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{{short description|Trading name of the JNF Charitable Trust, a UK charity funding projects in Israel.  The *K affiloiate of the [[Jewish National Fund]] one of the four [[National Institutions]] of the [[Zionist movement]]}}
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{{Infobox organization
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| name = JNF UK
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| logo = JNF Charitable Trust logo.png
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| type = Charitable company (trading name of the [[JNF Charitable Trust]])
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| registration_id = Registered charity 225910; company 00355248
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| founded = {{Start date|1939|07|21}} (company incorporated)
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| headquarters = 95 Church Road, Hendon, London NW4 4FE
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| key_people = [[Samuel Hayek]] (chairman); [[Alan Mendoza]] (president); [[Elan Gorji]] (chief executive)
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| revenue = £21,956,000 (year to 31 December 2025)
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| website = www.jnf.co.uk
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}}
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'''JNF UK''' is the trading name of the [[JNF Charitable Trust]]. It claims to be "the UK’s leading humanitarian and environmental Israel charity...[raising] funds for the building blocks of everyday life in Israel such as reservoirs, irrigation systems, desalination plants, forest planting, recycling schemes, roads, housing and healthcare centres." <ref>'About JNF UK', [http://www.jnf.co.uk/ JNF UK website], accessed 27 March, 2009.</ref> It is the UK wing of the [[Jewish National Fund]], one of the [[Israeli National Institutions]], which has been described by the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe as "a colonialist agency of ethnic cleansing".<ref> ILAN PAPPE and JUSTIN PODUR, ZNet, 20 February 2005 [http://fromoccupiedpalestine.org/node/1494 Mechanisms of denial], last accessed June 16, 2007.</ref>
 
'''JNF UK''' is the trading name of the [[JNF Charitable Trust]]. It claims to be "the UK’s leading humanitarian and environmental Israel charity...[raising] funds for the building blocks of everyday life in Israel such as reservoirs, irrigation systems, desalination plants, forest planting, recycling schemes, roads, housing and healthcare centres." <ref>'About JNF UK', [http://www.jnf.co.uk/ JNF UK website], accessed 27 March, 2009.</ref> It is the UK wing of the [[Jewish National Fund]], one of the [[Israeli National Institutions]], which has been described by the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe as "a colonialist agency of ethnic cleansing".<ref> ILAN PAPPE and JUSTIN PODUR, ZNet, 20 February 2005 [http://fromoccupiedpalestine.org/node/1494 Mechanisms of denial], last accessed June 16, 2007.</ref>
  
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Current UK Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] stepped down as Honorary Patron of the JNF, May 2011. A press release explained the resignation was part of a wider review of charities and organisations the PM is associated with, claiming the JNF is one of a number of charities he stepped down from.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/may/29/david-cameron-resigns-patron-jnf David Cameron resigns as patron of the Jewish National Fund], ''The Guardian'' 29 May 2011, accessed 23 June 2011</ref> Traditionally the three leaders of the main UK parties have become Honorary Patrons, however none of the three leaders currently hold this position. Pro-Palestinian solidarity groups claim the resignation was because of growing pressure for Cameron to step down.<ref>Stop the JNF Campaign website, [http://www.stopthejnf.org/greatbritain_campaignnews_pressrelease27may2011.html 'Cameron drops Israel 'racist' charity'], Press Release 27 May 2011, accessed 23 June 2011</ref><ref>BDS Website, [http://www.bdsmovement.net/2011/cameron-jnf-7139 'British Prime Minister ends ties with JNF'], Press Release 27 May 2011, accessed 23 June 2011</ref> Previous UK Prime Ministers [[Tony Blair]] and [[Gordon Brown]] remain Honorary Patrons.<ref>Jewish National Fund website, [http://www.jnf.co.uk/about_executive.htm About Us, Executive Board]  accessed 23 June 2011</ref>
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Then UK Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] stepped down as Honorary Patron of the JNF, May 2011. A press release explained the resignation was part of a wider review of charities and organisations the PM is associated with, claiming the JNF is one of a number of charities he stepped down from.<ref>Harriet Sherwood, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/may/29/david-cameron-resigns-patron-jnf David Cameron resigns as patron of the Jewish National Fund], ''The Guardian'' 29 May 2011, accessed 23 June 2011</ref> Traditionally the three leaders of the main UK parties have become Honorary Patrons, however none of the three leaders held this position in 2011. Pro-Palestinian solidarity groups claim the resignation was because of growing pressure for Cameron to step down.<ref>Stop the JNF Campaign website, [http://www.stopthejnf.org/greatbritain_campaignnews_pressrelease27may2011.html 'Cameron drops Israel 'racist' charity'], Press Release 27 May 2011, accessed 23 June 2011</ref><ref>BDS Website, [http://www.bdsmovement.net/2011/cameron-jnf-7139 'British Prime Minister ends ties with JNF'], Press Release 27 May 2011, accessed 23 June 2011</ref> Previous UK Prime Ministers [[Tony Blair]] and [[Gordon Brown]] remain Honorary Patrons.<ref>Jewish National Fund website, [http://www.jnf.co.uk/about_executive.htm About Us, Executive Board]  accessed 23 June 2011</ref>
  
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In February 2021, JNF UK's Israeli parent company, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF), allocated NIS 38 million (£8.2 million) for the acquisition of occupied land to expand settlements in the West Bank. JNF UK has also been involved in the process: funding the creation of 'British Park':  
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In February 2021, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF), the Israeli body that licenses JNF UK its name and with which it has a 2008 project-funding agreement, allocated NIS 38 million (£8.2 million) for the acquisition of occupied land to expand settlements in the West Bank. JNF UK has also been involved in the process: funding the creation of 'British Park':  
 
"a forested leisure facility built on the land of 3 Palestinian villages, Ajjur, Kudna and Deir al-Dubban, whose residents were ethnically cleansed and barred from returning." JNF UK also supported the illegal settlement of Sansana in the West Bank., according to Palestine Campaign. <ref> Stop the Jewish National Fund UK, Palestine Campaign, archived on 11 Jan. 22 at https://archive.ph/wip/zBeNL </ref>
 
