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'''[[Friends of Netiv Tefahot]]''' is a charitable incorporated organisation registered with the [[Charity Commission]] on 23 May 2023. Its objects are "the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish faith in particular but without limitation by supporting the charitable activities of the institute of Jewish religious studies in Israel known as Netiv Tefahot and its students".<ref name="EXTRACT">[[Charity Commission for England and Wales]], ''Register of Charities public extract'' (tables charity, charity_trustee, charity_annual_return_history, charity_annual_return_parta, charity_area_of_operation, charity_classification, charity_governing_document), extract dated 14 October 2026. The live register was unavailable for maintenance on 21 October 2026, so accounts filed there could not be read.</ref> In its first period, to 31 March 2024, it had income of £22,704 and spent £20,052; in 2024/25 it had income of £12,888 and no expenditure.<ref name="EXTRACT" />
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'''[[Friends of Netiv Tefahot]]''' is a charitable incorporated organisation registered with the [[Charity Commission]] on 23 May 2023. Its objects are "the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish faith in particular but without limitation by supporting the charitable activities of the institute of Jewish religious studies in Israel known as Netiv Tefahot and its students".<ref name="EXTRACT">[[Charity Commission for England and Wales]], ''Register of Charities public extract'' (tables charity, charity_trustee, charity_annual_return_history, charity_annual_return_parta, charity_area_of_operation, charity_classification, charity_governing_document), extract dated 14 October 2026.</ref> In its first period, to 31 March 2024, it had income of £22,704 and spent £20,052; in 2024/25 it had income of £12,888 and no expenditure.<ref name="EXTRACT" />
  
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[[Yeshivat Tefahot|Netiv Tefahot]] is a hesder yeshiva at Moshav Tefahot in the Galilee, inside Israel's 1949 armistice lines.<ref name="IGUD2026">Igud Yeshivot HaHesder, [https://hesder.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%91%D7%95%D7%AA-2026.xlsx ישיבות 2026] (spreadsheet) ''hesder.org.il'', August 2026, accessed 21 October 2026 (Igud Yeshivot HaHesder-side).</ref> The yeshiva says it was founded in 2001 with two aims: a hesder yeshiva for students "with a sense of national mission", and "to support and strengthen Jewish settlement in the Galilee". It says Moshav Tefahot was founded in 1980 "as part of the mitzpim plan for the Judaisation of the Galilee".<ref name="YHT">Yeshivat HaHesder Tefahot, [https://www.yht.org.il/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%91%D7%94/ אודות ישיבת ההסדר טפחות (About the Tefahot hesder yeshiva)] ''yht.org.il'', accessed 21 October 2026 (Yeshivat Netiv Tefahot-side).</ref>
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[[Yeshivat Tefahot|Netiv Tefahot]] is a hesder yeshiva at Moshav Tefahot in the Galilee, inside Israel's 1949 armistice lines.<ref name="IGUD2026">Igud Yeshivot HaHesder, [https://hesder.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%91%D7%95%D7%AA-2026.xlsx ישיבות 2026] (spreadsheet) ''hesder.org.il'', August 2026, accessed 21 October 2026.</ref> The yeshiva says it was founded in 2001 with two aims: a hesder yeshiva for students "with a sense of national mission", and "to support and strengthen Jewish settlement in the Galilee". It says Moshav Tefahot was founded in 1980 "as part of the mitzpim plan for the Judaisation of the Galilee".<ref name="YHT">Yeshivat HaHesder Tefahot, [https://www.yht.org.il/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%91%D7%94/ אודות ישיבת ההסדר טפחות (About the Tefahot hesder yeshiva)] ''yht.org.il'', accessed 21 October 2026.</ref>
  
 
[[File:Netiv_Tefahot_hesder_yeshiva_aerial_2018.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Drone photograph of the Netiv Tefahot yeshiva, 2018 (Yuv.h, CC BY-SA 4.0)]]
 
