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{{short description|Registered charity in England and Wales}}
{{Infobox organization
|name=AJEX - The Jewish Military Association
|logo=[[File:AJEX  The Jewish Military Association logo.jpg|200px]]
|type=Registered charity and company limited by guarantee
|founded=9 January 2009 (incorporated); 13 May 2009 (registered as a charity)
|location=London, England
|registration=Charity Commission for England and Wales; Companies House
|registration_id=Charity 1129591; Company 06786615
|status=Registered
}}
'''[[AJEX - The Jewish Military Association]]''' (Charity number: 1129591; Company number 06786615) is a registered charity and private limited company by guarantee without share capital use of 'limited' exemption.<ref name="CCTrustees">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4044308/trustees AJEX - THE JEWISH MILITARY ASSOCIATION trustees] ''Charity Commission for England and Wales'', accessed 13 October 2026.</ref><ref name="CHCompany">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06786615 AJEX - THE JEWISH MILITARY ASSOCIATION overview] ''Companies House'', accessed 13 October 2026.</ref> The register describes its activities as: "To continue Remembrance of the Jewish contribution to the military; to combat antisemitism through education; and to provide welfare for Jewish veterans and their families".<ref name="CCReg">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4044308 AJEX - The Jewish Military Association – charity overview] ''Register of Charities'', accessed 15 October 2026.</ref> For the financial year ending 31 March 2026 it reported income of £336,369 and expenditure of £361,402.<ref name="CCReg" />
*Charity registered: 13 May 2009 (Registered)<ref name="CCTrustees" />
*Company incorporated: 9 January 2009 (Active); SIC 88100 - Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled 91020 - Museums activities 91030 - Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions 94990 - Activities of other membership organisations not elsewhere classified<ref name="CHCompany" />
*Previous company names: THE JEWISH MILITARY MUSEUM 09 Jan 2009 - 22 Apr 2022<ref name="CHCompany" />
*Registered office address: Shield House, Harmony Way, London, NW4 2BZ<ref name="CHCompany" />

==People==
===Trustees===
{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Role !! Date of appointment !! Other trusteeships
|-
| [[Stewart Cass]] || Trustee || 1 April 2022 || None on record
|-
| [[Jonathan Kober]] || Trustee || 1 April 2022 || None on record
|-
| [[Anthony Harvey Yadgaroff]] || Trustee || 1 April 2022 || [[The Western Charitable Foundation]] (charity number: 1147803) | [[The Investment Managers' Charitable Trust]] (charity number: 1185382)
|-
| [[Sheila Ann Taylor]] || Trustee || 1 April 2022 || None on record
|-
| [[Stephen Howard John Pack]] || Trustee || 1 April 2022 || [[The Work Avenue Foundation]] (charity number: 1164762) | [[Ajex Charitable Foundation]] (charity number: 1082148) | [[South Hampstead Charitable Trust]] (charity number: 1052186)
|-
| [[Joshua Dennis]] || Trustee || 2 May 2025 || [[Rocket Planet Humanitarian Force]] (charity number: 1204353)
|-
| [[Jonathan Maurice Tyler]] || Trustee || 2 May 2025 || None on record
|-
| [[Joshua Simon Gaventa]] || Trustee || 9 October 2025 || None on record
|}
Source: Charity Commission register.<ref name="CCTrustees" />




