Friends of Tashbar Chazon Ish
Salford trust that gave £31,500 in 2025 to "Tashbar Chazon Ish, Israel", its only grantee, after £56,250 in 2024
| Friends of Tashbar Chazon Ish
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 1993-01-12 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1016187 |
| Headquarters | Salford M7 |
| Area served | Israel |
Friends of Tashbar Chazon Ish was established by a trust deed of 15 June 1992 and registered on 12 January 1993; its principal office is in Salford M7.[1][2] Its objects are Orthodox Jewish religious education and the Orthodox Jewish religion, "in particular by assisting the Institute"; the register gives its area of benefit as "in practice Israel" (PDF p.5).[1][2] The accounts for 2025 name the trustees as D Lobenstein and S Halevi Rabinowitz; the register lists David Lobenstein and Jacob Julian Zahn (PDF p.3).[2][3] The accountants are Haffner Hoff and the independent examiner Howard Schwalbe ACA (PDF p.1, 3).[2] Donations were £28,171 (2024: £61,862), raised by "contacting local philanthropists", and grants to "Tashbar Chazon Ish, Israel" were £31,500 (2024: £56,250); funds fell from £6,032 to £2,171 (PDF p.5, 8, 13).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION"[3]
The register describes its activities as: "To pursue the objects of the charity with all the resources available to the charity."[3]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training.[3]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel.[3]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[3]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Lobenstein | not recorded | (Trust Property Held in Connexion With) Adath Yisroel Synagogue (207956); British Friends of Kupat Ha'ir (1092671); British Friends of the Chazon Ish Institutions (286986); Fairholt Charity Trust (1170201); The Friends of the Centre for Torah Education Trust (265502); Timatside Ltd (1062745); Uohc Supervision Ltd (1164378) | |
| Jacob Julian Zahn | 2021-10-31 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2011-09-13 | Leopold Zahn; David Lobenstein; Shmuel Halevi-Rabinowitz | [4] |
David Lobenstein is also a register trustee of British Friends of Kupat Ha'ir (1092671), British Friends of the Chazon Ish Institutions (286986), Fairholt Charity Trust (1170201), The Friends of the Centre for Torah Education Trust (265502), Timatside Ltd (1062745), UOHC Supervision Ltd (1164378) and the trust property of Adath Yisroel Synagogue (207956).[3]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-31 | £51,104 | £54,548 |
| 2021-12-31 | £22,278 | £24,233 |
| 2022-12-31 | £17,628 | £17,550 |
| 2023-12-31 | £68,324 | £68,216 |
| 2024-12-31 | £61,862 | £56,817 |
Source: register annual-return history.[3]
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2006[5]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2007[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2008[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2009[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2010[9]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2014[10]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015[11]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2016[12]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2017[13]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[14]
Funding in Israel
- 2025: "Tashbar Chazon Ish, Israel" £31,500 (2024: £56,250), the only grantee (PDF p.13).[2]
Israeli partners
Tashbar Chazon Ish, described in the accounts only as being in Israel; its town is not given (PDF p.13).[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 accounts say only that the grantee is in Israel.[2] | Not established |
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;[15] 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.[16][17][18][19] 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.[20]
- Trustee list differs from the register. The accounts name S Halevi Rabinowitz as a trustee; the register lists Jacob Julian Zahn instead, and the report says there are "no policies for the induction or training of new trustees" (PDF p.3–4).[2][3]
Other registers and records
Scotland and Northern Ireland
No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (register export dated 14 October 2026, searched by name).[21] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[22]
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.[23]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[24]
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.[25]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[3] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[26]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Friends of Tashbar Chazon Ish", "Tashbar Chazon Ish" returned 0 contributions in total.[27]
Web archive
The UK Government Web Archive holds 2 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile (cited in the sections above).
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Charity Commission, Friends of Tashbar Chazon Ish (1016187): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Charity Commission, Friends of Tashbar Chazon Ish (1016187): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 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, charity_other_names), extract dated 14 October 2026.
- ↑ Register entry 1016187, contact and trustees (capture of 20110913) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Friends of Tashbar Chazon Ish accounts, year ended 2006-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110913).
- ↑ Friends of Tashbar Chazon Ish accounts, year ended 2007-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110913).
- ↑ Friends of Tashbar Chazon Ish accounts, year ended 2008-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110913).
- ↑ Friends of Tashbar Chazon Ish accounts, year ended 2009-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110913).
- ↑ Friends of Tashbar Chazon Ish accounts, year ended 2010-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110913).
- ↑ Friends of Tashbar Chazon Ish accounts, year ended 2014-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Friends of Tashbar Chazon Ish accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Friends of Tashbar Chazon Ish accounts, year ended 2016-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Friends of Tashbar Chazon Ish accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ Friends of Tashbar Chazon Ish accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ 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 each of the 25 batch-21 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Twenty registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)" and the J S and N Hodari Charitable Trust "Charity reporting is up to date (33 days late)"; the other four (Friends of the Israel Aged, Eizer Le'Zedoko, Truevine Christians International and the Olive Tree Reconciliation Fund) showed "Removed charity".
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Charity Commission, Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements GOV.UK, 5 August 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, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-21 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-21 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Tashbar Chazon Ish' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1016187 360Giving, queried 16 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-21 screening covered 246 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the five charitable companies, and trustees, examiners and other people named in the accounts and sources read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; token matches were surname-only coincidences (for example Levy, Cohen, Phillips, Smith) or generic words in organisation names (Limited, Trust, International).
- ↑ HM Land Registry, 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 CCOD / OCOD datasets (October 2026 release), not from paid title registers.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Tashbar Chazon Ish" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).