C H (1980) Charitable Trust
The C H (1980) Charitable Trust (no 279481) is a small grant-making charity set up via a trust deed dated 8th February 1980 by George Richard Pinto with a deposit of £100.[1] It disburses grants to with a particular focus on Jewish and conservative and zionist recipients.
For example it has supported conservative zionist organisations such as the UK based Anglo-Israel Association and the Israel-Diaspora Trust and the controversial Israel based Jerusalem Foundation which is implicated in construction activity on Israeli occupied territory in East Jerusalem in contravention of international law. In addition it has given money to Stanley Kalms Traditional Alternatives Foundation which then passed money to the Centre for Social Cohesion. (See below).
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), The A M Charitable Trust (no 260991), The GP Charitable Trust (no 1115903), The Richard Carne Trust (no 264994), The Sir Mark And Lady Turner Charitable Settlement.[2] This has the result that no trustees names appear on the Charity Commission website.
Grant Recipients
| Grant recipients of the CH (1980) Charitable Trust in £ sterling [3] | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organisation | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Total (£) |
| Anglo Israel Association | 6,700 | 14,150 | 8,300 | 9,600 | 12,000 | 22,000 | 16,600 | 89,350 | |||||||
| Anne Frank Trust UK | 500 | 500 | |||||||||||||
| B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 2,000 | 500 | 500 | 9,000 | |||||
| British Friends of Bar-Ilan | 1,000 | 1,000 | 2,000 | ||||||||||||
| British Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem in Great Britain | 5,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | ||||||||||||
| British Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem | 10,000 | 10,000 | |||||||||||||
| British Friends of the Israel Free Loan Association | 4,000 | 4,000 | 5,000 | 13,000 | |||||||||||
| British Friends of the Israel Guide Dogs Centre for the Blind | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 500 | 2,500 | |||||||||
| British ORT | 17,000 | 17,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 74,000 | ||||||||||
| British Technion Society | 12,000 | 12,000 | |||||||||||||
| Community Security Trust | 3,000 | 3,000 | |||||||||||||
| Friends of the Hebrew University | 200 | 200 | |||||||||||||
| Institute of Jewish Policy | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 3,000 | |||||||||||
| Israel Diaspora Trust | 3,000 | 3,000 | 8,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 35,000 | |||||
| Israel Guide Dogs for the Blind | 500 | 500 | 500 | 1,500 | |||||||||||
| Jerusalem Foundation | 14,000 | 18,000 | 47,000 | 16,000 | 31,000 | 38,000 | 40,000 | 38,000 | 242,000 | ||||||
| Jewish Care | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 100,000 | |||||||||
| Leonard Chesire Foundation | 300 | 300 | |||||||||||||
| Maccabi GB | 2,000 | 2,000 | |||||||||||||
| Magen David Adom | 10,000 | 15,000 | 25,000 | ||||||||||||
| Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies | 21,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 122,000 | 102,000 | 37,000 | 35,000 | 617,000 | ||||||
| Simon Marks Jewish Primary School | 15,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Alternatives Foundation | 25,000 | 25,000 | |||||||||||||
| UK Friends of the Association for the Welfare of Israel's Soldiers | 2,000 | 5,000 | 7,000 | ||||||||||||
| UK Friends of IDC | 5,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | ||||||||||||
| United Jewish Israel Appeal | 15,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 35,000 | |||||||||||
| West London Synagogue Charitable Fund | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 3,900 | 3,000 | 3,000 | 6,000 | 30,900 | |||||
| William Sharon Memorial Fund | 20,000 | 20,000 | |||||||||||||
| World Jewish Relief | 15,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 55,000 | |||||||||||
| Unspecified (total) | 17,500 | 17,500 | |||||||||||||
The accounts for the years ended 2014-04-05 and 2015-04-05 were read from copies of the Charity Commission files held by the UK Government Web Archive.[4][5] The trust was established by a settlement deed dated 8 February 1980; its sole trustee in both years was Kleinwort Benson Trustees Limited. Total incoming resources were £125,745 in 2013–14 and about £40,268 in 2014–15 (one digit of the 2014–15 figure is unclear in the scanned copy).[4][5]
| Recipient | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Jerusalem Foundation | 31,000 | 13,000 |
| British Technion Society | 15,000 | |
| Weizmann UK | 15,000 | |
| United Jewish Israel Appeal | 15,000 | |
| Friends of the Hebrew University | 10,000 | |
| Magen David Adom UK | 10,000 | |
| Israel Diaspora Trust | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| Anglo Israel Association | 1,500 | |
| Israel Guide Dogs for the Blind | 500 | 500 |
Sources: the grants note in each year's accounts.[4][5] The largest grant in 2013–14 was £102,000 to the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.[4]
Findings are graded by confidence. "Partner" findings concern the recipient organisation, not proven use of UK funds.
| Finding | Confidence |
|---|---|
| £31,000 in 2013–14 and £13,000 in 2014–15 to the Jerusalem Foundation, whose UK accounts list projects in occupied East Jerusalem (graded on its page).[4][5] | Low – via a UK intermediary |
Contact
- c/o Kleinwort Benson
- 14 St. George Street,
- London, W1S 1FE
- Tel: 020 3207 7091
Notes
- ↑ G R Pinto esq. and Kleinwort, Benson (Trustees) Limited, Charitable Trust Deed, 8 February 1980.
- ↑ Charity Commission Find Charities
- ↑ Data compiled from filings at the Charity Commission. Data for financial year ended 5 April
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 C H (1980) Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2014-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 C H (1980) Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2015-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).