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{{short description|'''Stimler family charitable company funded by its directors' companies, investing in limited partnerships'''}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = SMS Foundation
| type = Charitable company
| registration_id = Registered charity 1191346; company 12750793
| founded = 2020-09-18 (registered)
| headquarters = SMS Foundation, 56A Crewys Road, London, NW2 2AD
| area_served = Throughout England And Wales, Israel
| key_people = [[Sidney Stanley Stimler]] (chair)
| revenue = £228,815 (year to 2025-07-31)
}}

'''[[SMS Foundation]]''' is a charitable company (12750793) registered on 18 September 2020; register areas are England and Wales and Israel.<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), extract dated 14 October 2026.</ref> Its trustees and directors are [[Sidney Stanley Stimler]] (chair), [[Maurice Stimler]] and [[Pnina Leah Stimler]], and its registered office is Honeypot House, 56a Crewys Road, London NW2 (PDF p.2).<ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5164631/accounts-and-annual-returns SMS Foundation (1191346): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).</ref> Its objects cover the Jewish religion, education and poverty relief "throughout the world"; it invests in limited partnerships and makes grants mainly to UK charities and "in some instances" to overseas registered charities (PDF p.4). In the year to 31 July 2025 income was £228,815, including donations of £125,000 and limited-partnership distributions of £97,500; grants were £191,850 and funds £1,617,207 (PDF p.5, 9).<ref name="ACC" />

== Objects and activities ==
The charity's registered objects read: "TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME PARTICULARLY BUT NOT LIMITED TO ADVANCING THE JEWISH RELIGION, ADVANCING JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND THE ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY AMONG THE JEWISH COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD."<ref name="EXTRACT" />

The register describes its activities as: "To advance such charitable purposes (according to the law of England and Wales) as the trustees see fitfrom time to time particularly but not limited to advancing the Jewish religion, advancing Jewish religiouseducation and the alleviation of poverty among the Jewish community throughout the world."<ref name="EXTRACT" />

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel.<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 SMS Foundation (register, October 2026)
! Trustee !! Appointed !! Chair !! Other trusteeships
|-
| [[Sidney Stanley Stimler]] || 2020-07-17 || Yes || —
|-
| [[Maurice Stimler]] || 2020-07-17 || || —
|-
| [[Pnina Leah Stimler]] || 2020-07-17 || || —
|}

=== Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive) ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Trustees shown in archived register pages
! Capture date !! Trustees listed !! Source
|-
| 2021-01-11 || [[Sidney Stanley Stimler]] (chair); [[Pnina Leah Stimler]]; [[Maurice Stimler]] || <ref name="u792e0ae3">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210111232732/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5164631/full-print Register entry 1191346, full print (capture of 20210111)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|}

=== Companies House officers ===
Companies House lists 3 current and former officers of the charitable company (12750793), 3 of them active.<ref name="u87366dd6">[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12750793/officers Company 12750793: officers] ''Companies House'', viewed 15 October 2026.</ref>

== Finances ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
! Financial year end !! Income !! Expenditure
|-
| 2021-07-31 || £1,543,769 || £7,890
|-
| 2022-07-31 || £197,661 || £160,720
|-
| 2023-07-31 || £192,834 || £174,384
|-
| 2024-07-31 || £142,506 || £145,272
|-
| 2025-07-31 || £228,815 || £200,112
|}
Source: register annual-return history.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

== Funding in Israel ==
* FY2025 grants £191,850; the accounts name no recipients and the accounts do not mention Israel (notes).<ref name="ACC" /> Israel appears only as a register area of operation.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

=== Israeli partners ===
Not named.<ref name="ACC" />

== 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 is named. || 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-12 charities, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. The pages showed reporting status – "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)" for 22 charities, "Removed charity" for Mifal Tzedukas and Keren Yaacov Limited, and "Charity reporting is up to date (256 days late)" for Friends of Eidah Chareidis Orthodox Council of Jerusalem.</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), both retrieved 15 October 2026.</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, retrieved 15 October 2026 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").</ref>
* '''Funded by trustees' companies.''' The £125,000 of donations came from two companies of which Sidney Stimler is a director – Barrow, Lane & Ballard Limited (£50,000) and The Highland Egg Company (£75,000) (PDF p.6).<ref name="ACC" />
* '''Recipients not named.''' Grants of £191,850 are given only as institutions under £5,000 (£70,350) and £5,000 or more (£121,500), with no recipient named; limited-partnership investments stood at £1,404,961 (notes).<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, downloaded October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-12 charity names found no matching Scottish registration (the only hits were unrelated names: Madrasatul Imam Mohammad Zakariya and Harris Kaufman Trust).</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=Alyn&pageNumber=1 Register of charities search API] ''CCNI'', searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-12 charity names returned zero results).</ref>

=== The Gazette ===
Searches of ''The Gazette'' for the charity's name returned only Companies House filing lists; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.<ref name="uc20fc76b">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=SMS%20Foundation The Gazette: notices matching 'SMS Foundation'] ''The Gazette'', searched 15 October 2026.</ref>

