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West End CIO funding the Kemach Foundation in Jerusalem, which aims to bring more observant Jews into the Israeli workforce

The Kemach Foundation

Logo The Kemach Foundation logo.jpg
Type CIO
Founded 2015-11-25 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1164563
Headquarters Second Floor, The Hide, 3 Kingly Court, London, W1B 5PW
Area served Throughout England And Wales, Israel
Key people Leo Noe (chair)
Website www.keren-kemach.org/


The Kemach Foundation is a CIO registered on 25 November 2015; register areas are England and Wales and Israel.[1] Its trustees are L Noe, S Kanter, Sir M L Davis and M Abadi, at 2nd Floor, The Hide, 3 Kingly Court, London W1B 5PW. Its goal is "to increase the levels of observant Jewish people in the Israeli workforce" by supporting "The Kemach Foundation in Jerusalem, Israel". In the year ended 28 February 2026 donations were £748,630 and £747,613 was given to Kemach in Israel.[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG THOSE PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN ISRAEL AND/OR ELSEWHERE BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT AND GENERALLYTHE ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH RELIGION THROUGH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND HIGHER ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL AND/OR VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "The goal of The Kemach Foundation is to increase the levels of Haredim in the Israeli workforce. Its objectives are achieved by individually addressing financial and academic challenges and facilitating job placement to confront critical issues of social mobility, equal access to higher education and workforce participation."[1]

Register classifications: Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities, Economic/community Development/employment.[1]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel.[1]

Trustees

Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]

Trustees of The Kemach Foundation (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Sir Michael Lawrence Davis 2015-06-19 The Davis Foundation (1152998); The Portland Trust (1106429)
Simon Kanter 2015-06-19 Kanter Jules Charitable Trust (1079928); Rachel Charitable Trust (276441); The Duchenne Research Fund (1119068)
Leo Noe 2015-11-01 Yes Project S E E D (281307); Rachel Charitable Trust (276441)
Miguel Gerado Abadi 2017-01-30 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2018-01-04 Leo Noe; Simon Kanter; Michael Lawrence Davis; Miguel Abadi [3]
2021-01-17 Leo Noe (chair) (from 01 November 2015) – also trustee of The Kisharon Charitable Trust, Kisharon, Rachel Charitable Trust, Project S E E D; Sir Michael Lawrence Davis (from 19 June 2015) – also trustee of The Davis Foundation, The Portland Trust; Miguel Gerado Abadi (from 30 January 2017); Simon Kanter (from 19 June 2015) – also trustee of The Duchenne Research Fund, Rachel Charitable Trust [4]
2021-07-04 Leo Noe (chair) (from 01 November 2015) – also trustee of The Kisharon Charitable Trust, Kisharon, Rachel Charitable Trust, Project S E E D; Miguel Gerado Abadi (from 30 January 2017); Sir Michael Lawrence Davis (from 19 June 2015) – also trustee of The Davis Foundation, The Portland Trust; Simon Kanter (from 19 June 2015) – also trustee of The Duchenne Research Fund, Rachel Charitable Trust [5]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2022-02-28 £936,849 £937,978
2023-02-28 £730,943 £730,860
2024-02-29 £682,280 £683,670
2025-02-28 £783,614 £781,832
2026-02-28 £748,630 £749,320

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 31/03/2017[6]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2019[8]

Funding in Israel

  • FY2026: £747,613 to the Kemach Foundation, Jerusalem.[2]

Israeli partners

The Kemach Foundation, 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 accounts place the recipient in Jerusalem but give no district.[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;[9] 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.[10][11][12][13] 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.[14]
  • Connected funders and recipient. £748,000 was donated by charities with some trustees in common, and the grant of £747,613 went to the Kemach Foundation in Israel, "a charity with one trustee in common".[2]

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).[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; results were limited to Companies House filing lists.[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. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.[19]

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.[20]

US counterparts (ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer)

Organisation EIN Latest filing year Revenue (US$) Expenses (US$)
Kemach Usa Inc[21] 462191120 2023 736,860 753,930

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 'Kemach Foundation', 'Keren Kemach' returned 0 contributions in total.[22]

Web archive

  • keren-kemach.org: 16 yearly captures, first 2011-05-26, last 2026-01-01.[23]

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]

See also

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Charity Commission, The Kemach Foundation (1164563): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 1164563, contact and trustees (capture of 20180104) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1164563, full print (capture of 20210117) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 1164563, full print (capture of 20210704) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ The Kemach Foundation accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  7. ↑ The Kemach Foundation accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  8. ↑ The Kemach Foundation accounts, year ended 2019-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
  9. ↑ 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).
  10. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  11. ↑ 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).
  12. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ 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").
  15. ↑ 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-5 charities found no matching Scottish registration.
  16. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-5 charity name returned zero results).
  17. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Kemach Foundation' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
  18. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1164563 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
  19. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-5 screening covered 345 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) and on the Companies House pages for Brightness Ltd; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually (all candidate hits were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps); lists downloaded October 2026.
  20. ↑ 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.
  21. ↑ Kemach Usa Inc – Nonprofit Explorer ProPublica, viewed 14 October 2026.
  22. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Kemach Foundation' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
  23. ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for keren-kemach.org Wayback Machine, queried 14 October 2026.
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