Friends of Dorog
East London trust, removed from the register in 2022 as "Does not operate", whose archived accounts show grants of £120,200 in 2018 to Mosdos Chasidei Dorog
| Friends of Dorog
| |
|---|---|
| Logo |  Dorog, Hungary, in 1927; the charity has the town's name, and its grants went to Mosdos Chasidei Dorog |
| Type | Trust (removed) |
| Founded | 2008-08-12 (registered) |
| Dissolved | 2022-08-17 (removed from the register: Does not operate) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1125472 |
| Headquarters | London E5 (2018 accounts) |
| Area served | Israel |
Friends of Dorog was established by a trust deed of 22 November 2007 and registered on 12 August 2008; it was removed from the register on 17 August 2022 as "Does not operate".[1] No accounts are available on the live register; the archived accounts for the year to 31 December 2018 name the trustees as Mrs S Grossberger (chair), Mr E Grossberger and Rabbi A Friedman, give a principal office in London E5 and say the charity "remained dormant until August 2008" and made donations "to Orthodox Jewish Charities which are mainly based abroad".[2] In 2018 voluntary income was £123,568 (2017: £109,985) and charitable spending £120,200 (2017: £110,200); the grants note names a single recipient, Mosdos Chasidei Dorog, which received £120,200.[2] The register's financial history shows income of £90.13k in 2016, £109.99k in 2017, £123.57k in 2018, £91.91k in 2019 and £53.46k in 2020.[1] The archived 2021 register entry lists Efraim Grossberger, Sarah Grossberger and Rabbi Aharon Friedman as trustees.[3]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "A) THE ADVANCEMENT AND FURTHERANCE OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION AND ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND THE ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY AMONG THE JEWISH COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.B) THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OTHER OBJECTS THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE."[4]
The register describes its activities as: "The Charity's aim is the advancement and furtherance of the Orthodox Jewish Religion and Orthodox Jewish Religious Education and the alleviation of poverty amongst the Jewish community throughout the world.The Charity also aims for the furtherance of such other objects that are exclusively charitable under the laws of England and Wales as the trustees may from time to time determine."[4]
Register classifications: Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[4]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel.[4]
Trustees
The register extract holds no trustee records for removed charities.
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-08 | Efraim Grossberger; Sarah Grossberger; Aharon Friedman | [5] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-31 | £123,568 | £123,648 |
| 2019-12-31 | £91,905 | £90,308 |
| 2020-12-31 | £53,460 | £55,425 |
Source: register annual-return history.[4]
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[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2017[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[9]
Funding in Israel
- 2018: £120,200 to Mosdos Chasidei Dorog (2017: £110,200); the accounts do not say where it is.[2]
Israeli partners
Mosdos Chasidei Dorog, the only named recipient; its location is not given.[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 |
|---|---|
| No place of activity is named in the archived accounts or register entries.[2][1] | Not established |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated in the archived accounts.[2]
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.[10][11][12][13][14] The register shows it as removed, giving the reason "Does not operate".[1]
- Support costs misprinted. The 2018 accounts print support costs as both £2,380 and £2,480 (scanned document read by OCR).[2]
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).[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.[17]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[18]
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.[19]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[4] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[20]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Friends of Dorog" returned 0 contributions in total.[21]
Web archive
The UK Government Web Archive holds 2 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]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Charity Commission, Friends of Dorog (1125472): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026 ("12 August 2008: Standard registration 17 August 2022: Removed (Does not operate)").
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Charity Commission, Friends of Dorog: annual report and accounts for the year to 31 December 2018 UK Government Web Archive, capture of 05/01/2020. (scanned; text read by OCR).
- ↑ Charity Commission, Friends of Dorog (1125472): full print UK Government Web Archive, capture of 05/07/2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 1125472, full print (capture of 20210108) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Friends of Dorog accounts, year ended 2014-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ Friends of Dorog accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ Friends of Dorog accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ Friends of Dorog accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ 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-22 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-22 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Friends of Dorog' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1125472 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-22 screening covered 196 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and staff named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies; the only hits were generic words in charity names (such as "Charitable Foundation", "Trust", "Fund" and "Association") matching listed entities, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 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 Dorog" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).