Schreiber Charitable Trust
Grant-making trust of the Schreiber Furniture / Weinstock family (264735); Wembley; not The Schreib Trust
| Schreiber Charitable Trust | |
|---|---|
| Type | Unincorporated grant-making trust |
| Logo | |
| Founded | 14 November 1972 |
| Founder(s) | |
| Dissolved | |
| Registration ID | 264735 |
| Status | |
| Headquarters | |
| Location | 9 Fernleigh Court, Wembley, Middlesex HA9 8PW |
| Area served | |
| Services | |
| Registration | |
| Key people | Graham Shurek Morris; David Abraham Schreiber; Sara Schreiber |
| Website | |
| Remarks | |
The Schreiber Charitable Trust (charity 264735) is an English grant-making trust registered 14 November 1972. Objects: “for such charitable purposes as the trustees shall in their absolute discretion think fit.” Register activity: religious activities; grants to organisations; operates throughout England. No trading subsidiaries; no trustee pay; not Gift Aid recognised. It does not own or lease land on the current card.[1]
This is the furniture / Weinstock vehicle of Chaim Samuel Schreiber’s widow and son. It is not The Schreib Trust (275240, Stamford Hill / Midos Group / Orgel line) and not a 147 Stamford Hill company.
Contact used in directories: graham@schreibers.com / 020 8457 6500.[2]
Trustees
Three trustees; no appointment dates on the live card.[1]
| Name | Other trusteeships on the same card |
|---|---|
| Graham Shurek Morris | The Morris Charitable Trust; Friends of Nahalat Moshe; Investream Charitable Trust; Sassov Beis Hamedrash; The Tmava C.I.O. |
| David Abraham Schreiber | None listed |
| Sara Schreiber | None listed |
Graham married Ruth Schreiber (1943, daughter of Chaim and Sara), Marylebone 1964 Q2 — brother-in-law of David Abraham, son-in-law of Sara. Historic accounts (year to 5 April 2016) already name G. Morris, D.A. Schreiber and S. Schreiber and record a dividend from Schreiber Holdings Limited.[3]
Money
Year ends 5 April. Latest five years on the register:[1]
| Year to | Income | Expenditure | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2021 | £170,750 | £227,840 | |
| 5 April 2022 | £153,440 | £264,720 | Return 23 days late |
| 5 April 2023 | £383,810 | £445,150 | Return 106 days late |
| 5 April 2024 | £135,650 | £2.31m | Spike year |
| 5 April 2025 | £820,161 | £769,930 | Of which grants to institutions £725,780; investments income £160,160; donations/endowments £660,000 |
Assets at 5 April 2025: long-term investments £3.91m; other assets £384,620; liabilities £12,610. 2016 accounts already showed accumulated funds about £4.3m and investment income including a Schreiber Holdings dividend.[3]
Named public gift: the Schreiber LevTech Entrepreneurship Center at the Jerusalem College of Technology, dedicated “in memory of Chaim and in honor of Sara by the Schreiber Charitable Trust of London.”[4]
Grants
Named institutional grants from the trustees’ accounts (years ended 5 April). Amounts in £. The 2025 note prints a 2024 comparative for each named line; earlier years only name recipients in the narrative, without a line-by-line split.[5][6][7][8]
| Recipient | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Aish Hatorah UK Ltd | 9,000 | 9,000 |
| Borehamwood Torah Centre | 10,000 | 200,000 |
| British Friends of Eretz Hemdah | 15,000 | 20,000 |
| British Friends of Gesher | 5,000 | 5,000 |
| British Friends of JCT / British Friends of Jerusalem College of Technology | 200,000 | 50,000 |
| British Friends of Tzohar | 20,000 | 45,000 |
| ESTE Kalms Charitable Trust | 39,300 | 30,000 |
| Gateshead Talmudical College | 20,000 | 18,000 |
| Hasmonean High School | 5,000 | 3,000 |
| Hatzola North West Trust | 4,100 | 12,000 |
| KKL | 357,080 | 12,476 |
| The Morris Charitable Trust | — | 1,589,642 |
| The Work Avenue Foundation | 5,000 | 210,000 |
| Torah Live UK | 30,000 | 5,000 |
| Other grants of £3,000 or less | 2,200 | — |
| Total named + other in the 2025 note | 721,680 | 2,209,118 |
The 2024 “Other” / Morris line is the transfer of an investment portfolio of £1,529,642 plus £60,000 cash to The Morris Charitable Trust, which the accounts say has similar objects. Graham Shurek Morris is a trustee of both bodies.[5]
Narrative-only names in 2021–22 (no separate amounts in those notes): UK Toremet Ltd; Friends of Yad of Sarah; plus Torah Live UK, The Work Avenue Foundation and Aish Hatorah UK Ltd already in the table.[7][8]
Named in the year-ended 5 April 2023 accounts (no line amounts): Torah Live UK, The Work Avenue Foundation and Aish Hatorah UK Ltd. Category total that year £292,239.[9]
Named in the year-ended 5 April 2024 accounts (no line amounts except the Morris transfer): British Friends of Jerusalem College of Technology, Gateshead Talmudical College, KKL Charity Accounts, ESTE Kalms Charitable Trust, and The Morris Charitable Trust (£1,529,642 investment portfolio plus £60,000 cash). Category total that year £2,209,118.[6]
Category totals
| Year ended 5 April | Education | Advance of religion | Poor and needy | Medical | Other | Total grants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 310,500 | 400 | 406,580 | 4,200 | — | 721,680 |
| 2024 | 388,450 | 1,800 | 214,326 | 14,900 | 1,589,642 | 2,209,118 |
| 2023 | 160,900 | 8,710 | 30,490 | 92,139 | — | 292,239 |
| 2022 | 190,210 | 9,100 | 3,265 | 19,900 | — | 222,475 |
| 2021 | 130,387 | 5,040 | 51,080 | 25,960 | — | 212,467 |
| 2020 (comparative only) | — | — | — | — | — | 220,076 |
What it is not
| This trust | Do not merge |
|---|---|
| 264735; Wembley; furniture / Weinstock | The Schreib Trust 275240 (Jacob / Rifka / Stamford Hill) |
| Midos Group / 147 Stamford Hill / 1986 VAT brothers | |
| Ellador Limited (Zucker / Simon 1912) |
Graham’s seat on Sassov Beis Hamedrash (with Benzion Freshwater and Solomon Freshwater) is his personal overlap, not a Freshwater trusteeship of *this* trust.
See also
- David Abraham Schreiber
- Sara Schreiber
- Graham Shurek Morris
- Chaim Samuel Schreiber
- Schreiber family tree
- Friends of Nahalat Moshe
- Sassov Beis Hamedrash
- The Schreib Trust
External links
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 SCHREIBER CHARITABLE TRUST, Charity Commission, 264735.
- ↑ Schreiber Charitable Trust, Giving is Great / Hinchilla directory.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Schreiber Charitable Trust annual report, year ended 5 April 2016.
- ↑ Schreiber LevTech Dedication, Jerusalem College of Technology.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Schreiber Charitable Trust, notes to the financial statements, year ended 5 April 2025, note 5 Grants payable.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Schreiber Charitable Trust, notes, year ended 5 April 2024, note 6.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Schreiber Charitable Trust, notes, year ended 5 April 2022, note 5.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Schreiber Charitable Trust, notes, year ended 5 April 2021, note 5.
- ↑ Schreiber Charitable Trust, notes, year ended 5 April 2023, note 6.