British Emunah Fund

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UK charity funding Emunah children's homes, counselling centres and family services in Israel

British Emunah Fund

Logo British Emunah Fund logo.png
Type Trust
Founded 1963-05-27 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 215398
Headquarters 74 Grove Park, London, NW9 0DD
Area served Throughout England, Israel
Key people Matthew Edward Jackson (chair)
Website www.emunah.org.uk

British Emunah Fund (other register names include British Emunah and Child Resettlement Trust Fund) is a charitable trust registered on 27 May 1963, with its principal address at Unit 2, 74 Grove Park, London NW9 0DD; register areas are England and Israel.[1][2] Its object, under a trust deed of 26 July 1950 amended in 2013, is "secular and religious education in Israel in accordance with Jewish law and tradition, for those who are in need of resettlement"; its work began in September 1936. Lady E Sacks is Honorary Life President and Mrs V Mirvis Honorary President. In 2025 income was £1,023,431 (2024: £1,066,057), charitable expenditure £1,139,128 and grants to Emunah projects in Israel £762,129 (2024: £504,516).[2]

British Emunah (charity number 215398) is the UK affiliate of Israel Emunah which relies entirely on donations to support 27 of over 200 Emunah projects in Israel. It is a member of the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland and its parent organisation is one of the eleven affiliated organisations of the World Zionist Organisation.

Funding

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Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "TO PROMOTE, ENCOURAGE, PROVIDE FOR AND GENERALLY TO ORGANISE THE SECULAR AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION IN ISRAEL OR IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND OR ELSEWHERE IN ACCORDANCE WITH JEWISH LAW AND TRADITION ALL JEWISH CHILDREN WHETHER THE SAME SHALL BE ORPHANS OR NOT WHO SHALL IN THE OPINION OF THE TRUSTEES BE IN NEED OF RESETTLEMENT."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "The objects of the charity, as detailed in the Trust Deed, are to promote, encourage and provide for and generally to organise secular and religious education in Israel in accordance with Jewish law and tradition, for those who are in need of resettlement, and to provide the necessary facilities and equipment to achieve these aims.The Trust consists of groups throughout the United Kingdom."[1]

Register classifications: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief.[1]

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

Trustees

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

Trustees of British Emunah Fund (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Andrew Charles FREEDMAN 2022-08-01 —
David Joseph HIRSCHFIELD 2022-08-01 —
Matthew Edward Jackson 2025-02-28 Yes —
Hilary Elizabeth Lewis 2025-09-09 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2018-01-05 Laurence Paul Markham; Rochelle Selby; Michelle Hirschfield; Elaine Sacks; Camille Compton [3]
2021-07-05 Leon Shelley (from 05 June 2018); Michelle Hirschfield (from 06 September 2011); Rochelle Selby (chair) – also trustee of The Mrs Herman Tuck Grocery Relief Fund; Lady Elaine Sacks (from 29 October 2013) – also trustee of The Covenant and Conversation Trust; Laurence Paul Markham (from 20 July 2015) [4]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-12-31 £1,154,210 £1,228,241
2022-12-31 £755,214 £847,073
2023-12-31 £958,913 £913,042
2024-12-31 £1,066,057 £886,772
2025-12-31 £1,023,431 £1,203,494

Source: register annual-return history.[1]

Historical finances (UK Government Web Archive)

Income and spending shown on archived register pages
Financial year end Income (£) Spending (£) Source
31 Dec 2012 1,070,006 1,048,008 [5]
31 Dec 2013 942,821 1,286,814 [5]
31 Dec 2014 1,645,798 1,163,040 [5]
31 Dec 2015 1,117,707 1,215,701 [5]
31 Dec 2016 1,077,921 1,724,134 [5]

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[6]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2015[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2016[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2017[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/12/2018[10]

