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Latest revision as of 22:38, 25 October 2026
UK grant-making trust of the Dangoor family with major grants to UK–Israel initiatives
| The Exilarch’s Foundation
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 1978-07-12 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 275919 |
| Headquarters | Exilarch's Foundation, 4 Carlos Place, London, W1K 3AW |
| Area served | Throughout London, Israel, United States |
The Exilarch’s Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales. Trustees include members of the Dangoor family.[1] In the year ended 31 December 2025 grants included British Embassy Israel £690,000, British Friends of Herzog Hospital £250,000 and Jerusalem Foundation £278,426; 2024 grants included Bezalel £215,000. Designated funds of about £18.25 million include a "UK–Israel healthcare innovation initiative".[2]
The Exilarch's Foundation supports general charitable purposes by making grants to other charities in the UK. Registered Charity Number: 275919.
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "TO APPLY THE INCOME TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "The charity is established to carry out all charitable objects, in any part of the world, within the legal meaning of the term, at the absolute discretion of the trustees."[1]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout London, Israel, United States.[1]
People
- David Dangoor (Exilarch) - Trustee (date of appointment unknown)
- Michael Dangoor - Trustee (date of appointment unknown)
- Elie Dangoor - Trustee (date of appointment unknown)
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-07-12 | David Alan Ezra Dangoor; Elie Basil Victor Dangoor; Robert Daniel Saul Dangoor; Michael Arthur Jonathan Dangoor; Naim Eliahou Dangoor | [3] |
| 2011-01-24 | David Alan Ezra Dangoor; Elie Basil Victor Dangoor; Robert Daniel Saul Dangoor; Michael Arthur Jonathan Dangoor; Naim Eliahou Dangoor | [4] |
| 2021-01-07 | Michael Arthur Jonathan Dangoor; David Alan Ezra Dangoor; Robert Daniel Saul Dangoor; Mr Elie Basil Victor Dangoor | [5] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-31 | £7,028,410 | £6,549,781 |
| 2022-12-31 | £7,198,118 | £4,615,137 |
| 2023-12-31 | £8,153,789 | £6,123,433 |
| 2024-12-31 | £7,881,605 | £7,552,469 |
| 2025-12-31 | £7,985,466 | £5,589,046 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Historical finances (UK Government Web Archive)
| Financial year end | Income (£) | Spending (£) | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2004 | 4,439,662 | 1,715,558 | [6] |
| 31 Dec 2005 | 8,983,025 | 699,281 | [6] |
| 31 Dec 2006 | 4,837,639 | 1,765,695 | [6] |
| 31 Dec 2007 | 9,071,804 | 1,450,994 | [6] |
| 31 Dec 2008 | 7,360,622 | 2,194,065 | [6] |
| 31 Dec 2009 | 13,636,689 | 6,053,380 | [7] |
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2014[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015[9]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2016[10]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2017[11]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[12]
Grant recipients 2013-2022
| Exilarch's Foundation Grants (£) | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Total (£) | ||
| Community Development | ||||||||||||
| Age UK | 150,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,650,000 | |||||||||
| Ascent of Safed | 58,352 | 22,803 | 81,155 | |||||||||
| Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center | 15,000 | 57,324 | 72,324 | |||||||||
| Best Beginnings | 30,000 | 40,000 | 70,000 | |||||||||
| Beit Halochem UK | 25,000 | 25,000 | 50,000 | |||||||||
| Bevis Marks Synagogue Heritage Foundation | 900,000 | 900,000 | ||||||||||
| Board Deputies of British Jews | 28,010 | 28,010 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 | 146,020 | ||||||
| British Library - Discovering Faith | 200,000 | 200,000 | ||||||||||
| Centre for Jewish Life | 25,000 | 15,000 | 35,000 | 15,500 | 15,000 | 105,500 | ||||||
| Chazak | 20,000 | 20,000 | 31,000 | 29,600 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 60,000 | 25,000 | 215,600 | |||
