The Jewish Blind in Israel Association
Trust whose only recorded area of operation is Israel and whose filing for 2025 is a bank statement and a receipt for £25,000 from the Beth David Institute, a centre for deaf-blind people in Tel Aviv, instead of accounts
| The Jewish Blind in Israel Association
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Other |
| Founded | 1991-12-05 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1006756 |
| Headquarters | Borehamwood WD6 |
| Area served | Israel |
The Jewish Blind in Israel Association (also recorded as The British Aid Committee for Jewish Blind in Israel) is a charitable trust constituted by a declaration of trust of 18 November 1991 and registered on 5 December 1991; its address is in Borehamwood WD6 and its only recorded area of operation is Israel.[1][2] The trustees are Kenneth Calman Keller and David Anthony Druce (from 16 August 2013).[1] The register records income of £25,492 and spending of £25,660 for the year to 31 December 2025, £262 and £720 for 2024, and £26,585 and £26,620 for 2023.[1][2] The document filed as its 2025 accounts is a one-page scan of a business bank statement (4 October to 5 November 2025) and a receipt from "Beth David Institute – Center for Deaf-Blind Person", Tel Aviv, for "Twenty five thousand British Pounds £25,000", "Received From The Jewish Blind in Israel Ass[n]" and dated 3 August 2025.[3]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "THE PROVISION OF RELIGIOUS AND OR SECULAR EDUCATIONAL AND OR OTHER AIDS FOR THE REHABILITATION IN ISRAEL OF PERSONS PROFESSING THR JEWISH FAITH WHO ARE REGISTERED BLIND OR REGISTERED VISUALLY HANDICAPPED IN ISRAEL AND WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OF FINANCIAL HELP AND WHETHER DIRECTLY OR IN CONJUNCTION WITH OR THROUGH ANY OTHER BODY ESTABLISHED FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES"[1]
The register describes its activities as: "Provision of religeous and secular educational and other aids for the rehabilitation in Israel of persons professing the Jewish faith who are registered blind or visually handicapped."[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]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Calman Keller | not recorded | British Friends of Ogen-Israel Free Loan Fund (1009568) | |
| David Anthony Druce | 2013-08-16 | British Friends of Ogen-Israel Free Loan Fund (1009568) |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-16 | David Anthony Druce (from 16 August 2013) – also trustee of British Friends of Ogen-Israel Free Loan Fund; Kenneth Calman Keller – also trustee of British Friends of Ogen-Israel Free Loan Fund | [4] |
Both trustees are also register trustees of British Friends of Ogen-Israel Free Loan Fund (1009568).[1]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-31 | £25,145 | £24,720 |
| 2022-12-31 | £25,445 | £25,920 |
| 2023-12-31 | £26,585 | £26,620 |
| 2024-12-31 | £262 | £720 |
| 2025-12-31 | £25,492 | £25,660 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
Funding in Israel
- Receipt No. 00305 from the Beth David Institute – Center for Deaf-Blind Person, Tel Aviv, for £25,000 received from the charity, dated 3 August 2025.[3]
Israeli partners
Beth David Institute – Center for Deaf-Blind Person, 13 Sd. Yad Labanim, Tel-Aviv (address on the receipt).[3]
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 |
|---|---|
| The receipt gives the recipient's address in Tel Aviv; it does not refer to the 1949 line.[3] | High (address stated on the filed receipt) |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[3]
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;[7] 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.[8][9][10][11] 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.[12]
- No accounts filed. The document filed as the 2025 accounts contains no trustees' report, statement of financial activities, balance sheet or independent examiner's report.[3]
- Personal and banking data exposed. The filed scan shows a trustee's home address and the bank account details; they are not reproduced here.[3]
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).[13] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[14]
The Gazette
Searches of The Gazette for the charity's name returned only Companies House filing lists; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.[15]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[16]
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.[17]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased.[18]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "The Jewish Blind in Israel Association", "British Aid Committee for Jewish Blind in Israel" returned 0 contributions in total.[19]
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
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Charity Commission, The Jewish Blind in Israel Association (1006756): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Charity Commission, The Jewish Blind in Israel Association (1006756): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; the one-page document filed as the accounts for the year to 31 December 2025, downloaded 16 October 2026 and read from the page image, is a bank statement and a donation receipt, not a set of accounts.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1006756, full print (capture of 20210116) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ The Jewish Blind in Israel Association accounts, year ended 2017-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ The Jewish Blind in Israel Association accounts, year ended 2018-12-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ 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-26 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none showed one.
- ↑ 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-26 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-26 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Jewish Blind in Israel' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1006756 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-26 screening covered 224 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers, examiners and other people and organisations 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 in company names (such as "Company Directors Limited") 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, accessed 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 "Jewish Blind in Israel" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).