Andrew Balint Charitable Trust
Balint family investment trust with funds of £1,730,421 that gave £60,250 in 2024/25 without naming any recipient; it is administered jointly with the George Balint Charitable Trust
| Andrew Balint Charitable Trust
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 1961-01-01 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 273691 |
| Headquarters | Edgware HA8 (office of the charity's accountants) |
| Area served | Hungary, Israel, Romania |
The Andrew Balint Charitable Trust was established by a trust deed of 5 May 1977; the register records 1 January 1961 as a default registration date, and on 6 July 2016 it received funds from The Paul Balint Charitable Trust (273690).[1] Its object is to fund other charitable institutions in the UK and abroad, and its register areas are Hungary, Israel and Romania (PDF p.4).[1][2] The trustees named in the accounts for the year to 5 April 2025 are D M Balint-Kurti, Dr G Balint-Kurti and R D Balint-Kurti (P J Balint-Kurti resigned on 24 April 2024); the accountants and independent examiner are Stephen Chevern FCA of Passer Chevern & Co, Edgware, and the investment advisers Evelyn Partners (PDF p.2).[2] Investment income was £60,444 and donations £60,250 (2024: £135,700); broker fees were £14,351 and funds fell from £1,788,819 to £1,730,421 after a £37,005 investment loss (PDF p.4, 8).[2] "The Andrew Balint Charitable Trust and The George Balint Charitable Trust operate from the same premises and are jointly administered" (PDF p.5).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "TO PAY OR APPLY THE CAPITAL AND INCOME TO OR TOWARDS OR FOR THE BENEDIT OF SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES, CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS OR CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS, AND IN SUCH MANNER AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AS THE TRUTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE."[3]
The register describes its activities as: "The principal objects of the trust are to provide funds to assist other charitable institutions and foundations both in the United Kingdom and abroad to acheive their respective objectives."[3]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives.[3]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Hungary, Israel, Romania.[3]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[3]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roy David Balint-Kurti | not recorded | — | |
| Gabriel Geza Balint-Kurti | not recorded | — | |
| Daniel Mark Balint-Kurti | not recorded | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-06 | Roy David Balint-Kurti – also trustee of Finchley Progressive Synagogue, The Finchley Progressive Synagogue; Agnes Balint; Daniel Mark Balint-Kurti; Peter John Balint-Kurti (from 17 August 2014); Gabriel Geza Balint-Kurti | [4] |
| 2021-07-02 | Roy David Balint-Kurti – also trustee of Finchley Progressive Synagogue, The Finchley Progressive Synagogue; Daniel Mark Balint-Kurti; Peter John Balint-Kurti (from 17 August 2014); Gabriel Geza Balint-Kurti | [5] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-05 | £45,349 | £91,948 |
| 2022-04-05 | £29,617 | £86,159 |
| 2023-04-05 | £65,070 | £77,586 |
| 2024-04-05 | £63,874 | £163,582 |
| 2025-04-05 | £60,444 | £81,837 |
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 05/04/2015[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2016[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2017[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2018[9]
Funding in Israel
- No spending in Israel is identified; the accounts name no recipient (PDF p.4, 8).[2]
Israeli partners
No Israeli partner is named. The register lists Hungary, Israel and Romania as areas of operation.[2][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 |
|---|---|
| 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, Official Warning or Gazette insolvency notice naming this charity was found, and its register entry shows no regulatory alert;[10] 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.[11][12][13][14] 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.[15]
- Recipients not named. No recipient of the £60,250 in donations is named anywhere in the accounts (PDF p.4, 8–13).[2]
- Errors. The report gives the prior-year figure as "(2023: £135,700)" for 2024; the balance sheet shows funds of £1,730,422 against £1,730,421 in the statement of financial activities; and the examiner notes use of the withdrawn 2005 SORP (PDF p.4, 6, 8).[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).[16] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[17]
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.[18]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[19]
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.[20]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[3] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[21]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Andrew Balint Charitable Trust" returned 0 contributions in total.[22]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Charity Commission, The Andrew Balint Charitable Trust (273691): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Charity Commission, Andrew Balint Charitable Trust (273691): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 273691, full print (capture of 20210106) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Register entry 273691, full print (capture of 20210702) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Andrew Balint Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2015-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ Andrew Balint Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2016-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ Andrew Balint Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2017-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ Andrew Balint Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2018-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ 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-21 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Twenty registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)" and the J S and N Hodari Charitable Trust "Charity reporting is up to date (33 days late)"; the other four (Friends of the Israel Aged, Eizer Le'Zedoko, Truevine Christians International and the Olive Tree Reconciliation Fund) showed "Removed charity".
- ↑ 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-21 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-21 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Andrew Balint Charitable Trust' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-273691 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-21 screening covered 246 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 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 Levy, Cohen, Phillips, Smith) or generic words in organisation names (Limited, Trust, International).
- ↑ 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 "Andrew Balint Charitable Trust" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).