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Davis-family foundation funding youth, elderly, interfaith and community-security causes

The Davis Foundation

Type Trust
Founded 2013-07-22 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1152998
Headquarters 3 Beechworth Close, London, NW3 7UT
Area served Throughout England, Israel, South Africa


The Davis Foundation is a charity registered on 22 July 2013, with its address in London NW3; its trustees are Sir Michael Lawrence Davis, Lady Barbara Davis and Sarah Davis. Register areas are Throughout England, Israel and South Africa.[1] In the year ended 5 April 2025 grants to institutions were £1,455,810 (2024: £1,255,673), and related parties donated £1,275,000.[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "3.1 THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME, AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER TO, OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF, SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT. 3.2 WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF SUB-CLAUSE 3.1 THE TRUSTEES MAY APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT FOR OR TOWARDS: 3.2.1 HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE, AND PARTICULARLY BUT NOT NECESSARILY EXCLUSIVELY YOUNG PEOPLE OF THE JEWISH FAITH, THROUGH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF SUCH ACTIVITIES AS WILL DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY; 3.2.2 THE SUPPORT OF ORGANISATIONS WHICH SUPPORT PEOPLE WHO ARE ELDERLY OR DISABLED AND WHO ARE IN NEED, BY PROVIDING CARERS , SUPPORT AND TRAINING OF CARERS, SPECIALLY DESIGNED OR ADAPTED HOUSING, AND ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES CALCULATED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS; 3.2.3 THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING:(A) THE INCREASE OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF OPERA, MUSIC AND OTHER CREATIVE AND PERFORMING ARTS;(B)THE PROMOTION OF THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF HORTICULTURE, GARDENING AND GARDEN DESIGN;(C)THE PROMOTION OF THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION; (D) THE PROMOTION OF THE STUDY AND APPRECIATION OF FLORA AND FAUNA; 3.2.4 THE SUPPORT OF ORGANISATIONS WHICH PROMOTE RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY, FOR EXAMPLE EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BELIEFS INCLUDING AN AWARENESS OF THEIR DISTINCTIVE FEATURES AND THEIR COMMON GROUND TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT FAITHS AND/OR PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND RESPECT OF THE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS FAITHS; 3.2.5 THE SUPPORT OF ORGANISATIONS WHICH PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY “FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY); AND 3.2.6 THE SUPPORT OF ORGANISATIONS WHICH PROVIDE SECURITY ADVICE AND THE TRAINING OF STAFF TO THOSE WHO OWN OR MANAGE ANY RELIGIOUS BASED SCHOOL OR PLACE OF WORSHIP UPON HOW TO SECURE THEIR SCHOOL OR PLACE OF WORSHIP AGAINST ALL FORMS OF ABUSE OR ATTACK BUT ESPECIALLY THOSE FORMS OF ABUSE OR ATTACH WHICH ARE RACIALLY MOTIVATED BOTH WITHIN ENGLAND & WALES AND THE MIDDLE EAST; 3.2.7 THE SUPPORT OF ORGANISATIONS WHICH PROMOTE GOOD RACE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND OTHER MEMBERS OF SOCIETY BY WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF EXTREMISM AND RACISM IN THE FORM OF ANTI-SEMITISM AND RACIALLY MOTIVATED ESPECIALLY ANTI-SEMITIC CRIME BOTH WITHIN ENGLAND & WALES AND THE MIDDLE EAST; 3.2.8 THE SUPPORT OF ORGANISATIONS WHICH PROMOTE GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE PREVENTION OF CRIME WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER BOTH WITHIN ENGLAND & WALES AND THE MIDDLE EAST; 3.2.9 THE SUPPORT OF ORGANISATIONS WHICH RELIEVE THE VICTIMS OF RACIAL OR RELIGIOUS HARASSMENT AND ESPECIALLY ANTI-SEMITIC HARASSMENT WHO ARE IN NEED OR WHO HAVE SUFFERED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BOTH WITHIN ENGLAND & WALES AND THE MIDDLE EAST;AND 3.2.10 THE SUPPORT OF ORGANISATIONS WHICH PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO RACISM AND ANTI-SEMITISM AND OTHERWISE PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT RACISM AND ANTI-SEMITISM BOTH WITHIN ENGLAND & WALES AND THE MIDDLE EAST."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "To help people such that they will develop and grow as members of societyTo support elderly people who are in need and to educate public in opera, music and the study and appreciation of horticulture, ecology and conservation - promote religious harmony,promote social inclusion, provide security and advice and training to those who are involved with religious based schools or places of worship,"[1]