[[File:Netiv_Tefahot_hesder_yeshiva_aerial_2018.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Drone photograph of the Netiv Tefahot yeshiva, 2018 (Yuv.h, CC BY-SA 4.0)]]
  
 
== Objects and activities ==
 
== Objects and activities ==
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The register describes the charity's activities as "providing funds for education and development for young people".<ref name="EXTRACT" /> Classifications: Religious activities; Children/young people; Provides other finance. Area of operation: Israel.<ref name="EXTRACT" />
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The governing document gives the objects as "the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish faith in particular but without limitation by supporting the charitable activities of the institute of Jewish religious studies in Israel known as Netiv Tefahot and its students".<ref name="GOVDOC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5218704/governing-document Friends of Netiv Tefahot (1203219): governing document] Register of Charities, read 26 October 2026 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20261026135259/{REG}/governing-document archived] 26 October 2026).</ref> The register describes the charity's activities as "providing funds for education and development for young people".<ref name="EXTRACT" /> Classifications: Religious activities; Children/young people; Provides other finance. Area of operation: Israel.<ref name="EXTRACT" />
  
 
== People ==
 
== People ==
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| [[Andrew Barry Harris (trustee, Friends of Netiv Tefahot)|Andrew Barry Harris]] || Trustee || 24 May 2023 || None on record (trustee ID 12789882; not the [[Andrew Barry Harris]] with a separate Powerbase page)
 
| [[Andrew Barry Harris (trustee, Friends of Netiv Tefahot)|Andrew Barry Harris]] || Trustee || 24 May 2023 || None on record (trustee ID 12789882; not the [[Andrew Barry Harris]] with a separate Powerbase page)
 
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Source: register extract (other trusteeships matched on the register trustee ID).<ref name="EXTRACT" />
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Source: register extract (other trusteeships matched on the register trustee ID).<ref name="EXTRACT" /> The 2024/25 trustees' report spells two of the names "Ian Garry Carmo" and "Andrew Barrie Harris".<ref name="ACC" />
  
 
== Finances ==
 
== Finances ==
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Source: register annual-return history. The 2024/25 return was received on 6 February 2026, after the due date of 31 January 2026; the register shows the charity's reporting status as "Submission Received Late".<ref name="EXTRACT" />
 
Source: register annual-return history. The 2024/25 return was received on 6 February 2026, after the due date of 31 January 2026; the register shows the charity's reporting status as "Submission Received Late".<ref name="EXTRACT" />
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The accounts for the first period (14 July 2023 to 31 March 2024) show a single payment of £20,052 on 24 January 2024; the bank schedule does not name the payee.<ref name="ACC24">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5218704/accounts-and-annual-returns Friends of Netiv Tefahot (1203219): accounts and annual returns] Register of Charities; trustees' report and accounts for the period 14 July 2023 to 31 March 2024, PDF p.3 (bank schedule).</ref> The trustees' report for that period nevertheless gives "Total Expenditure: Nil" and a surplus of £22,704.<ref name="ACC24" /> The 2024/25 filing contains a trustees' report giving income of £12,888 and expenditure of nil, signed by the chair on 31 March 2025, the last day of the year it reports on. The receipts and payments account in the same filing is headed "For the Financial Year Ended 31 March 2025" but repeats the first period's figures (receipts £22,704, payments £20,052, opening balance at 1 April 2023 and closing balance of £2,652 at 31 March 2024); it was approved on 6 February 2026.<ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5218704/accounts-and-annual-returns Friends of Netiv Tefahot (1203219): accounts and annual returns] Register of Charities; trustees' report and receipts and payments accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 (received 6 February 2026), PDF pp.1–4, read 30 October 2026.</ref>
  
 
== Funding in Israel ==
 
== Funding in Israel ==
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! Donor !! Recipient as named !! Amount !! Year !! Source
 
