Elem Charitable Trust
Feiner and Cohen family trust in Golders Green with property, syndicate and overseas investments; its £70,421 of grants are not itemised
| Elem Charitable Trust
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 2002-10-24 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1094325 |
| Headquarters | London NW11 |
| Area served | Throughout England And Wales, Israel |
| Key people | Leo Feiner (chair) |
Elem Charitable Trust is an unincorporated trust registered on 24 October 2002; its objects are the promotion of the Orthodox Jewish faith and the relief of poverty, and its register areas are England and Wales and Israel (PDF p.3).[1][2] The register lists Leo Feiner (chair), Margareta Feiner, Sholem Feiner, Chana Ethel Cohen and Rabbi Abraham Maurice Cohen as trustees, although the accounts say Leo Feiner and A M Cohen resigned on 1 October 2024; the principal address is in London NW11 (PDF p.3).[1][2] In the year to 30 September 2025 investment income (rents, property syndicates and interest) was £87,717 and grants to institutions £70,421; funds were £1,173,047, including investment property of £777,999 after additions of £219,999 (PDF p.6–8, 10).[2] The examiner is A Heller FCA, London Accounting Group Ltd (30 July 2026).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND THE INCOME THEREOF UPON TRUST TO PAY THEREFROM ALL THE PROPER COSTS AND EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE TRUSTEES IN ESTABLISHING AND ADMINISTERING THE CHARITY AND THE TRUST FUND AND SUBJECT THERETO SHALL PAY OR APPLY THE INCOME THEREOF TO SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN SUCH MANNER AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AS THEY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE WITH POWER FOR THE TRUSTEES AT ANY TIME AND FROM TIME TO TIME TO PAY OR APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST FUND AS IF IT WAS INCOME."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "Receives donations and Investment income and donates to other organisations"[1]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chana Ethel Cohen | not recorded | — | |
| Abraham Maurice Cohen | not recorded | — | |
| Leo Feiner | not recorded | Yes | — |
| Margareta Feiner | not recorded | — | |
| Sholem Feiner | not recorded | Community Services Projects (1148951); The Hiddur C.i.o. (1188015); The Realm Charitable Trust (283144) |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-05 | Chana Ethel Cohen; Margareta Feiner; Abraham Maurice Cohen; Leo Feiner (chair); Sholem Feiner – also trustee of Community Services Projects, The Hiddur C.i.o., The Realm Charitable Trust | [3] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-30 | £43,127 | £67,264 |
| 2022-09-30 | £83,152 | £63,213 |
| 2023-09-30 | £49,213 | £64,108 |
| 2024-09-30 | £75,482 | £63,939 |
| 2025-09-30 | £87,717 | £71,369 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
- Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2014[4]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2015[5]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2016[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2017[7]
Funding in Israel
- No spending in Israel is identified; the 2024/25 grants of £70,421 are not itemised (PDF p.6).[2] Israel is a register area.[1]
Israeli partners
No 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.
| 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;[8] 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.[9][10][11][12] 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.[13]
- Trustee loans and unexplained debtor. Other creditors include "Feiner loans" of £102,762 repayable on demand, the balance owed to trustee S Feiner; other debtors of £200,000 (2024: £130,000) are not explained; £101,396 of unlisted investments is held outside the UK in a country not stated (PDF p.7, 9–10, 12).[2]
- Recipients and reserves. The grants are not itemised, and the report says "The charity does not maintain a reserve policy" (PDF p.3, 6).[2]
- Register out of date. Two trustees who the accounts say resigned on 1 October 2024 are still on the register.[2][1]
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).[14] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[15]
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.[16]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[17]
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. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.[18]
Land and property
The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[19] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[20]
- Investment property £777,999 (additions £219,999), producing rents of £34,020; addresses not stated – Accounts (PDF p.7–8, 10) (source: [2])
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Elem Charitable Trust" returned 0 contributions in total.[21]
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".[3]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 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.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 Charity Commission, Elem Charitable Trust (1094325): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Register entry 1094325, full print (capture of 20210105) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Elem Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2014-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ Elem Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2015-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ Elem Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2016-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ Elem Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2017-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ 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-18 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Sixteen registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)"; the Porter Foundation showed "up to date (1 day late)", The Persian Hebrew Community "up to date (48 days late)", Bernard Kahn Charitable Trust "up to date (33 days late)" and the Rabbi Yisroel Yehudah Peritz Charitable Trust "up to date (3 days late)"; Jassiane Limited showed "Charity reporting is overdue by 623 days"; The Friends of Birzeit University, The Friends of the Or Hachaim Educational Centre for Girls and John Hagee Ministries 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-18 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-18 charity names returned no matching charity).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Elem Charitable Trust' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1094325 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-18 screening covered 285 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the seven charitable companies, and trustees, examiners, grantees, subsidiaries 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, Cohen, Salem and Tauber) or generic words such as "Foundation", "Aid" and "People"; lists downloaded October 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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 seven charitable companies (09792270, 04952955, 00999987, 06297292, 10610690, 10824802, 11678469), on the subsidiaries named in the accounts (03069403, 03119073, 02779623, 03420847) and on the charities' registered names and named subsidiaries; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Elem Charitable Trust" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).