Israel Charity Bot: New profile: UK charity operating in Israel (batch 22)

2026-10-16T17:53:05Z

New profile: UK charity operating in Israel (batch 22)

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{{short description|'''North London grant-maker (ANSAF) with £453,561 in cash and £399,226 owed to its own subsidiary, which gave £68,675 in donations in 2024/25 without naming recipients'''}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Anglo SA Foundation
| type = Trust
| registration_id = Registered charity 1155696
| founded = 2014-02-07 (registered)
| headquarters = London NW3; postal address London NW1 (care-of address)
| area_served = Israel, South Africa, Throughout England, United States
| key_people = [[Leon Saul Blitz (trustee, Anglo SA Foundation)|Leon Saul Blitz]] (chair)
| revenue = £51,513 (year to 2025-03-31)
| website = www.anglosa.org
}}

'''[[Anglo SA Foundation]]''' (registered as The Anglo SA Foundation; working name ANSAF) was established by a trust deed of 9 October 2013 and registered on 7 February 2014; its principal address is in London NW3, and its website gives a postal-only care-of address in London NW1.<ref name="FP_ASA">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5043047/full-print The Anglo SA Foundation (1155696): full print] ''Register of Charities'', retrieved 16 October 2026.</ref><ref name="ASA_WEB">The Anglo SA Foundation, [https://www.anglosa.org/ Home page] ''anglosa.org'', viewed 16 October 2026.</ref><ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5043047/accounts-and-annual-returns Anglo SA Foundation (1155696): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).</ref> Its register areas are England, Israel, South Africa and the United States, and it aims to support other charities by donations, its income being mainly interest and occasional large donations (PDF p.4).<ref name="EXTRACT">[[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.</ref><ref name="ACC" /> The trustees are Mr L S Blitz, Mrs C L Blitz, Ms T Blitz and Mr J Blitz (PDF p.2).<ref name="ACC" /><ref name="EXTRACT" /> It owns all of Anglo SA Investments Limited, which made a profit of £67,390 (2024: £27,526) and had net liabilities of £91,252 (PDF p.4).<ref name="ACC" /> In the year to 31 March 2025 the foundation received no donations (2024: £44,000) and £17,152 in interest, and spent £71,496, including £68,675 in charitable donations; funds fell from £108,679 to £54,335 (PDF p.7, 11).<ref name="ACC" /> The balance sheet shows cash of £453,561 and a creditor of £399,226 owed to Anglo SA Investments Limited (PDF p.8, 12–13).<ref name="ACC" /> The accounts were prepared by Robert Moore FCA of Bright Grahame Murray, London SW7, whose report is dated 23 December 2025.<ref name="ACC" />

== Objects and activities ==
[[File:York_Gate_Regents_Park_2009.jpg|thumb|right|250px|8-12 York Gate, Regent's Park, London NW1 (2009); the charity's website gives a postal-only care-of address at this building]]
The charity's registered objects read: "TO ADVANCE AND PROMOTE SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND & WALES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR WORLDWIDE; INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, RELIGION, CULTURE OR HERITAGE OR THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BECAUSE OF YOUTH, AGE,ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS."<ref name="EXTRACT" />

The register describes its activities as: "To advance and promote such purposes as are exclusively charitable and for the benefit of the public in the UK or worldwide, including advancement of education, religion, cultural or heritage or the relief of those in need because of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage, primarily but not exclusively through the provision of grants."<ref name="EXTRACT" />

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel, South Africa, Throughout England, United States.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

== Trustees ==
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:<ref name="EXTRACT" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Trustees of Anglo SA Foundation (register, October 2026)
! Trustee !! Appointed !! Chair !! Other trusteeships
|-
| [[Leon Saul Blitz (trustee, Anglo SA Foundation)|Leon Saul Blitz]] || 2013-12-02 || Yes || —
|-
| [[Cara Lee Blitz (trustee, Anglo SA Foundation)|Cara Lee Blitz]] || 2013-12-02 || || —
|-
| [[Jonathan Ilan Blitz (trustee, Anglo SA Foundation)|Jonathan Ilan Blitz]] || 2020-03-01 || || —
|-
| [[Tali Blitz (trustee, Anglo SA Foundation)|Tali Blitz]] || 2020-03-01 || || —
|}

=== Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive) ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Trustees shown in archived register pages
! Capture date !! Trustees listed !! Source
|-
| 2021-07-07 || [[Leon Saul Blitz (trustee, Anglo SA Foundation)|Leon Saul Blitz]] (chair) (from 02 December 2013); [[Jonathan Ilan Blitz (trustee, Anglo SA Foundation)|Jonathan Ilan Blitz]] (from 01 March 2020); [[Cara Lee Blitz (trustee, Anglo SA Foundation)|Cara Lee Blitz]] (from 02 December 2013); [[Tali Blitz (trustee, Anglo SA Foundation)|Tali Blitz]] (from 01 March 2020) || <ref name="uc27591a6">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210707085347/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5043047/full-print Register entry 1155696, full print (capture of 20210707)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|}

== Finances ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
! Financial year end !! Income !! Expenditure
|-
| 2021-03-31 || £0 || £166,821
|-
| 2022-03-31 || £2,076 || £36,913
|-
| 2023-03-31 || £423 || £167,278
|-
| 2024-03-31 || £51,513 || £115,369
|-
| 2025-03-31 || £51,513 || £115,369
|}
Source: register annual-return history.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

=== Archived accounts ===
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the [[UK Government Web Archive]]:
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015<ref name="uf33b1c6b">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200103050346/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends96/0001155696_AC_20150331_E_C.PDF Anglo SA Foundation accounts, year ended 2015-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200103).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016<ref name="u56eacca8">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200103051857/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends96/0001155696_AC_20160331_E_C.PDF Anglo SA Foundation accounts, year ended 2016-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200103).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017<ref name="ud1b3859f">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200103052110/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends96/0001155696_AC_20170331_E_C.PDF Anglo SA Foundation accounts, year ended 2017-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200103).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018<ref name="u1e7713f1">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200103051856/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends96/0001155696_AC_20180331_E_C.PDF Anglo SA Foundation accounts, year ended 2018-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200103).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2019<ref name="u857060f4">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200702090046/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends96/0001155696_AC_20190331_E_C.PDF Anglo SA Foundation accounts, year ended 2019-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200702).</ref>

== Funding in Israel ==
* No spending in Israel is identified; the accounts do not name the recipients of the £68,675 in donations or mention Israel (PDF p.11).<ref name="ACC" />

=== Israeli partners ===
No Israeli partner is named. The register lists Israel among the charity's areas of operation.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

== 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.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
! Finding !! Confidence
|-
| No place in Israel is named.<ref name="ACC" /> || Not established
|}

'''Support for the IDF:''' No IDF or military funding is stated.<ref name="ACC" />

== 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;<ref name="ALERTS">[[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-22 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none was shown.</ref> 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.<ref name="CC_CHEQUE1">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/serious-concerns-over-use-of-22-million-triggers-investigation-by-charity-regulator Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator] ''GOV.UK'', 14 May 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE2">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-opens-next-phase-of-investigation-into-105-charities-connected-to-company-cashing-cheques Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques] ''GOV.UK'', 1 September 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE3">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-announces-next-charities-to-be-investigated-as-part-of-inquiry-connected-to-company-cashing-cheques Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques] ''GOV.UK'', 4 December 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE4">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-concludes-investigation-into-4-charities-as-class-inquiry-continues Regulator concludes investigation into 4 charities as class inquiry continues] ''GOV.UK'', 9 September 2026, with [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-the-results-of-a-class-inquiry/statement-of-the-results-of-a-class-inquiry Statement of the results of a class inquiry] (same date).</ref> 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.<ref name="CC_SETTLE">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/charity-regulator-opens-inquiry-into-charities-working-in-illegal-israeli-settlements 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").</ref>
* '''No independent examination.''' The accountants' report says the charity is "not required to obtain an independent examiner's report", but the trustees' report says "Robert Moore FCA has been re-appointed as independent examiner" (PDF p.5, accountants' report).<ref name="ACC" />
* '''Register repeats the prior year.''' The register shows income of £51,513 and spending of £115,369 for the year to 31 March 2025; these match the 2024 accounts, while the 2025 accounts show £17,152 and £71,496 (PDF p.7).<ref name="FP_ASA" /><ref name="ACC" />
* '''Recipients not named.''' The £68,675 of donations are not broken down by recipient (PDF p.11).<ref name="ACC" />