! Donor !! Recipient as named !! Amount !! Year !! Source
 
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| [[The Steinberg Family Charitable Trust]] (1045231) || Nativ Tefahot || £150,000 committed over three years || 2024 || <ref name="STEIN2025">The Steinberg Family Charitable Trust (1045231), [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1045231/accounts-and-annual-returns accounts for the year ended 5 April 2025], p.21, Charity Commission register, accessed 14 October 2026.</ref>
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| [[The Steinberg Family Charitable Trust]] (1045231) || Netiv Tefachot Yeshiva; Nativ Tefahot || £150,000 committed over three years || year to 5 April 2024 || <ref name="STEIN2024">The Steinberg Family Charitable Trust (1045231), [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1045231/accounts-and-annual-returns accounts for the year ended 5 April 2024], p.22 ("Netiv Tefachot Yeshiva (committed over 3 years)").</ref><ref name="STEIN2025">The Steinberg Family Charitable Trust (1045231), [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1045231/accounts-and-annual-returns accounts for the year ended 5 April 2025], p.21, Charity Commission register, accessed 14 October 2026.</ref>
 
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| [[UK Toremet Limited|UK Toremet Ltd]] (1140972) || Yeshivat Hesder Netiv Tefachot || £33,160 || year to 31 March 2023 || <ref name="TOREMET2023">UK Toremet Ltd (charity 1140972, company 07278312), accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07278312/filing-history Companies House filing history], accessed 14 October 2026.</ref>
 
| [[UK Toremet Limited|UK Toremet Ltd]] (1140972) || Yeshivat Hesder Netiv Tefachot || £33,160 || year to 31 March 2023 || <ref name="TOREMET2023">UK Toremet Ltd (charity 1140972, company 07278312), accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023, [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07278312/filing-history Companies House filing history], accessed 14 October 2026.</ref>
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| [[Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Philanthropic Foundation|The Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Philanthropic Foundation]] (1177003) || Tefahot Yeshiva || US$100,000 || year to 31 December 2022 || <ref name="WOHL2022">[[Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Philanthropic Foundation|The Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Philanthropic Foundation]] (1177003), [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1177003/accounts-and-annual-returns accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022], note 4 (grants awarded in the year), PDF p.23.</ref>
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| The Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Philanthropic Foundation (1177003) || Tefahot Yeshiva || US$60,000 || year to 31 December 2023 || <ref name="WOHL2023">The Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Philanthropic Foundation (1177003), [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1177003/accounts-and-annual-returns accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023], note 4 (grants awarded in the year), PDF p.25.</ref>
 
|}
 
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It is not established whether either grant passed through Friends of Netiv Tefahot.
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It is not established whether any of these grants passed through Friends of Netiv Tefahot. The Wohl accounts name the recipient only as "Tefahot Yeshiva"; that it is the Netiv Tefahot hesder yeshiva is a reading of the name.
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== Support for the Israeli military ==
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A hesder yeshiva combines advanced Torah study with service in the [[Israel Defense Forces]]. According to the Israeli [[Ministry of Defence (Israel)|Ministry of Defence]], there are 77 hesder yeshivot; in the classic 44-month track, students spend up to 12 months studying before enlistment, 17 months in active service and a final 15 months studying.<ref name="MOD">Israel Ministry of Defence, [https://noar.mod.gov.il/Haredim/Pages/%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9C-%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%91%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%93%D7%A8.aspx מסלול ישיבות ההסדר (The hesder yeshivot track)] ''noar.mod.gov.il'', accessed 21 October 2026.</ref> Netiv Tefahot says about 200 students study there while serving in the army within the hesder framework, and that some of its roughly 400 graduates hold command posts in the army. Its head, Rabbi [[Eyal Greiner]], served in the [[Intelligence Corps (Israel)|Intelligence Corps]] and as town officer of Nahariya and sits on the council of the [[Igud Yeshivot HaHesder]]; another of its rabbis, Rabbi [[Yitzhak Ziner]], serves as reserve rabbi of the [[Alexandroni Brigade]].<ref name="YHT" /> The yeshiva's fundraising page on [[JGive]] says its students, "when drafted, ... fulfill their civic duty by defending the country", and asks for donations for "the next generation of leaders—soldiers, scholars, and community builders".<ref name="JGIVE">[[JGive]], [https://www.jgive.com/new/en/gbp/charity-organizations/248 Netiv Tfahot] jgive.com, organisation data read 26 October 2026 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20261026134955/https://www.jgive.com/new/en/gbp/charity-organizations/248 archived] 26 October 2026; the archived copy is the page shell, as the organisation data is loaded by script).</ref> The registered objects of the Israeli amutah that runs the yeshiva, [[Netiv Tefahot (amutah)|Netiv Tefahot]] (580368553), begin with "assistance to the families of [military] reservists in emergency periods", including meals, play areas for children, donations of equipment and respite days, before the running of a hesder yeshiva (objects as shown by GuideStar, in Hebrew; translation).<ref name="GUIDESTAR">[[GuideStar Israel]], [https://www.guidestar.org.il/organization/580368553 נתיב טפחות (ע"ר) (Netiv Tefahot, registered amutah), 580368553] guidestar.org.il, read 26 October 2026 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20261026135121/https://www.guidestar.org.il/organization/580368553 archived] 26 October 2026).</ref> The UK charity's register entry does not say that funds are used for military purposes. (Partner finding.)
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=== Activity beyond the Green Line ===
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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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== Activity beyond the Green Line and support for the IDF ==
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|+ Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
 
