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| + | [[File:Kibbutz_Beeri_old_site_2010.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The original site of Kibbutz Be'eri (2010). Jewish Child's Day committed £120,000 with UJIA to rebuild a kindergarten garden at Kibbutz Be'eri]] | ||
* 2024 grants £489,295: UK £171,857; Israel £310,538; rest of world £6,900. Israel grants include ITEC £48,011, Kaima £26,250, Micha – Haifa and the North £21,300, Eliya £16,830, Rishon Lezion from Sobell £15,750, Talpiot £9,772, Beit Uri £9,390, Netanya Foundation £7,233 and Haifa Rape Crisis Center £5,667 (PDF p.26–27). JCD committed £120,000 with UJIA to rebuild a kindergarten garden at Kibbutz Be'eri (PDF p.7).<ref name="ACC" /> | * 2024 grants £489,295: UK £171,857; Israel £310,538; rest of world £6,900. Israel grants include ITEC £48,011, Kaima £26,250, Micha – Haifa and the North £21,300, Eliya £16,830, Rishon Lezion from Sobell £15,750, Talpiot £9,772, Beit Uri £9,390, Netanya Foundation £7,233 and Haifa Rape Crisis Center £5,667 (PDF p.26–27). JCD committed £120,000 with UJIA to rebuild a kindergarten garden at Kibbutz Be'eri (PDF p.7).<ref name="ACC" /> | ||
Latest revision as of 06:45, 17 October 2026
CIO giving grants to Jewish children's projects in the UK and Israel, including a kindergarten at Kibbutz Be'eri
| Jewish Child's Day
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| Type | CIO |
| Founded | 2021-09-09 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1195764 |
| Headquarters | Jewish Childs Day, Elscot House, Arcadia Avenue, London, N3 2JU |
| Area served | Throughout England And Wales, Israel |
| Key people | Charles Spungin (chair) |
| Website | www.jcd.uk.com |
Jewish Child's Day (JCD) is a CIO registered on 9 September 2021; register areas are England and Wales and Israel.[1] The 2024 accounts, audited by Gerald Edelman LLP and the latest on the register (2025 accounts not yet received), give its office as Floor 1, Elscot House, Arcadia Avenue, London N3 2JU, with Charles Spungin as chair and honorary treasurer and Anthea Jackson as executive director; its honorary patron is "The President of the State of Israel". Its objects concern Jewish children in necessitous circumstances in the UK, Israel and elsewhere. Income was £843,748 (2023: £1,697,904, when legacies were £640,801), expenditure £1,140,847 and net assets £1,226,452 (PDF p.2–3, 6, 9).[2] Three of its trustees are recorded on the register as trustees of the earlier Jewish Child's Day (209266).[1]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO BENEFIT JEWISH CHILDREN (BEING INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE OF 18) IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, ISRAEL AND ELSEWHERE, AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, IN PARTICULAR TO: 3.1 CONTRIBUTE TO THE WHOLE OR PART OF THE COST OF THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING RELIGIOUS EDUCATION) OF JEWISH CHILDREN; 3.2 PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL EQUIPMENT OF ANY KIND TO EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS WHERE IN THE OPINION OF THE BOARD THE RELEVANT ESTABLISHMENT HAS INSUFFICIENT FUNDS AVAILABLE FROM ITS OWN RESOURCES TO PROVIDE SUCH EQUIPMENT; 3.3 PROVIDE OR FACILITATE THE PROVISION OF APPRENTICESHIPS FOR JEWISH CHILDREN TO SOME USEFUL TRADE OR OCCUPATION; 3.4 ASSIST JEWISH CHILDREN WHO ARE PREPARING FOR, ENTERING UPON OR ENGAGED IN ANY PROFESSION, TRADE, OR OCCUPATION OR SERVICE BY OUTFITS, PAYMENT OF FEES FOR INSTRUCTION, PAYMENT OF TRAVELLING EXPENSES OR SUCH OTHER MEANS FOR THEIR ADVANCEMENT IN LIFE OR TO ENABLE THEM TO EARN THEIR OWN LIVING AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT; 3.5 PROMOTE THE HEALTH OF JEWISH CHILDREN BY THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL, SURGICAL, OR OTHER REMEDIAL ASSISTANCE INCLUDING THE SUPPLY OF SPECTACLES, MEDICINE AND OTHER MEDICAL, SURGICAL OR REMEDIAL APPLIANCES AND EQUIPMENT TO ANY SUCH CHILDREN OR TO HOSPITALS WHICH IN THE OPINION OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES HAVE INSUFFICIENT FUNDS AVAILABLE FROM THEIR OWN RESOURCES; 3.6 CONTRIBUTE TO THE WHOLE OR PART OF THE COST OF THE MAINTENANCE OF JEWISH CHILDREN IN ANY HOSPITAL, SANATORIUM, CONVALESCENT OR OTHER HOME, OR ANY OTHER INSTITUTION IN WHICH PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ANY BODILY OR MENTAL INFIRMITY ARE TAUGHT ANY TRADE OR EMPLOYMENT WHETHER GENERAL OR SPECIAL; 3.7 PROVIDE THE TRAVELLING EXPENSES OF JEWISH CHILDREN TO AND FROM SUCH INSTITUTIONS AS ARE MENTIONED IN CLAUSE 3.6; 3.8 MAINTAIN IN WHOLE OR IN PART JEWISH CHILDREN WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; 3.9 PROVIDE PROPER CARE AND SUPERVISION INCLUDING ANY NECESSARY TRAVELLING EXPENSES FOR JEWISH CHILDREN TO HAVE A RESPITE BREAK OR HOLIDAY TO IMPROVE THEIR HEALTH, WELFARE AND WELLBEING; 3.10 CONTRIBUTE TO THE WHOLE OR PART OF THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE SUCH INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF JEWISH CHILDREN IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES; 3.11 PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN AID OF THE EMIGRATION OF JEWISH CHILDREN; AND 3.12 MAKE GRANTS TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS FOR ANY OF THE PURPOSES SET OUT ABOVE."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "Raises funds to distribute to agencies providing services to Jewish children in need of special care in the UK and Israel. Provides equipment of all kinds and supports specific projects for children who are blind, deaf, mentally or physically disabled, orphaned, neglected, deprived, abused, refugee or in need of medical care."[1]
Register classifications: Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Spungin | 2021-11-25 | Yes | Jewish Child's Day (209266) |
| Melvyn ORTON | 2021-11-25 | — | |
| Richard Reinhold | 2023-04-03 | Jewish Child's Day (209266) | |