"a forested leisure facility built on the land of 3 Palestinian villages, Ajjur, Kudna and Deir al-Dubban, whose residents were ethnically cleansed and barred from returning." JNF UK also supported the illegal settlement of Sansana in the West Bank., according to Palestine Campaign. <ref> Stop the Jewish National Fund UK, Palestine Campaign, archived on 11 Jan. 22 at https://archive.ph/wip/zBeNL </ref>
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JNF UK itself says it has for "several decades" been "an entirely independent organisation to JNF/KKL in Israel".<ref name="JNFACC21">JNF Charitable Trust, ''Annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021'', from [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/225910/accounts-and-annual-returns accounts and annual returns], ''Register of Charities''.</ref> By November 2026 its website listed [[Tony Blair]] but no longer [[Gordon Brown]] among its Honorary Patrons.<ref name="JNFPEOPLE26">JNF UK, [https://www.jnf.co.uk/our-people/ Our People], accessed 10 November 2026 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20260719075642/https://jnf.co.uk/our-people/ archived] 19 July 2026).</ref>
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==Relationship with KKL-JNF==
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JNF Charitable Trust is a company limited by guarantee without share capital, governed by Articles of Association last adopted on 1 November 2022. Its chairman, president and deputy chairmen are elected by its members.<ref name="JNFACC25"/> It has no shareholders. Its Companies House register states that there is no registrable person or legal entity with significant control; until 2025 the register named its chairman Samuel Hayek (2016–2025), and earlier its chief executive Elan Gorji (2016–2019), as individuals with significant influence or control.<ref name="CHPSC">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00355248/persons-with-significant-control JNF Charitable Trust (00355248): persons with significant control], viewed 10 November 2026.</ref> No filing found for this page records any shareholding, membership or nominee right held by KKL-JNF in JNF UK.
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The links between the two are contractual. JNF UK says that its relationship with KKL was historically governed by "a series of trust deeds which set out how KKL was to use JNF UK's money"; that it "broke down in 1999", when "KKL wanted JNF UK to recognise that it was a branch of KKL and to recognise its supremacy over JNF UK"; and that an agreement of 9 June 1999 "acknowledged that JNF UK was an independent UK charity". In March/April 2005 JNF UK stopped sending funds to KKL.<ref name="JNFREL">JNF UK, [https://jnf.co.uk/relationship-jnf-uk-kkl/ The Relationship between JNF UK and KKL], accessed 10 November 2026.</ref> KKL then announced that it would set up its own British office, and litigation followed over the right to use the JNF name in the UK. It cost the two organisations about £4 million.<ref name="JC2008SEP">Simon Rocker, [https://www.thejc.com/news/jnf-uk-decides-to-back-old-enemy-charity-v3ppdul5 JNF UK decides to back old enemy charity], ''Jewish Chronicle'', 12 September 2008.</ref> A High Court judgment of October 2008 records that under a draft settlement reached in about February 2008 "steps were taken to give KKL nominees a majority on the JNF's Board of Trustees and Mr Hayek was appointed as Chairman of the Board".<ref name="WINTERS">''Winters v Mishcon de Reya'' [2008] EWHC 2419 (Ch), High Court (Chancery Division), Henderson J, 15 October 2008, para. 12, [https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2008/2419.html BAILII].</ref> Hayek had been "asked initially by KKL to head a rival British office to JNF".<ref name="JC2009">Simon Rocker, [https://www.thejc.com/news/hayek-bid-to-replant-jnf-in-our-hearts-e0hzztwn Hayek bid to replant JNF in our hearts], ''Jewish Chronicle'', 2 July 2009.</ref> Companies House shows him as a director of [[The KKL Charitable Trust]] from 24 October 2007 to 19 February 2008.<ref name="CHKKLOFF">[[Companies House]], officers of [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00092825/officers Keren Kayemeth Leisrael Limited (00092825)], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03726261/officers The KKL Charitable Trust (03726261)] and [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC316740/officers The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust (SC316740)], viewed 10 November 2026.</ref>
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Under the settlement, JNF UK was licensed by KKL to use the JNF and KKL names and logos in the UK "for a token £10,000", and KKL agreed not to operate its own branch in the UK.<ref name="JC2008SEP"/><ref name="JC2008NOV">[https://www.thejc.com/news/peace-deal-ends-jnf-dispute-bwdlhrxf Peace deal ends JNF dispute], ''Jewish Chronicle'', 20 November 2008.</ref> KKL took ownership of land in Israel that had been bought by the JNF, in return for £5 million paid to JNF UK over ten years.<ref name="JC2008NOV"/><ref name="JNFCT2008">JNF Charitable Trust, ''Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2008'', chairman's statement, [https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20110928174724/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends10/0000225910_AC_20081231_E_C.PDF UK Government Web Archive] (capture of 28 September 2011).</ref> Clause 5 of the agreement, quoted in a 2021 Fundraising Regulator decision, says that JNF UK and KKL "undertake to co-operate to identify and select, together, KKL projects in Israel which are suitable for funding wholly or in part by JNFCT". It commits JNF UK "to remit a majority of the charitable funds raised" (after expenses and excluding funds given for other specific purposes) to KKL for such projects, and says that JNF UK "will pay all donations to projects in Israel through KKL".<ref name="FR2021">Fundraising Regulator, ''The Fundraising Regulator's decision into a complaint ... about JNF Charitable Trust'', ref. 00013462, June 2021, paras 10 and 17–35, [https://www.stopthejnf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Fundraising-Regulator-Decision.pdf PDF published by the Stop the JNF campaign].</ref>
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JNF UK told the regulator that the agreement "is currently in force and has been since 2008". It said it read clause 5 as allowing it to fund only projects that met its own criteria. Since 2015, 17 of the 235 project proposals put to its Projects Committee had come from KKL; 12 were approved, ten of those were later cancelled, and two, worth £0.54 million, went ahead. It said 2014 to 2017 was the only period in which it had sent funds through KKL, for 84 projects to which KKL contributed 20 per cent (£1.2 million). The regulator found "no reason to doubt, from the information we have seen, that the charity is independent of JNF/KKL", while noting that clause 5 "suggests closer ties than the description of the relationship given on the charity's website".<ref name="FR2021"/>
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KKL-JNF lists JNF UK among its offices worldwide, with the note that it "is a wholly independent legal entity registered in England and Wales and with the UK Charity Commission. It operates completely separate with its own Board of Directors and Management".<ref name="KKLOFF">KKL-JNF, [https://www.kkl-jnf.org/about-kkl-jnf/contact_us/contact-your-local-office/ Contact your local office], accessed 10 November 2026.</ref> Despite its name, [[KKL Charity Accounts]] is controlled by JNF UK, not by KKL. JNF Charitable Trust is "entitled to nominate the majority" of its trustees, and it is consolidated as a subsidiary.<ref name="KKLACC25">KKL Charity Accounts (charity 1105998), annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025, [[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4010499/accounts-and-annual-returns accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20261026031324/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=2&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&p_p_resource_id=%2Faccounts-resource&p_p_cacheability=cacheLevelPage&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_objectiveId=A19339811&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_priv_r_p_mvcRenderCommandName=%2Faccounts-and-annual-returns&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_priv_r_p_organisationNumber=4010499 Archived] by the Wayback Machine on 26 October 2026.</ref><ref name="JNFACC25"/> KKL-JNF's own UK company is [[Keren Kayemeth Leisrael Limited]] (00092825, incorporated 1907); four of its five directors in 2026 are Israeli nationals. It shares its registered office, at the London solicitors Ch. Hausmann & Co., and two officers with [[The KKL Charitable Trust]] (03726261).<ref name="CHKKLOFF"/>
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==JNF in Scotland==
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For most of the twentieth century JNF fundraising in Scotland was run by the [[Glasgow Commission of the Jewish National Fund]], which worked within the national British JNF; in 1953, for example, the national JNF's annual conference praised the organisers of the Glasgow Blue and White Bazaar.<ref name="JO1953">"JNF Annual Conference", ''[[Jewish Observer and Middle East Review]]'', 13 November 1953, [https://archive.org/details/jewish-observer-and-middle-east-review_1953-11-13_2_46 Internet Archive].</ref>
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The Glasgow branch broke away during the 2005–2008 dispute between JNF UK and KKL. The ''Jewish Chronicle'' reported that the dispute "led to a split in JNF UK, with its Glasgow branch supporting KKL and leaving the main organisation". Its leading figure was Stanley Lovatt, then a vice-president of JNF UK. In 2006 JNF UK's chief executive, Simon Winters, threatened the Glasgow JNF board with a defamation action after Lovatt's son was identified as the sender of letters to the press containing allegations against Winters.<ref name="JC2008CT">Leon Symons, [https://www.thejc.com/news/court-told-of-jnf-cash-row-and-bugging-lpxwm3ml Court told of JNF cash row and 'bugging'], ''Jewish Chronicle'', 4 September 2008.</ref>
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[[The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust]] was incorporated in Glasgow on 16 February 2007. Its two founding members (subscribers) were KKL itself, "an Israeli body corporate limited by guarantee", and KKL's English company, Keren Kayemeth Leisrael Limited.<ref name="KSINC">The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust, incorporation documents (memorandum of association, names of subscribers dated 14 February 2007), filed 16 February 2007, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC316740/filing-history/MTc2MjA0NTI1YWRpcXprY3g/document?format=pdf&download=0 Companies House].</ref> Its first directors were Lovatt (chairman), David Links and Gordon Hausmann, who was also company secretary of The KKL Charitable Trust from 2007 to 2024. It registered with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator on 20 February 2007 (SC037850) and began operating on 19 April 2007. It thanked "the KKL organisation in Israel for a grant received of £10,000 towards establishing the charity".<ref name="KS08">The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust, ''Report and unaudited financial statements for the period ended 31 March 2008'', trustees' report, pp. 1–3, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC316740/filing-history/MjAxOTkwNTQ2MWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Companies House].</ref><ref name="CHKKLOFF"/>
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The September 2008 settlement was reported to provide that KKL Scotland "will return to the JNF fold as a subsidiary".<ref name="JC2008SEP"/> In August 2010, however, Lovatt said: "We became independent of JNF UK three years ago and I am delighted that we did".<ref name="JC2010">Simon Rocker, [https://www.thejc.com/news/jnf-chaos-as-chief-departs-sojrf3d9 JNF chaos as chief departs], ''Jewish Chronicle'', 12 August 2010.</ref> JNF UK's 2025 accounts do not list the Scottish charity among its subsidiaries or connected charities.<ref name="JNFACC25"/> In 2019 the ''Jewish Telegraph'' reported a reconciliation between "JNF KKL Scotland" and JNF UK after a "12-year-long strained relationship".<ref name="JT2019">''Jewish Telegraph'', "JNF KKL Scotland and JNF UK bury the hatchet after 12 years", 27 September 2019, p. 1, [https://archive.ph/wip/zetoN archived copy].</ref>
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The Scottish charity's 2026 accounts say that KKL Israel "is one of the two founding members, and remains a corporate member". They say its objects are "all to be based in the State of Israel and where appropriate by supporting relevant charitable projects of Keren Kayemeth Leisrael (KKL Israel)", and that "All funds raised are donated to KKL Israel for projects selected by the trustees".<ref name="KS26">The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust, ''Trustees' report and unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2026'', trustees' report, pp. 2–3, filed 2 July 2026, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC316740/filing-history/MzUyNzQzMDI2OGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0 Companies House].</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Year !! Appeals and donations (£) !! Donated to KKL Israel (£) !! Trustees
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| 2024–25 || 1,703,355 || 1,680,000 || David Links (chairman, died 4 June 2025); Delia Berkley; Jeffrey Vulkan
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| 2025–26 || 68,125 || 40,000 || Jeffrey Vulkan (chairman); Delia Berkley; Samuel Groundland (from 29 October 2025)
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Sources: 2026 accounts (2025 figures are the comparatives) and Companies House.<ref name="KS26"/><ref name="CHKKLOFF"/> See [[The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust]] and [[Glasgow Commission of the Jewish National Fund]] for detail.
  
