Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust

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Grant-making trust with investments of £2,367,922 in 2018 that gave £51,378 that year to unnamed registered charities; it transferred its funds to the Prism Charitable Trust in 2025

Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust

Type Trust (removed)
Founded 1978-02-23 (registered)
Dissolved 2025-03-17 (removed from the register: Transfer of funds)
Registration ID Registered charity 274955
Headquarters Not recorded on the register
Area served Throughout England And Wales, Israel


The Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust was established by a trust deed of 21 November 1977 and registered on 23 February 1978; on 17 March 2025 it transferred its funds to The Prism Charitable Trust (1099682-1) and was removed.[1] The register said it would "donate to registered charities only"; its areas were England and Wales and Israel, and its last reported year, to 5 April 2023, showed income of £64,425 and spending of £28,286; the 2024 return was not submitted.[1] The archived accounts for 2017/18 were signed by A. H. Sussman, M. D. Paisner and D. R. Sussman; day-to-day matters were delegated to Mrs Adrienne Hadassah Sussman and Miss Debra Sussman, and "the settlor has the right to appoint new or additional trustees during her lifetime".[2] That year donations were £51,378 (2017: £50,332), investment adviser fees £17,707 and funds £2,527,103, with no recipient named.[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES OR CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS IN SUCH PROPORTION AND MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT."[3]

The register describes its activities as: "Donate to registered charities only."[3]

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Animals.[3]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel.[3]

Trustees

The register extract holds no trustee records for removed charities.

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2010-07-07 Martin Paisner; Leslie Sussman; Adrienne Hadassah Sussman [4]
2013-05-03 Martin Paisner; Adrienne Hadassah Sussman; Debra Sussman; Adam Sussman; Neal Sussman [5]
2014-05-06 Martin Paisner; Adrienne Hadassah Sussman; Debra Sussman; Adam Sussman; Neal Sussman [6]
2018-01-03 Martin Paisner; Adrienne Hadassah Sussman; Debra Sussman; Adam Sussman; Neal Sussman [7]
2021-01-13 Neal Andrew Sussman (from 16 January 2012); Debra Ruth Sussman (from 16 January 2012); Martin Paisner – also trustee of Hadassah Medical Relief Association U.K., Yoni Jesner Foundation, The Barnett and Sylvia Shine No 2 Charitable Trust, The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (UK ) Trust, The Adler Trust, Devonshire Street Charitable Foundation, The Stuart Young Foundation, The Potel Charitable Trust, The Sir Sigmund Sternberg Charitable Foundation, The Bluston Charitable Settlement, The Sybil Shine Memorial Trust, The Rosenblatt Family Charitable Trust, The Shirley Young Charitable Trust, Janet Wolfson de Botton Charitable Trust, The Ruth and Jack Lunzer Charitable Trust, The Weizmann Institute Foundation, The Cissie Rosefield Charitable Trust, The Peter Cruddas Foundation, The Wolfson Family Charitable Trust, The Covenant and Conversation Trust, The Marcus Margulies Charitable Trust, The Stella and Alexander Margulies Charitable Trust, The Edith and Ferdinand Porjes Charitable Trust, Worcester College Oxford Endowment Trust, The Denise Cohen Charitable Trust, The Schmidt-Bodner Charitable Trust, Shaare Zedek UK, The Phillips and Rubens Charitable Trust, The Latchman Family Charitable Trust, The Paisner Charitable Trust; Adrienne Hadassah Sussman; Adam Morris Sussman (from 16 January 2012) [8]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-04-05 £44,330 £70,991
2022-04-05 £52,383 £66,599
2023-04-05 £64,425 £28,286

Source: register annual-return history.[3]

Archived accounts

Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:

  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2006[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2007[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2008[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2009[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2010[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2011[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2012[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2013[16]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2014[17]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2015[18]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2016[19]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2017[20]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2018[21]

Funding in Israel

  • No spending in Israel is recorded; the 2017/18 accounts name no recipient.[2]

Israeli partners

No Israeli partner is named.[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
No place in Israel is named.[2] Not established

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[2]

Controversies and regulatory action

  • No Charity Commission inquiry naming this charity was found; it is not named in the 2025–2026 cheque-cashing class-inquiry announcements or statement of results, and the charities in the August 2026 settlements class inquiry have not been named.[22][23][24][25][26] The register shows it as removed, giving the reason "Transfer of funds".[1]
  • Recipients not disclosed. The 2017/18 accounts give donations as a single figure with no list of recipients.[2]

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).[27] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[28]

The Gazette

Searches of The Gazette notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name found no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice.[29]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[30]

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.[31]

Land and property

The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[3] No title registers were purchased.[32]

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust", "Sussman Charitable Trust" returned 0 contributions in total.[33]

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".[8]

External links

  • No current official website.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Charity Commission, The Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust (274955): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026 ("17 March 2025: Funds transferred to 1099682-1 THE PRISM CHARITABLE TRUST").
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Charity Commission, The Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust: accounts for the year ended 5 April 2018 UK Government Web Archive, capture of 03/01/2020.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 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.
  4. ↑ Register entry 274955, contact and trustees (capture of 20100707) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 274955, contact and trustees (capture of 20130503) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Register entry 274955, contact and trustees (capture of 20140506) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ Register entry 274955, contact and trustees (capture of 20180103) UK Government Web Archive.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Register entry 274955, full print (capture of 20210113) UK Government Web Archive.
  9. ↑ Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2006-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110912).
  10. ↑ Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2007-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110912).
  11. ↑ Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2008-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110912).
  12. ↑ Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2009-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140506).
  13. ↑ Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2010-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140506).
  14. ↑ Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2011-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140506).
  15. ↑ Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2012-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140506).
  16. ↑ Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2013-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140506).
  17. ↑ Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2014-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20160105).
  18. ↑ Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2015-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20160701).
  19. ↑ Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2016-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  20. ↑ Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2017-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  21. ↑ Adrienne and Leslie Sussman Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2018-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  22. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  23. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  24. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  25. ↑ 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).
  26. ↑ 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").
  27. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-20 charity names found no matching Scottish registration (a name-only hit for "Sheila & Denis Cohen Charitable Trust" was not established to be connected with the Cohen Charitable Trust and is disregarded).
  28. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-20 charity names returned zero results).
  29. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Sussman Charitable Trust' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  30. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-274955 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  31. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-20 screening covered 272 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the five charitable companies, and trustees, examiners and other people and bodies named in the accounts and sources read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; token matches were surname-only coincidences (for example Weiss, Sara, Masri, Cohen) or generic words in organisation names (Limited, Company, Trust).
  32. ↑ 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.
  33. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Sussman Charitable Trust" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
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