Friends of Mir
UK friends charity remitting its funds to the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem
| Friends of Mir
| |
|---|---|
| Logo |  The Beit Yeshaya building of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem (2010). Yeshivas Mir Yerushalayim is the charity's sole grant recipient |
| Type | CIO |
| Founded | 2020-02-07 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1187814 |
| Headquarters | 30 Gresham Gardens, London, NW11 8PB |
| Area served | Israel |
| Key people | Michael Bordon (chair) |
Friends of Mir is a charity registered on 7 February 2020, with its address in London NW11; its only register area is Israel.[1] Its primary object is "to raise funds for and make grants to the Mirrer Yeshivah, Jerusalem". In the year ended 30 April 2025 it granted £1,108,785 to Yeshivas Mir Yerushalayim (2024: £828,000).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING THE TALMUDICAL COLLEGE KNOWN AS 'MIR YESHIVA' IN JERUSALEM, ISRAEL."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "Raising financial support for the Mir Yeshiva"[1]
Register classifications: Religious Activities.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Bordon | 2020-02-07 | Yes | The M S Charitable Trust (327212) |
| Barry Yehuda Bodner | 2020-02-07 | North West London Chevra Kadisha (1212433) | |
| Ronald Edward Hochhauser | 2020-02-07 | Beis Brucha Ltd (1131109); Treasured Moments (1193854); Z. A. I. Synagogue (1187313) |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-15 | Barry Yehuda Bodner; Michael Bordon (chair) – also trustee of Friends of Mir, The M S Charitable Trust; Ronald Edward Hochhauser – also trustee of Z. A. I. Synagogue, Friends of Mir | [3] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-30 | £557,555 | £451,857 |
| 2022-04-30 | £1,402,601 | £1,387,162 |
| 2023-04-30 | £1,366,994 | £1,438,539 |
| 2024-04-30 | £810,557 | £837,804 |
| 2025-04-30 | £1,321,688 | £1,273,472 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Funding in Israel
- FY2025: £1,108,785 to Yeshivas Mir Yerushalayim (sole recipient).[2]
Israeli partners
Yeshivas Mir Yerushalayim (Mirrer Yeshivah, Jerusalem).[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 |
|---|---|
| Not established. No campus beyond the Green Line is named.[2] | Low |
Support for the IDF: No IDF 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;[4] 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.[5][6][7][8] 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.[9]
- US counterpart. ProPublica lists American Friends of Yeshiva D'Mir Inc (Brooklyn; EIN 13-2946608), with revenue of $39,014,952 for tax year 2023.[10]
Other registers and records
Scotland and Northern Ireland
No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (full register download of 14 October 2026 searched by name).[11] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[12]
The Gazette
Searches of The Gazette notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name found no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice; results were limited to Companies House filing lists.[13]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[14]
Sanctions screening
The charity's name, its current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and (for charitable companies) its Companies House officers were screened against the UK Sanctions List and the OFSI Consolidated List. No match was found. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.[15]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[16]
US counterparts (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)
| Organisation | EIN | Latest filing year | Revenue (US$) | Expenses (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Friends Of Yeshiva Dmir Inc[17] | 132946608 | 2023 | 39,014,952 | 40,954,408 |
These US organisations share the name or beneficiary of the UK charity; no financial flows between them and the UK charity were established.
Parliament
A search of Hansard for 'Friends of Mir' returned 0 contributions in total.[18]
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 "Recently registered" and "Other regulators: No information available".[3]
See also
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 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), extract dated 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Charity Commission, Friends of Mir (1187814): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Register entry 1187814, full print (capture of 20210115) 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 every charity in batches 1–7 (175 pages, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026) and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section. Alerts appeared only for Mifal Hachesed Vehatzedokoh (1139320), Ezer Viznitz Foundation (1161881), BC Trust (1155555), Vyoel Moshe Charitable Trust (327054) – all named in the cheque-cashing class inquiry – and The Gevurath Ari Torah Academy Trust (1003102).
- ↑ 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), both retrieved 15 October 2026.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements GOV.UK, 5 August 2026, retrieved 15 October 2026 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").
- ↑ ProPublica, American Friends Of Yeshiva Dmir Inc Nonprofit Explorer EIN 13-2946608, viewed 14 October 2026.
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, CharityExport-14-Oct-2026.csv, downloaded 14 October 2026; keyword search of charity names for the batch-3 charities found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-3 charity name returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Friends of Mir' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1187814 360Giving, queried 14 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-3 screening covered 409 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and archived full-print register pages (UK Government Web Archive) and Companies House officers of the 12 charitable companies; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually; lists downloaded October 2026. (Corrected 14 October 2026: the first run omitted the 21 names found only on archived full-print pages; the re-screen found no match.)
- ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access on 14 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.
- ↑ American Friends Of Yeshiva Dmir Inc – Nonprofit Explorer ProPublica, viewed 14 October 2026.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Friends of Mir' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).