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

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

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{{short description|'''UK fundraising trust (also called the Ashten Trust) for the Israel Tennis & Education Centers Foundation, run partly by the Foundation's own executives; in 2024 it passed £49,968 to the Foundation'''}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Israel Children's Centers
| type = Trust
| registration_id = Registered charity 282663
| founded = 1981-08-07 (registered)
| headquarters = London EC4R (c/o Mills & Reeve LLP)
| area_served = Israel, Throughout England
| revenue = £50,000 (year to 2024-12-31)
| logo = [[File:Israel_Tennis_Center_Kiryat_Shmona_2013.jpeg|200px]]
| caption = The Israel Tennis Center in Kiryat Shmona (2013), one of the centres of the foundation for which the charity raises funds
}}

'''[[Israel Children's Centers]]''' (registered as The Israel Children's Centers; also known as The Ashten Trust) was established by a trust deed of 18 May 1981 and registered on 7 August 1981; its address is care of the solicitors Mills & Reeve LLP, London EC4R.<ref name="FP_ICC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/282663/full-print The Israel Children's Centers (282663): full print] ''Register of Charities'', retrieved 16 October 2026.</ref><ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/282663/accounts-and-annual-returns Israel Children's Centers (282663): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).</ref> Its objects include relieving poverty and distress "among disabled persons and in particular war disabled persons in the Middle East" and the physical education of young people, "in particular war orphans", through tennis and other sports.<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> Its "sole purpose is to fundraise in the UK for the benefit of the Israel Tennis & Education Centers Foundation", whose centres integrate "Jews (including Ethiopians) and Arabs (Muslim and Christian)" (PDF p.1).<ref name="ACC" /> The register says it and sister organisations support "16 children's centres throughout Israel", attended by more than 6,000 children.<ref name="EXTRACT" /> The 2024 report lists five trustees: Paul Goldstein and James Robert Collins, volunteer trustees, and Ilan Allali, Eyal Taoz and Lilo Tzarfati, who "are employees of the Israel Tennis & Education Centers Foundation, but receive no remuneration from the Charity"; the report was signed by Ilan Allali on 8 December 2025 (PDF p.1).<ref name="ACC" /> Its receipts and payments account for 2024 shows donations of £37,815 from individuals and £17,538 from institutions, receipts of £55,353, and payments of £5,385 for staff travel and £49,968 in "Donations to Israel charity" (PDF p.3, a scanned form).<ref name="ACC" /> The accounts were examined by Samir Chandoo of Moore Kingston Smith LLP on 9 December 2025.<ref name="ACC" /> The archived accounts for 2010 named Norman Epstein (chairman) and Jonathan L Manson as trustees.<ref name="ICC_AC10">[[Charity Commission]], [https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20120118190937/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends63/0000282663_ac_20101231_e_c.pdf The Israel Children's Centers: trustees' annual report and accounts for the year to 31 December 2010] ''UK Government Web Archive'', capture of 18/01/2012. (scanned; text read by OCR).</ref>

== Objects and activities ==
The charity's registered objects read: "1) TO RELIEVE POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONG DISABLED PERSONS AND IN PARTICULAR WAR DISABLED PERSONS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION OF YOUNG PERSONS AND IN PARTICULAR WAR ORPHANS AT SCHOOLS UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER CHARITABLE EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST BY THE PROVISION FOR SUCH PERSONS OF FACILITIES FOR TENNIS AND OTHERGAMES OR SPORTS IN SUCH A WAY AS TO ASSIST IN ENSURING THAT DUE ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH PERSONS AS WELL AS TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND OCCUPATION OF THEIR MINDS.3) WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE FOREGOING TO MAKE GRANTS OR PAYMENTS TO CHARITABLE ASSOCIATIONS TRUSTS SOCIETIES OR CORPORATIONS FOR OR WHOSE OBJECTS INCLUDE THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES HEREINBEFORE DESCRIBED."<ref name="EXTRACT" />

The register describes its activities as: "The Israel Childrens Centers (ICC) and sister orgs in the world, support the activities of 16 children's centres throughout Israel, more than 6,000 children regularly attend educational and sports classes. These centres provide a community focus for the education and assimilation of all children, regardless of their background and origins, by the availability of sports and educational programmes."<ref name="EXTRACT" />

Register classifications: Education/training, Amateur Sport.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