| Community Security Trust | 15,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 30,000 | 19,500 | 94,500 | ||||||
| Council of Christians and Jews | 15,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 | |||||||||
| Covenant & Conversation Trust | 180,000 | 180,000 | ||||||||||
| Faith & Belief Forum / Three Faiths Forum | 67,000 | 121,000 | 169,500 | 106,000 | 127,527 | 158,270 | 749,297 | |||||
| Fostering Network | 47,000 | 6,000 | 53,000 | |||||||||
| Foundation for Relief & Reconciliation in the Middle East | 37,797 | 37,854 | 75,651 | |||||||||
| Henry Jackson Society | 60,000 | 60,000 | 120,000 | |||||||||
| Israel Philharmonic Foundation UK | 17,500 | 17,500 | ||||||||||
| Jerusalem Foundation | 310,229 | 10,860 | 120,817 | 33,824 | 20,977 | 8,000 | 504,707 | |||||
| Jewish Care | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||
| Jewish Homes Emergency | 200,000 | 200,000 | ||||||||||
| Jewish Lads and Girls Brigade | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 200,000 | |||||||
| Jewish Leadership Council | 450,000 | 100,000 | 200,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 900,000 | ||||||
| Jewish Museum, London | 50,000 | 50,000 | 100,000 | |||||||||
| Jewish Renaissance | 180,217 | -180,000 | 130,365 | 103,665 | 234,247 | |||||||
| Kessler Foundation | 50,000 | 50,000 | ||||||||||
| Maccabi GB | 20,000 | 75,181 | 73,630 | 168,811 | ||||||||
| Mosaic Church Street Women Project | 20,000 | 20,000 | ||||||||||
| National Deaf Blind and Rubella Association | 100,000 | 100,000 | ||||||||||
| Paddington Development Trust | 100,000 | 100,000 | ||||||||||
| Queen's Commonwealth Trust | 50,000 | 50,000 | ||||||||||
| Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) | 210,000 | 210,000 | ||||||||||
| Sadeh Farm | 105,000 | 100,000 | 205,000 | |||||||||
| Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation | 30,854 | 50,104 | 65,270 | 119,315 | 32,280 | 34,680 | 67,994 | 175,000 | 50,440 | 60,640 | 686,577 | |
| Torah Action Life | 46,000 | 45,000 | 25,000 | 116,000 | ||||||||
| United Isreal Appeal UK | 20,000 | 20,000 | ||||||||||
| United Jewish Israel Appeal | 20,000 | 20,000 | 100,000 | 140,000 | ||||||||
| University Jewish Chaplaincy | 21,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 201,000 | |
| Women's Interfaith Network | 157,708 | 50,677 | 283,723 | 148,535 | 277,400 | 55,025 | 973,068 | |||||
| Yakar Educational Foundation | 20,000 | 30,000 | 50,000 | |||||||||
| Veteran Games | 25,000 | 25,000 | ||||||||||
| Wizo UK | 50,000 | 50,000 | ||||||||||
| Other | 122,552 | 74,592 | 106,282 | 180,730 | 203,096 | 154,809 | 239,331 | 315,238 | 491,441 | 435,384 | 2,323,455 | |
| Hospitals, Medical Education and Research | ||||||||||||
| Action for Hearing Loss | 21,791 | 75,000 | 96,791 | |||||||||
| Action Medical Research | 91,171 | 186,000 | 277,171 | |||||||||
| Bar Ilan University | 3,013,620 | 191,564 | 124,312 | 473,359 | -246,382 | 971,666 | 4,528,139 | |||||
| British Friends of Sheba Medical Centre | 19,775 | 19,775 | ||||||||||
| Cancer Research UK / The Francis Crick Institute | 5,000,000 | 1,373,912 | 1,200,000 | 802,000 | 8,375,912 | |||||||
| Guys and St Thomas Charity | 100,000 | 100,000 | ||||||||||
| Integra Group | 15,300 | 15,300 | ||||||||||
| Magnum David Adom UK | 72,500 | 72,500 | ||||||||||
| Muscular Dystrophy United Kingdom | 50,000 | 50,000 | ||||||||||
| Norwood | 12,500 | 20,000 | 32,500 | |||||||||
| Royal Society of Medicine | 2,000,000 | 34,000 | 80,621 | 2,114,621 | ||||||||
| UK Gives Ltd | 50,000 | 16,600 | 66,600 | |||||||||
| UK Israel Tech-Hub - UK/Israel Healthcare Initiative | 500,000 | 500,000 | ||||||||||
| Other | 5,000 | 32,500 | 6,709 | 15,159 | 35,000 | 183,540 | 13,876 | 35,000 | 326,784 | |||
| Ethics | ||||||||||||
| Global Leadership Foundation | 10,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 5,000 | 40,000 | ||||||
| Tony Blair Institute for Global Change | 130,000 | 50,000 | 180,000 | |||||||||
| Education | ||||||||||||
| Association of Iraqi Jewish Academics / Association of Jewish Academics from Iraq | 9,983 | 9,242 | 9,708 | 14,216 | 17,925 | 20,993 | 82,067 | |||||
