A M Charitable Trust
The The A M Charitable Trust (no 256283), is a small grant-making charity set up via a trust deed dated 18th March 1968 in the name of Ann Catherine Marks in the amount of 18,000 Marks and Spencer Limited Ordinary shares of 5/- each.[1] It disburses grants to with a particular focus on Jewish causes including conservative and Zionist recipients as well as on health related causes. Ann Catherine marks, formerly Ann Catherine Pinto is the daughter of Major Richard James Pinto. She married Michael Marks, 2nd Baron Marks of Broughton, son of Simon Marks, 1st Baron Marks of Broughton and Miriam Sieff, on 10 January 1949.1 She and Michael Marks, 2nd Baron Marks of Broughton were divorced in 1958.[2] She is the sister of George Richard Pinto.
For example it has supported the UK Friends of the Association for the Welfare of Israel's Soldiers, the controversial Israel based Jerusalem Foundation which is implicated in construction activity on Israeli occupied territory in East Jerusalem in contravention of international law. It has also supported Israel lobby groups and organisations involved in attempting to counter Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaigns such as WIZO UK and the Weizmann Institute Foundation (See below for details of finances).
Trustees
The Trust is run by a firm called Kleinwort Benson Trustees Limited which also runs a number of other similar charities including the G R P Charitable Trust (no 255733),C H (1980) Charitable Trust (no 279481), The GP Charitable Trust (no 260991), The Richard Carne Trust (no 1115903), The Sir Mark And Lady Turner Charitable Settlement (no 264994).[3]
Name | Role | Date Appointed[4] |
---|---|---|
Simon Marks | Chair | 28 May 2019 |
Julian Challis | Trustee | 28 May 2019 |
Naomi Ann Marks | Trustee | 28 May 2019 |
Sarah Radomir | Trustee | 28 May 2019 |
- Naomi Marks is reported to be a 'Marks and Spencer heiress'.[5]
Donations
Grant recipients of the A M Charitable Trust in £ sterling[6] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Organisation | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Total 2008-2021 | |||
Alder Hey Children's Hospital | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 | |||
Age UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 3,000 | |||
Alzheimer's Research Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 6,000 | |||
Barts and The London Charity | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,500 | |||
Blenheim Community Drug Project | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | |||
Bletchley Park Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500 | |||
Blond McIndoe Research Foundation | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 1,500 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15,000 | |||
Boys Town Jerusalem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,000 | 0 | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,000 | |||
Brain Research Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 | 0 | 500 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 1,400 | |||
Brainwave Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 | |||
British Friends of Israel Free Loan Association | 4,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,000 | |||
British Heart Foundation | 0 | 100 | 2,100 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66,200 | |||
British ORT | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30,000 | |||
British Technion Society | 0 | 0 | 12,000 | 12,000 | 0 | 14,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38,000 | |||
British WIZO | 500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500 | |||
Cancer Research Campaign | 2,500 | 0 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51,500 | |||
Carnyx and Co | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20,282 | 20,282 | |||
Children's Country Holiday Fund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 0 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 300 | |||
Code Redd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15,409 | 0 | 21,938 | 37,347 | |||
Contact the Elderly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 400 | |||
Crimestopper's Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 600 | |||
Cued Speech Association UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 | |||
Deafblind UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 400 | |||
Deafness Research UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 | |||
Demand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 | |||
Disabilities Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 400 | |||
Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem | 0 | 0 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 0 | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15,000 | |||
Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40,000 | |||
Friends of Yad Sarah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 800 | |||
Help the Aged | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | |||
Israel Free Loan Association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,000 | 0 | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,000 | |||
Jewish Deaf Association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 400 | |||
Jerusalem Foundation | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60,000 | |||
Jewish Care | 100 | 20,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20,100 | |||
KIND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 | |||
Kent Air Ambulance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | |||
Kent Mining Heritage Foundation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250 | |||
League of Jewish Women | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500 | |||
Leonard Cheshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 300 | 0 | 0 | 300 | |||
Magen David Adom UK | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11,000 | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61,000 | |||
Medical Engineering Resource Unit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | |||
Music for Blind | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 200 | |||
National Gallery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,500 | |||
National Music for the Blind | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 | |||
National Osteopporosis Society | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | |||
Neville Brown Fund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 200 | |||
New Marlowe Theatre Development Trust | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | |||
Norwood Ravenswood Child Care | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12,000 | |||
Oxford & St George's Jewish Youth & Community Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 | |||
PHAB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 | |||
Pain Relief Foundation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 500 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 1,200 | |||
Phoenix Futures | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | |||
Protect of Nature | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 | |||
Royal Academy of Music | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | |||
RAF Association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 400 | |||
RAF Benevolent Fund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 900 | |||
Royal College of Music | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 400 | |||
Royal Opera House | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 105 | 105 | |||
Samaritans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 | |||
Seeing Ear | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | |||
SEM Charitable Trust | 0 | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,150 | |||
Sir John Soane Museum | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 500 | |||
Sports Aid Trust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 400 | |||
St Loye's Foundation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 400 | |||
Stroke Association | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 500 | 500 | 0 | 0 | 1,200 | |||
Thames Diamond Jubilee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | |||
UK Friends of AWIS | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,000 | |||
UK Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 300 | |||
Wallace Collection | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75,000 | 75,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156,500 | |||
Weizmann Institute Foundation | 12,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 | 12,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68,000 | |||
West London Synagogue | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,595 | 3,595 | |||
World Jewish Relief | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60,000 | |||
YAD Vashem UK Foundation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 200 | 0 | 0 | 400 | |||
Young Musicians Symphony Orchestra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 750 | 250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,000 | |||
Youth Aliyah - Child Rescue | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135,000 | |||
Total specified donations | 84,600 | 86,750 | 88,600 | 162,500 | 138,500 | 47,000 | 0 | 0 | 92,100 | 99,750 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 799,800 | |||
Donations less than £1,000 | 7,900 | 4,895 | 7,000 | 4,600 | 6,750 | 2,200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33,345 | |||
Total | 92,500 | 91,645 | 95,600 | 167,100 | 145,250 | 49,200 | 0 | 0 | 92,100 | 99,750 | 110,400 | 24,309 | 0 | 45,920 | 1,013,774 |
Notes
- ↑ Trust Deed AM Charitable Trust, 18 March 1968.
- ↑ https://www.thepeerage.com/p36838.htm#i368379
- ↑ Charity Commission Find Charities
- ↑ Trustees, Charity Commission, retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ↑ https://nypost.com/2015/05/19/this-chic-hamptons-wine-heiress-is-also-a-budding-fashionista/
- ↑ Data compiled from filings at the Charity Commission. Data for financial year ended 5 April