Maoz UK
Sevenoaks Christian charity registered in 1999; its accounts record £7,173 spent in the financial years ending 2019–2023 from a restricted fund headed "IDF", later renamed "Mentoring"
| Maoz UK
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Other |
| Founded | 1999-06-18 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1076084 |
| Headquarters | Maoz UK, PO Box 700, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 9YZ |
| Area served | Throughout England And Wales, India, Israel, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland |
| Website | www.maozisrael.uk |
Maoz UK is a registered charity registered with the Charity Commission on 18 June 1999.[1] Its governing document is recorded as "DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 9TH DECEMBER 1997, AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTARY DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 19TH JANUARY 1999 AND SUPPLEMENTARY DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 24TH MAY 1999".[2] Its registered address is Maoz UK, PO Box 700, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 9YZ.[1] The trustees on the register are Philip Jeremy Herklots, Brian George Greenaway, Kobi Ferguson, David Hoffbrand, Neil John Hobbs, Aileen Ren Ningrui Hobbs, Patrick Lineen and Helen Lineen.[1] In the year to 31 December 2025 it reported income of £388,045 and expenditure of £469,611.[1] Its accounts record spending from a restricted fund for young people preparing for military or national service in Israel: £7,173 spent from the fund, first headed "IDF" and later "Mentoring", (financial years ending 2019–2023)[3].
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE GOSPEL OF YESHUA (JESUS) THE MESSIAH PRIMARILY AMONG JEWS BUT ALSO AMONG GENTILES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE, ISRAEL AND ELSEWHERE BY (1) PROMOTING THE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE BIBLE BY TEACHING, PREACHING AND THE PROVISION OF LITERATURE (11) PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE WORSHIP OF GOD (THE FATHER CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, HIS SON YESHUA (JESUS) THE MESSIAH AND THE HOLY SPIRIT) AND THE CELEBRATION OF THE BIBLICAL FESTIVALS AND FEASTS (111) PROMOTING THE KNOWLEDGE AMONGST CHRISTIANS OF THE TEACHING OF THE BIBLE CONCERNING THE PLACE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE IN THE PURPOSES OF GOD."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "We promote knowledge and understanding of the bible by provision of literature and by teaching. We provide funds to relieve persons who are in conditions of need or hardship."[1]
Register classifications: Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Accommodation/housing, Religious Activities, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, India, Israel, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Jeremy Herklots | 2017-06-27 | Teach All Nations - Europe (1163588) | |
| Brian George Greenaway | 2017-06-29 | British Messianic Jewish Alliance (1088805); Teach All Nations - Europe (1163588) | |
| Kobi Ferguson | 2020-06-24 | — | |
| David Hoffbrand | 2020-10-19 | The David House (1155973) | |
| Neil John Hobbs | 2022-03-07 | — | |
| Aileen Ren Ningrui Hobbs | 2022-03-07 | — | |
| Patrick Lineen | 2024-07-26 | — | |
| Helen Lineen | 2024-07-26 | — |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-31 | £391,367 | £384,814 |
| 2022-12-31 | £293,600 | £316,771 |
| 2023-12-31 | £397,528 | £349,941 |
| 2024-12-31 | £432,337 | £413,316 |
| 2025-12-31 | £388,045 | £469,611 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Funding in Israel
- The table lists every grant in the financial years ending 2016–2025 to a body supporting serving or former Israeli soldiers that the charity's accounts record, with the route as the accounts give it. Grants paid to UK charities are not stated to be earmarked for a particular project unless the table says so.
| Financial year (ending) | Recipient | Amount | Route | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Restricted fund headed "IDF" (spending in the year) | £3,946 | direct to Israel (presumed) | accounts y/e 31 December 2020 (prior-year funds table); 31 December 2019[3] |
| 2020 | Restricted fund headed "IDF" (spending in the year) | £142 | direct to Israel (presumed) | accounts y/e 31 December 2020[4] |
| 2022 | Restricted fund headed "IDF" (spending in the year) | £925 | direct to Israel (presumed) | accounts y/e 31 December 2022[5] |
| 2023 | Restricted fund headed "Mentoring", formerly the "IDF" fund (spending in the year) | £2,160 | direct to Israel (presumed) | accounts y/e 31 December 2023[6] |
Recipients. The accounts describe the restricted fund headed "IDF" as funding "Netivah projects" that "help young believers prepare spiritually for National Service"; by 2023 it had been renamed "Mentoring – Netivah and Chetzim project to support young people before military service".[7]
Israeli partners
Netivah and Chetzim, named in the restricted-fund note of the accounts.[7]
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 |
|---|---|
| No grant to a place beyond the 1949 armistice line is identified in the accounts.[7] | Not established |
Support for the IDF: Yes. The accounts record grants totalling £7,173 to the bodies listed under Funding in Israel; the routes are given there as recorded.[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;[8] 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.[9][10][11][12] 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.[13]
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).[14] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[15]
The Gazette
Searches of The Gazette for the charity's name returned 24 notices, all Companies House filing-list supplements; the insolvency feed returned none. No insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.[16]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[17]
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.[18]
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.[19]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Maoz UK" returned 0 contributions in total.[20]
Web archive
The UK Government Web Archive holds 0 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile; none were found for this charity number.
External links
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.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Maoz Uk (1076084): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 29 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Charity Commission, Maoz Uk: accounts y/e 31 December 2020 (prior-year funds table); 31 December 2019 Register of Charities.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Maoz Uk: accounts y/e 31 December 2020 Register of Charities.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Maoz Uk: accounts y/e 31 December 2022 Register of Charities, p. 15.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Maoz Uk: accounts y/e 31 December 2023 Register of Charities, p. 17 (printed p.15; note 15, statement of funds).
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Charity Commission, Maoz Uk (1076084): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts (year to 2025-12-31) downloaded 29 October 2026.
- ↑ 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 32 charities in batches 28–29, all retrieved on 29 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 32 batch-28/29 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 29 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 32 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Maoz UK' The Gazette, searched 29 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1076084 360Giving, queried 29 October 2026.
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Screening for batches 28–29 covered 317 name strings: the 32 charity names, current register trustees and the Companies House officers of the six charitable companies; the only hits were surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched.
- ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access in 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 "Maoz UK" Hansard, queried 29 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).