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{{short description|'''North London charitable company, linked to the Israeli youth movement of the same name, that holds a £2,000,000 investment property, leases its building to Yeladim until 2044 and makes an annual grant of "approximately £30,057" to Meretz UK'''}}
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''For other uses, see [[Hashomer Hatzair]].''
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{{Infobox organization
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| name = Hashomer Hatzair
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| logo = Hashomer Hatzair logo.png
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| type = Charitable company
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| registration_id = Registered charity 1159336; company 08978316
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| founded = {{Start date|2014|11|25}} (registered)
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| headquarters = London N19
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| area_served = Throughout London, Israel, Jordan
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| key_people = [[John Laurens Strawson (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|John Laurens Strawson]] (chair)
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| revenue = £44,876 (year to 2025-04-30)
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| website = hashomer.org.uk
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}}
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'''Hashomer Hatzair''' (in the UK) is a charitable company (08978316) registered with the [[Charity Commission]] on 25 November 2014; its registered office is in London N19.<ref name="FP_HH">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5047879/full-print Hashomer Hatzair (1159336): full print] ''Register of Charities'', retrieved 16 October 2026.</ref><ref name="CH_HH">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08978316 HASHOMER HATZAIR (08978316)] ''Find and update company information'', overview and [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08978316/officers officers], viewed 16 October 2026.</ref><ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5047879/accounts-and-annual-returns Hashomer Hatzair (1159336): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).</ref> Its website says that "Founded in 1971, Hashomer Hatzair UK upkeeps a link with the Israeli youth movement of Hasomer Hatzair".<ref name="HH_ABOUT">Hashomer Hatzair UK, [https://www.hashomer.org.uk/about-us/ About us] ''hashomer.org.uk'', viewed 16 October 2026.</ref> Its objects are education, "in particular in relation to Jewish Values, history and culture", and the "promotion of religious, cultural, social and racial harmony, in particular between Jewish and other peoples, with a particular focus on Jewish young people".<ref name="ACC" /> The accounts for the year to 30 April 2025 name the trustees as [[Pauline Rosalyn Levis (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Pauline Rosalyn Levis]], [[John Laurens Strawson (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|John Laurens Strawson]] (chair and company secretary), [[Deborah Helen Sacks (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Deborah Helen Sacks]], [[Lawrence Ross Joffe (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Lawrence Ross Joffe]] and [[Micha Drori (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Micha Drori]], with [[Alison Prager (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Alison Prager]] and Yehuda Erdman resigning on 16 March 2025; Companies House records Micha Drori as resident in Israel and shows Lawrence Ross Joffe and Pauline Rosalyn Levis as resigned.<ref name="ACC" /><ref name="CH_HH" /> The charity gives "continuing regular support for the educational, cultural and social activities of [[Meretz UK]]", which promotes "harmonious relations between Jews and non-Jews in Britain, Israel and Palestine"; "The grant has remained at approximately £30,057 despite inflation", and the detailed accounts show grants to institutions of £30,058 (2024: £47,840).<ref name="ACC" /> The trustees say the charity's ability "to continue to operate and fund activities in Israel and the UK" has been due to its reserves; it "secured a lease agreement with Yeladim for the entire building, ensuring rental income is secured until 2044", and plans "to extend its support to WZO Education".<ref name="ACC" /> Income was £44,876 (2024: £37,567): rent of £36,870 and grants from other charities of £8,006; spending was £58,834, including legal and professional fees of £16,867, accountancy of £5,145 and trustees' travel and subsistence of £1,779; funds fell from £2,074,027 to £2,060,069, and the investment property is carried at £2,000,000 at the trustees' valuation.<ref name="ACC" /> The accounts were examined by [[Jeremy Leboff (accountant)|Jeremy Leboff]] FCCA of [[Sobell Rhodes]] LLP, Borehamwood, and signed by John Laurens Strawson on 16 January 2026.<ref name="ACC" />
  
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*[[Hashomer Hatzair UK]] is the UK branch of the [[Hashomer Hatzair World Movement]], the youth movement of [[Meretz UK]], part of the [[World Union of Meretz]] of which the Israel based political party is [[Meretz]]
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It is the UK branch of the [[Hashomer Hatzair (youth movement)|Hashomer Hatzair]] youth movement; its website says it "upkeeps a link with the Israeli youth movement".<ref name="HH_ABOUT" />
  
