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Registered charity in England and Wales

Mayfair Charities

Type Registered charity and company limited by guarantee
Founded 28 February 1968 (incorporated); 6 March 1968 (registered as a charity)
Registration ID Charity 255281; Company 00927985
Status Registered
Location London, England
Registration Charity Commission for England and Wales; Companies House


In 2009 the charity was the 24th largest family foundation in the UK.[1] In 2021 the charity was ranked as number 61 in the family foundation ranking and at 155 in the overall foundation ranking in terms of giving in the Top 300 Foundations ranked by giving in the UK - 2021.

In 2022 Benzion Freshwater and family appeared at 61 in the The Sunday Times Rich List 2022 and at 36 in the Top 100 philanthropists in the UK - The Sunday Times Giving List 2022.

Donations

Recipient 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Achisomoch 25,000
Ahavat Shalom Charity Fund 18,000 18,000
Ahavath Chessed Charitable Association Limited 25,000
Amud Hatzedoka Trust 48,000 48,000 79,000
Ateres Bnei Zion 146,000 38,000
Bayid Lepletot Girls Town 18,000
BC Trust 49,000 34,000
Beis Aharon Trust 31,000
Beis Medrash Govoha 40,000 38,000
Ben Amram Charitable Trust 12,000
Beth Jacob Grammar School For Girls Limited 1,210,000 1,190,000 1,020,000 1,160,000 1,120,000 1,198,000 1,122,500 1,576,000 1,250,000 1,465,000 2,131,000 2,047,000 2,200,000 1,550,000
Bnei Brak Hospital 36,000
Bobov Cheder Trust 27,000 23,000
Bobov Yeshiva Bnei Zion (Toronto) 22,000
Brisk Yeshiva 44,000 38,000
Care AII Limited 30,000 17,000 19,000 26,000
Centre for Torah Education Trust 13,000
Chasdei Aharon Limited 18,000
Chasdei Sorele 22,000
Chassidic Center of Nassau County 63,000
Chazon Ish Kollel 21,000 18,000
Chevras Machzikei Mesifta 14,000
Chevras Maoz Ladol 258,000 174,000 73,000 57,000 53,000 58,000
Chibas Yerushalayim Kollel 302,000 50,000
Dushinsky Trust 22,000
Edupoor Limited 25,000 34,000 18,000 20,000
Emuno Educational Centre Limited 32,000 32,000
Ezer L'Yoldos 50,000 30,000
Ezer Leyoldos Limited 11,000
Ezer Mikodesh Foundation 93,000 25,000
Ezer V'Hatzoloh 37,000 53,000 19,000
Friends of Beer Miriam 41,000
Friends of Beis Chinuch Lebonos Trust 31,000 29,000 14,000 28,000
Friends of Mercaz Hatorah Belz Macnivka/ Friends of Mercaz Hatorah Belz Machnovka 38,000 42,000 41,000 32,000 10,000 29,000
Friends of Mir / Mir Yeshiva 39,000 59,000 123,000 61,000
Friends of Zichron Dovid 23,000
Gateshead Talmudical College 20,000 22,000
Glasgow Rabbinical College 25,000
Hadras Kodesh Trust 28,000 68,000 17,000 18,000
Heritage Foundation for Preservation of the Jewish Cemeteries 21,000
Kahal Chasidim Bobov 80,000 124,000 92,000 59,000 37,000 29,000
Keren Hatsolas Doros 16,000
Keren Shlomo Trust 27,000 31,000 23,000 15,000
Kollel Geon Yaakov (Nesivos Chaim Kollel) 10,000
Kollel Rabinow (Divre Shir) Foundation 47,000
LTC Trust Co 20,000
Marbeh Torah Trust 68,000 65,000 27,000 11,000 27,000
Mercaz Hatorah Netzach Yisroel 15,000 12,000 22,000
Mesifta Talmudical College 22,000 41,000 25,000
MGS Charitable Trust 14,000
Mifal Hachesed Vehatzedokoh 38,000 52,000 34,000 38,000 11,000 60,000
Mosdos Bobov 31,000
Netzach Yisroel Centre of Study 20,000
North London Welfare and Educational Foundation 33,000
One Heart —Lev Echod 56,000 40,000 14,000 31,000
Orthodox Council of Jerusalem 26,000
Ponevez Institution 13,000
Rabinow Divrei Shir Kollel 25,000 35,000
Rav Chesed Trust 164,000 40,000
Regent Charities Limited 79,000 20,000 56,000 10,000 70,000 40,000 133,000 50,000 40,000 58,000 50,000
Sassov Beis Hamedrash 33,000
Shaarei Orah Ltd 75,000 78,000
Shuvu - Return 20,000 20,000
Sinai Synagogue 22,000 18,000
Slabodka Yeshiva Trust 33,000 32,000
Society of Friends of Torah Limited / Society of Friends of Israel Limited 1,730,000 2,101,000 1,070,000 136,000
Ssssov Beis Hamedrash 26,000
String of Pearls 20,000
Support the Charity Worker 15,000 18,000 25,000
The ABC Trust 111,000
The Friends of the Bobover Yeshivah / Friends of Bobov Foundation 46,000 42,000 22,000 16,000 29,000
The Jewish Learning Exchange 146,000 131,000
The Kollel Bnei Yissochor 12,000
The New Rachmistrivke Synagogue Trust 23,000 15,000 40,000
The Raphael Freshwater Memorial Association Ltd 6,000,000
The Rehabilitation Trust 32,000
The Z.S.V. Trust / Zorchei Shabbos Veyomtov 35,000 15,000
Tomchei Yotzei Anglia 32,000
Tzedoko Vochesed Foundation 25,000
United Talmudical Association Ltd 101,000 111,000 40,000
Woodstock Sinclair Trust 24,000 30,000 21,000 14,000
Y.M.E.R CIO 11,000
Yad Eliezer 43,000 58,000 16,000
Yad Vochesed 16,000
Yesamach Levav Trust 101,000 77,000 47,000 31,000 13,000
Young & Inspired 15,000
Other Donations 1,342,000 1,276,000 776,000 713,000 426,000 804,000
Total dislcosed[2] 1,289,000 1,210,000 1,076,000 1,170,000 1,190,000 1,238,000 1,255,500 1,626,000 12,712,000 6,707,000 4,922,000 3,785,000 3,061,000 3,177,000
Total given 8,336,000 5,983,000 5,046,000 2,942,000 3,404,000 4,328,000 4,384,000 6,067,000 12,712,000 6,707,000 4,922,000 3,785,000 3,061,000 3,177,000

