The Alpha Omega Charitable Trust

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London dental charity, funded by the Alpha Omega London chapter, that bought radiography sensors for Tel Aviv University's dental school, an ambulance for Magen David Adom and equipment for Hadassah and Rambam

The Alpha Omega Charitable Trust

Logo Tel Aviv University 2024.jpg
Tel Aviv University (2024), whose School of Dental Medicine received £7,723.61 from the trust in 2024/25
Type Other
Founded 1973-08-31 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 265838
Headquarters Academy of Advanced Endodontics, Harley Street, London W1G (principal office in the accounts)
Area served Throughout London, Israel
Key people Andrew Howard Eric Eder (chair)


The Alpha Omega Charitable Trust is a charitable trust established by a deed of trust of 3 May 1972 and registered on 31 August 1973; its principal office is the Academy of Advanced Endodontics, Harley Street, London W1G.[1][2] Its mission is "the advancement of dental education, research and care, wherever it is needed", and the report says it "has raised funds for various educational benefits during the year both in Israel and in Great Britain".[2] The register lists nine trustees, chaired by Professor Andrew Howard Eric Eder; the accounts list Dr D Spencer (appointed 1 July 2025) where the register lists Diana Toye, and the chair's report names the new trustees as "Veronica Morris and Diana Spencer".[3][2] In the year to 30 June 2025 receipts were £36,759, of which £35,000 came from the London (UK) Chapter of Alpha Omega, and payments £17,642, of which charitable donations were £17,481.60: Tel Aviv University £7,723.61, Norwood £6,740.00, UK Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro £2,035.00, Pour Sourire £425.93 and postgraduate scholarships £557.06; funds rose from £45,714 to £64,831.[2] The chair's report describes "the purchase of an ambulance for Magen David Adom dedicated in January 2025", radiography sensors for Tel Aviv University's dental school ("£7,750"), a collaboration with the Hadassah School of Dental Medicine and impact reports awaited from Tel Aviv, Hadassah and Rambam.[2] The accounts were approved on 9 October 2025 by Professor A Eder and Dr D Selouk; the independent examiner's report by Emma Benjamin CA of Price Bailey LLP is undated.[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "Such charitable purposes as at the absolute discretion and in the opinion of the Trustees: (i) advances education or other charitable purposes for the benefit of the public in connection with oral and dental health, including, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing:• research into matters connected to oral and dental health;• the promotion of and research into the delivery of improvements in patient care;• the provision of grants, scholarships and bursaries to students studying dentistry in the UK and Israel.(ii) The relief of need or financial hardship of persons who are currently or have been engaged in the dental profession and the dependents of such persons."[3]

The register describes its activities as: "The objectives of the charity are to raise funds via gift aid and covenants and to donate these funds to encourage and maintain the highest ethical and clinical standards of dental practice, to support the policy board of the Hebrew University - Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, assist dental education in Great Britain."[3]

Register classifications: Education/training.[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]

Trustees of The Alpha Omega Charitable Trust (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Andrew Howard Eric Eder not recorded Yes —
Stephen Handelsman not recorded —
Mervyn Druian 2011-08-04 —
John Wolffe 2011-08-04 —
Aron Marcus 2016-03-27 —
Eddie Scher 2016-03-27 —
David Selouk 2021-10-07 —
Diana Toye 2025-07-01 —
Veronica Morris 2025-07-01 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2018-01-04 Mervyn Druian; Andrew Eder; Stephen Handelsman; Aron Marcus; John Wolffe; Richard Horwitz; Eddie Scher [4]
2021-01-09 Stephen Handelsman; Aron Marcus (from 27 March 2016); Andrew Howard Eric Eder (chair) – also trustee of The United Synagogue Youth Charity, The United Synagogue Bequests and Trusts Fund, Scopus Jewish Educational Trust, London Board of Jewish Religious Education, United Synagogue; Richard Horwitz (from 23 November 2013); John Wolffe (from 04 August 2011); Mervyn Druian (from 04 August 2011); Eddie Scher (from 27 March 2016) [5]
2021-07-05 Aron Marcus (from 27 March 2016); Stephen Handelsman; Andrew Howard Eric Eder (chair) – also trustee of The United Synagogue Youth Charity, The United Synagogue Bequests and Trusts Fund, Scopus Jewish Educational Trust, London Board of Jewish Religious Education, United Synagogue; Richard Horwitz (from 23 November 2013); John Wolffe (from 04 August 2011); Eddie Scher (from 27 March 2016); Mervyn Druian (from 04 August 2011) [6]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-06-30 £43,003 £13,078
2022-06-30 £25,624 £32,425
2023-06-30 £29,693 £52,678
2024-06-30 £19,126 £31,045
2025-06-30 £36,759 £17,642

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 30/06/2014[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2015[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2016[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2017[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/06/2018[11]

Funding in Israel

Magen David Adom ambulances in Petah Tikva (2024). The Alpha Omega Charitable Trust's chair's report describes the purchase of an ambulance for Magen David Adom dedicated in January 2025; the vehicles shown are not stated to include it
  • Year to 30 June 2025: Tel Aviv University £7,723.61 (the chair's report gives £7,750 for radiography sensors for its dental school); UK Friends of Beit Issie Shapiro £2,035.00 (an intra-oral scanner, per the chair's report).[2]
  • Year to 30 June 2024: British Friends of Rambam £3,910.00; Dental Volunteers of Israel £5,680.41; Magen David UK £7,087.47.[2]

Israeli partners

Tel Aviv University School of Dental Medicine (its dean, Professor Rachel Sarig, was hosted by the charity), the Hadassah School of Dental Medicine (dean Professor Avi Zini), Rambam, Magen David Adom and Beit Issie Shapiro, all named in the chair's report.[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
The chair's report names Tel Aviv University's School of Dental Medicine as a recipient; Hadassah and Rambam are named without a location or campus.[2] High (institution and city named in the accounts; campus not stated)

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated. The chair's report mentions an ambulance for Magen David Adom, Israel's national emergency medical service.[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;[12] 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.[13][14][15][16] 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.[17]
  • Inconsistent trustee name and figures. The register lists a trustee as "Diana Toye", while the accounts and chair's report give "Dr D Spencer" and "Diana Spencer"; the chair's report gives £7,750 for the Tel Aviv University sensors and £450 for Pour Sourire, against £7,723.61 and £425.93 in note 4.[3][2]
  • Undated examiner's report. The independent examiner's report reads "Dated .....".[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).[18] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[19]

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.[20]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[21]

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.[22]

Land and property

The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[3] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[23]

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Alpha Omega Charitable Trust", "The Alpha Omega Charitable Trust" returned 0 contributions in total.[24]

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 254 days late" and "Other regulators: No information available".[5]

External links

  • No current official website.

Notes

  1. ↑ Charity Commission, The Alpha Omega Charitable Trust (265838): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 Charity Commission, The Alpha Omega Charitable Trust (265838): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ 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. ↑ Register entry 265838, contact and trustees (capture of 20180104) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 265838, full print (capture of 20210109) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Register entry 265838, full print (capture of 20210705) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ The Alpha Omega Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2014-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  8. ↑ The Alpha Omega Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2015-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  9. ↑ The Alpha Omega Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2016-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  10. ↑ The Alpha Omega Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2017-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  11. ↑ The Alpha Omega Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2018-06-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  14. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  15. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  16. ↑ 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).
  17. ↑ 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").
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ 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).
  20. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Alpha Omega Charitable Trust' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  21. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-265838 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  22. ↑ 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.
  23. ↑ 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.
  24. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Alpha Omega Charitable Trust" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
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