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==Affiliations==
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== Objects and activities ==
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*[[Kibbutz Artzi]] : [[Kibbutz Gal On]] | [[Kibbutz Nirim]] | [[Kibbutz Shoval]]
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The charity's registered objects read: "3.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE:3.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO JEWISH VALUES, HISTORY AND CULTURE; AND3.1.2 THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS, CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND RACIAL HARMONY, IN PARTICULAR BETWEEN JEWISH AND OTHER PEOPLESWITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON YOUNG JEWISH PEOPLE."<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>
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*[[Mapam]]
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*[[Hashomer Hatzair Workers Party]]
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The register describes its activities as: "Promotes Jewish education and culture and good community relations between Jews and non-Jews in the UK and Israel."<ref name="EXTRACT" />
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*[[11 Points in the Negev]]
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Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity.<ref name="EXTRACT" />
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Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout London, Israel, Jordan.<ref name="EXTRACT" />
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==People==
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=== Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive) ===
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{| class="wikitable"
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|+ Trustees shown in archived register pages
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! Capture date !! Trustees listed !! Source
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|-
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| 2021-01-17 || [[Pauline Rosalyn Levis (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Pauline Rosalyn Levis]] (from 01 June 2014); [[Yehuda James Erdman (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Yehuda James Erdman]] (from 01 June 2014); [[Micha Drori (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Micha Drori]] (from 01 June 2014); [[Lawrence Ross Joffe (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Lawrence Ross Joffe]] (from 01 June 2014); [[Deborah Helen Sacks (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Deborah Helen Sacks]] (from 01 June 2014); [[John Laurens Strawson (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|John Laurens Strawson]] (chair) (from 01 June 2014); [[Alison Prager (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Alison Prager]] (from 21 December 2017) || <ref name="u62d4f6ca">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210117081330/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5047879/full-print Register entry 1159336, full print (capture of 20210117)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
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|}
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The charity's website says John Strawson has been a trustee since 1999 and is Reader Emeritus in Law and Middle East Studies at the University of East London, and was a visiting professor at the Institute of Law at Birzeit University (1996–2006); it describes Micha Drori as legal adviser to the [[Kibbutz Movement]] in Israel.<ref name="HH_ABOUT" />
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=== Companies House officers ===
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[[Companies House]] lists 8 current and former officers of the charitable company (08978316), 4 of them active.<ref name="u54463137">[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08978316/officers Company 08978316: officers] ''Companies House'', viewed 16 October 2026.</ref>
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Officers recorded as resident outside the UK: [[Micha Drori (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Micha Drori]] (Israel, active).<ref name="u54463137" />
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== Finances ==
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{| class="wikitable"
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|+ Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
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! Financial year end !! Income !! Expenditure
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|-
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| 2021-04-30 || £45,236 || £45,236
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|-
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| 2022-04-30 || £39,667 || £45,183
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|-
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| 2023-04-30 || £36,888 || £54,942
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|-
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| 2024-04-30 || £37,567 || £72,061
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|-
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| 2025-04-30 || £44,876 || £58,834
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|}
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Source: register annual-return history.<ref name="EXTRACT" />
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== Funding in Israel ==
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* Year to 30 April 2025: grants to institutions of £30,058, described as support for [[Meretz UK]]; the accounts also refer to funding "activities in Israel and the UK" without giving amounts or places.<ref name="ACC" />
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=== Israeli partners ===
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No Israeli recipient is named. [[Meretz UK]] is UK-based; the charity plans to support "WZO Education" ([[World Zionist Organization]]).<ref name="ACC" />
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== Activity beyond the Green Line and support for the IDF ==
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Findings are graded by confidence. "Partner" findings concern the Israeli recipient organisation, not proven use of UK funds.
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{| class="wikitable"
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|+ Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