===Historic trustees===
Trustees as listed in archived snapshots of the Charity Commission register (first and last snapshot in which each name appears; not a record of actual appointment or resignation dates).
{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! First seen !! Last seen !! Snapshots listing name
|-
| [[Ronald Charles Shelley]] || 4 January 2014 || 3 January 2019 || 4 <ref name="ARC1129591_1">UK Government Web Archive, [https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140104085040/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1129591&SubsidiaryNumber=0 AJEX - The Jewish Military Association – register entry (4 January 2014)], archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 4 January 2014, accessed 14 October 2026.</ref><ref name="ARC1129591_2">UK Government Web Archive, [https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20190103033931/http://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=1129591&subid=0 AJEX - The Jewish Military Association – register entry (3 January 2019)], archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 3 January 2019, accessed 14 October 2026.</ref>
|-
| [[Henry Morris]] || 4 January 2014 || 4 January 2014 || 1 <ref name="ARC1129591_1" />
|-
| [[Gabriel John Kaufman]] || 4 January 2014 || 3 January 2018 || 3 <ref name="ARC1129591_1" /><ref name="ARC1129591_3">UK Government Web Archive, [https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20180103203808/http://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=1129591&subid=0 AJEX - The Jewish Military Association – register entry (3 January 2018)], archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 3 January 2018, accessed 14 October 2026.</ref>
|-
| [[Leonard Stern]] || 4 January 2014 || 3 January 2019 || 4 <ref name="ARC1129591_1" /><ref name="ARC1129591_2" />
|-
| [[Ivan Phineas Sugarman]] || 4 January 2014 || 3 January 2019 || 4 <ref name="ARC1129591_1" /><ref name="ARC1129591_2" />
|-
| [[Brenda Goldberg]] || 4 January 2014 || 3 January 2019 || 4 <ref name="ARC1129591_1" /><ref name="ARC1129591_2" />
|-
| [[Andrew Simon Kirshen]] || 4 January 2014 || 3 January 2019 || 4 <ref name="ARC1129591_1" /><ref name="ARC1129591_2" />
|}
===Directors===
{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Role !! Position !! Date of birth !! Age !! Appointed on !! Resigned on !! Nationality !! Country of residence !! Occupation
|-
| [[Stewart Laurence Cass]] || Role Active || Director || November 1959 || 66 || 1 April 2022 ||  || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
|-
| [[Joshua Clive Dennis]] || Role Active || Director || February 2000 || 26 || 2 May 2025 ||  || British || England || Not disclosed
|-
| [[Joshua Simon Gaventa]] || Role Active || Director || January 1995 || 31 || 9 October 2025 ||  || British || England || Not disclosed
|-
| [[Jonathan Kober]] || Role Active || Director || November 1950 || 75 || 1 April 2022 ||  || British || England || Not disclosed
|-
| [[Stephen Howard John Pack]] || Role Active || Director || April 1950 || 76 || 1 April 2022 ||  || British || England || Not disclosed
|-
| [[Sheila Ann Taylor]] || Role Active || Director || November 1954 || 71 || 1 April 2022 ||  || British || England || Not disclosed
|-
| [[Jonathan Maurice Tyler]] || Role Active || Director || February 1955 || 71 || 21 May 2025 ||  || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
|-
| [[Anthony Harvey Yadgaroff]] || Role Active || Director || March 1949 || 77 || 1 April 2022 ||  || British || England || Not disclosed
|-
| [[Gabriel Kaufman]] || Role Resigned || Secretary ||  ||  || 9 January 2009 || 4 November 2017 || British ||  || Not disclosed
|-
| [[Michael Stephen Bluestone]] || Role Resigned || Director || January 1952 || 74 || 1 April 2022 || 14 January 2025 || British || England || Not disclosed
|-
| [[Daniel Richard Fox]] || Role Resigned || Director || April 1973 || 53 || 1 April 2022 || 1 January 2026 || British || England Identity verification due 23 January 2026 || Not disclosed
|-
| [[Brenda Yta Goldberg]] || Role Resigned || Director || May 1949 || 77 || 1 February 2012 || 1 April 2022 || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
|-
| [[Gabriel Kaufman]] || Role Resigned || Director || June 1927 || 99 || 9 January 2009 || 4 November 2017 || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
|-
| [[Andrew Simon Kirshen]] || Role Resigned || Director || June 1952 || 74 || 1 March 2012 || 1 April 2022 || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
|-
| [[Antonia Sarah Lester]] || Role Resigned || Director || November 1977 || 48 || 21 July 2025 || 27 August 2026 || British || England || Not disclosed
|-
| [[Henry Morris]] || Role Resigned || Director || March 1921 || 105 || 9 January 2009 || 18 October 2016 || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
|-
| [[Ronald Charles Shelley]] || Role Resigned || Director || March 1929 || 97 || 7 August 2012 || 1 April 2022 || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
|-
| [[Ruth Smeeth]] || Role Resigned || Director || June 1979 || 47 || 4 November 2022 || 29 July 2024 || British || England || Not disclosed
|-
| [[Leonard Martin Stern]] || Role Resigned || Director || March 1934 || 92 || 8 April 2009 || 1 April 2022 || British || United Kingdom || Not disclosed
|-
| [[Ivan Phineas Sugarman]] || Role Resigned || Director || December 1929 || 96 || 7 October 2010 || 6 May 2025 || British || England || Not disclosed
|}
Source: Companies House officers register.<ref name="CHOfficers">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06786615/officers AJEX - THE JEWISH MILITARY ASSOCIATION officers] ''Companies House'', accessed 13 October 2026.</ref>

===Persons with significant control===
*PSC statement: The company knows or has reasonable cause to believe that there is no registrable person or registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the company (notified 9 January 2017)
Source: Companies House PSC register.<ref name="CHPSC">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06786615/persons-with-significant-control AJEX - THE JEWISH MILITARY ASSOCIATION persons with significant control] ''Companies House'', accessed 13 October 2026.</ref>

