The Ian Karten Charitable Trust

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Grant-making trust for education, disability technology and Karten Centres

The Ian Karten Charitable Trust

Logo The Ian Karten Charitable Trust logo.png
Type Trust
Founded 1981-01-21 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 281721
Headquarters International House, 64 Nile Street, London, N1 7SR
Area served Israel, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Website https://iankartencharitabletrust.org.uk/


The Ian Karten Charitable Trust was created by a trust deed of 10 December 1980; register areas include Israel, Scotland and Northern Ireland.[1] It derives its income from the investment portfolio provided by the founder Ian Karten and his widow Mildred Karten, and supports Karten Centres and other projects. Its website is iankartencharitabletrust.org.uk. In the year to 30 September 2025 free reserves were about £239,000 (PDF p.3, 8).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "TO CARRY OUT SUCH LEGALLY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OR RELIGION OR OTHERWISE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SELECT."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "The main objective of the trust is the establishment of special centres which give adults with severe disabilities access to assistive computer technology for vocational and life skills training."[1]

Register classifications: Education/training, Disability.[1]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel, Scotland, Northern Ireland.[1]

Trustees

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

Trustees of The Ian Karten Charitable Trust (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Anthony Davis 2013-03-20 —
Alexandra Moran 2016-03-11 —
Sally Elizabeth Cooke 2017-12-29 —
Edward Copisarow 2019-12-03 The Society for the History of Collecting (1205198)
Emily Davis 2025-07-17 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2010-07-04 Ian H Karten MBE Mildred E Karten; Timothy Simon; Angela Hobbs [3]
2011-09-29 Ian H Karten MBE Mildred E Karten; Timothy Simon; Angela Hobbs [4]
2014-05-06 Timothy Simon; Angela Hobbs; David Fullerton; Anthony Davis [5]
2018-01-04 Timothy Simon; Angela Hobbs; David Fullerton; Anthony Davis; Alexandra Davis [6]
2021-01-14 Alexandra Moran (from 11 March 2016); Sally Elizabeth Cooke (from 29 December 2017); Anthony Davis (from 20 March 2013) – also trustee of The Bibliographical Society; Edward Copisarow (from 03 December 2019) [7]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-09-30 £430,179 £357,455
2022-09-30 £454,720 £399,253
2023-09-30 £447,593 £428,253
2024-09-30 £465,406 £447,369
2025-09-30 £446,542 £562,189

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
30 Sep 2005 236,390 92,822 [8]
30 Sep 2006 372,815 209,376 [8]
30 Sep 2007 515,912 653,911 [8]
30 Sep 2008 312,454 287,489 [8]
30 Sep 2009 541,703 516,361 [8]
30 Sep 2010 254,095 1,296,036 [9]
30 Sep 2011 250,750 916,541 [9]
30 Sep 2012 214,329 556,398 [9]
30 Sep 2013 6,400,435 484,464 [9]

Archived accounts

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

  • Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2006[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2007[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2008[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2009[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2010[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2011[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2012[16]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2013[17]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2014[18]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2015[19]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2016[20]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2017[21]
  • Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2018[22]

Funding in Israel

  • The trust makes grants, scholarships and bursaries; material named Israel grants were not extracted as a separate schedule in the pages reviewed for this profile (PDF p.8, 17, 21).[2]

Israeli partners

Karten Network Limited (1201993) is named as a connected charity (PDF p.3).[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
Israel is a register area; no settlement is named in the pages reviewed. Not established

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[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;[23] 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.[24][25][26][27] 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.[28]

Other registers and records

Scotland and Northern Ireland

No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (register export dated 15 October 2026, downloaded 15 October 2026 and searched by name).[29] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[30]

The Gazette

Searches of The Gazette notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name returned no notices.[31]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[32]

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.[33]

Land and property

The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased.[34]

Parliament

Hansard searches for 'Ian Karten Charitable Trust', 'Karten' returned 1 contribution in total; those not listed above were not established to concern this charity.[35]

Web archive

  • iankartencharitabletrust.org.uk: 6 yearly captures, first 2021-01-19, last 2026-01-23.[36]

The UK Government Web Archive holds 5 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".[7]

See also

External links

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 Charity Commission, The Ian Karten Charitable Trust (281721): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 281721, contact and trustees (capture of 20100704) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ Register entry 281721, contact and trustees (capture of 20110929) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 281721, contact and trustees (capture of 20140506) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Register entry 281721, contact and trustees (capture of 20180104) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Register entry 281721, full print (capture of 20210114) UK Government Web Archive.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Register entry 281721, financial history (capture of 20100704) UK Government Web Archive.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Register entry 281721, financial history (capture of 20140506) UK Government Web Archive.
  10. ↑ The Ian Karten Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2006-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110929).
  11. ↑ The Ian Karten Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2007-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110929).
  12. ↑ The Ian Karten Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2008-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110929).
  13. ↑ The Ian Karten Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2009-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140507).
  14. ↑ The Ian Karten Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2010-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140507).
  15. ↑ The Ian Karten Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2011-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140507).
  16. ↑ The Ian Karten Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2012-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140507).
  17. ↑ The Ian Karten Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2013-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20140507).
  18. ↑ The Ian Karten Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2014-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  19. ↑ The Ian Karten Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2015-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  20. ↑ The Ian Karten Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2016-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  21. ↑ The Ian Karten Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2017-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  22. ↑ The Ian Karten Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2018-09-30 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
  23. ↑ 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 1–8 (200 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 – The Gevurath Ari Torah Academy Trust (1003102), The Telz Talmudical Academy and Talmud Torah Trust (299687) and Kollel Mishkon Yakov (1170620).
  24. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  25. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  26. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  27. ↑ 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.
  28. ↑ 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").
  29. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, downloaded October 2026; keyword search of the batch-7 charity names found no matching Scottish registration (the only hit, Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem Lieutenancy of Scotland, is a separate Scottish body).
  30. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-7 charity name returned zero results).
  31. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Ian Karten' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
  32. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-281721 360Giving, queried 15 October 2026.
  33. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-7 screening covered 428 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the charitable companies, and trustees, officers, lenders, subsidiaries and related bodies named in the accounts read for this batch (including Ambertown International Ltd); matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. The single forename-and-surname candidate (a former Wimbledon and District Synagogue director against a UK counter-terrorism designation) has different middle names and was not treated as a match; all other candidates were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps; lists downloaded October 2026.
  34. ↑ 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.
  35. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Ian Karten' Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
  36. ↑ Internet Archive CDX index for iankartencharitabletrust.org.uk Wayback Machine, queried 15 October 2026.
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