UK Friends of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers
The UK Friends of AWIS (Registered Charity No. 1084272; company No. 4094203) is the UK offshoot of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers - an organisation established in 1942 by David Ben-Gurion. It says its main objective is 'to promote the wellbeing of Israel's sons and daughters in uniform.'[1] The organisation also has a trading arm, UK AWIS Trading Limited "whose principal activity is to support fundraising for the charity [UK Friends of AWIS] through its trading activities." [2]
UK Friends of AWIS sends some of its received donations to the Israeli parent organisation. For instance in 2012 UK Friends of AWIS sent £494,666 to the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's soldiers. [3]
People
Trustees
Julian Kemble (DoB 16 January 1936) (20 October 2000 - 2014) | Zeev Remez (DoB 4 January 1956) (20 October 2000 - 2014) | Peter Sussmann (DoB 23 December 1934) (20 October 2000 - 2014) | David Tucker (Appointed 25 May 2011- 2014)
Former Trustees
Anke Adler-Slottke (20 October 2000-Resigned 14 June 2007) | Andrew Balcombe (25 September 2002 - 12 September 2006)[4] | Rachel Rogoff (DoB 9 February 1958) (4 September 2007 - 17 May 2011)
Funding
Donors to the UK Friends of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers in £ sterling [5] | ||||||||||
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Organisation | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | Total 2005-2013 |
A M Charitable Trust | ? | ? | ? | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | ? | 4,000 |
C H (1980) Charitable Trust | ? | ? | ? | 0 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 |
Family Foundations Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25,000 | 21,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 10,200 | 10,000 | 96,200 |
G R P Charitable Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 0 | 2,000 | 6,000 |
Phillips and Rubens Charitable Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,500 | 2,500 | 0 | 5,000 |
Stanley and Zea Lewis Family Foundation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 |
Specific known donations total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27,000 | 23,000 | 17,200 | 17,000 | 12,200 | 12,000 | 108,400 |
Total income declared by UK AWIS | 54,693 | 455,667 | 540,990 | 713,655 | 648,966 | 544,965 | 532,129 | 649,859 | ? | - |
Total income sent to the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers | 74,000 | 455,118 | 434,242 | 518,995 | 547,059 | 408,629 | 410,229 | 494,666 | ? | 3,342,938 |
See Also
- UK AWIS Trading Limited | Association for the Soldiers of Israel (Canada) | Aguda Lemaan Hachayal - The Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers (Israel) | Friends of the IDF (US)
Contact
- 235 Old Marylebone Road
- London, NW1 5QT
- Tel:020 3210 3060
- Email: ukawis@ukawis.net
- Web: ukawis.co.uk
Notes
- ↑ UK Friends of AWIS About. Accessed 24 August 2014.
- ↑ 'UK Friends of the Association For the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers Trustees' Report and Consolidated Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 December 2012', Charity Commission, Accessed 11 September 2014.
- ↑ UK Friends of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers Trustees' Report and Consolidated Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2012.
- ↑ UK Friends of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers Trustees' Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2005.
- ↑ Data compiled from filings at the Charity Commission and UK Friends of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers Trustees' Report and Consolidated Financial Statements 2005 - 2012.