|+ Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
 
! Finding !! Confidence
 
! Finding !! Confidence
 
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| Moshav Tefahot is in the Lower Galilee (Merom HaGalil Regional Council), inside the 1949 armistice lines.<ref name="IGUD2026" /><ref name="YHT" /><ref name="ROMGALIL">Galilee Development Authority, [http://www.romgalil.org.il/cds/299/ מועצות | מרום הגליל (Councils: Merom HaGalil)] ''romgalil.org.il'', accessed 26 October 2026 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20261026141707/http://www.romgalil.org.il/cds/299/ archived] 26 October 2026).</ref> No activity beyond the Green Line was found. || High
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| Moshav Tefahot is in the Upper Galilee ([[Merom HaGalil Regional Council]]), inside the 1949 armistice lines.<ref name="IGUD2026" /><ref name="YHT" /><ref name="ROMGALIL">[[Galilee Development Authority]], [http://www.romgalil.org.il/cds/299/ מועצות | מרום הגליל (Councils: Merom HaGalil)] ''romgalil.org.il'', accessed 26 October 2026 ([https://web.archive.org/web/20261026141707/http://www.romgalil.org.il/cds/299/ archived] 26 October 2026).</ref> No activity beyond the Green Line was found. || High
 
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The yeshiva says it helped to establish the new Jewish community of Ramat Arbel in the Galilee, that "a significant proportion" of its graduates have settled in the Galilee "to add to and Judaise the Galilee", and that it has leased and worked an olive grove for ten years "to keep the land in Jewish hands".<ref name="YHT" /> (Partner finding.)
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The yeshiva says it helped to establish the new Jewish community of [[Ramat Arbel]] in the Galilee, that "a significant proportion" of its graduates have settled in the Galilee "to add to and Judaise the Galilee", and that it has leased and worked an olive grove for ten years "to keep the land in Jewish hands".<ref name="YHT" /> It describes the grove as "a 70-dunam olive grove leased from KKL".<ref name="JGIVE" /> (Partner finding.)
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== Support for the Israeli military ==
 
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A hesder yeshiva combines advanced Torah study with service in the [[Israel Defense Forces]]. According to the Israeli [[Ministry of Defence (Israel)|Ministry of Defence]], there are 77 hesder yeshivot; in the classic 44-month track, students spend up to 12 months studying before enlistment, 17 months in active service and a final 15 months studying.<ref name="MOD">Israel Ministry of Defence, [https://noar.mod.gov.il/Haredim/Pages/%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9C-%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%91%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%93%D7%A8.aspx מסלול ישיבות ההסדר (The hesder yeshivot track)] ''noar.mod.gov.il'', accessed 21 October 2026.</ref> Netiv Tefahot says about 200 students study there while serving in the army within the hesder framework, and that some of its roughly 400 graduates hold command posts in the army. Its head, Rabbi Eyal Greiner, served in the Intelligence Corps and as town officer of Nahariya and sits on the council of the Igud Yeshivot HaHesder; another of its rabbis, Rabbi Yitzhak Ziner, serves as reserve rabbi of the Alexandroni Brigade.<ref name="YHT" /> The UK charity's register entry does not say that funds are used for military purposes. (Partner finding.)
 