Funding in Israel

  • 2025 grants: Sarah Herzog Children's Centre, Afula £123,734; Israel Emunah £119,942; Beit Elazraki £106,980; Food Fund £100,000; Weinstein School, Bnei Brak £54,345; Neve Sara Herzog £52,500; Nahariya Counselling Centre £43,444; Tiberias £30,000; Acco £29,950; Neve Landy, Even Shmuel £29,428; Sderot family counselling £27,000; Beit Bondt, Netivot £17,500; Beersheba £7,875; Kiryat Gat £6,800. Restricted funds included Ahuzat Sarah, Bnei Brak £115,000 and Rishon LeZion £5,000.[2]

Israeli partners

Israel Emunah and World Emunah, with projects named by town.[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
Every place named in the grant list (Afula, Bnei Brak, Nahariya, Tiberias, Acre, Even Shmuel, Sderot, Netivot, Beersheba, Kiryat Gat, Rishon LeZion) lies inside the 1949 line; "Jerusalem Emunah" (£2,880) is not located more precisely.[2] Low
The grant appendix lists a joint project line "Rosh Ha'ayin and Pisgat Ze'ev – Maintenance": £3,063 in 2014 and £3,500 in 2015 (2015 accounts, PDF p.25),[7] £3,500 in 2016 (2016 accounts, PDF p.27),[8] and £1,750 in 2017 (2017 accounts, PDF p.26; the 2018 accounts, PDF p.27, show no 2018 figure).[9][10] Pisgat Ze'ev is an Israeli settlement in East Jerusalem on Peace Now's settlement list;[11] Rosh Ha'ayin is inside the 1949 line, and the accounts do not split the line between the two places. Medium – joint line; one of two places beyond the line

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;[12] 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.[13][14][15][16] 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.[17]
  • Register anomaly. Among the charity's other names the register extract also lists "SIDMOUTH CE PRIMARY SCHOOL PTFA", which appears unrelated; the entry is unexplained.[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).[18] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[19]

The Gazette

Searches of The Gazette for "Emunah" returned insolvency notices for Emunah Promotions Ltd (2026) and Emunah Limited (a 2000 winding-up petition in Leeds); no connection between either company and British Emunah Fund was established. No notice naming British Emunah Fund was found.[20]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

Grants received (360Giving data)
Date Funder Amount (£) Purpose
2005-08-30 The Foyle Foundation 5,000 towards providing daycare centres with education and training for special needs children in Israel
2007-09-24 The Foyle Foundation 5,000 towards providing daycare centres with education and training for special needs children

No grants made by the charity are published in 360Giving data, so flows between linked charities could not be traced there.[21]

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.[22]

Land and property

The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[23] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[24]

  • Register records land ownership; no CCOD match (unincorporated trust) and no property address identified in the FY2025 accounts – Register (source: register)

Parliament

Hansard searches for 'British Emunah', 'Emunah' returned 0 contributions in total.[25]

Web archive

  • emunah.org.uk: 21 yearly captures, first 2006-02-17, last 2026-01-13.[26]

The UK Government Web Archive holds 3 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 (on time)" and "Other regulators: No information available".[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 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, British Emunah Fund (215398): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 215398, contact and trustees (capture of 20180105) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 215398, full print (capture of 20210705) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Register entry 215398, financial history (capture of 20180105) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ British Emunah Fund accounts, year ended 2014-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 British Emunah Fund accounts, year ended 2015-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 British Emunah Fund accounts, year ended 2016-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 British Emunah Fund accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 British Emunah Fund accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  11. ↑ Peace Now, Israeli settlements at the West Bank – the list peacenow.org.il, viewed 20 October 2026.
  12. ↑ 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).
  13. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  14. ↑ 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).
  15. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025 (re-fetched 14 October 2026).
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ 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").
  18. ↑ 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-4 charities found no matching Scottish registration.
  19. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-4 charity name returned zero results).
  20. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'British Emunah' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
  21. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-215398 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
  22. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-4 screening covered 354 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 8 charitable companies; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually (all candidate hits were surname-only coincidences or generic company-word overlaps); lists downloaded October 2026.
  23. ↑ 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.
  24. ↑ HM Land Registry, UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD) full extract, October 2026 release, matched on charitable company numbers and registered names; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.
  25. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'British Emunah' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
  26. ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for emunah.org.uk Wayback Machine, queried 14 October 2026.
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