People

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships
Richard Fischer Trustee 23-Jan-14 Highcroft Charitable Trust
The Raphael Freshwater Memorial Association
Solomon Israel Freshwater Trustee 04-Dec-06 Zichron Chaim Limited
Service to the Aged
The Raphael Freshwater Memorial Association
Sassov Beis Hamedrash
Benzion Schalom Eliezer Freshwater Trustee 19-Jun-92 Sassov Beis Hamedrash
Beth Jacob Grammar School for Girls Limited
The Raphael Freshwater Memorial Association
Service to the Aged
Regent Charities Limited
The Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations
David Davis Trustee 19-Jun-92 Beth Jacob Grammar School For Girls Limited
Vendquot Limited
The Raphael Freshwater Memorial Association
Regent Charities Limited

Historic trustees

Trustees as listed in archived snapshots of the Charity Commission register (first and last snapshot in which each name appears; not a record of actual appointment or resignation dates).

Name First seen Last seen Snapshots listing name
Benzion Schalom Eliezer Freshwater 4 February 2009 2 January 2019 6 [3][4]
D Davis 4 February 2009 2 January 2019 6 [3][4]
Solomon Israel Freshwater 4 February 2009 2 January 2019 6 [3][4]
Richard Fischer 26 July 2017 2 January 2019 4 [5][4]

Directors

Name Role Position Date of birth Appointed on Resigned on Nationality Country of residence Occupation
Martin David Eldridge Bale Active Secretary 30 September 2020 Not disclosed
James Stephen Southgate Active Secretary 30 September 2020 Not disclosed
Richard Fischer Active Director May 1937 23 January 2014 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Benzion Schalom Eliezer Freshwater Active Director April 1948 Appointed before 19 June 1992 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Solomon Israel Freshwater Active Director August 1950 4 December 2006 British United Kingdom Not disclosed
Mark Roy Mason Jenner Resigned Secretary 20 August 2001 30 September 2020 British Not disclosed
Christopher Charles Morse Resigned Secretary Appointed before 19 June 1992 20 August 2001 British Not disclosed
David Davis Resigned Director June 1935 Appointed before 19 June 1992 1 May 2025 British England Not disclosed

Source: Companies House officers register.[6]

