Jerusalem Foundation Trustees Limited
UK corporate trustee of The Jerusalem Foundation charity (258306)
| Jerusalem Foundation Trustees Limited
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Private company limited by guarantee; corporate trustee |
| Founded | 20 March 2007 |
| Location | 20 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8HA |
| Key people | Howard Leigh, Baron Leigh of Hurley (chairman) Martin Paisner (director and secretary) Lesley King-Lewis (CEO, Jerusalem Foundation UK) |
| Website | https://jerusalemfoundation.org/the-jerusalem-foundation-uk/ |
Jerusalem Foundation Trustees Limited (company number 06174036) is a British private company limited by guarantee without share capital, incorporated on 20 March 2007. It is the sole trustee of the unincorporated charity The Jerusalem Foundation (charity number 258306, registered 14 April 1969), which operates in Britain as the Jerusalem Foundation (UK). The company files dormant / non-trading accounts (SIC 74990). Registered office: 20 Gloucester Place, London W1U 8HA, the same address as Prism the Gift Fund, which has administered the UK arm.[1][2][3]
The charity raises money in Britain for the Jerusalem-based Jerusalem Foundation, founded by Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek. UK objects on the Charity Commission register are preservation of religious sites, temples and monuments of Jerusalem; excavation, repair and upkeep of historic sites and antiquities of “permanent educational value”; and educational or religious projects in Jerusalem that are exclusively charitable. Activity is grant-making.[2][4]
Charity finances
Year to 31 December 2024: income £3,006,831 (almost all donations and legacies: £2.97 million; investments £34,550); expenditure £3,650,700 (charitable activities £3.60 million; raising funds £46,890). One employee. No trading subsidiary. Gift Aid recognised. On 27 February 2025 the charity received funds from the Davidson Family Charitable Trust (charity 262937). Area of operation includes Israel.[2][5]
The 2024 accounts name related-party gifts including Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation £414,957 (2023: £432,365); Guy Naggar £nil (2023: £90,200); Howard Leigh, Baron Leigh of Hurley £2,550 (2023: £11,300); and Morris Leigh Foundation £nil (2023: £50,000). Martin Paisner is a director of the corporate trustee and a trustee of the Wohl foundations, the Marcus Margulies Charitable Trust and the Morris Leigh Foundation; Leigh is also a Morris Leigh Foundation trustee.[6]
People
UK website (as listed): chairman Howard Leigh, Baron Leigh of Hurley; founder Leslie Paisner (deceased); treasurer Joanne Turner; board Vivien Duffield, Arik Grebelsky, Leigh, David Lyons, Carolyn Mishon, Guy Naggar, Martin Paisner, Michael Rosenfeld, Turner. Leigh has been a director of the corporate trustee since incorporation on 20 March 2007 and was appointed UK chairman in January 2016. Paisner has been director and company secretary since 20 March 2007.[3][7][8]
In July 2026 Lesley King-Lewis succeeded Susan Winton as UK chief executive after Winton’s nearly 14 years. Leigh said the UK body “connect[s] donors with specific projects that strengthen communities, nurture cultural life and invest in the next generation of leaders in Jerusalem – continuing a vision set out by our founder, the late Teddy Kollek.” King-Lewis had run Action on Addiction, the Man Group Charitable Trust and the Benefact Trust.[4]
Current directors of the corporate trustee
Companies House and the 2024 accounts:[7][6][9]
| Name | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Martin David Paisner CBE (also secretary) | 20 March 2007 |
| Howard Leigh, Baron Leigh of Hurley | 20 March 2007 |
| Dame Vivien Louise Duffield DBE | 31 March 2008 |
| Guy Anthony Naggar | 31 March 2008 |
| Joanne Frances Turner | 1 November 2017 |
| Carolyn Louise Mishon | 23 January 2018 |
| Michael Gary Rosenfeld | 31 July 2018 |
| Aharon Grebelsky (Arik; Israeli) | 20 January 2025 |
| David Stephen Lyons | 19 May 2025 |