== Other registers and records ==
=== Scotland and Northern Ireland ===
No entry was found on the [[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator|Scottish Charity Register]] for this charity (register export dated 14 October 2026, searched by name).<ref name="OSCR">[[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator]], [https://www.oscr.org.uk/download/charity-register Scottish Charity Register download] ''OSCR'', export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-22 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.</ref> No entry was found on the [[Charity Commission for Northern Ireland]] register (API name searches returned zero results).<ref name="CCNI">[[Charity Commission for Northern Ireland]], [https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/api/charity-search/results?searchText=Levy2&pageNumber=1 Register of charities search API] ''CCNI'', searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-22 charity names returned zero results).</ref>

=== 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.<ref name="uee0a01f9">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Anglo%20SA%20Foundation The Gazette: notices matching 'Anglo SA Foundation'] ''The Gazette'', searched 16 October 2026.</ref>

=== Grants recorded by 360Giving ===
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.<ref name="uc3760499">[https://api.threesixtygiving.org/api/v1/org/GB-CHC-1155696/grants_received/?limit=100 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1155696] ''360Giving'', queried 16 October 2026.</ref>

=== 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.<ref name="SANC">[[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]], ''UK Sanctions List'' (CSV); [[Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation]], ''Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets'' (ConList.csv). Batch-22 screening covered 196 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and staff 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 charity names (such as "Charitable Foundation", "Trust", "Fund" and "Association") matching listed entities, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.</ref>

=== Land and property ===
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.<ref name="EXTRACT" /> No title registers were purchased; the [[HM Land Registry]] interactive search blocked automated access.<ref name="HLRWEB">[[HM Land Registry]], [https://search-property-information.service.gov.uk/ Search for land and property information] ''GOV.UK'' – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access in October 2026; no titles were looked up or purchased. Candidate title numbers below come from the free [[Corporate and Commercial Ownership Data|CCOD]] / [[Overseas Companies Ownership Data|OCOD]] datasets (October 2026 release), not from paid title registers.</ref>

=== Parliament ===
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Anglo SA Foundation", "ANSAF" returned 0 contributions in total.<ref name="HANS">UK Parliament, [https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/search/contributions/Spoken.json?queryParameters.searchTerm=%22Anglo%20SA%20Foundation%22&queryParameters.take=100&queryParameters.orderBy=SittingDateAsc Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Anglo SA Foundation"] ''Hansard'', queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).</ref>

== Web archive ==
* anglosa.org: 6 yearly captures, first 2017-05-11, last 2024-09-01.<ref name="u4606e1f5">[https://web.archive.org/cdx/search/cdx?url=anglosa.org&output=json&fl=timestamp,original,statuscode&filter=statuscode:200&collapse=timestamp:4 Internet Archive CDX index for anglosa.org] ''Wayback Machine'', queried 16 October 2026.</ref>

The [[UK Government Web Archive]] holds 2 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 (on time)" and "Other regulators: No information available".<ref name="uc27591a6" />

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

==Notes==
<references/>

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

Anglo SA Foundation - Revision history

Israel Charity Bot: New profile: UK charity operating in Israel (batch 22)