| Joshua Pelled | 2023-05-03 | — | |
| Miriam Benchetrit | 2023-09-21 | Jewish Child's Day (209266) | |
| Eli Haroush | 2023-09-21 | — | |
| Lucy Adelman | 2023-11-23 | — | |
| Elizabeth Apfel | 2023-11-23 | — |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-31 | £822,071 | £1,564,315 |
| 2023-12-31 | £1,697,904 | £1,525,099 |
| 2024-12-31 | £843,748 | £1,140,847 |
| 2025-12-31 | £637,321 | £982,193 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Funding in Israel
- 2024 grants £489,295: UK £171,857; Israel £310,538; rest of world £6,900. Israel grants include ITEC £48,011, Kaima £26,250, Micha – Haifa and the North £21,300, Eliya £16,830, Rishon Lezion from Sobell £15,750, Talpiot £9,772, Beit Uri £9,390, Netanya Foundation £7,233 and Haifa Rape Crisis Center £5,667 (PDF p.26–27). JCD committed £120,000 with UJIA to rebuild a kindergarten garden at Kibbutz Be'eri (PDF p.7).[2]
Israeli partners
ITEC; Kaima; Micha; Eliya; Beit Uri; Netanya Foundation; Haifa Rape Crisis Center; UJIA.[2]
Activity beyond the Green Line and support for the IDF
Findings are graded by confidence. "Partner" findings concern the Israeli recipient organisation, not proven use of UK funds.
| Finding | Confidence |
|---|---|
| The places named – Haifa, Rishon Lezion, Netanya and Kibbutz Be'eri – lie inside the 1949 armistice line; no activity beyond it is stated.[2] | Low |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[2]
Controversies and regulatory action
- No Charity Commission inquiry, Official Warning or Gazette insolvency notice naming this charity was found, and its register entry shows no regulatory alert;[3] 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.[4][5][6][7] 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.[8]
- Sanctions-related decision. The report says JCD did not make grants to projects in Belarus because of sanctions (PDF p.7).[2]
- Related party. Note 25 records a 2023 grant of £5,000 to JCoSS, of which Stephen Moss CBE is a trustee, and trustee donations of £40,576 in 2024.[2]
Other registers and records
Scotland and Northern Ireland
No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (full register download of 14 October 2026 searched by name).[9] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[10]
The Gazette
The only Gazette notice returned for "Jewish Child's Day" is a page of the 2012 New Year Honours supplement (29 December 2012), which pre-dates this CIO (registered 2021) and was not examined further; no insolvency or winding-up notice was found.[11]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[12]
Sanctions screening
The charity's name, its current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees and officers named in the accounts read for this profile and (for charitable companies) its Companies House officers were screened against the UK Sanctions List and the OFSI Consolidated List. No match was found. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.[13]
Land and property
The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[14] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[15]
- Floor 1, Elscot House, Arcadia Avenue, London N3 2JU – leased office – Accounts note 24 (lease assigned to the CIO on 17 December 2021); a CIO has no company number, so no CCOD match is possible (source: accounts)
Parliament
Hansard searches for 'Jewish Child's Day', 'Jewish Childs Day' returned 0 contributions in total.[16]
Web archive
- jcd.uk.com: 19 yearly captures, first 2007-09-15, last 2026-01-06.[17]
The UK Government Web Archive holds 0 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile; none were found for this charity number.
See also
External links
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities public extract (tables charity, charity_trustee, charity_annual_return_history, charity_area_of_operation, charity_classification), extract dated 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Charity Commission, Jewish Child's Day (1195764): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025 (re-fetched 14 October 2026).
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator concludes investigation into 4 charities as class inquiry continues GOV.UK, 9 September 2026, with Statement of the results of a class inquiry (same date), both retrieved 15 October 2026.
- ↑ Charity Commission, 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").
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, CharityExport-14-Oct-2026.csv, downloaded 14 October 2026; keyword search of charity names for the batch-6 charities found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-6 charity name returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Jewish Child's Day' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1195764 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-6 screening covered 429 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and archived full-print register pages (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the charitable companies, and trustees, officers and related persons named in the accounts read for this batch (including archived accounts); matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually (all candidate hits were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps); lists downloaded October 2026.
- ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access on 14 October 2026; no titles were looked up or purchased. Candidate title numbers below come from the free CCOD / OCOD datasets (October 2026 release), not from paid title registers.
- ↑ HM Land Registry, UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD) full extract, October 2026 release, matched on charitable company numbers and registered names; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Jewish Child's Day' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
- ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for jcd.uk.com Wayback Machine, queried 14 October 2026.