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Revision as of 04:30, 21 October 2026
UK Christian humanitarian charity funding Vision for Israel projects, including a Lonely Soldiers fund
| The Joseph Storehouse Trust
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| Type | Charitable company |
| Founded | 2000-11-20 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1083557; company 04070371 |
| Headquarters | The Joseph Storehouse Trust, 3a Coped Hall Business Park, Royal Wootton Bassett, Swindon, SN4 8DP |
| Area served | Throughout England And Wales, Israel |
| Website | www.josephstorehouse.co.uk |
The Joseph Storehouse Trust is a charitable company (04070371) registered in 2000. It raises awareness and funds for physical, educational and spiritual needs, with a focus on Israel; trustees include Barry and Batya Segal.[1] In the year ended 31 December 2025 group income was about £2.0m and grants for charitable purposes £1,110,000. Restricted funds include a building fund for the Millennium Centre in Modiin (Israel subsidiary Millennium Commercial Centre Modiin Limited; group freehold property cost about £8.4m) and an Assistance (Family Care & Welfare) fund that "has now been merged with the Lonely soldiers fund".[2] Barry Segal's Vision for Israel biography describes the Joseph Storehouse warehouse and headquarters by Modiin.[3]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "3.1 TO RELIEVE THOSE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK3.2 TO PROMOTE OR PROVIDE EDUCATION (INCLUDING VOCATIONAL TRAINING)3.3 TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE"[1]
The register describes its activities as: "Humanitarian aid organisation with aims to raise awareness & financial aid to help meet the physical, educational and spiritual needs in communities as identified by the trustees."[1]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alistair Martin Scott | not recorded | The Word of Life (Sweden)charitable Trust (1044498); Timeless Wonder Foundation (1105171); Warriors of Praise Ministries Trust (1028627) | |
| Barry Segal | not recorded | — | |
| Batya Segal | not recorded | — | |
| Roger Overton-Smith | 2016-10-28 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-17 | Roger Overton-Smith (from 28 October 2016); Alistair Martin Scott – also trustee of The Word of Life (Sweden)charitable Trust, Warriors of Praise Ministries Trust; Barry Segal; Batya Segal; Andrew Wesley Richards (from 05 October 2018); Terence Sidney Beasley (from 05 October 2018) | [4] |
Companies House officers
Companies House lists 15 current and former officers of the charitable company (04070371), 5 of them active.[5] Officers recorded as resident outside the UK: Barry Segal (United States, active); Batya Segal (United States, active); Ian Gordon Pettie (Isle Of Man, resigned).[5]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-31 | £1,604,076 | £1,457,607 |
| 2022-12-31 | £1,406,372 | £1,567,504 |
| 2023-12-31 | £1,826,842 | £1,410,181 |
| 2024-12-31 | £2,029,429 | £2,360,900 |
| 2025-12-31 | £1,995,109 | £1,829,287 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2014[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2016[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2017[9]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[10]
Funding in Israel
- FY2025 grants £1,110,000; restricted expenditure includes Medical £310,000, Assistance/Family Care & Welfare (incl. Lonely soldiers) £400,000, Children and Education £30,000; large capital tied in Modiin subsidiary property.[2]
Israeli partners
Vision for Israel / Joseph Storehouse operations in Israel; Millennium Commercial Centre Modiin Limited (wholly owned subsidiary).[2][3]
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.
| Finding | Confidence |
|---|---|
| Headquarters/warehouse described as by Modiin ; the source does not say whether this means Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut or the separate settlement of Modi'in Illit. No settlement grant line was identified in the accounts.[2][3] | Low for settlements; High for Israel-based operations |
Support for the IDF: Accounts record a "Lonely soldiers fund" (merged into Family Care & Welfare). Vision for Israel describes Lonely Soldiers aid to Israeli military personnel without family support. No purchase of weapons or IDF equipment is stated in the UK accounts.[2][3][2]
Support for the Israeli military
Activities. The accounts record a "Lonely soldiers fund" (support for lone soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces), merged into the Family Care & Welfare line, which totalled £400,000 in 2025; the soldiers' share is not stated.[2] Vision for Israel describes its Lonely Soldiers aid to Israeli military personnel without family support.[3]
Prior scrutiny. No Charity Commission inquiry or Official Warning, and no complaint or report by the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians, the Islamic Human Rights Commission or Declassified UK, concerning this charity's support for soldiers was found (checked October 2026).
Controversies and regulatory action
- No Commission inquiry, Official Warning or Gazette insolvency notice was found.
- Related-party payments. FY2025 accounts disclose consultancy fees of £71,500 to Greetings from Jerusalem Ltd (owned 100% by trustee Barry Segal); £55,807 to a company owned by Ariel Segal (son of two trustees) for website services; and trustee expense reimbursements of £13,969 to Barry and Batya Segal and their son.[2]
- Lonely Soldiers. Accounts state the Family Care and Welfare fund was merged with the Lonely soldiers fund. Vision for Israel materials describe Lonely Soldiers outreach supplying toiletries and packs to soldiers without family support in Israel; that characterisation is from VFI materials, while the UK accounts confirm the fund name merger without detailing military use of UK restricted income.[2][3]
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).[11] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[12]
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.[13]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[14]
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.[15]
Land and property
The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[16] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[17]
- Unit 3a Coped Hall, Swindon (title WT235828, price paid £260,000) – UK administration premises – CCOD name match The Joseph Storehouse Trust (source: [17])
- Millennium Commercial Centre, Modiin, Israel – group freehold property cost about £8.4m at 31 December 2025 (subsidiary Millennium Commercial Centre Modiin Limited); UK charity loan to subsidiary £7,979,893 – Accounts PDF (building fund / subsidiary) (source: accounts)
Parliament
A search of Hansard for 'Joseph Storehouse Trust' returned 0 contributions in total.[18]
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 up to date" and "Other regulators: No information available".[4]
See also
External links
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Charity Commission, The Joseph Storehouse Trust (1083557): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Vision for Israel, Barry Segal visionforisrael.com, retrieved 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1083557, full print (capture of 20210117) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Company 04070371: officers Companies House, viewed 14 October 2026.
- ↑ The Joseph Storehouse Trust accounts, year ended 2014-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200704).
- ↑ The Joseph Storehouse Trust accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200704).
- ↑ The Joseph Storehouse Trust accounts, year ended 2016-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200704).
- ↑ The Joseph Storehouse Trust accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200704).
- ↑ The Joseph Storehouse Trust accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200704).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Joseph Storehouse Trust' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1083557 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 HM Land Registry, UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD) full extract, October 2026 release, matched on charitable company numbers and registered names; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Joseph Storehouse Trust' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).