter 2022-08-03 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2010-07-05 Walter Bodmer Phd Frcpath; Gavin Anthony Lightman Hon.; Justice; Michael Crystal; Hana Smouha; Ariel Zeckler [3]
2011-09-26 Walter Bodmer Phd Frcpath; Hana Smouha; Ariel Zeckler; Jonathan Lux Peter Kadas; Leora Torn-hibler; Gary Hersham [4]
2018-01-04 Walter Bodmer Phd Frcpath; Hana Smouha; Simon Baron-cohen Peter Kadas; Russell Jacobs; Efrat Sopher [5]
2021-01-06 Russell Jacobs (from 01 December 2017) – also trustee of Magen David Adom UK, Orpheus Sinfonia Foundation; Professor Sir Walter Fred Bodmer – also trustee of Hugo (London), Academic Study Group on Israel and the Middle East, The Foulkes Foundation, The Challenge Fund - the Fight Against Cancer in the Emerging World, Porter Foundation, Fisher Memorial Trust; Hana Smouha; Prof Simon Baron-Cohen (from 14 October 2013); Dr Efrat Sopher (from 01 December 2017); Lady Irene Hatter (from 06 March 2018) – also trustee of World Ort Trust; Peter Kadas – also trustee of The Kadas Prize Foundation [6]
2021-07-06 Russell Jacobs (from 01 December 2017) – also trustee of Magen David Adom UK, Orpheus Sinfonia Foundation; Professor Sir Walter Fred Bodmer – also trustee of Hugo (London), Academic Study Group on Israel and the Middle East, The Foulkes Foundation, The Challenge Fund - the Fight Against Cancer in the Emerging World, Porter Foundation, Fisher Memorial Trust; Hana Smouha; Prof Simon Baron-Cohen (from 14 October 2013); Dr Efrat Sopher (from 01 December 2017); Lady Irene Hatter (from 06 March 2018) – also trustee of World Ort Trust; Peter Kadas – also trustee of The Kadas Prize Foundation [7]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-04-05 £274,474 £210,826
2022-04-05 £971,836 £936,937
2023-04-05 £3,665,644 £3,710,651
2024-04-05 £3,557,576 £3,581,455
2025-04-05 £3,193,747 £3,189,720

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
05 Apr 2005 156,777 198,745 [8]
05 Apr 2006 247,644 182,681 [8]
05 Apr 2007 198,418 262,999 [8]
05 Apr 2008 115,273 113,138 [8]
05 Apr 2009 632,065 640,165 [8]
05 Apr 2010 729,744 681,207 [9]
05 Apr 2012 575,409 618,093 [10]
05 Apr 2013 850,214 859,003 [10]
05 Apr 2014 1,110,479 1,082,298 [10]
05 Apr 2015 1,580,875 1,535,612 [10]
05 Apr 2016 1,193,022 1,218,397 [10]

Archived accounts

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

  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2006[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2007[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2008[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2009[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2010[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2014[16]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2015[17]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2016[18]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2017[19]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2018[20]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2019[21]

Funding in Israel

Israeli partners

Sole stated partner for grant remittances is the University of Haifa.[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
Not established from the accounts (university-wide remittances; no settlement or West Bank project named).[2] Low

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military equipment funding is stated. Funds are transferred to the University of Haifa for educational purposes as described in the accounts.[2]

Controversies and regulatory action

  • No Commission inquiry, Official Warning or Gazette insolvency notice was found.
  • Hansard. Searches for "Haifa University" return parliamentary references to the Israeli university and Middle East debates, not discussion of this UK charity as an entity.[22]

Other registers and records

Scotland and Northern Ireland

No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (full register download of 14 October 2026 searched by name).[23] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[24]

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; results were limited to Companies House filing lists.[25]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[26]

Sanctions screening

The charity's name and the names of its current register trustees were screened against the UK Sanctions List and the OFSI Consolidated List. No match was found. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.[27]

Land and property

The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[28]

Parliament

A search of Hansard for 'University of Haifa UK' returned 9 contributions in total; most are general references rather than discussion of the UK charity.[22]

Web archive

The UK Government Web Archive holds 5 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".[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 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), extract dated 14 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Charity Commission, The University of Haifa UK (270733): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 270733, contact and trustees (capture of 20100705) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ Register entry 270733, contact and trustees (capture of 20110926) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 270733, contact and trustees (capture of 20180104) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Register entry 270733, full print (capture of 20210106) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ Register entry 270733, full print (capture of 20210706) UK Government Web Archive.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Register entry 270733, financial history (capture of 20100705) UK Government Web Archive.
  9. ↑ Register entry 270733, financial history (capture of 20110926) UK Government Web Archive.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Register entry 270733, financial history (capture of 20180104) UK Government Web Archive.
  11. ↑ The University of Haifa UK accounts, year ended 2006-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110929).
  12. ↑ The University of Haifa UK accounts, year ended 2007-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110929).
  13. ↑ The University of Haifa UK accounts, year ended 2008-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110929).
  14. ↑ The University of Haifa UK accounts, year ended 2009-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110929).
  15. ↑ The University of Haifa UK accounts, year ended 2010-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110929).
  16. ↑ The University of Haifa UK accounts, year ended 2014-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  17. ↑ The University of Haifa UK accounts, year ended 2015-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200702).
  18. ↑ The University of Haifa UK accounts, year ended 2016-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200702).
  19. ↑ The University of Haifa UK accounts, year ended 2017-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200702).
  20. ↑ The University of Haifa UK accounts, year ended 2018-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200702).
  21. ↑ The University of Haifa UK accounts, year ended 2019-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200702).
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'University of Haifa UK' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
  23. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, CharityExport-14-Oct-2026.csv, downloaded 14 October 2026; keyword search of charity names for the batch-2 charities found no matching Scottish registration of the same organisations (unrelated name collisions such as Open Door Edinburgh SC007315 were disregarded).
  24. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-2 charity name returned zero results).
  25. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'University of Haifa UK' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
  26. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-270733 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
  27. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Screening of the current register trustees of the 25 batch-2 charities and the charity names, carried out 14 October 2026; no matches. Companies House officers and archived trustees were not included in this batch's screen. Viatcheslav Kantor (RUS1127) remains on the UK Sanctions List as previously noted.
  28. ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access on 14 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.
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