  
 
== Controversies and regulatory action ==
 
== Controversies and regulatory action ==
 
* No Charity Commission inquiry naming this charity and no prior scrutiny of it were found.
 
* No Charity Commission inquiry naming this charity and no prior scrutiny of it were found.
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* The trustees' report for the first period gives expenditure as nil, while the bank schedule and the register show £20,052 spent; the 2024/25 filing repeats the first period's receipts and payments figures under a heading for the year to 31 March 2025, and its trustees' report is dated on the last day of the year it covers.<ref name="ACC24" /><ref name="ACC" />
  
 
== Other registers and records ==
 
== Other registers and records ==
 
* No US, Canadian or Australian friends-of charity for Netiv Tefahot was found in ProPublica, the Canada Revenue Agency's 2024 list or the ACNC register.
 
* No US, Canadian or Australian friends-of charity for Netiv Tefahot was found in ProPublica, the Canada Revenue Agency's 2024 list or the ACNC register.
 
* No entries were found in OSCR, CCNI or 360Giving data.
 
* No entries were found in OSCR, CCNI or 360Giving data.
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* Israel: the yeshiva is run by the amutah Netiv Tefahot, registration number 580368553.<ref name="GUIDESTAR" /> Its JGive page does not mention the UK charity; UK donors paying in sterling through JGive are offered Gift Aid via [[UK Toremet Limited|UK Toremet Ltd]] (1140972).<ref name="JGIVE" />
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==

Latest revision as of 11:06, 30 October 2026

Leeds charitable incorporated organisation supporting the Netiv Tefahot hesder yeshiva in the Galilee

Friends of Netiv Tefahot

Logo Netiv Tefahot hesder yeshiva aerial 2018.jpg
The Netiv Tefahot hesder yeshiva, Moshav Tefahot
Type Charitable incorporated organisation (foundation model)
Founded 23 May 2023 (registered)
Registration ID 1203219 (Charity Commission)
Status Registered
Headquarters 33 Sandmoor Green, Leeds, LS17 7SB
Area served Israel
Services Support for the Netiv Tefahot yeshiva and its students
Registration England and Wales
Key people Ivan Henry Green (chair)

Friends of Netiv Tefahot is a charitable incorporated organisation registered with the Charity Commission on 23 May 2023. Its objects are "the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish faith in particular but without limitation by supporting the charitable activities of the institute of Jewish religious studies in Israel known as Netiv Tefahot and its students".[1] In its first period, to 31 March 2024, it had income of £22,704 and spent £20,052; in 2024/25 it had income of £12,888 and no expenditure.[1]

Netiv Tefahot is a hesder yeshiva at Moshav Tefahot in the Galilee, inside Israel's 1949 armistice lines.[2] The yeshiva says it was founded in 2001 with two aims: a hesder yeshiva for students "with a sense of national mission", and "to support and strengthen Jewish settlement in the Galilee". It says Moshav Tefahot was founded in 1980 "as part of the mitzpim plan for the Judaisation of the Galilee".[3]

Drone photograph of the Netiv Tefahot yeshiva, 2018 (Yuv.h, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Objects and activities

The governing document gives the objects as "the advancement of the Orthodox Jewish faith in particular but without limitation by supporting the charitable activities of the institute of Jewish religious studies in Israel known as Netiv Tefahot and its students".[4] The register describes the charity's activities as "providing funds for education and development for young people".[1] Classifications: Religious activities; Children/young people; Provides other finance. Area of operation: Israel.[1]

