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{{short description|'''Hendon charity for young Jewish men at risk, with a satellite programme in Israel'''}}
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{{Infobox organization
 
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| name = Acheinu (The Boys Clubhouse)
 
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| type = Charitable company
 
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| registration_id = Registered charity 1131948; company 06868489
 
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| founded = 2009-10-01 (registered)
 
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| headquarters = 240 Hendon Way, London, NW4 3NL
 
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| area_served = Throughout London, Bury, Salford City, Gateshead, Israel
 
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| key_people = [[Maurice Moshe Frankel]] (chair)
 
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| revenue = £552,129 (year to 2025-04-30)
 
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| website = www.theboysclubhouse.co.uk
 
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'''[[Acheinu (The Boys Clubhouse)|Acheinu Limited]]''', trading as The Boys Clubhouse, is a charitable company (06868489) registered on 1 October 2009; register areas are London, Bury, Salford, Gateshead and Israel, and its contact address is 240 Hendon Way, London NW4 3NL.<ref name="EXTRACT">[[Charity Commission for England and Wales]], ''Register of Charities public extract'' (tables charity, charity_trustee, charity_annual_return_history, charity_area_of_operation, charity_classification), extract dated 14 October 2026.</ref> It helps young Jewish men at risk of exclusion with accommodation, employment, education, therapy and mentoring. The accounts for the year to 30 April 2025 give the registered office as 5 North End Road, London NW11 7RJ, and the trustees as M M Frankel, D Lerner, M D Sher and D Wilner. Income was £552,129 (2024: £903,618), expenditure £594,445 and funds £728,096 (PDF p.4–5, 7).<ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4046918/accounts-and-annual-returns Acheinu (The Boys Clubhouse) (1131948): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).</ref>
 
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== Objects and activities ==
 
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The charity's registered objects read: "(I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS INCLUDING EMOTIONAL DISTRESS AMONGST JEWISHCHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONALSERVICES, VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THECONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS AND SO THAT THEY BECOME ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN SOCIETY ANDUSEFUL CITIZENS(II) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF JEWISH YOUNG PERSONS WHOSE WELFARE IS AT RISK OR IMPAIRED BY ABUSE OR NEGLECT OR SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE(III) THE ADVANCEMENT OF SUCH OTHER OBJECTS AS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND ARECHARITABLE ACCORDING TO ENGLISH LAW"<ref name="EXTRACT" />
 
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The register describes its activities as: "- EDUCATION/TRAINING- RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES- SPORT/RECREATION- ECONOMIC/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT- THE PROVISION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY"<ref name="EXTRACT" />
 
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Register classifications: Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment.<ref name="EXTRACT" />
 
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Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout London, Bury, Salford City, Gateshead, Israel.<ref name="EXTRACT" />
 
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== Trustees ==
 
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Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:<ref name="EXTRACT" />
 
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
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|+ Trustees of Acheinu (The Boys Clubhouse) (register, October 2026)
 
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! Trustee !! Appointed !! Chair !! Other trusteeships
 
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| [[Maurice Moshe Frankel]] || not recorded || Yes || —
 
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| [[David Wilner]] || 2015-04-20 ||  || —
 
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| [[Mathew Daniel Sher]] || 2024-05-01 ||  || —
 
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=== Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive) ===
 
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{| class="wikitable"
 
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| 2021-01-13 || [[Stephen Robert Taylor]] (from 27 January 2017); [[Maurice Moshe Frankel]] (chair); [[David Wilner]] (from 20 April 2015) || <ref name="u3f3854f2">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210113134711/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/4046918/full-print Register entry 1131948, full print (capture of 20210113)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
 
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The accounts give D Lerner as resigning on 30 March 2025 and "M D Sher" as appointed on 10 June 2024 (PDF p.5);<ref name="ACC" /> Companies House records David Lerner's resignation on 22 April 2026 and the appointment of "Mathew Daniel Shaer" on 10 June 2024.<ref name="CH_ACH">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06868489/officers Company 06868489 (Acheinu Limited): officers] ''Find and update company information'', viewed 15 October 2026.</ref>
 
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=== Companies House officers ===
 
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Companies House lists 8 current and former officers of the charitable company (06868489), 4 of them active.<ref name="u9919d6e2">[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06868489/officers Company 06868489: officers] ''Companies House'', viewed 15 October 2026.</ref>
 
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== Finances ==
 
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{| class="wikitable"
 
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! Financial year end !! Income !! Expenditure
 
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| 2021-04-30 || £246,711 || £367,888
 
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| 2022-04-30 || £799,177 || £574,315
 
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| 2023-04-30 || £328,348 || £526,548
 
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| 2024-04-30 || £903,618 || £621,946
 
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| 2025-04-30 || £552,129 || £594,445
 
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Source: register annual-return history.<ref name="EXTRACT" />
 
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=== Archived accounts ===
 
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Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the [[UK Government Web Archive]]:
 
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* Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2014<ref name="u5dfec631">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200103014547/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends48/0001131948_AC_20140430_E_C.PDF Acheinu (The Boys Clubhouse) accounts, year ended 2014-04-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200103).</ref>
 