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

== Trustees ==
[[File:Lilo_Tzarfati_ITEC_headshot.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Lilo Tzarfati ("Lilo Zarfati" on the Foundation's website), a trustee of the charity and an employee of the Israel Tennis & Education Centers Foundation; photograph from the Foundation's staff page]]
[[File:Eyal_Taoz_ITEC_headshot.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Eyal Taoz, a trustee of the charity and an employee of the Israel Tennis & Education Centers Foundation; photograph from the Foundation's staff page]]
[[File:Ilan_Allali_ITEC_headshot.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ilan Allali, a trustee of the charity and an employee of the Israel Tennis & Education Centers Foundation; photograph from the Foundation's staff page]]
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:<ref name="EXTRACT" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Trustees of Israel Children's Centers (register, October 2026)
! Trustee !! Appointed !! Chair !! Other trusteeships
|-
| [[Paul Goldstein (trustee, Israel Children's Centers)|Paul Goldstein]] || 2024-10-28 || || [[The Solo Charitable Settlement]] (326444)
|-
| [[James Robert Collins (trustee, Israel Children's Centers)|James Robert Collins]] || 2024-10-28 || || —
|-
| [[Ilan Allali (trustee, Israel Children's Centers)|Ilan Allali]] || 2025-09-08 || || —
|-
| [[Eyal Taoz (trustee, Israel Children's Centers)|Eyal Taoz]] || 2025-09-08 || || —
|-
| [[Lilo Tzarfati (trustee, Israel Children's Centers)|Lilo Tzarfati]] || 2025-09-08 || || —
|}

=== Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive) ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Trustees shown in archived register pages
! Capture date !! Trustees listed !! Source
|-
| 2010-07-06 || [[Geoffrey Goldkorn (trustee, Israel Children's Centers)|Geoffrey Goldkorn]]; [[Jonathan Laurence Manson (trustee, Israel Children's Centers)|Jonathan Laurence Manson]]; [[Norman Epstein (trustee, Israel Children's Centers)|Norman Epstein]] || <ref name="ue623f978">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20100706100431/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/SHOWCHARITY/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=282663&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 282663, contact and trustees (capture of 20100706)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 2012-01-21 || [[Geoffrey Goldkorn (trustee, Israel Children's Centers)|Geoffrey Goldkorn]]; [[Jonathan Laurence Manson (trustee, Israel Children's Centers)|Jonathan Laurence Manson]]; [[Norman Epstein (trustee, Israel Children's Centers)|Norman Epstein]] || <ref name="ufb63b59e">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20120121171341/https://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=282663&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 282663, contact and trustees (capture of 20120121)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 2018-01-04 || [[Geoffrey Goldkorn (trustee, Israel Children's Centers)|Geoffrey Goldkorn]]; [[Jonathan Laurence Manson (trustee, Israel Children's Centers)|Jonathan Laurence Manson]]; [[Norman Epstein (trustee, Israel Children's Centers)|Norman Epstein]] || <ref name="u5d04e370">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20180104162401/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=282663&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 282663, contact and trustees (capture of 20180104)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 2021-01-15 || [[Jonathan Laurence Manson (trustee, Israel Children's Centers)|Jonathan Laurence Manson]] (from 04 October 2011) – also trustee of [[The Manson Family Charitable Trust]]; [[Geoffrey Goldkorn (trustee, Israel Children's Centers)|Geoffrey Goldkorn]] – also trustee of [[The Israel-Diaspora Trust]], [[The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust]], [[The Goldkorn Family Foundation]]; [[Norman Epstein (trustee, Israel Children's Centers)|Norman Epstein]] (chair) || <ref name="ue107fbc4">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210115122732/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/282663/full-print Register entry 282663, full print (capture of 20210115)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 2021-07-02 || [[Jonathan Laurence Manson (trustee, Israel Children's Centers)|Jonathan Laurence Manson]] (from 04 October 2011) – also trustee of [[The Manson Family Charitable Trust]]; [[Geoffrey Goldkorn (trustee, Israel Children's Centers)|Geoffrey Goldkorn]] – also trustee of [[The Israel-Diaspora Trust]], [[The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust]], [[The Goldkorn Family Foundation]] || <ref name="uc0c0bbbc">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210702220007/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/282663/full-print Register entry 282663, full print (capture of 20210702)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|}

The ITEC staff page lists Eyal Taoz as Global CEO, Ilan Allali as Global CFO and Lilo Zarfati as COO.<ref name="ITEC_STAFF">Israel Tennis & Education Centers, [https://itecenters.org/our-staff/ Our Staff] ''itecenters.org'', viewed 16 October 2026.</ref> On the register, Paul Goldstein is also a trustee of the Solo Charitable Settlement (326444).<ref name="EXTRACT" />