 
==People==
 
==People==
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===Executive Board (2012)===
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===2026===
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====Honorary officers and chief executive====
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*Chairman: [[Samuel Hayek]]
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*President: [[Alan Mendoza]]
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*Vice-chairmen: [[Belinda Jane Oakland|Belinda Oakland]] | [[Gideon Falter]]
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*Treasurer: [[Laurence Jeffrey Julius|Laurence Julius]]
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*Chief Executive: [[Elan Gorji]]
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*Company Secretary and Finance Director: Lindsay Davidson<ref name="JNFPEOPLE26"/><ref name="JNFACC25">JNF Charitable Trust (charity 225910), ''2025 Annual Report and Accounts'' (year ended 31 December 2025; approved 23 September 2026), [[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/225910/accounts-and-annual-returns accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities'', downloaded 6 November 2026 (page numbers are the printed page numbers of the report). [https://web.archive.org/web/20261024150110/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=2&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&p_p_resource_id=%2Faccounts-resource&p_p_cacheability=cacheLevelPage&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_objectiveId=A19356155&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_priv_r_p_mvcRenderCommandName=%2Faccounts-and-annual-returns&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_priv_r_p_organisationNumber=225910 Archived] by the Wayback Machine on 24 October 2026; [https://web.archive.org/web/20261024145802/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/225910/accounts-and-annual-returns register accounts page archived] the same day.</ref>
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In May 2015 Alan Aziz, director of the [[Zionist Federation of the United Kingdom and Ireland|Zionist Federation]] for 15 years, announced that he was leaving to become chief executive of JNF.<ref name="JCAZIZ">Rosa Doherty, [https://www.thejc.com/news/alan-aziz-to-leave-zionist-federation-to-head-jnf-a36oy72c Alan Aziz to leave Zionist Federation to head JNF], ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 26 May 2015.</ref>
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====Trustees (Charity Commission register, November 2026)====
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! Trustee !! Appointed !! Role !! Also a trustee of
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| [[Samuel Hayek]] || not recorded || Chairman || [[KKL Charity Accounts]]; [[The JNF Educational Trust]]; [[The Holy Land Foundation]]
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| [[Alan Mendoza]] || 3 October 2018 || President || [[KKL Charity Accounts]]
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| [[Gideon Falter]] || 24 January 2017 || Deputy chairman || [[KKL Charity Accounts]]
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| [[Belinda Jane Oakland|Belinda Oakland]] || 22 September 2020 || Deputy chairman || —
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| [[Laurence Jeffrey Julius|Laurence Julius]] || 24 March 2020 || Treasurer || [[KKL Charity Accounts]]; [[Harif]]
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| [[Richard Louis Bolchover|Richard Bolchover]] || 2 December 2025 || || [[Israel-Diaspora Trust|The Israel-Diaspora Trust]]
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| [[Cathya Djanogly]] || 5 September 2023 || || —
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| [[Roy Freedman]] || 11 September 2024 || || [[KKL Charity Accounts]]
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| [[Timothy James Kendal|Timothy Kendal]] || 23 June 2020 || || —
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| [[Murray Alan Lee|Murray Lee]] || not recorded || || —
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| [[Marilyn Waisman|Mandi (Marilyn) Waisman]] || not recorded || || [[KKL Charity Accounts]]
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| [[Howard Norman Wayne|Howard Wayne]] || 24 April 2017 || || [[KKL Charity Accounts]]
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Sources: register extract (appointment dates and other trusteeships)<ref name="CCEXT">[[Charity Commission for England and Wales]], ''Register of Charities public extract'' (tables charity and charity_trustee), extract dated 8 November 2026.</ref> and the 2025 annual report (roles).<ref name="JNFACC25"/> The accounts give Richard Bolchover's appointment as 4 December 2025.<ref name="JNFACC25"/>
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====Honorary Patrons====
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The Rt Hon [[Tony Blair]] | The Rt Hon [[Lady Cosgrove]] CBE | [[General the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank]] GCB LVO OBE | The Rt Hon [[Lord Howard]] QC | [[The Prime Minister of Israel]] | [[The President of Israel]] | [[HE The Ambassador of Israel]] | Chief Rabbi [[Ephraim Mirvis]] | [[The Marquess of Reading]]<ref name="JNFPEOPLE26"/>
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===2022===
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[[Samuel Hayek]] <ref name="people">JNF UK [https://web.archive.org/web/20220919083059/https://www.jnf.co.uk/our-people/# Our People]. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 19 September 2022.</ref>
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====Vice-Chairmen====
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[[Gideon Falter]] | Dr [[Alan Mendoza]] <ref name="people"/>
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====Honorary Treasurer====
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[[Gary Mond]] <ref name="people"/>
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====Company Secretary====
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[[David Berens]] <ref name="people"/>
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====Executive Board====
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[[Laurence Julius]] | [[Timothy Kendal]] | [[Murray Lee]] | [[Belinda Oakland]] | [[Mandi Waisman]] | [[Howard Wayne]] <ref name="people"/>
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====Patrons====
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[[Zak Gertler]] | [[Felix Posen]] | [[Simon Sterling]] | [[Sol Zakay]] <ref name="people"/>
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====Honorary Patrons====
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The Rt Hon [[Tony Blair]] | The Rt Hon [[Gordon Brown]] | The Rt Hon [[Lady Cosgrove]] CBE | [[General the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank]] GCB LVO OBE | The Rt Hon [[Lord Howard]] QC | [[The Prime Minister of Israel]] | [[The President of Israel]] | [[HE The Ambassador of Israel]] | Rabbi Dr [[Abraham Levy]] OBE | Chief Rabbi [[Ephraim Mirvis]] | [[The Marquess of Reading]] | Rev [[Malcolm Weisman]] OBE <ref name="people"/>
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===2012===
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====Executive Board====
 
*[[Samuel Hayek]] - Chairman
 
*[[Samuel Hayek]] - Chairman
 
*Dr [[Michael Sinclair]] - Vice Chairman
 
*Dr [[Michael Sinclair]] - Vice Chairman
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*[[Gordon Hausmann]] - Company Secretary<ref name="JNF UK">[http://jnfuk.org/about-us/ About Us], JNF UK, accessed 8 August 2012.</ref>
 
*[[Gordon Hausmann]] - Company Secretary<ref name="JNF UK">[http://jnfuk.org/about-us/ About Us], JNF UK, accessed 8 August 2012.</ref>
  
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===Board Members (2012)===
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*[[Baroness Deech]] DBE
 
*[[Baroness Deech]] DBE
 
*[[Elan Gorji]]
 
*[[Elan Gorji]]
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*[[Mandi Waisman]]<ref name="JNF UK">[http://jnfuk.org/about-us/ About Us], JNF UK, accessed 8 August 2012.</ref>
 
*[[Mandi Waisman]]<ref name="JNF UK">[http://jnfuk.org/about-us/ About Us], JNF UK, accessed 8 August 2012.</ref>
  
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*[[Hilary Dennis|Hilary]] and [[Cyril Dennis]] MBE
 
*[[Hilary Dennis|Hilary]] and [[Cyril Dennis]] MBE
 
*[[Jose Dent|Jose]] and [[David Dent]]
 
*[[Jose Dent|Jose]] and [[David Dent]]
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*[[Sol Zakay]]<ref name="JNF UK">[http://jnfuk.org/about-us/ About Us], JNF UK, accessed 8 August 2012.</ref>
 
*[[Sol Zakay]]<ref name="JNF UK">[http://jnfuk.org/about-us/ About Us], JNF UK, accessed 8 August 2012.</ref>
  
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===Honorary Patrons (2012)===
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====Honorary Patrons====
 
*Professor [[David Bellamy]] OBE
 
*Professor [[David Bellamy]] OBE
 
*The Rt Hon [[Tony Blair]]
 
*The Rt Hon [[Tony Blair]]
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*Chief Rabbi [[Lord Sacks]]
 