People

Trustees of Friends of Netiv Tefahot (register, October 2026)
Trustee Role Appointed Other trusteeships
Ivan Henry Green Chair 23 May 2023 Yorkshire and Humberside Chaplaincy Board (1003580)
Ian Gary Carno Trustee 24 May 2023 British Friends of Gesher (291846), from 15 January 2025
Andrew Barry Harris Trustee 24 May 2023 None on record (trustee ID 12789882; not the Andrew Barry Harris with a separate Powerbase page)

Source: register extract (other trusteeships matched on the register trustee ID).[1] The 2024/25 trustees' report spells two of the names "Ian Garry Carmo" and "Andrew Barrie Harris".[5]

Finances

Income and expenditure
Financial year end Income Expenditure
31 March 2024 £22,704 £20,052
31 March 2025 £12,888 £0

Source: register annual-return history. The 2024/25 return was received on 6 February 2026, after the due date of 31 January 2026; the register shows the charity's reporting status as "Submission Received Late".[1]

The accounts for the first period (14 July 2023 to 31 March 2024) show a single payment of £20,052 on 24 January 2024; the bank schedule does not name the payee.[6] The trustees' report for that period nevertheless gives "Total Expenditure: Nil" and a surplus of £22,704.[6] The 2024/25 filing contains a trustees' report giving income of £12,888 and expenditure of nil, signed by the chair on 31 March 2025, the last day of the year it reports on. The receipts and payments account in the same filing is headed "For the Financial Year Ended 31 March 2025" but repeats the first period's figures (receipts £22,704, payments £20,052, opening balance at 1 April 2023 and closing balance of £2,652 at 31 March 2024); it was approved on 6 February 2026.[5]

Funding in Israel

Other UK charities have also funded the yeshiva:

UK grants to Netiv Tefahot found in other charities' accounts
Donor Recipient as named Amount Year Source
The Steinberg Family Charitable Trust (1045231) Netiv Tefachot Yeshiva; Nativ Tefahot £150,000 committed over three years year to 5 April 2024 [7][8]
UK Toremet Ltd (1140972) Yeshivat Hesder Netiv Tefachot £33,160 year to 31 March 2023 [9]
The Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Philanthropic Foundation (1177003) Tefahot Yeshiva US$100,000 year to 31 December 2022 [10]
The Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Philanthropic Foundation (1177003) Tefahot Yeshiva US$60,000 year to 31 December 2023 [11]

It is not established whether any of these grants passed through Friends of Netiv Tefahot. The Wohl accounts name the recipient only as "Tefahot Yeshiva"; that it is the Netiv Tefahot hesder yeshiva is a reading of the name.

Support for the Israeli military

A hesder yeshiva combines advanced Torah study with service in the Israel Defense Forces. According to the Israeli Ministry of Defence, there are 77 hesder yeshivot; in the classic 44-month track, students spend up to 12 months studying before enlistment, 17 months in active service and a final 15 months studying.[12] Netiv Tefahot says about 200 students study there while serving in the army within the hesder framework, and that some of its roughly 400 graduates hold command posts in the army. Its head, Rabbi Eyal Greiner, served in the Intelligence Corps and as town officer of Nahariya and sits on the council of the Igud Yeshivot HaHesder; another of its rabbis, Rabbi Yitzhak Ziner, serves as reserve rabbi of the Alexandroni Brigade.[3] The yeshiva's fundraising page on JGive says its students, "when drafted, ... fulfill their civic duty by defending the country", and asks for donations for "the next generation of leaders—soldiers, scholars, and community builders".[13] The registered objects of the Israeli amutah that runs the yeshiva, Netiv Tefahot (580368553), begin with "assistance to the families of [military] reservists in emergency periods", including meals, play areas for children, donations of equipment and respite days, before the running of a hesder yeshiva (objects as shown by GuideStar, in Hebrew; translation).[14] The UK charity's register entry does not say that funds are used for military purposes. (Partner finding.)