| Bet Yaakov of the Jersey Shore | 10,000 | 10,177 | 20,177 | |||||||||
| Birkbeck University - Monotheism & Other Grants | 300,000 | 125,000 | 425,000 | |||||||||
| British Exploring Society | 45,000 | 360,000 | 159,600 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 120,000 | 924,600 | |||||
| Children & The Arts | 25,000 | 25,000 | ||||||||||
| Cornell University | 13,335 | 13,335 | ||||||||||
| Dangoor Education | 49,137 | 69,078 | 116,720 | 201,712 | 52,500 | 489,147 | ||||||
| Immanuel College | 5,000 | 350,000 | 355,000 | |||||||||
| Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine | 25,000 | 264,140 | 36,000 | 4,100,000 | 300,000 | 35,000 | 4,760,140 | |||||
| Imperial College - UK Space Design Competition | 45,000 | 60,000 | 76,000 | 181,000 | ||||||||
| Imperial College - Space Science & Engineering Foundation | 70,000 | 70,000 | 50,000 | 190,000 | ||||||||
| Imperial Health Charity | 100,000 | 100,000 | ||||||||||
| Institute for Jewish Policy Research | 36,000 | 36,000 | ||||||||||
| Institute of Engineering and Technology | 44,000 | 44,000 | ||||||||||
| Jerusalem Institute of Talmudic Studies | 10,000 | 10,000 | ||||||||||
| Jewish Book Council / Jewish Book Week | 20,000 | 20,000 | 42,000 | 82,000 | ||||||||
| JW3 Trust | 20,000 | 320,000 | 340,000 | |||||||||
| Limmud | 30,000 | 30,000 | ||||||||||
| March of the Living | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 80,000 | |||||||
| Middle East Education | 20,000 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 65,000 | ||||||||
| Naima Jewish Preparatory School | 250,000 | 250,000 | ||||||||||
| Open University | 15,142 | 340,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,355,142 | ||||||||
| Outward Bound Trust | 17,892 | 17,892 | ||||||||||
| Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies | 3,666 | 3,666 | ||||||||||
| Queen Mary University (BARTS) | 124,000 | 124,000 | ||||||||||
| Redbridge School | 50,000 | 50,000 | ||||||||||
| Royal Society of Medicine | 1,000 | 1,000 | ||||||||||
| Sephardi Voices | 19,345 | 60,000 | 50,000 | 5,000 | 134,345 | |||||||
| Side by Side (School) Ltd | 360,000 | 360,000 | ||||||||||
| Society for the Preservation of Israel Heritage Sites | 67,492 | 1,385 | 454,664 | 10,474 | 534,015 | |||||||
| Teach First | 240,000 | 180,000 | 420,000 | |||||||||
| The Jewish Community Secondary School Trust | 20,000 | 20,000 | ||||||||||
| The Outward Bound Trust | 195,000 | 30,000 | 90,000 | 315,000 | ||||||||
| UCL Development | 25,000 | 25,000 | ||||||||||
| Union of Jewish Students | 50,000 | 50,000 | ||||||||||
| University College School | 170,604 | 170,604 | ||||||||||
| University Scholarship Scheme | -243,334 | -243,334 | ||||||||||
| Weizmann UK | 17,892 | 197,832 | 2,650 | 1,852,198 | 111,858 | 17,410 | 2,199,840 | |||||
| Westminster Academy | 13,710 | 1,200 | 24,130 | 74,576 | 160,062 | 128,716 | 248,362 | 98,585 | 116,317 | 113,777 | 979,435 | |
| Wizo UK | 30,000 | 125,000 | 155,000 | |||||||||
| Woolf Institute | 60,000 | 72,028 | 42,028 | 80,957 | 255,013 | |||||||
| World ORT Trust | 39,975 | 39,975 | ||||||||||
| Yakar Educational Foundation | 40,000 | 80,000 | 120,000 | |||||||||
| Other | 17,482 | 29,424 | 70,298 | 135,251 | 187,856 | 126,184 | 31,459 | 61,564 | 108,302 | 49,130 | 816,950 | |
| Sundry | ||||||||||||
| Awards Intelligence Ltd | 13,080 | 13,080 | ||||||||||
| Duke of Edinburgh's Award | 91,594 | 20,000 | 111,594 | |||||||||
| Historical Royal Palaces | 13,824 | 13,824 | ||||||||||
| Police Memorial Trust | 10,000 | 10,000 | ||||||||||
| Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts | 25,000 | 25,000 | ||||||||||
| Royal Albert Hall Trust | 1,500,000 | 1,500,000 | ||||||||||
| Royal Marines Charity Trust Fund | 15,500 | 15,000 | 11,000 | 15,258 | 15,000 | 71,758 | ||||||
| Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security | 250,000 | 1,750,000 | 2,000,000 | |||||||||
| Westminster Academy Grenfell Tower Appeal | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||||||||||
Data sources:
- The Exilarch's Foundation Annual Report and Financial Statements for Year Ended 31 December 2022, Charity Commission.
