Levy2
Hove-based CIO set up in 2022 with a £3,030,000 grant from the Joseph Levy Foundation, which gave £1,500,567 to Barzilai Medical Centre in Ashkelon in 2024/25 and then distributed almost all its remaining assets and closed
| Levy2
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| Logo |  The hospitalisation building of Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon (2010); the charity gave £1,500,567 to Barzilai Medical Centre in 2024/25 |
| Type | CIO |
| Founded | 2022-04-12 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1198595 |
| Headquarters | Hove BN3 |
| Area served | Throughout England And Wales, Israel |
Levy2 is a charitable incorporated organisation (foundation model) registered on 12 April 2022; its principal office is in Hove BN3.[1][2] It was "established by an unrestricted grant from the Joseph Levy Foundation following an agreement signed on 24 March 2022"; 360Giving data record a grant of £3,030,000 from the Joseph Levy Foundation on 24 March 2022, described as "Unrestricted funding" (PDF p.4).[2][3] Its objects are such charitable purposes as the trustees determine, and it "does not accept unsolicited applications for support".[4] The trustees are J Tobias-Tarsh, M Levy and C Giat (Jeremy Gershon Tobias-Tarsh, Melanie Tamsin Levy and Claudia Simone Giat on the register, all from 12 April 2022); M Levy and C Giat signed as co-chairs (PDF p.3).[2][4] "During the year, the Trustees made the difficult decision to close the charity", and "almost all of the assets have been awarded as grants"; the accounts for the year to 31 March 2026 are prepared on a break-up basis (PDF p.4).[2] In 2024/25 it gave £1,500,567 to Barzilai Medical Centre, and in 2025/26 £1,597,181 to the Sussex Community Foundation and £164,000 to the Ashkelon Foundation (PDF p.13).[2] Funds fell from £1,912,561 to £446 (PDF p.8).[2] The accounts were examined by Michelle Ferris FCA DChA of Albert Goodman LLP, Taunton, whose report draws attention to the non-going-concern basis.[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE;3.2 ‘CHARITABLE PURPOSES’ MEANS PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES"[4]
The register describes its activities as: "The objects of Levy2 are such charitable purposes as the trustees may in their absolute discretion determine. Levy2 does not accept unsolicited applications for support."[4]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes.[4]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel.[4]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[4]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claudia Simone Giat | 2022-04-12 | — | |
| Melanie Tamsin Levy | 2022-04-12 | — | |
| Jeremy Gershon Tobias-Tarsh | 2022-04-12 | — |
Other 2025/26 grants were £100,000 to Posseable, £20,000 each to the Baked Bean Charity and Voicebox, £15,000 to Jewish Blind and Disabled, £12,500 to Broadleaf Community Learning, £10,000 to Kisharon Langdon, £7,500 to Suicide and Co and £5,000 to the Lila K Jagtiani Charity; in 2024/25 it also gave £15,000 each to the RAP Foundation and the Anne Frank Trust, £10,000 to VYD Brighton and £20,000 to Posseable (PDF p.13).[2]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-31 | £3,048,397 | £17,455 |
| 2024-03-31 | £74,445 | £20,524 |
| 2025-03-31 | £89,359 | £1,584,291 |
| 2026-03-31 | £50,233 | £1,962,806 |
Source: register annual-return history.[4]
Funding in Israel
- 2024/25: £1,500,567 to Barzilai Medical Centre, out of grants of £1,560,567 (PDF p.13).[2]
- 2025/26: £164,000 to the Ashkelon Foundation, out of grants of £1,951,181; the grantee is not further identified (PDF p.13).[2]
Israeli partners
Barzilai Medical Centre, which says of itself: "Its location in the heart of the city of Ashkelon"; and an Ashkelon Foundation not further identified.[2][5]
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 |
|---|---|
| Barzilai Medical Center's own website places it "in the heart of the city of Ashkelon".[5] | High (recipient's site gives the city) |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated in the accounts. Barzilai Medical Center's history page says that in 1961 it had "15 beds for the IDF's use"; this is the hospital's history and is not linked to Levy2's grant.[2][5]
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;[6] 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.[7][8][9][10] 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.[11]
- Mislabelled investment note. The investment note heads the 2026 column "Market value as at 1 April 2024" (PDF p.14).[2]
- Ashkelon Foundation not identified. The accounts do not say which Ashkelon Foundation received £164,000. An Israeli body, The Ashkelon Foundation, says "The Joseph Levy Charitable Foundation of England generously agreed to donate" to heat and cover Ashkelon's municipal swimming pool; a UK charity named Ashkelon Foundation (1107768) also exists. The grantee is not established.[2][12][4]
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).[13] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[14]
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.[15]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
| Date | Funder | Amount (£) | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-24 | Joseph Levy Foundation | 3,030,000 | Unrestricted funding - general charitable purposes |
No grants made by the charity are published in 360Giving data, so flows between linked charities could not be traced there.[16]
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.[17]
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.[18]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Levy2" returned 0 contributions in total.[19]
Web archive
The UK Government Web Archive holds 0 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile; none were found for this charity number.
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ Charity Commission, Levy2 (1198595): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 Charity Commission, Levy2 (1198595): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 360Giving, 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1198595 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026 (grant 360G-JLF-LEV2-01).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Barzilai Medical Center, About The Barzilai Medical Center barzilaimc.org.il, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 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-22 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none was shown.
- ↑ 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").
- ↑ The Ashkelon Foundation, Municipal Swimming Pool – Heating and Covering keren-ashkelon.org.il, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 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 'Levy2' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1198595 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 "Levy2" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).