*Chief Rabbi [[Lord Sacks]]
 
*Rev [[Malcolm Weisman]] OBE<ref name="JNF UK">[http://jnfuk.org/about-us/ About Us], JNF UK, accessed 8 August 2012.</ref>
 
*Rev [[Malcolm Weisman]] OBE<ref name="JNF UK">[http://jnfuk.org/about-us/ About Us], JNF UK, accessed 8 August 2012.</ref>
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 +
==Finances==
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''Main article: [[JNF Charitable Trust]]''. The [[JNF Charitable Trust]] page holds year-by-year figures back to 2010 and the project grant lists for 2014, 2019 and 2020.
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===Income and expenditure, 2021–2025===
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{| class="wikitable"
 +
|+ JNF Charitable Trust (group), five most recent years
 +
! Financial year end !! Income !! Expenditure
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|-
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| 31 December 2021 || £14,129,000 || £16,923,000
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|-
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| 31 December 2022 || £15,739,000 || £14,288,000
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|-
 +
| 31 December 2023 || £19,347,000 || £17,987,000
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|-
 +
| 31 December 2024 || £21,561,000 || £15,746,000
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|-
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| 31 December 2025 || £21,956,000 || £19,426,000
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|}
 +
Source: Charity Commission register (annual return history).<ref name="REGHIST">[[Charity Commission for England and Wales]], ''Register of Charities public extract'' (table charity_annual_return_history), extract dated 14 October 2026.</ref>
 +
 +
===Year to 31 December 2025===
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
|+ Consolidated statement of financial activities, 2025 (£'000)
 +
! Line !! 2025 !! 2024
 +
|-
 +
| Donations || 6,922 || 5,407
 +
|-
 +
| Legacies || 1,985 || 5,334
 +
|-
 +
| [[KKL Charity Accounts]] income || 11,504 || 9,360
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|-
 +
| Rental income || 1,026 || 967
 +
|-
 +
| Interest and dividends || 503 || 489
 +
|-
 +
| Other || 16 || 4
 +
|-
 +
| '''Total income''' || '''21,956''' || '''21,561'''
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|-
 +
| Fundraising costs || 1,814 || 1,735
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|-
 +
| Funding project commitments in Israel || 7,298 || 4,464
 +
|-
 +
| UK and overseas charitable projects (KKL Charity Accounts) || 10,314 || 9,547
 +
|-
 +
| '''Total expenditure''' || '''19,426''' || '''15,746'''
 +
|}
 +
Source: consolidated statement of financial activities, 2025 annual report p. 42. The "KKL Charity Accounts income" line (£11,504,000) is that charity's income from charitable activities: £11,277,829 of gift-aided client donations and £226,085 of fees. KKL Charity Accounts' own accounts for the same year to 31 December 2025 show total income of £11,783,693, because they also include £279,779 of deposit interest, which is not part of that line in the consolidated statement.<ref name="KKLACC25"/><ref name="JNFACC25"/> Total funds at 31 December 2025 were £54.1 million (2024: £51.2 million), of which £41.8 million were unrestricted, including investments of £37.0 million.<ref name="JNFACC25"/> The report says JNF UK also arranged matched funding of more than NIS 6 million for 20 projects, which is not included in the accounts.<ref name="JNFACC25"/>
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 +
===Projects in Israel===
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{| class="wikitable"
 +
|+ New project commitments in Israel by category (note 3, £'000)
 +
! Category !! 2025 !! 2024
 +
|-
 +
| Welfare || 3,476 || 2,102
 +
|-
 +
| Economic and community development || 2,077 || 966
 +
|-
 +
| Education, training, youth and leadership || 561 || 445
 +
|-
 +
| Advancement of health || 231 || 442
 +
|-
 +
| Environment, infrastructure and landscape development || 90 || 24
 +
|-
 +
| Legacies || 87 || —
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|-
 +
| Other projects || 300 || 3
 +
|-
 +
| '''Total new commitments''' || '''6,822''' || '''3,982'''
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|}
 +
Source: 2025 annual report, note 3, p. 49.<ref name="JNFACC25"/> Projects named in the report include Soroka Medical Centre in Beersheba, the Chesed Centre in Sderot, Kibbutz Nir Oz and other communities near Gaza, and The Valley in Mitzpe Ramon.<ref name="JNFACC25"/> JNF UK's projects in Israel are sourced and managed by its wholly owned subsidiary JNF UK Israel Limited.<ref name="JNFACC25"/>
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===Donor-advised giving through KKL Charity Accounts===
 +
Most of JNF UK's spending is donor-advised giving through [[KKL Charity Accounts]] (£10,021,000 in 2025). The accounts say details "are not disclosed as they are made in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by the donors and are not necessarily representative of the Charity's own grant making policies", but list the 20 largest payments:<ref name="JNFACC25"/>
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 +
|+ Top 20 payments through KKL Charity Accounts, 2025 (note 4, pp. 49–50)
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! Recipient !! Amount (£)
 +
|-
 +
| Tatia Foundation || 1,218,391
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|-
 +
| JGive (Keren Assor) || 289,653
 +
|-
 +
| [[Jewish Care]] / Jami || 283,736
 +
|-
 +
| [[Hasmonean High School Charitable Trust]] || 222,583
 +
|-
 +
| [[Community Security Trust]] || 183,448
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|-
 +
| World Jewish Relief || 169,766
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|-
 +
| [[United Jewish Israel Appeal|UJIA]] || 164,619
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|-
 +
| [[Magen David Adom UK]] || 157,163
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|-
 +
| Yad Binyamin V'Sara || 155,136
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|-
 +
| [[United Synagogue]] Head Office / Kol Nidre Appeal || 148,779
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|-
 +
| [[Laniado Hospital UK]] || 124,246
 +
|-
 +
| Kisharon Langdon || 121,443
 +
|-
 +
| Israel-Is || 99,025
 +
|-
 +
| Camp Simcha || 93,496
 +
|-
 +
| Norwood || 93,463
 +
|-
 +
| [[Beit Halochem UK]] || 92,131
 +
|-
 +
| Chai Cancer Care || 91,373
 +
|-
 +
| Project Seed || 87,857
 +
|-
 +
| Shalva || 82,178
 +
|-
 +
| JFS Charitable Trust || 81,333
 +
|}
 +
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==Green Line policy, military links and controversies==
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JNF UK's project criteria state that "Projects shall not be over the 'Green line'" (defined as the 1949 armistice lines) and that "The project shall not support military activity". The criteria cover the charity's own project grants; they do not apply to the donor-advised payments made through KKL Charity Accounts.<ref name="JNFACC25"/>
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 +
*'''Military-linked grants.''' The [[JNF Charitable Trust]] page sets out grants recorded in the accounts to the [[Benji Hillman Foundation]], which houses [[Lone soldiers|lone soldiers]], to pre-army programmes including Derech Eretz, Otzem and [[Mechinat Meitarim Lachish|Meitarim Lachish]], and £144,000 recorded in 2014 for "Tzuk Eitan 9 Gaza war effort".
 +
*'''ICJP complaint.''' In March 2025 the [[International Centre of Justice for Palestinians]] complained to the [[Charity Commission]] that JNF UK had sent £3,333,000 to "beneficiary organisations" in Israel from 2007 to 2023, funding programmes with direct links to Israel's military.<ref name="IDF_ICJP25">International Centre of Justice for Palestinians, [https://www.icjpalestine.com/2025/03/06/jnf-uk-subject-of-complaint-and-request-for-charity-commission-investigation/ JNF UK subject of complaint and request for Charity Commission investigation] ''icjpalestine.com'', 6 March 2025.</ref> The Commission concluded in February 2026 that the activities were "capable of being charitable", and on 30 March 2026 ICJP lodged a formal complaint about the Commission's handling of the case.<ref name="JNF_ICJP26">[[International Centre of Justice for Palestinians]], [https://www.icjpalestine.com/2026/03/30/icjp-submits-formal-complaint-to-charity-commission-regarding-handling-of-multi-million-jnf-complaint/ ICJP submits formal complaint to Charity Commission regarding handling of multi-million JNF Complaint] ''ICJP'', 30 March 2026.</ref>
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*'''Fundraising Regulator (2021).''' In June 2021 the Fundraising Regulator rejected a complaint by the Stop the JNF campaign and 62 other complainants that JNF UK had misled donors about the Negev and about the Derech Eretz programme's links to the Israeli army.<ref>Fundraising Regulator, decision on a complaint about JNF Charitable Trust, ref. 00013462, June 2021, [https://www.stopthejnf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Fundraising-Regulator-Decision.pdf published by Stop the JNF].</ref>
 +
*'''Chairman's remarks (2021–22).''' Chairman [[Samuel Hayek]] told the ''Jerusalem Post'' that "Jews have no future in England".<ref name="JNF_JP_HAYEK">Jerusalem Post, [https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/jews-do-not-have-a-future-in-england-687711 'Jews do not have a future in England'] ''The Jerusalem Post'', December 2021.</ref> The ''[[The Jewish Chronicle|Jewish Chronicle]]'' reported that more than 40 members of the [[Board of Deputies of British Jews]] called for him to resign; JNF UK said he "did not speak for the charity or its trustees".<ref name="JNF_JC_HAYEK">Simon Rocker, [https://www.thejc.com/news/community/calls-for-jnf-uk-chair-samuel-hayek-to-quit-over-islamophobic-comments-enu15vl7 Calls for JNF UK chair Samuel Hayek to quit over 'Islamophobic comments'] ''The Jewish Chronicle'', 4 January 2022.</ref> He remained chairman in 2026.<ref name="JNFPEOPLE26"/>
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*'''KKL-JNF in the occupied territories.''' For KKL-JNF's land purchases in the occupied West Bank and its subsidiary Himnuta's eviction case in Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem, see [[Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael - Jewish National Fund#Activity beyond the Green Line]].
  