Activity beyond the Green Line

Findings are graded by confidence. "Partner" findings concern the Israeli recipient organisation, not proven use of UK funds.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
Finding Confidence
Moshav Tefahot is in the Upper Galilee (Merom HaGalil Regional Council), inside the 1949 armistice lines.[2][3][15] No activity beyond the Green Line was found. High

The yeshiva says it helped to establish the new Jewish community of Ramat Arbel in the Galilee, that "a significant proportion" of its graduates have settled in the Galilee "to add to and Judaise the Galilee", and that it has leased and worked an olive grove for ten years "to keep the land in Jewish hands".[3] It describes the grove as "a 70-dunam olive grove leased from KKL".[13] (Partner finding.)

Controversies and regulatory action

  • No Charity Commission inquiry naming this charity and no prior scrutiny of it were found.
  • The trustees' report for the first period gives expenditure as nil, while the bank schedule and the register show £20,052 spent; the 2024/25 filing repeats the first period's receipts and payments figures under a heading for the year to 31 March 2025, and its trustees' report is dated on the last day of the year it covers.[6][5]

Other registers and records

  • No US, Canadian or Australian friends-of charity for Netiv Tefahot was found in ProPublica, the Canada Revenue Agency's 2024 list or the ACNC register.
  • No entries were found in OSCR, CCNI or 360Giving data.
  • Israel: the yeshiva is run by the amutah Netiv Tefahot, registration number 580368553.[14] Its JGive page does not mention the UK charity; UK donors paying in sterling through JGive are offered Gift Aid via UK Toremet Ltd (1140972).[13]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities public extract (tables charity, charity_trustee, charity_annual_return_history, charity_annual_return_parta, charity_area_of_operation, charity_classification, charity_governing_document), extract dated 14 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Igud Yeshivot HaHesder, ישיבות 2026 (spreadsheet) hesder.org.il, August 2026, accessed 21 October 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Yeshivat HaHesder Tefahot, אודות ישיבת ההסדר טפחות (About the Tefahot hesder yeshiva) yht.org.il, accessed 21 October 2026.
  4. ↑ Charity Commission, Friends of Netiv Tefahot (1203219): governing document Register of Charities, read 26 October 2026 (archived 26 October 2026).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Charity Commission, Friends of Netiv Tefahot (1203219): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; trustees' report and receipts and payments accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 (received 6 February 2026), PDF pp.1–4, read 30 October 2026.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Charity Commission, Friends of Netiv Tefahot (1203219): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; trustees' report and accounts for the period 14 July 2023 to 31 March 2024, PDF p.3 (bank schedule).
  7. ↑ The Steinberg Family Charitable Trust (1045231), accounts for the year ended 5 April 2024, p.22 ("Netiv Tefachot Yeshiva (committed over 3 years)").
  8. ↑ The Steinberg Family Charitable Trust (1045231), accounts for the year ended 5 April 2025, p.21, Charity Commission register, accessed 14 October 2026.
  9. ↑ UK Toremet Ltd (charity 1140972, company 07278312), accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023, Companies House filing history, accessed 14 October 2026.
  10. ↑ The Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Philanthropic Foundation (1177003), accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022, note 4 (grants awarded in the year), PDF p.23.
  11. ↑ The Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Philanthropic Foundation (1177003), accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023, note 4 (grants awarded in the year), PDF p.25.
  12. ↑ Israel Ministry of Defence, מסלול ישיבות ההסדר (The hesder yeshivot track) noar.mod.gov.il, accessed 21 October 2026.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 JGive, Netiv Tfahot jgive.com, organisation data read 26 October 2026 (archived 26 October 2026; the archived copy is the page shell, as the organisation data is loaded by script).
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 GuideStar Israel, נתיב טפחות (ע"ר) (Netiv Tefahot, registered amutah), 580368553 guidestar.org.il, read 26 October 2026 (archived 26 October 2026).
  15. ↑ Galilee Development Authority, מועצות | מרום הגליל (Councils: Merom HaGalil) romgalil.org.il, accessed 26 October 2026 (archived 26 October 2026).