Hawtree Cove Trust
Family grant-making trust administered from its accountants' office in north London, which received £44,801 and gave £45,000 in 2024/25 and accepts applications from "England, the US and Isreal" [sic]
| Hawtree Cove Trust
| |
|---|---|
| Logo |  Ballards Lane, Finchley (2016); the Hawtree Cove Trust's principal address is the office of its accountants on this road |
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 2013-12-13 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1155002 |
| Headquarters | London N3 (office of the charity's accountants) |
| Area served | Camden, City Of Westminster, Israel, United States |
Hawtree Cove Trust was registered with the Charity Commission on 13 December 2013; its principal address is the office of its accountants, BKL Audit LLP, in London N3.[1][2] The trustees' report for the year to 30 June 2025 names the trustees as Daniel Webber (chair), Lionel Curry, Diane Webber and Katie Hyman, matching the register; a January 2021 archived register entry also lists James Mark Whiteley, appointed on 10 May 2017.[2][3][4] It says "Applications from any geographical area within England, the US and Isreal are eligible" [sic].[2] Donations received were £44,801 (2024: £1,616), and note 3 records donations made of £45,000; the report says that "total resources expended in the year totalled -£480, being bank charges and professional fees", and closing funds were £281.[2] The accounts were examined by Jake Lew FCA of BKL Audit LLP on 18 December 2025.[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, IN PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY:• THE RELIEF OF NEEDS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE.• RELIEF OF POVERTY & SICKNESS.• ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION.• ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH RELIGION.• PROMOTING RECREATION IN FURTHERANCE OF SOCIAL WELFARE."[3]
The register describes its activities as: "Such charitable purposes for the public benefit as are exclusively charitable according to the Laws for England and Wales as the Trustees may from time to time determine in particularly but no exclusively; The relief of needs of elderly people, relief of poverty and sickness, advancement of education, advancement of the Jewish religion, promoting recreation in furtherance of social welfare."[3]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation.[3]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Camden, City Of Westminster, Israel, United States.[3]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[3]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katie Hyman | 2013-08-14 | — | |
| D Webber | 2013-08-14 | — | |
| Lionel Curry | 2013-11-12 | — | |
| Diane Webber | 2022-03-31 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-06 | James Mark Whiteley (from 10 May 2017); D Webber (from 14 August 2013); Katie Hyman (from 14 August 2013); Lionel Curry (from 12 November 2013) | [5] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-06-30 | £0 | £480 |
| 2022-06-30 | £70,254 | £53,429 |
| 2023-06-30 | £10,250 | £51,557 |
| 2024-06-30 | £1,616 | £1,623 |
| 2025-06-30 | £44,801 | £44,520 |
Source: register annual-return history.[3]
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
Funding in Israel
- Year to 30 June 2025: donations of £45,000; no recipient or place is named.[2]
Israeli partners
No Israeli partner is named. The report says applications from Israel are eligible.[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]
- Contradictory cost figures. The detailed accounts show the independent examination fee as a credit of £960 against charitable expenditure of £44,520, while notes 6 and 7 give the fee as £480 (2024: £180), and the report describes total spending as "-£480".[2]
- Template wording and withdrawn framework. The accounts say the charity was "incorporated on 11 December 2013", although the register records it as a trust, and refer to a SORP that has been withdrawn.[2][1]
- Recipients not named. The accounts do not say who received the £45,000 in donations.[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).[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.[18]
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.[19]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Hawtree Cove Trust" returned 0 contributions in total.[20]
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".[5]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Charity Commission, Hawtree Cove Trust (1155002): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 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, Hawtree Cove Trust (1155002): 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.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Hawtree Cove Trust (1155002): full print UK Government Web Archive, capture of 06/01/2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 1155002, full print (capture of 20210106) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Hawtree Cove Trust accounts, year ended 2014-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ Hawtree Cove Trust accounts, year ended 2016-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
- ↑ 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-23 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none was shown.
- ↑ 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-23 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-23 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Hawtree Cove' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1155002 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-23 screening covered 249 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and other people named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies; the only hits were generic words (such as "Trust", "Company Limited" in the name of a corporate formation agent, and ".com") and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 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.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Hawtree Cove" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).