Friends of the Israel Aged
Trust that raised funds for Re'uth Women's Social Services in Israel from 1979 until 2009, when its funds were transferred to British Friends of Reuth
| Friends of the Israel Aged
| |
|---|---|
| Type | (removed) |
| Founded | 1979-09-21 (registered) |
| Dissolved | 2009-10-26 (removed from the register: Funds transferred (gi)) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 278505 |
| Headquarters | Not recorded on the register |
| Area served | Throughout England And Wales, Israel |
The Friends of the Israel Aged was established by a declaration of trust of 7 August 1979 and registered on 21 September 1979; on 26 October 2009 it was removed from the register and its funds were transferred to British Friends of Reuth (1126124).[1] Its object was "to promote or assist in promoting the welfare of the aged in any manner which now or hereafter may be deemed to be charitable by law in any part of the world and particularly Israel", and the register described its activity as "Raising Funds for Re'uth Women's Social Services in Israel".[1] Its last reported year, to 5 April 2008, showed income of £60,336 and spending of £62,765; register income for the four previous years was shown as £44.39k (2004), £69.47k (2005), £47.70k (2006) and £41.86k (2007).[1] The register does not name its trustees, and no archived accounts were found in the UK Government Web Archive.[1]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "TO PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF THE AGED IN ANY MANNER WHICH NOW OR HEREAFTER MAY BE DEEMED TO BE CHARITABLE BY LAW IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND PARTICULARLY ISRAEL."[2]
The register describes its activities as: "Raising Funds for Re'uth Women's Social Services in Israel"[2]
Register classifications: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability.[2]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel.[2]
Trustees
The register extract holds no trustee records for removed charities.
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2005-04-05 | £69,465 | £69,272 |
| 2006-04-05 | £47,701 | £48,930 |
| 2007-04-05 | £41,861 | £31,863 |
| 2008-04-05 | £60,336 | £62,765 |
Source: register annual-return history.[2]
Funding in Israel
- Year to 5 April 2008: spending £62,765; the register does not itemise it, but describes the charity's activity as raising funds for Re'uth Women's Social Services in Israel.[1]
Israeli partners
Re'uth Women's Social Services, Israel (named in the register's activity description; no address given).[1]
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 register says only that Re'uth is in Israel.[1] | Not established |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is recorded on the register.[1]
Controversies and regulatory action
- No Charity Commission inquiry naming this charity was found; it is not named in the 2025–2026 cheque-cashing class-inquiry announcements or statement of results, and the charities in the August 2026 settlements class inquiry have not been named.[3][4][5][6][7] The register shows it as removed, giving the reason "Funds transferred (gi)".[1]
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).[8] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[9]
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.[10]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[11] A record from The Leathersellers' Foundation (£40,000 on 3 March 2021, "Unrestricted Main Grant") carries this charity number but names the recipient as Helm Training Ltd, a different organisation, more than eleven years after this charity was removed; it appears to be an identifier error in the source data and is excluded.
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.[12]
Land and property
The register extract does not record whether the charity owned or leased land or property (the field is blank for this removed charity).[2] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[13]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Friends of the Israel Aged" returned 0 contributions in total.[14]
Web archive
The UK Government Web Archive holds 1 archived Charity Commission register page used in this profile (cited in the sections above). The 2021 archived full print showed the status "Removed charity" and "Other regulators: not shown".[15]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Charity Commission, The Friends of the Israel Aged (278505): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026 ("21 September 1979: Standard registration 26 October 2009: Removed (Funds transferred (gi)) 26 October 2009: Funds transferred to 1126124 BRITISH FRIENDS OF REUTH").
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 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.
- ↑ 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 'Friends of the Israel Aged' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-278505 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 "Friends of the Israel Aged" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
- ↑ Register entry 278505, full print (capture of 20210112) UK Government Web Archive.