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! Finding !! Confidence
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|-
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| No place in Israel is named.<ref name="ACC" /> || Not established
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|}
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'''Support for the IDF:''' No IDF or military funding is stated.<ref name="ACC" />
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== Controversies and regulatory action ==
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* 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-23 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>
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* '''Inconsistent statements.''' The report says "The trustees have remained the same during the during" [sic], although two trustees resigned on 16 March 2025; the detailed statement prints the 2024 opening fund balance as £55,725, against the closing figure of £2,074,027; and the "Other income" table totals £36,870 while listing grants of £8,006 as well as rent of £36,870.<ref name="ACC" />
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* '''Property not recorded on the register.''' The register says the charity does not own or lease land or property, but the accounts show an investment property of £2,000,000 leased to Yeladim, and [[HM Land Registry]]'s corporate ownership data list a freehold in Broadhurst Gardens, Hampstead, London NW6, in the company's name and number.<ref name="ACC" /><ref name="EXTRACT" /><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 the company numbers of the charitable companies in this batch and searched for distinctive charity-name keywords; no title registers were purchased.</ref>
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* '''Register trustees out of date.''' [[Companies House]] shows [[Lawrence Ross Joffe (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Lawrence Ross Joffe]] and [[Pauline Rosalyn Levis (trustee, Hashomer Hatzair)|Pauline Rosalyn Levis]] as resigned, but the register still lists both as trustees.<ref name="CH_HH" /><ref name="EXTRACT" />
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== Other registers and records ==
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=== Scotland and Northern Ireland ===
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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-23 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=Hashomer&pageNumber=1 Register of charities search API] ''CCNI'', searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-23 charity names returned zero results).</ref>
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=== The Gazette ===
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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="u72e2b883">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Hashomer%20Hatzair The Gazette: notices matching 'Hashomer Hatzair'] ''The Gazette'', searched 16 October 2026.</ref>
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=== Grants recorded by 360Giving ===
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No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.<ref name="ufb5798fd">[https://api.threesixtygiving.org/api/v1/org/GB-CHC-1159336/grants_received/?limit=100 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1159336] ''360Giving'', queried 16 October 2026.</ref>
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=== Sanctions screening ===
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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-23 screening covered 249 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and other people 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 (such as "Trust", "Company Limited" in the name of a corporate formation agent, and ".com") and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.</ref>
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=== Land and property ===
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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 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" />
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* Investment property of £2,000,000 at the trustees' valuation; the whole building is leased to Yeladim, with rental income "secured until 2044"; address not stated; the register says the charity does not own or lease land or property – Accounts (trustees' report and balance sheet) (source: <ref name="ACC" />)
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* Freehold property, Broadhurst Gardens, Hampstead, London NW6 (title NGL374876, freehold; proprietor added 02/05/2019) – CCOD record in the name Hashomer Hatzair with the charity's company number (08978316); the accounts do not give the address of the charity's building; candidate title, not purchased (source: <ref name="CCOD" />)
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=== Parliament ===
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Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Hashomer Hatzair" returned 0 contributions in total.<ref name="HANS">UK Parliament, [https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/search/contributions/Spoken.json?queryParameters.searchTerm=%22Hashomer%20Hatzair%22&queryParameters.take=100&queryParameters.orderBy=SittingDateAsc Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Hashomer Hatzair"] ''Hansard'', queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).</ref>
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== Web archive ==
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* hashomer.org.uk: 10 yearly captures, first 2016-10-29, last 2025-03-29.<ref name="u7dab9df9">[https://web.archive.org/cdx/search/cdx?url=hashomer.org.uk&output=json&fl=timestamp,original,statuscode&filter=statuscode:200&collapse=timestamp:4 Internet Archive CDX index for hashomer.org.uk] ''Wayback Machine'', queried 16 October 2026.</ref>
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The [[UK Government Web Archive]] holds 2 archived [[Charity Commission]] register pages used in this profile (cited in the sections above).
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The 2021 archived full print showed the status "Charity reporting is up to date" and "Other regulators: No information available".<ref name="u62d4f6ca" />
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==See also==
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*[[Hashomer Hatzair (youth movement)]]
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*[[Kibbutz Artzi]]
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*[[Hashomer Hatzair]] (disambiguation)
  
