J E Joseph Charitable Fund

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1939 endowment run by a trustee company, giving about £55,000 a year to unnamed "Israeli" causes

J E Joseph Charitable Fund
Type Other
Logo
Founded 1962-09-22 (registered)
Founder(s)
Dissolved
Registration ID Registered charity 209058
Status
Headquarters Radlett WD7
Location
Area served Throughout London, Manchester City, India, Israel, Hong Kong
Services
Registration
Key people
Website
Remarks


J E Joseph Charitable Fund is governed by a will and codicil proved on 29 August 1946 and schemes of 1956–2019, and its endowment dates from an initial founding gift of £75,000 in 1939; it was registered on 22 September 1962, with register areas of London, Manchester, India, Israel and Hong Kong.[1][2] Its sole trustee is J. E. Joseph Trustee Company Limited (11400999), appointed on 5 April 2019; the chairman is Robert Shemtob and the secretary Roger Leon, with a principal office in Radlett WD7 and Sopher + Co LLP as accountants (PDF p.3, 5).[1][2] It makes grants to Jewish charities for poverty relief, education, religion and other purposes, in the UK and overseas (PDF p.4). In the year to 5 April 2026 investment income was £130,041, spending £231,097 and grants £171,500, of which £55,500 (2025: £49,000) were "Israeli"; total funds were £6,338,901, including an endowment of £6,220,820 (PDF p.10–11, 16–17).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES NAMELY:- A) RELIEF OF POVERTY. B) RELIEF OF AFFLICTIONS OR SUFFERING OF POOR JEWS. C) ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION. D) ADVANCEMENT OF JEWISH RELIGION. E) OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITIES."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "Make grants to Jewish charities for:-Relief of poverty-Relief of afflictions or suffering-Advancement of education-Advancement of Jewish religion-Other charitable objects"[1]

Register classifications: 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 London, Manchester City, India, Israel, Hong Kong.[1]

Trustees

Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]

Trustees of J E Joseph Charitable Fund (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
J E Joseph Trustee Company Limited 2019-04-05 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2010-07-10 Susan Kendal; John Corre; Stanley Horesh Abe Simon; Peter Sheldon Jp; Edward Mocatta [3]
2011-01-27 Susan Kendal; John Corre; Stanley Horesh Abe Simon; Peter Sheldon Jp; Edward Mocatta; Robert Shemtob [4]
2018-01-05 Susan Kendal; John Corre Abe Simon; Edward Mocatta; Robert Shemtob; Mark Sabah; Stephen Pack [5]
2021-01-15 J. E. Joseph; Company Limited (from 05 April 2019) [6]

The trustee company's directors are John Howard Abraham Corré (resident in Israel), Susan Joyce Kendal, Suzanne Naomi Magnus, Helen Isabelle Myer, Stephen Howard John Pack, Denny Raphael Sabah, Robert Alan Shemtob and Abraham Moses Simon, with Roger Jack Winston Leon as secretary; Edward Charles Benjamin Mocatta resigned on 18 December 2024 and Mark André Sabah on 19 June 2025.[7] The register's company-number field for the charity holds 11400999, the trustee company's number; the charity itself is not a company.[1]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2022-04-05 £93,849 £193,683
2023-04-05 £101,076 £199,215
2024-04-05 £126,381 £210,238
2025-04-05 £136,119 £204,224
2026-04-05 £130,041 £231,097

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 05/04/2015[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2016[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2017[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2018[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2019[12]

Funding in Israel

  • FY2026 "Israeli" grants £55,500 (2025: £49,000), out of total grants of £171,500; the accounts name no recipients (PDF p.16–17).[2]

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.

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;[13] 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.[14][15][16][17] 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.[18]
  • Recipients not named. Grants are reported only by category – Home General £103,500, Home Schools £12,500 and Israeli £55,500 (PDF p.16–17).[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).[19] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[20]

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.[21]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[22]

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.[23]

Land and property

The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[24]

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "J E Joseph Charitable Fund" returned 0 contributions in total.[25]

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".[6]

External links

  • No current official website.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 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. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Charity Commission, J E Joseph Charitable Fund (209058): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 209058, contact and trustees (capture of 20100710) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ Register entry 209058, contact and trustees (capture of 20110127) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 209058, contact and trustees (capture of 20180105) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Register entry 209058, full print (capture of 20210115) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ Companies House, J. E. JOSEPH TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED (11400999): officers Find and update company information, viewed 16 October 2026.
  8. ↑ J E Joseph Charitable Fund accounts, year ended 2015-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  9. ↑ J E Joseph Charitable Fund accounts, year ended 2016-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  10. ↑ J E Joseph Charitable Fund accounts, year ended 2017-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  11. ↑ J E Joseph Charitable Fund accounts, year ended 2018-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  12. ↑ J E Joseph Charitable Fund accounts, year ended 2019-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  13. ↑ 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-15 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Nineteen registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)"; The Kolel Limited showed "up to date (85 days late)" and Practical Compassion for Destitute Children "up to date (2 days late)"; Lionel Black Charitable Trust, Friends of Horim Establishments Tel Aviv and Arad, Prayer for Israel (326132) and The Maurice Wohl Charitable Trust showed "Removed charity".
  14. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  15. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  16. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  17. ↑ 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).
  18. ↑ 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").
  19. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-15 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
  20. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-15 charity names returned no matching charity; the only result, for "Donkey", was an unrelated Belfast organisation).
  21. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'J E Joseph Charitable Fund' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  22. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-209058 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  23. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-15 screening covered 227 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the three charitable companies and of J. E. Joseph Trustee Company Limited, directors of the dissolved Friends of Horim company (01966551), and trustees, executive-committee members, 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 Hassan, Friedman, Cohen and Sabah) or the generic words "Company Limited"; lists downloaded October 2026.
  24. ↑ 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.
  25. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "J E Joseph Charitable Fund" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
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