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* Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2015<ref name="u153b59e5">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200103014817/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends48/0001131948_AC_20150430_E_C.PDF Acheinu (The Boys Clubhouse) accounts, year ended 2015-04-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200103).</ref>
 
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* Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2016<ref name="ub176219e">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200103014335/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends48/0001131948_AC_20160430_E_C.PDF Acheinu (The Boys Clubhouse) accounts, year ended 2016-04-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200103).</ref>
 
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* Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2017<ref name="u83aa4b04">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200103014334/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends48/0001131948_AC_20170430_E_C.PDF Acheinu (The Boys Clubhouse) accounts, year ended 2017-04-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200103).</ref>
 
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* Accounts for the year ended 30/04/2018<ref name="u256ca780">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200103013813/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends48/0001131948_AC_20180430_E_C.PDF Acheinu (The Boys Clubhouse) accounts, year ended 2018-04-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200103).</ref>
 
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== Funding in Israel ==
 
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* Year to April 2025: Israel Project £55,104 (2024: £60,661) (PDF p.18).<ref name="ACC" />
 
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=== Israeli partners ===
 
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Not identified.<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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| No place in Israel is named.<ref name="ACC" /> || Not established
 
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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 every charity in batches 1–7 (175 pages, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026) and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section. Alerts appeared only for Mifal Hachesed Vehatzedokoh (1139320), Ezer Viznitz Foundation (1161881), BC Trust (1155555), Vyoel Moshe Charitable Trust (327054) – all named in the cheque-cashing class inquiry – and The Gevurath Ari Torah Academy Trust (1003102).</ref> it is not among the charities named in the Commission's cheque-cashing class-inquiry announcements (May, September and December 2025) or in the September 2026 statement of results.<ref name="CC_CHEQUE1">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/serious-concerns-over-use-of-22-million-triggers-investigation-by-charity-regulator Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator] ''GOV.UK'', 14 May 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE2">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-opens-next-phase-of-investigation-into-105-charities-connected-to-company-cashing-cheques Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques] ''GOV.UK'', 1 September 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE3">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-announces-next-charities-to-be-investigated-as-part-of-inquiry-connected-to-company-cashing-cheques Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques] ''GOV.UK'', 4 December 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE4">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-concludes-investigation-into-4-charities-as-class-inquiry-continues Regulator concludes investigation into 4 charities as class inquiry continues] ''GOV.UK'', 9 September 2026, with [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-the-results-of-a-class-inquiry/statement-of-the-results-of-a-class-inquiry Statement of the results of a class inquiry] (same date), both retrieved 15 October 2026.</ref> The charities in the Commission's settlements class inquiry (opened August 2026) have not been named, so it is not known whether this charity is among them.<ref name="CC_SETTLE">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/charity-regulator-opens-inquiry-into-charities-working-in-illegal-israeli-settlements Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements] ''GOV.UK'', 5 August 2026, retrieved 15 October 2026 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").</ref>
 
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* '''Israel programme.''' The report says: "The Israel programme is a satellite operation and mirrors our provision in the UK. Some of our young men will gravitate to Israel"; the Israel Project cost £55,104 (2024: £60,661) (PDF p.4, 18). No place in Israel is named.<ref name="ACC" />
 
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* '''Approval date not completed.''' The dates of approval of the report and balance sheet are left blank (PDF p.5, 8).<ref name="ACC" />
 
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* '''Public funding.''' 360Giving data record grants from public and charitable funders, including the London Borough of Barnet and City Bridge Foundation (see below).
 
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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, downloaded 15 October 2026 and 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'', downloaded October 2026; keyword search of the batch-7 charity names found no matching Scottish registration (the only hit, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Lieutenancy of Scotland, is a separate Scottish body).</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=Migdal%20Ohr&pageNumber=1 Register of charities search API] ''CCNI'', searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-7 charity name 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="u33cc8bc1">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Acheinu The Gazette: notices matching 'Acheinu'] ''The Gazette'', searched 15 October 2026.</ref>
 
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=== Grants recorded by 360Giving ===
 
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| 2009-07-30 || [[The National Lottery Community Fund]] || 6,850 || This group will use funding to train volunteers as peer mentors to help young males from the orthodox Jewish community who face social, culu
 
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| 2012-09-20 || [[The National Lottery Community Fund]] || 5,180 || This is a project by a community organisation in Barnet. The group will use the funding to provide volunteering and entertainment training f
 
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| 2017-02-01 || [[London Borough of Barnet]] || 2,400 || Rehearsal space for 'club h' music production project
 
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| 2017-02-17 || [[London Borough of Barnet]] || 2,400 || Rehearsal space for 'club h' music production project
 
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| 2017-10-25 || [[The National Lottery Community Fund]] || 10,000 || The group will expand the clubhouse so they can accommodate more people, giving those with limited access to training and education the oppo
 
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| 2020-10-01 || [[Greater London Authority]] || 10,000 || COVID-19 London Community Response Grant, Wave 3
 
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| 2020-10-29 || [[The National Lottery Community Fund]] || 7,777 || The funding will be used to run fitness sessions both indoors and outdoors. The project aims to support the physical wellbeing of members of
 
