A tribunal has dismissed an appeal from a rabbi after his request for details of trustees at an antisemitism charity was turned down. 

The Campaign Against Antisemitism has been granted an exemption by the Charity Commission from publishing the names of its trustees for safety reasons. 

In November 2023, Rabbi Gabriel Kanter-Webber asked the Charity Commission for the names, dates of services for the charity’s trustees and a copy of any applications made by the charity, or its trustees, for exemption from the need to publish trustee names.

The regulator told Kanter-Webber in December 2023 that sections 40(2) and 41(1) of the Freedom of Information Act applied to the requested information meaning the commission could not provide it to the appellant.

Kanter-Webber then requested an internal review of the Charity Commission’s handling of the request on the basis that there was a public interest in charity trustees being identified, the judgment said.

The regulator responded in March 2024, saying it had carried out an internal review but upheld its previous response on the exemptions.

The appellant complained to the Information Commissioner in April and called for a decision notice requiring the Charity Commission to disclose the requested information.

The Information Commissioner agreed with the Charity Commission in a decision notice provided last August.

Kanter-Webber appealed the decision notice and the First Tier Tribunal dismissed his appeal last month.

A Charity Commission spokesperson said: “We welcome this decision, which confirms we applied data protection legislation correctly to the request in question.”

An ICO spokesperson said: “The commissioner is pleased that the tribunal upheld his decision.”

Kanter-Webber has been contacted for comment.