 
==Companies, charities and groups that are linked to JNF UK==
 
==Companies, charities and groups that are linked to JNF UK==
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Registered offices as shown by Companies House on 10 November 2026.<ref name="CHJNF">[[Companies House]], company overviews for 05562921, 05480314, 05480334, 05478255, 05478230, 05478228, 05118360, 03743903, 03726261, 00453042, 00092825, 05478239, SC316740 and 00355248, viewed 10 November 2026.</ref>
 
===Companies===
 
===Companies===
 
====Created 2004-2005====
 
====Created 2004-2005====
−
*[[JNF UK Limited]] 05562921 - Incorporated on 13 September 2005 - Mountcliff House, 154 Brent Street, London, England, NW4 2BF
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*[[JNF UK Limited]] 05562921 - Incorporated on 13 September 2005 - 95 Church Road, London NW4 4FE
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*[[Jewish National Fund Ltd]] 05480314 - Incorporated on 14 June 2005 - Mountcliff House, 154 Brent Street, London, England, NW4 2BF
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*[[Jewish National Fund Ltd]] 05480314 - Incorporated on 14 June 2005 - 95 Church Road, London NW4 4FE
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*[[Jewish National Fund For Israel Ltd]] 05480334 - Incorporated on 14 June 2005 - Mountcliff House, 154 Brent Street, London, England, NW4 2BF
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*[[Jewish National Fund For Israel Ltd]] 05480334 - Incorporated on 14 June 2005 - 95 Church Road, London NW4 4FE
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*[[JNF Limited]] 05478230 - Incorporated on 10 June 2005 - Mountcliff House, 154 Brent Street, London, England, NW4 2BF
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*[[JNF Limited]] 05478230 - Incorporated on 10 June 2005 - 95 Church Road, London NW4 4FE
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*[[KKL Limited]] 05478228 - Incorporated on 10 June 2005 - Mountcliff House, 154 Brent Street, London, England, NW4 2BF
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*[[KKL Limited]] 05478228 - Incorporated on 10 June 2005 - 95 Church Road, London NW4 4FE
−
*[[KKL Charity Accounts]] Matching previous names: [[KKL Accounts]] 05118360 - Incorporated on 4 May 2004 - Mountcliff House, 154 Brent Street, London, England, NW4 2BF
+
*[[KKL Charity Accounts]] Matching previous names: [[KKL Accounts]] 05118360 - Incorporated on 4 May 2004 - 95 Church Road, London NW4 4FE
  
 
====Created 1999====
 
====Created 1999====
−
*[[JNF Executor & Trustee Company Limited]] 03743903 - Incorporated on 30 March 1999 - Mountcliff House, 154 Brent Street, London, England, NW4 2BF
+
*[[JNF Executor & Trustee Company Limited]] 03743903 - Incorporated on 30 March 1999 - 95 Church Road, London NW4 4FE
 
*[[The KKL Charitable Trust]] 03726261 - Incorporated on 1 March 1999 - [[CH. Hausmann & Co.]], 5 De Walden Court, 85 New Cavendish Street, London, England, W1W 6XD
 
*[[The KKL Charitable Trust]] 03726261 - Incorporated on 1 March 1999 - [[CH. Hausmann & Co.]], 5 De Walden Court, 85 New Cavendish Street, London, England, W1W 6XD
  
 
====Created 1909-1948====
 
====Created 1909-1948====
−
*[[K.K.L. Executor and Trustee Company Limited]] 00453042 - Incorporated on 23 April 1948 - Mountcliff House, 154 Brent Street, London, England, NW4 2BF
+
*[[K.K.L. Executor and Trustee Company Limited]] 00453042 - Incorporated on 23 April 1948 - 95 Church Road, London NW4 4FE
 
*[[Keren Kayemeth Leisrael Limited]] 00092825 - Incorporated on 8 April 1907 - CH. HAUSMANN & CO., 5 De Walden Court, 85 New Cavendish Street, London, W1W 6XD
 
*[[Keren Kayemeth Leisrael Limited]] 00092825 - Incorporated on 8 April 1907 - CH. HAUSMANN & CO., 5 De Walden Court, 85 New Cavendish Street, London, W1W 6XD
  
 
====Dissolved====
 
====Dissolved====
 
*[[JNF/KKL Limited]] 05478239 - Dissolved on 29 March 2011 - JNF House, Spring Villa Park, Spring Villa Road, Edgware, Middx, HA8 7ED
 
*[[JNF/KKL Limited]] 05478239 - Dissolved on 29 March 2011 - JNF House, Spring Villa Park, Spring Villa Road, Edgware, Middx, HA8 7ED
 +
*[[KKL/JNF Limited]] Company number 05478255 Incorporated on 10 June 2005 - Dissolved on 29 March 2011
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====Scottish company====
 
====Scottish company====
−
*[[The KKL(Scotland) Charitable Trust]] SC316740 - Incorporated on 16 February 2007 - 222 Fenwick Road, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6UE
+
*[[The KKL(Scotland) Charitable Trust]] SC316740 - Incorporated on 16 February 2007 - [[222 Fenwick Road, Giffnock, Glasgow, G46 6UE]]
  
 
===Charities===
 
===Charities===
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*[[JNF Charitable Trust]] Charity number: 225910, Created 1939, (company no. 00355248 - Incorporated on 21 July 1939 - Mountcliff House, 154 Brent Street, London, England, NW4 2BF)
+
*[[JNF Charitable Trust]] Charity number: 225910, Created 1939, (company no. 00355248 - Incorporated on 21 July 1939 - 95 Church Road, London NW4 4FE)
 
*[[The JNF Educational Trust]] Charity number: 290267 - created 9 September 1984
 
*[[The JNF Educational Trust]] Charity number: 290267 - created 9 September 1984
 
*[[KKL Charity Accounts]] Charity number: 1105998 - created 4 May 2004
 
*[[KKL Charity Accounts]] Charity number: 1105998 - created 4 May 2004
 +
 +
Other wholly owned subsidiaries named in the 2025 accounts: KKL Executor and Trustee Company Limited (wills and estate services); JNF UK Israel Limited (sources and manages projects in Israel); 95 Church Road Hendon Limited (owns the head office).<ref name="JNFACC25"/>
  
 
==External Resources==
 
==External Resources==
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==Contact==
 
==Contact==
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:Internet Archive holdings of [https://web.archive.org/web/2016*/jnfuk.org jnfuk.org]
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:95 Church Road, Hendon, London NW4 4FE; tel. 020 8732 6100; info@jnf.co.uk<ref name="JNFACC25"/>
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:Web: [https://www.jnf.co.uk/ www.jnf.co.uk]
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:Internet Archive holdings of [https://web.archive.org/web/2016*/jnfuk.org jnfuk.org] and [https://web.archive.org/web/*/jnf.co.uk jnf.co.uk]
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==See also==
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* [[JNF Charitable Trust]]
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* [[Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael - Jewish National Fund]]
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* [[Jewish Schools in the UK]]
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* [[JNF UK and Jewish schools]]
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
<references/>
 
<references/>
 
[[Category:Israel Lobby]] [[Category:Zionist movement UK]] [[Category:Zionist movement]]
 
[[Category:Israel Lobby]] [[Category:Zionist movement UK]] [[Category:Zionist movement]]

Latest revision as of 10:28, 14 November 2026

Trading name of the JNF Charitable Trust, a UK charity funding projects in Israel. The *K affiloiate of the Jewish National Fund one of the four National Institutions of the Zionist movement