Persons with significant control

  • PSC statement: The company knows or has reasonable cause to believe that there is no registrable person or registrable relevant legal entity in relation to the company (notified 19 June 2017)

Source: Companies House PSC register.[7]

Finances

Financial year end Total income Total expenditure Income from donations and legacies Expenditure on charitable activities Grants to institutions Total funds (assets less liabilities) Cash Employees Volunteers Accounts received
March 2009 £4,647,000 £9,308,000 Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Archived register entry[8]
March 2010 £4,041,000 £6,796,000 Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Archived register entry[9]
March 2012 £12,493,000 £4,312,000 Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Archived register entry[5]
March 2013 £4,570,000 £5,280,000 Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Archived register entry[5]
March 2014 £4,389,000 £6,330,000 Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Archived register entry[5]
March 2015 £4,398,000 £5,794,000 Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Archived register entry[5]
March 2016 £4,562,000 £9,026,000 Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Archived register entry[5]
March 2017 £4,607,000 £15,034,000 Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Archived register entry[4]
March 2018 £4,714,000 £9,352,000 Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Not disclosed Archived register entry[4]
31 March 2021 £5,294,000 £5,016,000 £1,250,000 £3,335,000 £3,061,000 £90,252,000 £6,728,000 0 0 27 January 2022 (due 31 January 2022)
31 March 2022 £5,320,000 £6,727,000 £1,250,000 £4,299,000 £3,177,000 £88,335,000 £6,637,000 0 0 30 January 2023 (due 31 January 2023)
31 March 2023 £5,448,000 £7,031,000 £1,250,000 £4,703,000 £3,810,000 £78,146,000 £11,115,000 0 0 26 January 2024 (due 31 January 2024)
31 March 2024 £5,752,000 £6,396,000 £1,250,000 £3,891,000 £3,094,000 £83,187,000 £5,724,000 0 0 29 January 2025 (due 31 January 2025)
31 March 2025 £5,416,000 £9,128,000 £500,000 £6,294,000 £5,085,000 £78,069,000 £3,283,000 0 0 26 January 2026 (due 31 January 2026)

Source: Charity Commission financial history and register data.[10] The Commission records grant-making as the charity's main activity.[11] Trustee payments: "No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity."[11]

