Leanne and Winston Newman Charitable Trust
North-west London family grant-making trust with £585,935 of investments whose 2024/25 grants included £1,000 to Beit Halochem, matched by name to the charity for Israel's wounded veterans
| Leanne and Winston Newman Charitable Trust
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 2006-07-05 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1115112 |
| Headquarters | 5 Hill Close, London NW11 7JP |
| Area served | Throughout London, Israel |
| Key people | Lea Anne Frances Newman (chair) |
Leanne and Winston Newman Charitable Trust (the accounts use "LEANNE & WINSTON NEWMAN CHARITABLE TRUST") is a charitable trust established by a trust deed of 23 May 2006 and registered on 5 July 2006; its register address is 5 Hill Close, London NW11 7JP.[1][2] Its objective is "such charitable purposes as the Trustees think fit in all areas of need with particular emphasis on education and welfare principally by making grants to other institutions".[2] The trustees are Winston Newman, Lea Anne Frances Newman (chair), Edward Newman (from 11 July 2018) and Dr Sophie Newman (from 16 March 2025).[3][2] In the year to 5 April 2025 income was £39,152 (2024: £14,124): donations £26,236 and tax relief £250, listed-investment income £10,618 and interest £2,048; note 16 says the charity "received a donation of £26,486 (2024: Nil) from the trustees".[2] Spending was £51,162: investment management £8,482, grants £41,600 and governance £1,080; after investment losses of £11,566 funds fell from £630,673 to £607,097, held mainly in investments of £585,935.[2] The accounts were examined by Berish Hoffman FCA of Landau Morley LLP, Greenford, and signed by W Newman on 16 January 2026.[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "CHARITABLE PURPOSES INCLUDING MAKING DONATIONS TO OTHER CHARITIES/VOLUNTARY BODIES AND MAKING GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS"[3]
The register describes its activities as: "TO MAKE GENERAL CHARITABLE DONATIONS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES."[3]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes.[3]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout London, Israel.[3]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[3]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winston Newman | not recorded | Trent Park Museum Trust (1169382) | |
| Lea Anne Frances Newman | not recorded | Yes | — |
| Edward Newman | 2018-07-11 | — | |
| Sophie Newman | 2025-03-16 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-07 | Edward Newman (from 11 July 2018); Winston Newman – also trustee of Stella and Ernest Weinstein Charitable Trust, Trent Park Museum Trust; Lea Anne Frances Newman (chair) – also trustee of Stella and Ernest Weinstein Charitable Trust | [4] |
Winston Newman is also a register trustee of the Trent Park Museum Trust (1169382).[3]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-05 | £167,426 | £57,828 |
| 2022-04-05 | £18,107 | £51,866 |
| 2023-04-05 | £26,136 | £59,196 |
| 2024-04-05 | £14,124 | £56,347 |
| 2025-04-05 | £39,152 | £51,162 |
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 05/04/2017[5]
Funding in Israel
- Year to 5 April 2025 (PDF p.11): Beit Halochem £1,000; British Emunah Fund £5,600; Harris & Trotter Clients CT £1,000; Laniado UK. Nurses Scholarship £1,590; JAMI £2,000; Community Concern £1,500; Jewish Care £1,000; KKL Charity Accounts £2,000; WST Charity Ltd £2,700; Hachzokas Torah Vechesed Charity £5,980; Yom Tov Aid Fund £1,000; Norwood £1,000; other grants under £1,000 £15,230. The accounts give no locations.[2]
Israeli partners
The grants list names bodies only. Beit Halochem is matched by name to Beit Halochem UK, which supports rehabilitation centres in Israel for wounded veterans and victims of terror.[2][6]
Support for the Israeli military
Grants. The 2024/25 grants list includes £1,000 to "Beit Halochem" (PDF p.11), matched by name to the rehabilitation centres for disabled IDF veterans supported by Beit Halochem UK. The match is by name only: Beit Halochem UK says it supports "the four Beit Halochem rehabilitation centres in Israel" for "Israel's 70,000 wounded veterans and victims of terror". The accounts do not describe the grant.[2][6]
Prior scrutiny. No Charity Commission inquiry or Official Warning, and no complaint or report by the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians, the Islamic Human Rights Commission or Declassified UK, concerning this charity's support for soldiers was found (checked October 2026).
Activity beyond the Green Line
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 |
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;[7] 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.[8][9][10][11] 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.[12]
- Inconsistent wording and figures. The report says "Trustees are elected by members in the annual general meeting", although the charity is a trust, and the analysis row of note 7 shows governance of £1,350 for 2025 against £1,080 in the statement of financial activities.[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).[13] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[14]
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.[15]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[16]
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.[17]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[3] No title registers were purchased.[18]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Leanne and Winston Newman Charitable Trust" returned 0 contributions in total.[19]
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
- ↑ Charity Commission, Leanne and Winston Newman Charitable Trust (1115112): 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 Charity Commission, Leanne and Winston Newman Charitable Trust (1115112): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file). Latest accounts on the register (year to 5 April 2025): archived copy, Wayback Machine, 30 October 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1115112, full print (capture of 20210107) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Leanne and Winston Newman Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2017-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Beit Halochem UK, Home page bhuk.org, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 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-24 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; only Dalaid (1064655) showed one.
- ↑ 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-24 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-24 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Newman Charitable Trust' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1115112 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-24 screening covered 264 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", "Foundation", "Company Limited" in the names of corporate formation agents) 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, accessed 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 "Newman Charitable Trust" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).