JNF UK

Logo JNF Charitable Trust logo.png
Type Charitable company (trading name of the JNF Charitable Trust)
Founded 21 July 1939 (company incorporated)
Registration ID Registered charity 225910; company 00355248
Headquarters 95 Church Road, Hendon, London NW4 4FE
Key people Samuel Hayek (chairman); Alan Mendoza (president); Elan Gorji (chief executive)
Website www.jnf.co.uk
Zionist movement
Overview

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National JNF bodies (42)

Europe: Austria | Balkans | Belgium | Czech Republic | Denmark | Finland | France | Germany | Greece | Hungary | Ireland | Italy | Netherlands | Norway | Scotland | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | UK
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Africa, Asia and Oceania: Australia | Hong Kong | New Zealand | South Africa
UK trusts: JNF Charitable Trust | The KKL Charitable Trust | The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust | Glasgow Commission of the Jewish National Fund

National Keren Hayesod bodies (35)

Europe: Austria | Belgium | Denmark | Estonia | Faroe Islands | Finland | France | Germany | Greece | Hungary | Italy | Latvia | Lithuania | Luxembourg | Netherlands | Norway | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland (Zurich) | Switzerland (Geneva) | UK | UJIA (UK) | Ukraine
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Data and sources

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Europe (45)

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EU: EU
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North America and the Caribbean (12)

United States (movement) | Canada (movement) | Antigua and Barbuda | Bahamas | Barbados | Dominica | Grenada | Jamaica | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Trinidad and Tobago

West Asia (17)

Armenia | Azerbaijan | Bahrain | Cyprus | Georgia | Iran | Iraq | Jordan | Kuwait | Lebanon | Oman | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | Syria | Turkey | UAE | Yemen

North Africa (6)

Algeria | Egypt | Libya | Morocco | Sudan | Tunisia

Sub-Saharan Africa (48)

Angola | Benin | Botswana | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cameroon | Cape Verde | Central African Republic | Chad | Comoros | Congo (DRC) | Congo (Republic) | Djibouti | Equatorial Guinea | Eritrea | Eswatini | Ethiopia | Gabon | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Ivory Coast | Kenya | Lesotho | Liberia | Madagascar | Malawi | Mali | Mauritania | Mauritius | Mozambique | Namibia | Niger | Nigeria | Rwanda | Senegal | Seychelles | Sierra Leone | Somalia | South Africa | South Sudan | São Tomé and Príncipe | Tanzania | Togo | Uganda | Zambia | Zimbabwe

Latin America and the Caribbean (23)

Argentina (movement) | Belize | Bolivia | Brazil | Chile | Colombia | Costa Rica | Cuba | Dominican Republic | Ecuador | El Salvador | Guatemala | Guyana | Haiti | Honduras | Mexico | Nicaragua | Panama | Paraguay | Peru | Suriname | Uruguay | Venezuela

South Asia (8)

Afghanistan | Bangladesh | Bhutan | India | Maldives | Nepal | Pakistan | Sri Lanka

Central Asia (5)

Kazakhstan | Kyrgyzstan | Tajikistan | Turkmenistan | Uzbekistan

East Asia (6)

China | Japan | Mongolia | North Korea | South Korea | Taiwan

Southeast Asia (11)

Brunei | Cambodia | East Timor | Indonesia | Laos | Malaysia | Myanmar | Philippines | Singapore | Thailand | Vietnam

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Australia (movement) | Fiji | Kiribati | Marshall Islands | Micronesia | Nauru | New Zealand | Palau | Papua New Guinea | Samoa | Solomon Islands | Tonga | Tuvalu | Vanuatu

JNF UK is the trading name of the JNF Charitable Trust. It claims to be "the UK’s leading humanitarian and environmental Israel charity...[raising] funds for the building blocks of everyday life in Israel such as reservoirs, irrigation systems, desalination plants, forest planting, recycling schemes, roads, housing and healthcare centres." [1] It is the UK wing of the Jewish National Fund, one of the Israeli National Institutions, which has been described by the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe as "a colonialist agency of ethnic cleansing".[2]

JNF UK is registered as UK charity no 225910 under the name JNF Charitable Trust.[3][4]


Then UK Prime Minister David Cameron stepped down as Honorary Patron of the JNF, May 2011. A press release explained the resignation was part of a wider review of charities and organisations the PM is associated with, claiming the JNF is one of a number of charities he stepped down from.[5] Traditionally the three leaders of the main UK parties have become Honorary Patrons, however none of the three leaders held this position in 2011. Pro-Palestinian solidarity groups claim the resignation was because of growing pressure for Cameron to step down.[6][7] Previous UK Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown remain Honorary Patrons.[8]

In February 2021, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF), the Israeli body that licenses JNF UK its name and with which it has a 2008 project-funding agreement, allocated NIS 38 million (£8.2 million) for the acquisition of occupied land to expand settlements in the West Bank. JNF UK has also been involved in the process: funding the creation of 'British Park': "a forested leisure facility built on the land of 3 Palestinian villages, Ajjur, Kudna and Deir al-Dubban, whose residents were ethnically cleansed and barred from returning." JNF UK also supported the illegal settlement of Sansana in the West Bank., according to Palestine Campaign. [9]

JNF UK itself says it has for "several decades" been "an entirely independent organisation to JNF/KKL in Israel".[10] By November 2026 its website listed Tony Blair but no longer Gordon Brown among its Honorary Patrons.[11]

Relationship with KKL-JNF

JNF Charitable Trust is a company limited by guarantee without share capital, governed by Articles of Association last adopted on 1 November 2022. Its chairman, president and deputy chairmen are elected by its members.[12] It has no shareholders. Its Companies House register states that there is no registrable person or legal entity with significant control; until 2025 the register named its chairman Samuel Hayek (2016–2025), and earlier its chief executive Elan Gorji (2016–2019), as individuals with significant influence or control.[13] No filing found for this page records any shareholding, membership or nominee right held by KKL-JNF in JNF UK.

The links between the two are contractual. JNF UK says that its relationship with KKL was historically governed by "a series of trust deeds which set out how KKL was to use JNF UK's money"; that it "broke down in 1999", when "KKL wanted JNF UK to recognise that it was a branch of KKL and to recognise its supremacy over JNF UK"; and that an agreement of 9 June 1999 "acknowledged that JNF UK was an independent UK charity". In March/April 2005 JNF UK stopped sending funds to KKL.[14] KKL then announced that it would set up its own British office, and litigation followed over the right to use the JNF name in the UK. It cost the two organisations about £4 million.[15] A High Court judgment of October 2008 records that under a draft settlement reached in about February 2008 "steps were taken to give KKL nominees a majority on the JNF's Board of Trustees and Mr Hayek was appointed as Chairman of the Board".[16] Hayek had been "asked initially by KKL to head a rival British office to JNF".[17] Companies House shows him as a director of The KKL Charitable Trust from 24 October 2007 to 19 February 2008.[18]

Under the settlement, JNF UK was licensed by KKL to use the JNF and KKL names and logos in the UK "for a token £10,000", and KKL agreed not to operate its own branch in the UK.[15][19] KKL took ownership of land in Israel that had been bought by the JNF, in return for £5 million paid to JNF UK over ten years.[19][20] Clause 5 of the agreement, quoted in a 2021 Fundraising Regulator decision, says that JNF UK and KKL "undertake to co-operate to identify and select, together, KKL projects in Israel which are suitable for funding wholly or in part by JNFCT". It commits JNF UK "to remit a majority of the charitable funds raised" (after expenses and excluding funds given for other specific purposes) to KKL for such projects, and says that JNF UK "will pay all donations to projects in Israel through KKL".[21]

JNF UK told the regulator that the agreement "is currently in force and has been since 2008". It said it read clause 5 as allowing it to fund only projects that met its own criteria. Since 2015, 17 of the 235 project proposals put to its Projects Committee had come from KKL; 12 were approved, ten of those were later cancelled, and two, worth £0.54 million, went ahead. It said 2014 to 2017 was the only period in which it had sent funds through KKL, for 84 projects to which KKL contributed 20 per cent (£1.2 million). The regulator found "no reason to doubt, from the information we have seen, that the charity is independent of JNF/KKL", while noting that clause 5 "suggests closer ties than the description of the relationship given on the charity's website".[21]

KKL-JNF lists JNF UK among its offices worldwide, with the note that it "is a wholly independent legal entity registered in England and Wales and with the UK Charity Commission. It operates completely separate with its own Board of Directors and Management".[22] Despite its name, KKL Charity Accounts is controlled by JNF UK, not by KKL. JNF Charitable Trust is "entitled to nominate the majority" of its trustees, and it is consolidated as a subsidiary.[23][12] KKL-JNF's own UK company is Keren Kayemeth Leisrael Limited (00092825, incorporated 1907); four of its five directors in 2026 are Israeli nationals. It shares its registered office, at the London solicitors Ch. Hausmann & Co., and two officers with The KKL Charitable Trust (03726261).[18]