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| 2020-12-18 || [[Power to Change Trust]] || 15,000 || Grant to Renewal - Acheinu Limited T/A The Boys Clubhouse
 
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| 2021-06-11 || [[Garfield Weston Foundation]] || 10,000 || EMPLOYMENT PROJECT - CORE COSTS
 
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| 2021-06-22 || [[The Childhood Trust]] || 6,344 || Our charity teaches young Jewish boys who are not in education, employment or training the digital skills needed to find work or become self
 
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| 2022-06-17 || [[Garfield Weston Foundation]] || 5,000 || EMPLOYMENT PROJECT - CORE COSTS
 
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| 2022-07-08 || [[The National Lottery Community Fund]] || 8,700 || The funding will be used to provide additional emergency temporary shelter for your men aged 15 to 25. The project aims to assist young men
 
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| 2023-02-06 || [[London Marathon Foundation]] || 3,980 || towards expanding a pilot football programme targeting boys who are NEET, homeless, or socially excluded
 
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| 2023-06-16 || [[The National Lottery Community Fund]] || 10,000 || The funding will be used to provide fitness sessions for young people mainly from the Jewish community. The project aims to support people w
 
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| 2024-05-31 || [[City Bridge Foundation]] || 30,829 || £30,829 over 3 years (£10,229; £10,246; £10,354) contribution towards the psychotherapy and counselling staffing, therapy and activity costs
 
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| 2024-06-17 || [[SYP Trust]] || 3,800 || Under 18 project
 
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| 2025-11-25 || [[Pears Foundation]] || 7,500 || Discretionary donation
 
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| 2026-02-18 || [[Garfield Weston Foundation]] || 10,000 || Help me, I have nowhere else to go.
 
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No grants made by the charity are published in 360Giving data, so flows between linked charities could not be traced there.<ref name="ub4461237">[https://api.threesixtygiving.org/api/v1/org/GB-CHC-1131948/grants_received/?limit=100 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1131948] ''360Giving'', queried 15 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. [[Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor]] (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.<ref name="SANC">[[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]], ''UK Sanctions List'' (CSV); [[Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation]], ''Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets'' (ConList.csv). Batch-7 screening covered 428 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the charitable companies, and trustees, officers, lenders, subsidiaries and related bodies named in the accounts read for this batch (including Ambertown International Ltd); matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. The single forename-and-surname candidate (a former Wimbledon and District Synagogue director against a UK counter-terrorism designation) has different middle names and was not treated as a match; all other candidates were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps; lists downloaded October 2026.</ref>
 
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=== Land and property ===
 
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The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property.<ref name="EXTRACT" /> No title registers were purchased; the [[HM Land Registry]] interactive search blocked automated access.<ref name="HLRWEB">[[HM Land Registry]], [https://search-property-information.service.gov.uk/ Search for land and property information] ''GOV.UK'' – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access in October 2026; no titles were looked up or purchased. Candidate title numbers below come from the free [[Corporate and Commercial Ownership Data|CCOD]] / [[Overseas Companies Ownership Data|OCOD]] datasets (October 2026 release), not from paid title registers.</ref> Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):<ref name="CCOD">[[HM Land Registry]], ''UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD)'' and ''Overseas companies that own property in England and Wales (OCOD)'' full extracts, October 2026 release, matched on charitable company numbers, registered names and the names of subsidiaries named in the accounts; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.</ref>
 
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* 240-242 Hendon Way, London NW4 3NL (title NGL359802, leasehold, price paid £550,000, proprietor added 23 August 2017) – CCOD match on company number 06868489 (proprietor ACHEINU LIMITED); this is the register contact address, and the accounts show freehold property of £690,137 and bank loans of £193,931 due after one year (source: <ref name="CCOD" />)
 
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=== Parliament ===
 
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Hansard searches for 'Acheinu Limited', 'Acheinu', 'Boys Clubhouse' returned 1 contribution in total; those not listed above were not established to concern this charity.<ref name="HANS">UK Parliament, [https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/search/contributions/Spoken.json?queryParameters.searchTerm=Acheinu&queryParameters.take=100&queryParameters.orderBy=SittingDateAsc Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Acheinu'] ''Hansard'', queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).</ref>
 
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== Web archive ==
 
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* theboysclubhouse.co.uk: 8 yearly captures, first 2016-01-10, last 2026-01-18.<ref name="u3f20be27">[https://web.archive.org/cdx/search/cdx?url=theboysclubhouse.co.uk&output=json&fl=timestamp,original,statuscode&filter=statuscode:200&collapse=timestamp:4 Internet Archive CDX index for theboysclubhouse.co.uk] ''Wayback Machine'', queried 15 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="u3f3854f2" />
 
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== See also ==
 
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== External links ==
 
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* [https://www.theboysclubhouse.co.uk Official website]
 
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==Notes==
 
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<references/>
 
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[[Category:Orthodox Jewish charities]]
 
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[[Category:Jewish charities in the United Kingdom]]
 
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[[Category:Charities based in London]]
 
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[[Category:Israel]]
 
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[[Category:Charities]]
 

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