Courtlands Charitable Trust

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Salford Orthodox Jewish trust, also called New Hall Trust, that reports investment properties of £573,000 although the register says it holds no land; it gave £46,156 in 2024/25 to over 50 unnamed institutions

Courtlands Charitable Trust

Type Trust
Founded 2010-11-01 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1138734
Headquarters Salford M7
Area served City Of London, Bury, Manchester City, Salford City, Israel, United States
Key people Steven David Cope (chair)


Courtlands Charitable Trust (working name New Hall Trust) was established by a trust deed of 10 August 2010 and registered on 1 November 2010; its principal address is in Salford M7.[1][2] Its objects are Orthodox Jewish education and religion and the relief of financial hardship of "persons of the Jewish faith who are in need in the UK and in Israel".[1] The trustees' report for the year to 31 March 2025 names Mr S D Cope (chair) and Mrs V E Cope; the register also lists Zev Brodie and Naftali Yehuda Cope (both from 31 October 2024); the independent examiner is Graff FCCA of Whiteside and Davies, Salford M6 (PDF p.1).[2][3] The trust "focused its support to over 50 charitable institutions", some helping families who cannot provide for themselves or with "urgently needed medical expenses", others promoting Orthodox Jewish religious education (PDF p.5).[2] Receipts were £53,728, mainly rental income of £52,102; payments were £58,249, including grants of £46,156 and legal fees of £6,797 (PDF p.10).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "THE ADVANCEMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION INCLUDING EDUCATION IN THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH AND THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES ANCILLARY THERETO; THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF THE JEWISH RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORTHODOX TENETS THERE OF. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS OF THE JEWISH FAITH WHO ARE IN NEED TO ENABLE THEM TO OBSERVE AND PERFORM THE RITES AND PRACTICES OF THE JEWISH RELIGION."[3]

The register describes its activities as: "The relief of financial hardship by the provision of financial assistance to persons of the Jewish faith who are in need in the UK and in Israel. The advancement of education in the orthodox Jewish faith and the advancement and promotion of the Jewish religion for the benefit of the public in accordance with the orthodox tenets thereof."[3]

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities.[3]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: City Of London, Bury, Manchester City, Salford City, Israel, United States.[3]

Trustees

Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[3]

Trustees of Courtlands Charitable Trust (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Steven David Cope not recorded Yes —
Victoria Esther Cope not recorded —
Zev Brodie 2024-10-31 Aguda Keren L'dovid (280599); Manchester Gemilas Chesed (1210005); Special Spirits (1194376)
Naftali Yehuda Cope 2024-10-31 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2021-01-13 Steven David Cope (chair); Victoria Esther Cope [4]

Zev Brodie is also a register trustee of Aguda Keren L'Dovid (280599), Manchester Gemilas Chesed (1210005) and Special Spirits (1194376).[3]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-03-31 £82,829 £99,463
2022-03-31 £43,073 £90,290
2023-03-31 £69,458 £81,715
2024-03-31 £47,803 £56,963
2025-03-31 £56,178 £58,249

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 31/03/2015[5]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[6]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2019[9]

Funding in Israel

  • No spending in Israel is identified; the accounts name no recipient (PDF p.5, 10).[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, 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]
  • Property not on the register. The statement of assets lists investment properties worth £573,000, but the register says the charity does not own or lease land or property (PDF p.11).[2][1]
  • Cash discrepancy. The receipts and payments account ends with cash of −£10,181, while the statement of assets shows a bank balance of £39 (PDF p.10–11).[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] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[22]

  • Investment properties of £573,000, although the register says the charity does not own or lease land or property; addresses not stated – Accounts (PDF p.11) (source: [2])

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Courtlands Charitable Trust", "New Hall Trust" returned 0 contributions in total.[23]

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Charity Commission, Courtlands Charitable Trust (1138734): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Charity Commission, Courtlands Charitable Trust (1138734): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 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. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1138734, full print (capture of 20210113) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Courtlands Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  6. ↑ Courtlands Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  7. ↑ Courtlands Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  8. ↑ Courtlands Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  9. ↑ Courtlands Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2019-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  10. ↑ 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".
  11. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  12. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  13. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  14. ↑ 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).
  15. ↑ 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").
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ 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).
  18. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Courtlands Charitable Trust' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  19. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1138734 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  20. ↑ 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).
  21. ↑ 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.
  22. ↑ HM Land Registry, UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD) and Overseas companies that own property in England and Wales (OCOD) full extracts, October 2026 release, matched on the company numbers of the five charitable companies in this batch (03214634, 03778491, 05638439, 02329032, 06764170) and on the charities' registered names; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.
  23. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Courtlands Charitable Trust" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
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