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Borehamwood trust funding the Shalva National Centre for disabled children in Jerusalem

British Friends of Shalva

Logo British Friends of Shalva logo.png
Type Other
Founded 2000-08-07 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1081887
Headquarters British Friends Of Shalva, The Kinetic Centre, Theobald Street, Borehamwood, WD6 4PJ
Area served Israel
Website www.shalva.org


British Friends of Shalva was established by declaration of trust on 21 December 1999 and registered on 7 August 2000; Israel is its only register area.[1] The 2025 accounts give its principal address as Suite 174, Kinetic Business Centre, Theobald Street, Borehamwood WD6 4PJ. Its objects are to relieve the suffering of disabled children living in Israel by supporting Shalva and "The Shalva National Centre in Jerusalem, Israel". In 2025 income was £718,599 (2024: £534,201), expenditure £654,733 and grants to the Shalva Centre £360,000 (2024: £350,000); funds were £171,352 (PDF p.3, 6, 11–12).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF DISABLED CHILDREN LIVING IN ISRAEL BY PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING THE WORK OF SHALVA, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FUNDS AND EQUIPMENT NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITY/HEATH AUTHORITY AND CENTRAL GOVERNMENT, RESPITE ACCOMMODATION AND HOLIDAYS WHERE APPLICABLE AND PERSONNEL TO ENABLE THE CHILDREN TO RECEIVE MEDICAL SERVICE, EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT TRAINING."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "Raising funds for the Shalva Centre in Jerusalem, Israel. Shalva provides a respite home for children with severe mental and physical disabilities."[1]

Register classifications: Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability.[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]

Trustees of British Friends of Shalva (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
John Howard Abraham Corre 2005-01-31 The Tabby and John Corre Charitable Trust (1002935); UK Friends of Pardes (1120547)
Deborah Fisher 2013-10-31 —
Ronen Kannor 2013-12-08 —
Andrew Raphaely 2024-07-16 Norwood Ravenswood (1059050)

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2021-01-16 Deborah Fisher (from 31 October 2013); Ronen Kannor (from 08 December 2013); John Howard Abraham Corre – also trustee of UK Friends of Pardes; Michelle Shemtob (from 23 February 2017) – also trustee of Bob and Michelle Shemtob Charitable Trust [3]
2021-07-03 Deborah Fisher (from 31 October 2013); Ronen Kannor (from 08 December 2013); Michelle Shemtob (from 23 February 2017) – also trustee of Bob and Michelle Shemtob Charitable Trust; John Howard Abraham Corre – also trustee of UK Friends of Pardes [4]

The 2025 accounts list the trustees as J H Corre, D Fisher, R Kannor, M Shemtob, L Harris and S P Sterling (PDF p.4); the register lists Andrew Raphaely (appointed 16 July 2024) but not Shemtob, Harris or Sterling.[2][1]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-12-31 £586,688 £565,436
2022-12-31 £528,148 £477,788
2023-12-31 £764,791 £742,026
2024-12-31 £534,201 £617,273
2025-12-31 £718,599 £654,733

Source: register annual-return history.[1]

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[5]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015[6]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2016[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2017[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[9]

Funding in Israel

Shalva National Children's Center, Jerusalem (2015). The trust gave £360,000 to the Shalva National Centre in 2025
  • 2025: £360,000 to the Shalva National Centre, Jerusalem (2024: £350,000).[2]

Israeli partners

Shalva, through the Shalva National Centre in 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.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
Finding Confidence
The Shalva National Centre is described only as being in Jerusalem; the district is not stated in the accounts.[2] Not established – Jerusalem, district not stated

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;[10] 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.[11][12][13][14] 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.[15]
  • Trustee lists differ. The trustees named in the 2025 accounts do not match the register (see Trustees).[2][1]

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).[16] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[17]

The Gazette

Searches of The Gazette for "Shalva" returned company filing lists and a 2020 deceased-estates notice (Philomena Solomon) whose connection with the charity was not established; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.[18]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[19]

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. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.[20]

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.[21]

US counterparts (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)

Organisation EIN Latest filing year Revenue (US$) Expenses (US$)
American Friends Of Shalva Israel Inc[22] 562676533 2023 9,512,576 5,131,011

These US organisations share the name or beneficiary of the UK charity; no financial flows between them and the UK charity were established.

Parliament

Hansard searches for 'British Friends of Shalva', 'Shalva' returned 2 contributions in total; those not listed above were not established to concern this charity.[23]

Web archive

  • shalva.org: 22 yearly captures, first 2000-04-12, last 2026-01-01.[24]

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".[3]

See also

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 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), extract dated 14 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Charity Commission, British Friends of Shalva (1081887): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Register entry 1081887, full print (capture of 20210116) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ Register entry 1081887, full print (capture of 20210703) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ British Friends of Shalva accounts, year ended 2014-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  6. ↑ British Friends of Shalva accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  7. ↑ British Friends of Shalva accounts, year ended 2016-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  8. ↑ British Friends of Shalva accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  9. ↑ British Friends of Shalva accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  10. ↑ 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).
  11. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  12. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025 (re-fetched 14 October 2026).
  13. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ 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").
  16. ↑ 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-6 charities found no matching Scottish registration.
  17. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-6 charity name returned zero results).
  18. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Shalva' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
  19. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1081887 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
  20. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-6 screening covered 429 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), Companies House officers of the charitable companies, and trustees, officers and related persons named in the accounts read for this batch (including archived accounts); matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually (all candidate hits were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps); lists downloaded October 2026.
  21. ↑ 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.
  22. ↑ American Friends Of Shalva Israel Inc – Nonprofit Explorer ProPublica, viewed 14 October 2026.
  23. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Shalva' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
  24. ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for shalva.org Wayback Machine, queried 14 October 2026.
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