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity.[1]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England, Israel, South Africa.[1]

Trustees

Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]

Trustees of The Davis Foundation (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Sir Michael Lawrence Davis 2013-04-24 The Kemach Foundation (1164563); The Portland Trust (1106429)
Lady BARBARA DAVIS 2013-04-24 —
Sarah Davis 2013-04-24 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2018-01-04 Michael Lawrence Davis; Barbara Davis; Sarah Davis [3]
2021-01-17 Sarah Davis (from 24 April 2013); Lady BARBARA DAVIS (from 24 April 2013); Sir Michael Lawrence Davis (from 24 April 2013) – also trustee of The Kemach Foundation, The Portland Trust [4]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-04-05 £882,843 £1,000,150
2022-04-05 £1,064,851 £1,232,386
2023-04-05 £1,826,568 £1,293,910
2024-04-05 £601,828 £1,259,873
2025-04-05 £1,337,649 £1,463,610

Source: register annual-return history.[1]

Historical finances (UK Government Web Archive)

Income and spending shown on archived register pages
Financial year end Income (£) Spending (£) Source
05 Apr 2014 7,005,000 1,431,456 [5]
05 Apr 2015 1,781,940 2,214,015 [5]
05 Apr 2016 11,865 3,371,861 [5]
05 Apr 2017 1,514,195 2,606,307 [5]

Archived accounts

Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:

  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2014[6]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2015[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2017[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2018[9]

Funding in Israel

  • FY2025 grants by objective: young people ("particularly but not necessarily young people of the Jewish faith") £836,000; religious harmony £284,110; elderly or disabled £236,050; security advice for religious schools and places of worship £52,150; race relations £20,000; arts, horticulture and ecology £15,000; citizenship £12,500. Recipients and countries are not named, and the accounts do not mention Israel.[2]

Israeli partners

Not named.[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
Not established.[2] Low

Support for the IDF: No IDF funding is stated. £52,150 went to "organisations which provide security and advice and training to those who are involved with religious based schools or place of worship".[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;[10] 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.[11][12][13][14] 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.[15]
  • Minor inconsistency. Note 5 states that "£1,262,873 was unrestricted" of a total expenditure given in the same note as £1,463,610.[2]

Other registers and records

Scotland and Northern Ireland

No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (full register download of 14 October 2026 searched by name).[16] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[17]

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; results were limited to Companies House filing lists.[18]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[19]

Sanctions screening

The charity's name, its current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and (for charitable companies) its Companies House officers were screened against the UK Sanctions List and the OFSI Consolidated List. No match was found. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.[20]

Land and property

The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[21]

Parliament

A search of Hansard for 'Davis Foundation' returned 1 contribution in total; most are general references rather than discussion of the UK charity.[22]

Web archive

The UK Government Web Archive holds 3 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]

See also

External links

  • No current official website.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 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), extract dated 14 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Charity Commission, The Davis Foundation (1152998): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 1152998, contact and trustees (capture of 20180104) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1152998, full print (capture of 20210117) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Register entry 1152998, financial history (capture of 20180104) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ The Davis Foundation accounts, year ended 2014-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  7. ↑ The Davis Foundation accounts, year ended 2015-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  8. ↑ The Davis Foundation accounts, year ended 2017-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  9. ↑ The Davis Foundation accounts, year ended 2018-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  10. ↑ 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 every charity in batches 1–7 (175 pages, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026) and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section. Alerts appeared only for Mifal Hachesed Vehatzedokoh (1139320), Ezer Viznitz Foundation (1161881), BC Trust (1155555), Vyoel Moshe Charitable Trust (327054) – all named in the cheque-cashing class inquiry – and The Gevurath Ari Torah Academy Trust (1003102).
  11. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  12. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  13. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  14. ↑ 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), both retrieved 15 October 2026.
  15. ↑ Charity Commission, Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements GOV.UK, 5 August 2026, retrieved 15 October 2026 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").
  16. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, CharityExport-14-Oct-2026.csv, downloaded 14 October 2026; keyword search of charity names for the batch-3 charities found no matching Scottish registration.
  17. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-3 charity name returned zero results).
  18. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Davis Foundation' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
  19. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1152998 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
  20. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-3 screening covered 409 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and archived full-print register pages (UK Government Web Archive) and Companies House officers of the 12 charitable companies; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually; lists downloaded October 2026. (Corrected 14 October 2026: the first run omitted the 21 names found only on archived full-print pages; the re-screen found no match.)
  21. ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access on 14 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.
  22. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Davis Foundation' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
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