Friends of Kenesset Yehuda
North-west London trust that collected £45,238 in 2025 and paid £44,469 in donations, which it says helped Kenesset Yehuda continue its mission; neither the recipient nor its location is described
| Friends of Kenesset Yehuda
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Other |
| Founded | 1987-05-19 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 296711 |
| Headquarters | London NW11 |
| Area served | Barnet, Hackney, Gateshead, Lancashire, Israel |
| Key people | Jeremy Neuberger (chair) |
Friends of Kenesset Yehuda is a charitable trust established by a deed of 13 April 1987 and registered on 19 May 1987; its principal address is in London NW11.[1][2] Its objects are the "furtherance and promotion of the Jewish religion and Jewish religious education in any part of the world"; the register lists Barnet, Hackney, Gateshead, Lancashire and Israel as areas of operation.[2][3] The trustees are J Neuberger and N Gabay, matching the register's Jeremy Neuberger (chair, from 1 June 2015) and Nissim Gabay; it is "not the intention of the trustees of the charity to appoint any new trustees".[2][3] The receipts and payments account for 2025 shows donations received of £45,238 (2024: £35,961), donations paid of £44,469 (2024: £45,388) and bank charges of £146, and cash rising from £757 to £1,380.[2] The report says "The funds raised by the charity have allowed Kenesset Yehuda to continue its mission of promoting charitable aims to advance the education in the religion of the Orthodox Jewish Faith".[2] The accounts were examined by M Simmons AAT of London NW11 and signed by J Neuberger on 25 January 2026.[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "BY SUCH MEANS AS ARE RECOGNISED BY ENGLISH LAW AS CHARITABLE TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN AND THE RELIGION OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH."[3]
The register describes its activities as: "Collection of funds to assist charitable institutions and advance the Orthodox Jewish faith.The charity does not respond to unsolicited requests."[3]
Register classifications: Education/training, Religious Activities, Other Charitable Purposes.[3]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Barnet, Hackney, Gateshead, Lancashire, Israel.[3]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[3]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nissim Gabay | not recorded | — | |
| Jeremy Neuberger | 2015-06-01 | Yes | Chinuch 20 (1175074); Golders Green Beth Hamedrash Congregation (1138578); The Else Meindl Memorial Trust Fund (298148) |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-16 | Nissim Gabay; Jeremy Neuberger (chair) (from 01 June 2015) – also trustee of Chinuch 20, The Else Meindl Memorial Trust Fund, Golders Green Beth Hamedrash Congregation | [4] |
Jeremy Neuberger is also a register trustee of Chinuch 20 (1175074), Golders Green Beth Hamedrash Congregation (1138578) and The Else Meindl Memorial Trust Fund (298148).[3]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-31 | £13,576 | £18,393 |
| 2022-12-31 | £10,165 | £8,491 |
| 2023-12-31 | £31,723 | £25,907 |
| 2024-12-31 | £35,961 | £45,523 |
| 2025-12-31 | £45,238 | £44,615 |
Source: register annual-return history.[3]
Funding in Israel
- 2025: donations of £44,469, which the report links to Kenesset Yehuda; no place is named.[2]
Israeli partners
Kenesset Yehuda, named without an address or description.[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 in Israel is named.[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;[5] 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.[6][7][8][9] 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.[10]
- Recipient not described. The accounts do not say what or where Kenesset Yehuda is, or whether all donations went to it.[2]
- Minor discrepancy. The receipts and payments account shows closing cash of £1,380, while the report gives reserves of £1,381.[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).[11] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[12]
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.[13]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[14]
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.[15]
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.[16]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Friends of Kenesset Yehuda", "Kenesset Yehuda" returned 0 contributions in total.[17]
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".[4]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ Charity Commission, Friends of Kenesset Yehuda (296711): 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 Charity Commission, Friends of Kenesset Yehuda (296711): 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 296711, full print (capture of 20210116) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 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-23 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").
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-23 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-23 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Kenesset Yehuda' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-296711 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-23 screening covered 249 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and other people 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 (such as "Trust", "Company Limited" in the name of a corporate formation agent, and ".com") and surname-only matches, 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 "Kenesset Yehuda" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).