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==Resources==
 
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*Beinin, J. (1990). [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=N4noUpCUfMYC&pg=PA133&lpg=PA133&dq=%22kibbutz+artzi%22&source=bl&ots=amDyqhyoLE&sig=ACfU3U1wBG89TecTRLWyR0Pk2rP_dfrRlQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiF-O326qb1AhUI6qQKHWrYDCEQ6AF6BAgCEAM#v=onepage&q=%22kibbutz%20artzi%22&f=false Was the Red Flag Flying There? Marxist Politics and the Arab-Israeli Conflict in Eqypt and Israel 1948-1965]. Univ of California Press.
 
 
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Latest revision as of 10:01, 22 October 2026

North London charitable company, linked to the Israeli youth movement of the same name, that holds a £2,000,000 investment property, leases its building to Yeladim until 2044 and makes an annual grant of "approximately £30,057" to Meretz UK

For other uses, see Hashomer Hatzair.

Hashomer Hatzair

Logo Hashomer Hatzair logo.png
Type Charitable company
Founded 25 November 2014 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1159336; company 08978316
Headquarters London N19
Area served Throughout London, Israel, Jordan
Key people John Laurens Strawson (chair)
Website hashomer.org.uk

Hashomer Hatzair (in the UK) is a charitable company (08978316) registered with the Charity Commission on 25 November 2014; its registered office is in London N19.[1][2][3] Its website says that "Founded in 1971, Hashomer Hatzair UK upkeeps a link with the Israeli youth movement of Hasomer Hatzair".[4] Its objects are education, "in particular in relation to Jewish Values, history and culture", and the "promotion of religious, cultural, social and racial harmony, in particular between Jewish and other peoples, with a particular focus on Jewish young people".[3] The accounts for the year to 30 April 2025 name the trustees as Pauline Rosalyn Levis, John Laurens Strawson (chair and company secretary), Deborah Helen Sacks, Lawrence Ross Joffe and Micha Drori, with Alison Prager and Yehuda Erdman resigning on 16 March 2025; Companies House records Micha Drori as resident in Israel and shows Lawrence Ross Joffe and Pauline Rosalyn Levis as resigned.[3][2] The charity gives "continuing regular support for the educational, cultural and social activities of Meretz UK", which promotes "harmonious relations between Jews and non-Jews in Britain, Israel and Palestine"; "The grant has remained at approximately £30,057 despite inflation", and the detailed accounts show grants to institutions of £30,058 (2024: £47,840).[3] The trustees say the charity's ability "to continue to operate and fund activities in Israel and the UK" has been due to its reserves; it "secured a lease agreement with Yeladim for the entire building, ensuring rental income is secured until 2044", and plans "to extend its support to WZO Education".[3] Income was £44,876 (2024: £37,567): rent of £36,870 and grants from other charities of £8,006; spending was £58,834, including legal and professional fees of £16,867, accountancy of £5,145 and trustees' travel and subsistence of £1,779; funds fell from £2,074,027 to £2,060,069, and the investment property is carried at £2,000,000 at the trustees' valuation.[3] The accounts were examined by Jeremy Leboff FCCA of Sobell Rhodes LLP, Borehamwood, and signed by John Laurens Strawson on 16 January 2026.[3]

It is the UK branch of the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement; its website says it "upkeeps a link with the Israeli youth movement".[4]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "3.1 THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE:3.1.1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR IN RELATION TO JEWISH VALUES, HISTORY AND CULTURE; AND3.1.2 THE PROMOTION OF RELIGIOUS, CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND RACIAL HARMONY, IN PARTICULAR BETWEEN JEWISH AND OTHER PEOPLESWITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON YOUNG JEWISH PEOPLE."[5]

The register describes its activities as: "Promotes Jewish education and culture and good community relations between Jews and non-Jews in the UK and Israel."[5]

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity.[5]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout London, Israel, Jordan.[5]

People

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2021-01-17 Pauline Rosalyn Levis (from 01 June 2014); Yehuda James Erdman (from 01 June 2014); Micha Drori (from 01 June 2014); Lawrence Ross Joffe (from 01 June 2014); Deborah Helen Sacks (from 01 June 2014); John Laurens Strawson (chair) (from 01 June 2014); Alison Prager (from 21 December 2017) [6]