JNF in Scotland

For most of the twentieth century JNF fundraising in Scotland was run by the Glasgow Commission of the Jewish National Fund, which worked within the national British JNF; in 1953, for example, the national JNF's annual conference praised the organisers of the Glasgow Blue and White Bazaar.[24]

The Glasgow branch broke away during the 2005–2008 dispute between JNF UK and KKL. The Jewish Chronicle reported that the dispute "led to a split in JNF UK, with its Glasgow branch supporting KKL and leaving the main organisation". Its leading figure was Stanley Lovatt, then a vice-president of JNF UK. In 2006 JNF UK's chief executive, Simon Winters, threatened the Glasgow JNF board with a defamation action after Lovatt's son was identified as the sender of letters to the press containing allegations against Winters.[25]

The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust was incorporated in Glasgow on 16 February 2007. Its two founding members (subscribers) were KKL itself, "an Israeli body corporate limited by guarantee", and KKL's English company, Keren Kayemeth Leisrael Limited.[26] Its first directors were Lovatt (chairman), David Links and Gordon Hausmann, who was also company secretary of The KKL Charitable Trust from 2007 to 2024. It registered with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator on 20 February 2007 (SC037850) and began operating on 19 April 2007. It thanked "the KKL organisation in Israel for a grant received of £10,000 towards establishing the charity".[27][18]

The September 2008 settlement was reported to provide that KKL Scotland "will return to the JNF fold as a subsidiary".[15] In August 2010, however, Lovatt said: "We became independent of JNF UK three years ago and I am delighted that we did".[28] JNF UK's 2025 accounts do not list the Scottish charity among its subsidiaries or connected charities.[12] In 2019 the Jewish Telegraph reported a reconciliation between "JNF KKL Scotland" and JNF UK after a "12-year-long strained relationship".[29]

The Scottish charity's 2026 accounts say that KKL Israel "is one of the two founding members, and remains a corporate member". They say its objects are "all to be based in the State of Israel and where appropriate by supporting relevant charitable projects of Keren Kayemeth Leisrael (KKL Israel)", and that "All funds raised are donated to KKL Israel for projects selected by the trustees".[30]

The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust, years to 31 March
Year Appeals and donations (£) Donated to KKL Israel (£) Trustees
2024–25 1,703,355 1,680,000 David Links (chairman, died 4 June 2025); Delia Berkley; Jeffrey Vulkan
2025–26 68,125 40,000 Jeffrey Vulkan (chairman); Delia Berkley; Samuel Groundland (from 29 October 2025)

Sources: 2026 accounts (2025 figures are the comparatives) and Companies House.[30][18] See The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust and Glasgow Commission of the Jewish National Fund for detail.

People

2026

Honorary officers and chief executive

In May 2015 Alan Aziz, director of the Zionist Federation for 15 years, announced that he was leaving to become chief executive of JNF.[31]

Trustees (Charity Commission register, November 2026)

Trustees of the JNF Charitable Trust
Trustee Appointed Role Also a trustee of
Samuel Hayek not recorded Chairman KKL Charity Accounts; The JNF Educational Trust; The Holy Land Foundation
Alan Mendoza 3 October 2018 President KKL Charity Accounts
Gideon Falter 24 January 2017 Deputy chairman KKL Charity Accounts
Belinda Oakland 22 September 2020 Deputy chairman —
Laurence Julius 24 March 2020 Treasurer KKL Charity Accounts; Harif
Richard Bolchover 2 December 2025 The Israel-Diaspora Trust
Cathya Djanogly 5 September 2023 —
Roy Freedman 11 September 2024 KKL Charity Accounts
Timothy Kendal 23 June 2020 —
Murray Lee not recorded —
Mandi (Marilyn) Waisman not recorded KKL Charity Accounts
Howard Wayne 24 April 2017 KKL Charity Accounts

Sources: register extract (appointment dates and other trusteeships)[32] and the 2025 annual report (roles).[12] The accounts give Richard Bolchover's appointment as 4 December 2025.[12]

Honorary Patrons

The Rt Hon Tony Blair | The Rt Hon Lady Cosgrove CBE | General the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE | The Rt Hon Lord Howard QC | The Prime Minister of Israel | The President of Israel | HE The Ambassador of Israel | Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis | The Marquess of Reading[11]

2022

Chairman

Samuel Hayek [33]

Vice-Chairmen

Gideon Falter | Dr Alan Mendoza [33]

Honorary Treasurer

Gary Mond [33]

Company Secretary

David Berens [33]

Executive Board

Laurence Julius | Timothy Kendal | Murray Lee | Belinda Oakland | Mandi Waisman | Howard Wayne [33]

Patrons

Zak Gertler | Felix Posen | Simon Sterling | Sol Zakay [33]

Honorary Patrons

The Rt Hon Tony Blair | The Rt Hon Gordon Brown | The Rt Hon Lady Cosgrove CBE | General the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank GCB LVO OBE | The Rt Hon Lord Howard QC | The Prime Minister of Israel | The President of Israel | HE The Ambassador of Israel | Rabbi Dr Abraham Levy OBE | Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis | The Marquess of Reading | Rev Malcolm Weisman OBE [33]

2012

Executive Board

Board Members

Patrons

Honorary Patrons

Finances

Main article: JNF Charitable Trust. The JNF Charitable Trust page holds year-by-year figures back to 2010 and the project grant lists for 2014, 2019 and 2020.

Income and expenditure, 2021–2025

JNF Charitable Trust (group), five most recent years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
31 December 2021 £14,129,000 £16,923,000
31 December 2022 £15,739,000 £14,288,000
31 December 2023 £19,347,000 £17,987,000
31 December 2024 £21,561,000 £15,746,000
31 December 2025 £21,956,000 £19,426,000

Source: Charity Commission register (annual return history).[35]

Year to 31 December 2025

Consolidated statement of financial activities, 2025 (£'000)
Line 2025 2024
Donations 6,922 5,407
Legacies 1,985 5,334
KKL Charity Accounts income 11,504 9,360
Rental income 1,026 967
Interest and dividends 503 489
Other 16 4
Total income 21,956 21,561
Fundraising costs 1,814 1,735
Funding project commitments in Israel 7,298 4,464
UK and overseas charitable projects (KKL Charity Accounts) 10,314 9,547
Total expenditure 19,426 15,746

Source: consolidated statement of financial activities, 2025 annual report p. 42. The "KKL Charity Accounts income" line (£11,504,000) is that charity's income from charitable activities: £11,277,829 of gift-aided client donations and £226,085 of fees. KKL Charity Accounts' own accounts for the same year to 31 December 2025 show total income of £11,783,693, because they also include £279,779 of deposit interest, which is not part of that line in the consolidated statement.[23][12] Total funds at 31 December 2025 were £54.1 million (2024: £51.2 million), of which £41.8 million were unrestricted, including investments of £37.0 million.[12] The report says JNF UK also arranged matched funding of more than NIS 6 million for 20 projects, which is not included in the accounts.[12]

Projects in Israel

New project commitments in Israel by category (note 3, £'000)
Category 2025 2024
Welfare 3,476 2,102
Economic and community development 2,077 966
Education, training, youth and leadership 561 445
Advancement of health 231 442
Environment, infrastructure and landscape development 90 24
Legacies 87 —
Other projects 300 3
Total new commitments 6,822 3,982

Source: 2025 annual report, note 3, p. 49.[12] Projects named in the report include Soroka Medical Centre in Beersheba, the Chesed Centre in Sderot, Kibbutz Nir Oz and other communities near Gaza, and The Valley in Mitzpe Ramon.[12] JNF UK's projects in Israel are sourced and managed by its wholly owned subsidiary JNF UK Israel Limited.[12]

Donor-advised giving through KKL Charity Accounts

Most of JNF UK's spending is donor-advised giving through KKL Charity Accounts (£10,021,000 in 2025). The accounts say details "are not disclosed as they are made in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by the donors and are not necessarily representative of the Charity's own grant making policies", but list the 20 largest payments:[12]

Top 20 payments through KKL Charity Accounts, 2025 (note 4, pp. 49–50)
Recipient Amount (£)
Tatia Foundation 1,218,391
JGive (Keren Assor) 289,653
Jewish Care / Jami 283,736
Hasmonean High School Charitable Trust 222,583
Community Security Trust 183,448
World Jewish Relief 169,766
UJIA 164,619
Magen David Adom UK 157,163
Yad Binyamin V'Sara 155,136
United Synagogue Head Office / Kol Nidre Appeal 148,779
Laniado Hospital UK 124,246
Kisharon Langdon 121,443
Israel-Is 99,025
Camp Simcha 93,496
Norwood 93,463
Beit Halochem UK 92,131
Chai Cancer Care 91,373
Project Seed 87,857
Shalva 82,178
JFS Charitable Trust 81,333