=== Grants recorded by 360Giving ===
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.<ref name="u9a6bb733">[https://api.threesixtygiving.org/api/v1/org/GB-CHC-1191346/grants_received/?limit=100 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1191346] ''360Giving'', queried 15 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. [[Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor]] (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.<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-12 screening covered 390 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and archived accounts (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the six charitable companies and of related companies named in the accounts (Millage Limited, International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (United Kingdom) Limited and Ezer Bekovoid Limited), and trustees, examiners, donors 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 words in organisation names ("Trust", "Limited", "Foundation", "Society", "International") and surname-only coincidences (Green, Anderson, Weiss, Frank, Grace, Friedman, Fox, Ward); lists downloaded 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> Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):<ref name="CCOD">[[HM Land Registry]], ''UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD)'' and ''Overseas companies that own property in England and Wales (OCOD)'' full extracts, October 2026 release, matched on charitable company numbers, registered names and the names of subsidiaries named in the accounts; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.</ref>
* A 5% beneficial share of an investment property held in trust, £111,188 (bank loan £63,000 secured on it); address not stated – Accounts (notes); the register records that the charity does not own or lease land (source: <ref name="ACC" /><ref name="EXTRACT" />)

=== Parliament ===
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "SMS Foundation" returned 0 contributions in total.<ref name="HANS">UK Parliament, [https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/search/contributions/Spoken.json?queryParameters.searchTerm=%22SMS%20Foundation%22&queryParameters.take=100&queryParameters.orderBy=SittingDateAsc Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "SMS Foundation"] ''Hansard'', queried 15 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 "Recently registered" and "Other regulators: No information available".<ref name="u792e0ae3" />

== See also ==

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

==Notes==
<references/>

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

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 === 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. [[Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor]] (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.<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-12 screening covered 390 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and archived accounts (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the six charitable companies and of related companies named in the accounts (Millage Limited, International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (United Kingdom) Limited and Ezer Bekovoid Limited), and trustees, examiners, donors 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 words in organisation names ("Trust", "Limited", "Foundation", "Society", "International") and surname-only coincidences (Green, Anderson, Weiss, Frank, Grace, Friedman, Fox, Ward); lists downloaded October 2026.</ref>
+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-12 screening covered 390 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and archived accounts (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the six charitable companies and of related companies named in the accounts (Millage Limited, International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (United Kingdom) Limited and Ezer Bekovoid Limited), and trustees, examiners, donors 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 words in organisation names ("Trust", "Limited", "Foundation", "Society", "International") and surname-only coincidences (Green, Anderson, Weiss, Frank, Grace, Friedman, Fox, Ward); lists downloaded October 2026.</ref>
 === Land and property ===

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 === 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> Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):<ref name="CCOD">[[HM Land Registry]], ''UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD)'' and ''Overseas companies that own property in England and Wales (OCOD)'' full extracts, October 2026 release, matched on charitable company numbers, registered names and the names of subsidiaries named in the accounts; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.</ref>
+The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.<ref name="EXTRACT" /> No title registers were purchased.<ref name="HLRWEB">[[HM Land Registry]], [https://search-property-information.service.gov.uk/ 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 [[Corporate and Commercial Ownership Data|CCOD]] / [[Overseas Companies Ownership Data|OCOD]] datasets (October 2026 release), not from paid title registers.</ref> Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):<ref name="CCOD">[[HM Land Registry]], ''UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD)'' and ''Overseas companies that own property in England and Wales (OCOD)'' full extracts, October 2026 release, matched on charitable company numbers, registered names and the names of subsidiaries named in the accounts; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.</ref>
 * A 5% beneficial share of an investment property held in trust, £111,188 (bank loan £63,000 secured on it); address not stated – Accounts (notes); the register records that the charity does not own or lease land (source: <ref name="ACC" /><ref name="EXTRACT" />)

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 == 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-12 charities, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. The pages showed reporting status – "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)" for 22 charities, "Removed charity" for Mifal Tzedukas and Keren Yaacov Limited, and "Charity reporting is up to date (256 days late)" for Friends of Eidah Chareidis Orthodox Council of Jerusalem.</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), both retrieved 15 October 2026.</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, retrieved 15 October 2026 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").</ref>
-* '''Funded by trustees' companies.''' The £125,000 of donations came from two companies of which Sidney Stimler is a director – Barrow, Lane & Ballard Limited (£50,000) and The Highland Egg Company (£75,000) (PDF p.6).<ref name="ACC" />
+* '''Funded by trustees' companies.''' The £125,000 of donations came from two companies of which [[Sidney Stanley Stimler|Sidney Stimler]] is a director – Barrow, [[Lane & Ballard Limited]] (£50,000) and The [[Highland Egg Company]] (£75,000) (PDF p.6).<ref name="ACC" />
 * '''Recipients not named.''' Grants of £191,850 are given only as institutions under £5,000 (£70,350) and £5,000 or more (£121,500), with no recipient named; limited-partnership investments stood at £1,404,961 (notes).<ref name="ACC" />
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 === The Gazette ===
-Searches of ''The Gazette'' for the charity's name returned only Companies House filing lists; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.<ref name="uc20fc76b">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=SMS%20Foundation The Gazette: notices matching 'SMS Foundation'] ''The Gazette'', searched 15 October 2026.</ref>
+Searches of ''[[The Gazette]]'' for the charity's name returned only Companies House filing lists; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.<ref name="uc20fc76b">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=SMS%20Foundation The Gazette: notices matching 'SMS Foundation'] ''The Gazette'', searched 15 October 2026.</ref>
 === Grants recorded by 360Giving ===
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 == Web archive ==
-The [[UK Government Web Archive]] holds 2 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile (cited in the sections above).
+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 "Recently registered" and "Other regulators: No information available".<ref name="u792e0ae3" />