- The Exilarch's Foundation Annual Report and Financial Statements for Year Ended 31 December 2021, Charity Commission.
- The Exilarch's Foundation Annual Report and Financial Statements for Year Ended 31 December 2020, Charity Commission.
- The Exilarch's Foundation Annual Report and Financial Statements for Year Ended 31 December 2019, Charity Commission.
- The Exilarch's Foundation Annual Report and Financial Statements for Year Ended 31 December 2018, Charity Commission.
- The Exilarch's Foundation Annual Report and Financial Statements for Year Ended 31 December 2017, Charity Commission.
- The Exilarch's Foundation Annual Report and Financial Statements for Year Ended 31 December 2016, Charity Commission.
- The Exilarch's Foundation Annual Report and Financial Statements for Year Ended 31 December 2015, Charity Commission.
- The Exilarch's Foundation Annual Report and Financial Statements for Year Ended 31 December 2014, Charity Commission.
Israeli partners
British Embassy Israel / UK-Israel Tech Hub context; Herzog Hospital; Jerusalem Foundation; Bezalel.[2][13]
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 |
|---|---|
| Jerusalem Foundation projects can include areas beyond the Green Line (context from other profiles); specific project locations for these grants were not itemised.[2] | low |
Support for the IDF: No IDF funding is stated. Grants include healthcare and cultural partners in Israel.[2]
Support for the Israeli military
Grants. The grants table on this page records £25,000 in each of 2020 and 2021 to Beit Halochem UK, which funds centres for disabled veterans of the Israel Defense Forces. The accounts for 2025 name no grant to it.[2]
Prior scrutiny. In February 2024 David Miller, writing for PressTV (critical), named the foundation, run by David Dangoor, among the funders of Beit Halochem UK.[14] No Charity Commission inquiry or warning concerning the foundation was found.
Controversies and regulatory action
- No Commission inquiry was found. CTech reported (4 November 2024) a Dangoor Health-Tech Academy with the UK-Israel Tech Hub at the British Embassy Israel; it has not been established from the accounts that the £690,000 Embassy grant funded that academy.[13][2]
- A Hansard hit for "Exilarch" (1946) concerns the historical office of the Exilarch in Baghdad, not this foundation.
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).[15] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[16]
The Gazette
Searches of The Gazette notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name found no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice; results were limited to Companies House filing lists.[17]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[18]
Sanctions screening
The names of current and archived trustees and Companies House officers were screened against the UK Sanctions List and the OFSI Consolidated List. No match on full name was found; only coincidental surname matches.[19]
Land and property
The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased.[20] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[21]
- Register records land ownership; no CCOD company-number match (unincorporated trust) – Register land flag (source: register)
Parliament
A search of Hansard for 'Exilarch's Foundation' returned 1 contribution in total; most are general references rather than discussion of the UK charity.[22]
Web archive
The UK Government Web Archive holds 4 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile (cited in the sections above). The 2021 archived full print showed the status "Charity reporting is up to date" and "Other regulators: No information available".[5]
Contact Info
- Exilarch's Foundation
- 4 Carlos Place
- London
- W1K 3AW
- Tel: 02073990850
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 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 Charity Commission, The Exilarch's Foundation (275919): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ Register entry 275919, contact and trustees (capture of 20100712) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Register entry 275919, contact and trustees (capture of 20110124) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 275919, full print (capture of 20210107) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Register entry 275919, financial history (capture of 20100712) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Register entry 275919, financial history (capture of 20110124) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ The Exilarch's Foundation accounts, year ended 2014-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200703).
- ↑ The Exilarch's Foundation accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200703).
- ↑ The Exilarch's Foundation accounts, year ended 2016-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200703).
- ↑ The Exilarch's Foundation accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200703).
- ↑ The Exilarch's Foundation accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200703).
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 CTech / Calcalist, Dangoor Health-Tech Academy with the UK-Israel Tech Hub at the British Embassy Israel CTech, 4 November 2024.
- ↑ David Miller, How British ‘charities’ are aiding Israeli genocide in Gaza PressTV, 1 February 2024 (critical).
- ↑ 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 found no matching Scottish registration (the only hit for "breakthrough" was Breakthrough Breast Cancer SC039058, unrelated).
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch charity name returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Exilarch's Foundation' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-275919 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV, version of 12 October 2026); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv, last updated 3 June 2026). Screening of 405 names (current and archived trustees and Companies House officers of the 25 batch-1 charities) carried out 14 October 2026.
- ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK, accessed 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 'Exilarch's Foundation' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).