Green Line policy, military links and controversies

JNF UK's project criteria state that "Projects shall not be over the 'Green line'" (defined as the 1949 armistice lines) and that "The project shall not support military activity". The criteria cover the charity's own project grants; they do not apply to the donor-advised payments made through KKL Charity Accounts.[12]

  • Military-linked grants. The JNF Charitable Trust page sets out grants recorded in the accounts to the Benji Hillman Foundation, which houses lone soldiers, to pre-army programmes including Derech Eretz, Otzem and Meitarim Lachish, and £144,000 recorded in 2014 for "Tzuk Eitan 9 Gaza war effort".
  • ICJP complaint. In March 2025 the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians complained to the Charity Commission that JNF UK had sent £3,333,000 to "beneficiary organisations" in Israel from 2007 to 2023, funding programmes with direct links to Israel's military.[36] The Commission concluded in February 2026 that the activities were "capable of being charitable", and on 30 March 2026 ICJP lodged a formal complaint about the Commission's handling of the case.[37]
  • Fundraising Regulator (2021). In June 2021 the Fundraising Regulator rejected a complaint by the Stop the JNF campaign and 62 other complainants that JNF UK had misled donors about the Negev and about the Derech Eretz programme's links to the Israeli army.[38]
  • Chairman's remarks (2021–22). Chairman Samuel Hayek told the Jerusalem Post that "Jews have no future in England".[39] The Jewish Chronicle reported that more than 40 members of the Board of Deputies of British Jews called for him to resign; JNF UK said he "did not speak for the charity or its trustees".[40] He remained chairman in 2026.[11]
  • KKL-JNF in the occupied territories. For KKL-JNF's land purchases in the occupied West Bank and its subsidiary Himnuta's eviction case in Silwan, occupied East Jerusalem, see Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael - Jewish National Fund#Activity beyond the Green Line.

Companies, charities and groups that are linked to JNF UK

Registered offices as shown by Companies House on 10 November 2026.[41]

Companies

Created 2004-2005

Created 1999

Created 1909-1948

Dissolved

  • JNF/KKL Limited 05478239 - Dissolved on 29 March 2011 - JNF House, Spring Villa Park, Spring Villa Road, Edgware, Middx, HA8 7ED
  • KKL/JNF Limited Company number 05478255 Incorporated on 10 June 2005 - Dissolved on 29 March 2011

Scottish company

Charities

Other wholly owned subsidiaries named in the 2025 accounts: KKL Executor and Trustee Company Limited (wills and estate services); JNF UK Israel Limited (sources and manages projects in Israel); 95 Church Road Hendon Limited (owns the head office).[12]

External Resources

Contact

95 Church Road, Hendon, London NW4 4FE; tel. 020 8732 6100; info@jnf.co.uk[12]
Web: www.jnf.co.uk
Internet Archive holdings of jnfuk.org and jnf.co.uk

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 'About JNF UK', JNF UK website, accessed 27 March, 2009.
  2. ↑ ILAN PAPPE and JUSTIN PODUR, ZNet, 20 February 2005 Mechanisms of denial, last accessed June 16, 2007.
  3. ↑ About Us - Offices and Recruitment, JNF UK, accessed 10 August 2012.
  4. ↑ 225910 - JNF CHARITABLE TRUST, Register of Charities, Charity Commission, accessed 10 August 2012.
  5. ↑ Harriet Sherwood, David Cameron resigns as patron of the Jewish National Fund, The Guardian 29 May 2011, accessed 23 June 2011
  6. ↑ Stop the JNF Campaign website, 'Cameron drops Israel 'racist' charity', Press Release 27 May 2011, accessed 23 June 2011
  7. ↑ BDS Website, 'British Prime Minister ends ties with JNF', Press Release 27 May 2011, accessed 23 June 2011
  8. ↑ Jewish National Fund website, About Us, Executive Board accessed 23 June 2011
  9. ↑ Stop the Jewish National Fund UK, Palestine Campaign, archived on 11 Jan. 22 at https://archive.ph/wip/zBeNL
  10. ↑ JNF Charitable Trust, Annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021, from accounts and annual returns, Register of Charities.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 JNF UK, Our People, accessed 10 November 2026 (archived 19 July 2026).
  12. ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 12.13 12.14 12.15 JNF Charitable Trust (charity 225910), 2025 Annual Report and Accounts (year ended 31 December 2025; approved 23 September 2026), Charity Commission, accounts and annual returns Register of Charities, downloaded 6 November 2026 (page numbers are the printed page numbers of the report). Archived by the Wayback Machine on 24 October 2026; register accounts page archived the same day.
  13. ↑ Companies House, JNF Charitable Trust (00355248): persons with significant control, viewed 10 November 2026.
  14. ↑ JNF UK, The Relationship between JNF UK and KKL, accessed 10 November 2026.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Simon Rocker, JNF UK decides to back old enemy charity, Jewish Chronicle, 12 September 2008.
  16. ↑ Winters v Mishcon de Reya [2008] EWHC 2419 (Ch), High Court (Chancery Division), Henderson J, 15 October 2008, para. 12, BAILII.
  17. ↑ Simon Rocker, Hayek bid to replant JNF in our hearts, Jewish Chronicle, 2 July 2009.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Companies House, officers of Keren Kayemeth Leisrael Limited (00092825), The KKL Charitable Trust (03726261) and The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust (SC316740), viewed 10 November 2026.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Peace deal ends JNF dispute, Jewish Chronicle, 20 November 2008.
  20. ↑ JNF Charitable Trust, Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2008, chairman's statement, UK Government Web Archive (capture of 28 September 2011).
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Fundraising Regulator, The Fundraising Regulator's decision into a complaint ... about JNF Charitable Trust, ref. 00013462, June 2021, paras 10 and 17–35, PDF published by the Stop the JNF campaign.
  22. ↑ KKL-JNF, Contact your local office, accessed 10 November 2026.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 KKL Charity Accounts (charity 1105998), annual report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025, Charity Commission, accounts and annual returns Register of Charities. Archived by the Wayback Machine on 26 October 2026.
  24. ↑ "JNF Annual Conference", Jewish Observer and Middle East Review, 13 November 1953, Internet Archive.
  25. ↑ Leon Symons, Court told of JNF cash row and 'bugging', Jewish Chronicle, 4 September 2008.
  26. ↑ The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust, incorporation documents (memorandum of association, names of subscribers dated 14 February 2007), filed 16 February 2007, Companies House.
  27. ↑ The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust, Report and unaudited financial statements for the period ended 31 March 2008, trustees' report, pp. 1–3, Companies House.
  28. ↑ Simon Rocker, JNF chaos as chief departs, Jewish Chronicle, 12 August 2010.
  29. ↑ Jewish Telegraph, "JNF KKL Scotland and JNF UK bury the hatchet after 12 years", 27 September 2019, p. 1, archived copy.
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 The KKL (Scotland) Charitable Trust, Trustees' report and unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2026, trustees' report, pp. 2–3, filed 2 July 2026, Companies House.
  31. ↑ Rosa Doherty, Alan Aziz to leave Zionist Federation to head JNF, The Jewish Chronicle, 26 May 2015.
  32. ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities public extract (tables charity and charity_trustee), extract dated 8 November 2026.
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 33.5 33.6 JNF UK Our People. Retrieved from the Internet Archive of 19 September 2022.
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.3 About Us, JNF UK, accessed 8 August 2012.
  35. ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities public extract (table charity_annual_return_history), extract dated 14 October 2026.
  36. ↑ International Centre of Justice for Palestinians, JNF UK subject of complaint and request for Charity Commission investigation icjpalestine.com, 6 March 2025.
  37. ↑ International Centre of Justice for Palestinians, ICJP submits formal complaint to Charity Commission regarding handling of multi-million JNF Complaint ICJP, 30 March 2026.
  38. ↑ Fundraising Regulator, decision on a complaint about JNF Charitable Trust, ref. 00013462, June 2021, published by Stop the JNF.
  39. ↑ Jerusalem Post, 'Jews do not have a future in England' The Jerusalem Post, December 2021.
  40. ↑ Simon Rocker, Calls for JNF UK chair Samuel Hayek to quit over 'Islamophobic comments' The Jewish Chronicle, 4 January 2022.
  41. ↑ Companies House, company overviews for 05562921, 05480314, 05480334, 05478255, 05478230, 05478228, 05118360, 03743903, 03726261, 00453042, 00092825, 05478239, SC316740 and 00355248, viewed 10 November 2026.
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