==Finances==
{| class="wikitable"
! Financial year end !! Total income !! Total expenditure !! Income from donations and legacies !! Expenditure on charitable activities !! Grants to institutions !! Total funds (assets less liabilities) !! Cash !! Employees !! Volunteers !! Accounts received
|-
| December 2011 || £95,307 || £132,492 || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Archived register entry<ref name="ARC1129591_4">UK Government Web Archive, [https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20170726182034/http://beta.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=1129591&subid=0 AJEX - The Jewish Military Association – register entry (26 July 2017)], archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 26 July 2017, accessed 14 October 2026.</ref>
|-
| December 2012 || £138,178 || £150,691 || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Archived register entry<ref name="ARC1129591_4" />
|-
| December 2013 || £131,289 || £179,342 || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Archived register entry<ref name="ARC1129591_4" />
|-
| December 2014 || £123,914 || £303,229 || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Archived register entry<ref name="ARC1129591_4" />
|-
| December 2015 || £112,432 || £140,560 || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Archived register entry<ref name="ARC1129591_4" />
|-
| December 2016 || £0 || £0 || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Archived register entry<ref name="ARC1129591_3" />
|-
| December 2017 || £0 || £0 || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Archived register entry<ref name="ARC1129591_2" />
|-
| 31 March 2022 || £80 || £0 || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Annual return received 23 November 2022; no accounts on record (due 31 January 2023)
|-
| 31 March 2023 || £1,971,766 || £259,407 || £247,344 || £249,911 || £0 || £1,813,772 || £280,033 || 4 || 20 || 17 October 2023 (due 31 January 2024)
|-
| 31 March 2024 || £223,956 || £255,962 || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || 20 || 6 August 2024 (due 31 January 2025)
|-
| 31 March 2025 || £495,225 || £267,663 || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || 20 || 1 August 2025 (due 31 January 2026)
|-
| 31 March 2026 || £336,369 || £361,402 || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || Not disclosed || 20 || 16 September 2026 (due 31 January 2027)
|}
Source: Charity Commission financial history and register data.<ref name="CCFin">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4044308/financial-history AJEX - THE JEWISH MILITARY ASSOCIATION financial history] ''Charity Commission for England and Wales'', accessed 13 October 2026; figures from the Commission's public register data extract dated 13 October 2026.</ref> Trustee payments: "No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity."<ref name="CCOverview">Charity Commission for England and Wales, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4044308 AJEX - THE JEWISH MILITARY ASSOCIATION overview] ''Charity Commission for England and Wales'', accessed 13 October 2026.</ref>

*Companies House: last accounts made up to 31 March 2026 (Total exemption full accounts, filed 16 Sep 2026); next accounts made up to 31 March 2027, due by 31 December 2027.<ref name="CHCompany" /><ref name="CHAcc">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06786615/filing-history AJEX - THE JEWISH MILITARY ASSOCIATION filing history] – Total exemption full accounts made up to 31 March 2026, filed 16 Sep 2026, ''Companies House'', accessed 13 October 2026.</ref>
*Companies House: last confirmation statement dated 9 January 2026; next due by 23 January 2027.<ref name="CHCompany" />
*Archived accounts: [https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200104101219/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends91/0001129591_AC_20141231_E_C.PDF year ending 31 December 2014]; [https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200104095832/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends91/0001129591_AC_20151231_E_C.PDF year ending 31 December 2015]; [https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200104100650/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends91/0001129591_AC_20161227_E_C.PDF year ending 27 December 2016].<ref name="ARC1129591_5">UK Government Web Archive, [https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200104101219/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends91/0001129591_AC_20141231_E_C.PDF AJEX - The Jewish Military Association – archived accounts], archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 4 January 2020, accessed 14 October 2026.</ref>
*Grants (360Giving): 1 grant(s) received totalling £9,780 (01 Nov 2023 – 01 Nov 2023); funders: The National Lottery Heritage Fund (1 grant(s), £9,780).<ref>360Giving GrantNav, [https://grantnav.threesixtygiving.org/org/GB-CHC-1129591 AJEX - The Jewish Military Association] ''360Giving'', accessed 14 October 2026.</ref>

==Controversies and conflicts==
*'''Related-party transactions:''' The latest filed accounts state: "There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2026."<ref name="CHAcc" />
*'''Filing compliance:''' All 5 annual returns and accounts on the Charity Commission record were received by their due dates, and the register states "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)".<ref name="CCFin" /><ref name="CCOverview" />
*'''Companies House notices:''' 18 Jan 2017: Compulsory strike-off action has been discontinued (DISS40); 10 Jan 2017: Compulsory strike-off action has been suspended (DISS16(SOAS)); 29 Nov 2016: First Gazette notice for compulsory strike-off (GAZ1).<ref name="CHFH">Companies House, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06786615/filing-history AJEX - THE JEWISH MILITARY ASSOCIATION filing history] ''Companies House'', accessed 13 October 2026.</ref>
*'''Overlapping trusteeships:''' [[Anthony Harvey Yadgaroff]] is also a trustee of [[The Western Charitable Foundation]] (1147803), [[The Investment Managers' Charitable Trust]] (1185382). [[Stephen Howard John Pack]] is also a trustee of [[The Work Avenue Foundation]] (1164762), [[Ajex Charitable Foundation]] (1082148), [[South Hampstead Charitable Trust]] (1052186). [[Joshua Dennis]] is also a trustee of [[Rocket Planet Humanitarian Force]] (1204353).<ref name="CCTrustees" />

==See also==
*[[Stewart Cass]]
*[[Jonathan Kober]]
*[[Anthony Harvey Yadgaroff]]
*[[The Western Charitable Foundation]]
*[[The Investment Managers' Charitable Trust]]
*[[Sheila Ann Taylor]]

==External links==
*[https://www.ajex.org.uk/ Official website]

==Notes==
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[[Category:Charities]]
[[Category:Jewish charities in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Charities based in London]]