Shai Doron (Israeli; president of the Jerusalem Foundation in Israel) was a UK director from 9 June 2020 until 29 July 2024.[6][9]
Former directors
| Name | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Simon Worms | 31 March 2008 | 23 September 2009 |
| Harry Djanogly | 31 March 2008 | 1 January 2010 |
| Alexander Bernstein | 31 March 2008 | 12 April 2010 |
| Jane Biran | 31 March 2008 | 20 September 2010 |
| Andrew Stone, Baron Stone of Blackheath | 31 March 2008 | 20 September 2010 |
| George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld | 31 March 2008 | 20 September 2010 |
| Joseph Dwek | 20 September 2010 | 3 February 2011 |
| Ruth Cheshin | 31 March 2008 | 31 October 2011 |
| Anthony Bloom | 31 March 2008 | 27 February 2012 |
| David Pannick, Baron Pannick | 31 March 2008 | 1 April 2013 |
| Jane Rayne | 31 March 2008 | 13 May 2014 |
| Mark Sofer | 12 January 2012 | 1 November 2014 |
| Claus Moser, Baron Moser | 31 March 2008 | 4 September 2015 |
| Yohanna Arbib | 1 July 2015 | 31 July 2018 |
| Peter Halban | 31 March 2008 | 18 January 2016 / 1 November 2017 |
| Janet de Botton | 31 March 2008 | 1 November 2017 |
| Naomi Perahia | 20 September 2010 | 1 November 2017 |
| Robert Rayne | 31 March 2008 | 1 November 2017 |
| Anthony Rosenfelder | 20 September 2010 | 1 November 2017 |
| Peter Sheldon | 20 September 2010 | 1 November 2017 |
| Annabelle Weidenfeld | 20 September 2010 | 1 November 2017 |
| Harry Woolf, Baron Woolf | 31 March 2008 | 1 November 2017 |
| Michael Ziff | 9 November 2010 | 1 November 2017 |
| Diane Steinberg | 31 July 2018 | 26 August 2021 |
| Jack Livingstone | 31 March 2008 | 20 September 2023 |
| Shai Doron | 9 June 2020 | 29 July 2024 |
Jerusalem Foundation and East Jerusalem
The parent Jerusalem Foundation was created under Kollek to fund parks, museums, community centres and “coexistence” projects in Jerusalem. UK money is granted for those programmes. Critics of the Foundation, including earlier Powerbase documentation of the UK branch, have argued that some work takes place across the Green Line in occupied East Jerusalem. The Charity Commission objects are silent on the Green Line; they name “Jerusalem” and “Israel” as the field of operation.[5][4]
Leigh’s other roles — Conservative Friends of Israel executive, Jewish Leadership Council, chair of this UK Foundation, president of Westminster Synagogue — place the corporate trustee inside the same Anglo-Jewish fundraising and Israel-advocacy network that supplies Conservative Party donor clubs and communal leadership bodies.[8]
See also
- Jerusalem Foundation
- Howard Leigh, Baron Leigh of Hurley
- Martin Paisner
- Vivien Duffield
- Teddy Kollek
- Prism the Gift Fund
- Morris Leigh Foundation
- Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation
External links
Notes
- ↑ Companies House, JERUSALEM FOUNDATION TRUSTEES LIMITED overview Companies House, accessed 9 September 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Charity Commission, THE JERUSALEM FOUNDATION charity 258306, accessed 9 September 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Jerusalem Foundation, The Jerusalem Foundation – UK jerusalemfoundation.org, accessed 9 September 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Annabel Sinclair, Jerusalem Foundation UK appoints new chief executive Jewish News, 10 July 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Charity Commission, THE JERUSALEM FOUNDATION full print charity 258306, accessed 9 September 2026.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The Jerusalem Foundation, Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024, Charity Commission filing for 258306.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Companies House, JERUSALEM FOUNDATION TRUSTEES LIMITED people Companies House, accessed 9 September 2026.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Marcus Dysch, The peer raising millions for Jerusalem The Jewish Chronicle, 25 January 2016.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Check Company, JERUSALEM FOUNDATION TRUSTEES LIMITED checkcompany.co.uk, accessed 9 September 2026.