== Finances ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
! Financial year end !! Income !! Expenditure
|-
| 2020-12-31 || £0 || £0
|-
| 2021-12-31 || £0 || £0
|-
| 2022-12-31 || £0 || £0
|-
| 2023-12-31 || £0 || £0
|-
| 2024-12-31 || £50,000 || £0
|}
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 31/12/2005<ref name="u6958ad72">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20110918233922/https://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends63/0000282663_AC_20051231_E_C.PDF Israel Children's Centers accounts, year ended 2005-12-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20110918).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2006<ref name="ufb7890cd">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20110918233834/https://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends63/0000282663_AC_20061231_E_C.PDF Israel Children's Centers accounts, year ended 2006-12-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20110918).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2007<ref name="u7e3d45f1">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20110918233851/https://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends63/0000282663_AC_20071231_E_C.PDF Israel Children's Centers accounts, year ended 2007-12-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20110918).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2008<ref name="u30f43033">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20110918233926/https://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends63/0000282663_AC_20081231_E_C.pdf Israel Children's Centers accounts, year ended 2008-12-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20110918).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2009<ref name="u20f17a20">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20110918233846/https://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends63/0000282663_AC_20091231_E_C.PDF Israel Children's Centers accounts, year ended 2009-12-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20110918).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2010<ref name="uefed8380">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20120118190937/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends63/0000282663_ac_20101231_e_c.pdf Israel Children's Centers accounts, year ended 2010-12-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20120118).</ref>

== Funding in Israel ==
[[File:Sajur_ancient_core_2025.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The old core of Sajur (2025); the charity's 2010 accounts said the UK identifies with three centres, including Sajur, which is on the centres' location list]]
* 2024: £49,968 in "Donations to Israel charity" (£28,710 unrestricted and £21,258 restricted), not broken down by centre (PDF p.3).<ref name="ACC" />

=== Israeli partners ===
The Israel Tennis & Education Centers Foundation (PDF p.1).<ref name="ACC" /> Its location list names Northern centres at "Akko, Haifa, Kiryat Shmona, Nahariya, Sajur, Tiberias, Yokneam", Central centres at "Jaffa, Jerusalem, Kiryat Ono, Kochav Yair, Ramat Hasharon, Tel Aviv", Southern centres at "Arad, Ashkelon, Beer Sheva, Dimona, Ofakim", and satellites at "Bu'eine-Nujidat, Majdel Shams, Mas'ade, Mazkeret Batya, Migdal, Migdal HaEmek, Poria-Neve Oved".<ref name="ITEC_LOC">Israel Tennis & Education Centers, [https://itecenters.org/all-locations/ Locations] ''itecenters.org'', viewed 16 October 2026.</ref>

== 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
|-
| The 2024 accounts do not say which centres were funded. The 2010 accounts said "The UK in particular identifies with three such centres, namely Ashkelon, Ofaqim and Sajur". The places in the Foundation's list are quoted as given and are not characterised here.<ref name="ACC" /><ref name="ICC_AC10" /><ref name="ITEC_LOC" /> || Medium (centres listed by the recipient; UK funding not broken down)
|}

'''Support for the IDF:''' No IDF funding is stated. The objects refer to "war disabled persons" and "war orphans" in the Middle East; the accounts describe donations to the Israel Tennis & Education Centers Foundation only.<ref name="EXTRACT" /><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>
* '''Register figures differ from the accounts.''' The register records income of £50,000 and spending of £0 for 2024, against receipts and payments of £55,353 in the accounts; it records nil income for 2020 to 2023 (PDF p.3).<ref name="EXTRACT" /><ref name="ACC" />
* '''Trustees dated after the year.''' The register dates the appointments of Ilan Allali, Eyal Taoz and Lilo Tzarfati from 8 September 2025, after the year covered by the report that lists them as trustees.<ref name="EXTRACT" /><ref name="ACC" />
* '''Recipient's staff as trustees.''' Three of the five trustees are employees of the foundation that receives the charity's donations (PDF p.1).<ref name="ACC" />
* '''Wrong charity number.''' The report's header gives the charity number as "282633" (PDF p.1).<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="u40a7e8f8">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Israel%20Children%27s%20Centers The Gazette: notices matching 'Israel Children's Centers'] ''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="uc5328e7b">[https://api.threesixtygiving.org/api/v1/org/GB-CHC-282663/grants_received/?limit=100 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-282663] ''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 "Israel Children's Centers", "Ashten Trust" returned 0 contributions in total.<ref name="HANS">UK Parliament, [https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/search/contributions/Spoken.json?queryParameters.searchTerm=%22Israel%20Children%27s%20Centers%22&queryParameters.take=100&queryParameters.orderBy=SittingDateAsc Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Israel Children's Centers"] ''Hansard'', queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).</ref>

== Web archive ==

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 442 days late" and "Other regulators: No information available".<ref name="ue107fbc4" />

== External links ==
* No current official website.

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