  • Companies House: last accounts made up to 31 March 2025; next accounts made up to 31 March 2026, due by 31 December 2026.[12]
  • Companies House: last confirmation statement dated 19 June 2026; next due by 3 July 2027.[12]
  • Archived accounts: year ending 31 March 2014; year ending 31 March 2015; year ending 31 March 2016; year ending 31 March 2017; year ending 31 March 2018.[13]
  • Registered charges (Companies House): 23 March 1995, United Mizrahi Bank Limited: "The sum of £215,000.00 deposited in account no.1111-139900 At the bank (the account) and any other sum or sums which are deposited in the account in addition to or by way of renewal of or replacement for such sum and together with all entitlements to interest and other rights and benefits accruing t" (Satisfied); 17 August 1993, Republic National Bank of New York: "Any moneys in any account with the bank or owing by the bank and any property or documents." (Satisfied); 14 May 1990, North of England Building Society.: "All assets an undertakings whatsoever situate both present and future (I ncluding uncalled capital.)." (Satisfied); 14 May 1990, North of England Building Society.: "F/H 31-47 bell lane herdon. Title no ngl 136009, together with all buildings and erections, fixtures fittings, fixed plant & machinery and benefits underthe leases." (Satisfied); 8 December 1976, Bank Pars: "500,000 ordinary shares of 25 peach in daejan holdings limited." (Satisfied).[14]
  • Land Registry (company-owned property): HM Land Registry's company ownership data (October 2026) lists 23 title(s) registered to the organisation or a linked company: 190-194 Eltham High Street, London (SE9 1BJ) (title 54655, freehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED; proprietor registered 20-08-1993); 3 Whitburn Avenue, Birmingham (B42 1QH) (title MM144590, freehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED (00927985); proprietor registered 02-09-2020); 34 Whitburn Avenue, Birmingham (B42 1QH) (title MM144592, freehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED (00927985); proprietor registered 02-09-2020); 68 Elliston Avenue, Great Barr, Birmingham (B44 8TJ) (title MM176919, freehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED (00927985); proprietor registered 08-11-2022, price paid £30,350); 488 Finchley Road, London (NW11 8DE) (title MX148688, freehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED (00927985); proprietor registered 16-09-2004, price paid £655,000); 490 Finchley Road, London (NW11 8DE) (title MX246083, freehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED (00927985); proprietor registered 01-11-2004, price paid £480,000); 31-47 Bell Lane, Hendon (title NGL136009, freehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED; proprietor registered 27-06-1996); 181 West Heath Road, London (NW3 7TT) (title NGL355130, freehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED (00927985); proprietor registered 11-04-1991); Dean Bradley House, 46 Horseferry Road, London (SW1P 2AF) (title NGL632553, freehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED (00927985); proprietor registered 06-03-1991); 318 to 330 (even) Vauxhall Bridge Road and 4 Evelyn Mansions, Carlisle Place (title NGL709901, leasehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED (00927985); proprietor registered 03-09-1993); 17D-17H Silver Street, Wellingborough (title NN160480, freehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED; proprietor registered 06-09-1993); 8 Elliston Avenue, Great Barr (title WM349372, freehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED; proprietor registered 25-08-1993); 12 Regina Avenue, (B44 8TH) (title WM578571, freehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED; proprietor registered 23-08-1993); 10 Melcote Grove, Birmingham (B44 8UB) (title WM578599, freehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED; proprietor registered 23-08-1993); 48 Regina Avenue, (B44 8TH) (title WM578604, freehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED; proprietor registered 23-08-1993); 23 Wolverton Road, Rednal, (B45 8RL) (title WM584819, freehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED; proprietor registered 16-12-1993); 83 Wolverton Road, Rednal (title WM584823, freehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED; proprietor registered 16-12-1993); 3 Whitburn Avenue, Perry Barr, (B42 1QR) (title WM584838, leasehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED; proprietor registered 16-12-1993); 34 Whitburn Avenue, Perry Barr, (B42 1QH) (title WM584842, leasehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED; proprietor registered 16-12-1993); 370-376 (even numbers) Boldmere Road, Sutton Coldfield (title WM584927, freehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED; proprietor registered 17-12-1993); 68 Elliston Avenue, Great Barr (title WM586726, leasehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED; proprietor registered 20-01-1994); 244 Dyas Road, Great Barr, Birmingham (B44 8TE) (title WM922036, freehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED (00927985); proprietor registered 18-01-2008); 222 Ryde Park Road, Rednal, Birmingham (B45 8RJ) (title WM940004, freehold; registered proprietor MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED (00927985); proprietor registered 06-10-2008).[15]

Controversies and conflicts

See also

Resources

Notes

  1. ↑ See: Charitable spending of the largest 100 UK family foundations
  2. ↑ Between 2009-2016 inclusive the charity did not disclose the recipients of its donations except for those donations disclosed in 'related party transactions'.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 UK Government Web Archive, Mayfair Charities – register entry (4 February 2009), archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 4 February 2009, accessed 14 October 2026.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 UK Government Web Archive, Mayfair Charities – register entry (2 January 2019), archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 2 January 2019, accessed 14 October 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 UK Government Web Archive, Mayfair Charities – register entry (26 July 2017), archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 26 July 2017, accessed 14 October 2026.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Companies House, MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED officers Companies House, accessed 13 October 2026.
  7. ↑ Companies House, MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED persons with significant control Companies House, accessed 13 October 2026.
  8. ↑ UK Government Web Archive, Mayfair Charities – register entry (18 July 2010), archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 18 July 2010, accessed 14 October 2026.
  9. ↑ UK Government Web Archive, Mayfair Charities – register entry (26 January 2011), archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 26 January 2011, accessed 14 October 2026.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Charity Commission for England and Wales, MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED financial history Charity Commission for England and Wales, accessed 13 October 2026; figures from the Commission's public register data extract dated 13 October 2026.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Charity Commission for England and Wales, MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED overview Charity Commission for England and Wales, accessed 13 October 2026.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Companies House, MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED overview Companies House, accessed 13 October 2026.
  13. ↑ UK Government Web Archive, Mayfair Charities – archived accounts, archived snapshot of the Charity Commission register dated 6 January 2020, accessed 14 October 2026.
  14. ↑ Companies House, 00927985 charges Companies House, accessed 14 October 2026.
  15. ↑ HM Land Registry, UK companies that own property in England and Wales dataset, October 2026, accessed 14 October 2026.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Charity Commission for England and Wales, MAYFAIR CHARITIES LIMITED trustees Charity Commission for England and Wales, accessed 13 October 2026.
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