The charity's website says John Strawson has been a trustee since 1999 and is Reader Emeritus in Law and Middle East Studies at the University of East London, and was a visiting professor at the Institute of Law at Birzeit University (1996–2006); it describes Micha Drori as legal adviser to the Kibbutz Movement in Israel.[4]

Companies House officers

Companies House lists 8 current and former officers of the charitable company (08978316), 4 of them active.[7] Officers recorded as resident outside the UK: Micha Drori (Israel, active).[7]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-04-30 £45,236 £45,236
2022-04-30 £39,667 £45,183
2023-04-30 £36,888 £54,942
2024-04-30 £37,567 £72,061
2025-04-30 £44,876 £58,834

Source: register annual-return history.[5]

Funding in Israel

  • Year to 30 April 2025: grants to institutions of £30,058, described as support for Meretz UK; the accounts also refer to funding "activities in Israel and the UK" without giving amounts or places.[3]

Israeli partners

No Israeli recipient is named. Meretz UK is UK-based; the charity plans to support "WZO Education" (World Zionist Organization).[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.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
Finding Confidence
No place in Israel is named.[3] Not established

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[3]

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;[8] 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.[9][10][11][12] 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.[13]
  • Inconsistent statements. The report says "The trustees have remained the same during the during" [sic], although two trustees resigned on 16 March 2025; the detailed statement prints the 2024 opening fund balance as £55,725, against the closing figure of £2,074,027; and the "Other income" table totals £36,870 while listing grants of £8,006 as well as rent of £36,870.[3]
  • Property not recorded on the register. The register says the charity does not own or lease land or property, but the accounts show an investment property of £2,000,000 leased to Yeladim, and HM Land Registry's corporate ownership data list a freehold in Broadhurst Gardens, Hampstead, London NW6, in the company's name and number.[3][5][14]
  • Register trustees out of date. Companies House shows Lawrence Ross Joffe and Pauline Rosalyn Levis as resigned, but the register still lists both as trustees.[2][5]

Other registers and records

Scotland and Northern Ireland

No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (register export dated 14 October 2026, searched by name).[15] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[16]

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.[17]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[18]

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.[19]

Land and property

The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[5] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[20] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[14]

  • Investment property of £2,000,000 at the trustees' valuation; the whole building is leased to Yeladim, with rental income "secured until 2044"; address not stated; the register says the charity does not own or lease land or property – Accounts (trustees' report and balance sheet) (source: [3])
  • Freehold property, Broadhurst Gardens, Hampstead, London NW6 (title NGL374876, freehold; proprietor added 02/05/2019) – CCOD record in the name Hashomer Hatzair with the charity's company number (08978316); the accounts do not give the address of the charity's building; candidate title, not purchased (source: [14])

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Hashomer Hatzair" returned 0 contributions in total.[21]

Web archive

  • hashomer.org.uk: 10 yearly captures, first 2016-10-29, last 2025-03-29.[22]

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".[6]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Charity Commission, Hashomer Hatzair (1159336): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Companies House, HASHOMER HATZAIR (08978316) Find and update company information, overview and officers, viewed 16 October 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 Charity Commission, Hashomer Hatzair (1159336): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Hashomer Hatzair UK, About us hashomer.org.uk, viewed 16 October 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 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, charity_other_names), extract dated 14 October 2026.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Register entry 1159336, full print (capture of 20210117) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Company 08978316: officers Companies House, viewed 16 October 2026.
  8. ↑ 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-23 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none was shown.
  9. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  10. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  11. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  12. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator concludes investigation into 4 charities as class inquiry continues GOV.UK, 9 September 2026, with Statement of the results of a class inquiry (same date).
  13. ↑ Charity Commission, 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").
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 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 the company numbers of the charitable companies in this batch and searched for distinctive charity-name keywords; no title registers were purchased.
  15. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-23 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
  16. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-23 charity names returned zero results).
  17. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Hashomer Hatzair' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  18. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1159336 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  19. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-23 screening covered 249 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and other people 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 (such as "Trust", "Company Limited" in the name of a corporate formation agent, and ".com") and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.
  20. ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK – the service returned HTTP 403 to automated access in 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.
  21. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Hashomer Hatzair" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
  22. ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for hashomer.org.uk Wayback Machine, queried 16 October 2026.
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