The M D and S Charitable Trust

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Holloway Road property trust whose grants include a charity in the cheque-cashing inquiry

The M D and S Charitable Trust

Type Trust
Founded 1977-08-24 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 273992
Headquarters 479 Holloway Road, London, N7 6LE
Area served Barnet, Hackney, Israel


The M D and S Charitable Trust was registered on 24 August 1977; register areas are Barnet, Hackney and Israel.[1] The accounts for the year to 5 April 2025, audited by Sugarwhite Meyer, give its principal address as 479 Holloway Road, London N7 6LE, and its trustees as M D Cymerman, S Cymerman and M Kaufman. It relies on property income and "voluntary income from companies connected with the trustees". Income was £519,408 (donations £186,250; investment income £333,158), grants £410,349 and funds £5,020,357 (PDF p.3–4, 9).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALSO SO MUCH OF THE CAPITAL AS THE SETTLOR MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE; TO SUCH CHARITIES OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AND IN SUCH MANNER AND SUBJECT TO SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "Making grant to those organisations coming within the objects of the charity."[1]

Register classifications: Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[1]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Barnet, Hackney, Israel.[1]

Trustees

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

Trustees of The M D and S Charitable Trust (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Michael David Cymerman not recorded Adenfirst Limited (291647); Canonstates Limited (296751); Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited (265090)
Sylvia Cymerman not recorded Adenfirst Limited (291647); Canonstates Limited (296751); Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited (265090)
Maurice Moses Kaufman 2021-02-15 Five K Foundation (1172014); M O Charitable Trust (327060); The Rozac Charitable Trust (1082851)

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2011-01-14 M D Cymerman; Sylvia Cymerman [3]
2013-01-04 M D Cymerman; Sylvia Cymerman [4]
2021-01-11 Sylvia Cymerman – also trustee of Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited, Canonstates Limited, Adenfirst Limited; Michael David Cymerman – also trustee of Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited, Canonstates Limited, Adenfirst Limited [5]
2021-07-05 Maurice Moses Kaufman (from 15 February 2021) – also trustee of Five K Foundation; Sylvia Cymerman – also trustee of Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited, Canonstates Limited, Adenfirst Limited; Michael David Cymerman – also trustee of Itzchok Meyer Cymerman Trust Limited, Canonstates Limited, Adenfirst Limited [6]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-04-05 £543,607 £739,990
2022-04-05 £645,119 £946,448
2023-04-05 £459,456 £517,427
2024-04-05 £368,573 £609,285
2025-04-05 £519,408 £587,777

Source: register annual-return history.[1]

Archived accounts

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

  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2006[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2007[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2008[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2009[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2010[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2014[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2015[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2016[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2017[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2018[16]

Funding in Israel

  • Year to April 2025 grants of £410,349: Amud Hatzdokoh Trust £145,050; Yesamach Levav £89,780; Friends of Mercaz Hatorah Belz Macnivka £25,000; Ichud Mosdos Gur Ltd £12,050; Keren Ezer Lenisuin Beth Yisroel £11,500; Ezer Lenetzrochim £10,350; Kolel Shaarei Shlomo £10,000; others £106,569 (PDF p.15). No locations are given.[2]

Israeli partners

Not identified; recipients are named without locations.[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
No place is named for any recipient.[2] 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 notice naming this charity was found, and its register entry shows no regulatory alert;[17] it is not itself named in the cheque-cashing class-inquiry announcements or the September 2026 statement of results.[18][19][20][21] The charities in the settlements class inquiry (August 2026) have not been named.[22]
  • Grant to an inquiry charity. FY2025 grants include £25,000 to Friends of Mercaz Hatorah Belz Macnivka (PDF p.15),[2] a charity named in the first, May 2025, tranche of the cheque-cashing class inquiry (1126075).[18] The release makes no finding about this trust. In 2008, 2009 and 2010 the trust also gave £10,000 a year to "Gevurath Ari Academy Trust",[23][24][25] a name close to The Gevurath Ari Torah Academy Trust (1003102), which has been under statutory inquiry since July 2023;[26] those grants pre-date the inquiry.
  • Trustee-valued property. Investment property of £5,061,128 is "valued by the trustees", with a revaluation gain of £662,551; loans of £154,571 are secured on it (PDF p.16, 18).[2]
  • Related charities. Note 17 records donations of £161,500 received from charities in which two trustees have an interest (PDF p.19).[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, downloaded 15 October 2026 and searched by name).[27] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[28]

The Gazette

Searches of The Gazette notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name returned no notices.[29]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[30]

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. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.[31]

Land and property

The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[32] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[33]

  • Investment property valued by the trustees at £5,061,128; addresses not stated; principal address 479 Holloway Road, London N7 6LE – Accounts note 10 (PDF p.16); the trust is unincorporated, so no CCOD company match is possible (source: accounts)

Parliament

Hansard searches for 'M D and S Charitable Trust', 'MD and S Charitable' returned 0 contributions in total.[34]

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 up to date" and "Other regulators: No information available".[5]

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 2.6 2.7 Charity Commission, The M D and S Charitable Trust (273992): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 273992, contact and trustees (capture of 20110114) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ Register entry 273992, contact and trustees (capture of 20130104) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 273992, full print (capture of 20210111) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Register entry 273992, full print (capture of 20210705) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ The M D and S Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2006-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110713).
  8. ↑ The M D and S Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2007-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110713).
  9. ↑ The M D and S Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2008-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110713).
  10. ↑ The M D and S Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2009-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110713).
  11. ↑ The M D and S Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2010-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20130104).
  12. ↑ The M D and S Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2014-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  13. ↑ The M D and S Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2015-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  14. ↑ The M D and S Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2016-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  15. ↑ The M D and S Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2017-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  16. ↑ The M D and S Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2018-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  17. ↑ 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).
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  19. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  20. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  21. ↑ 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.
  22. ↑ 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").
  23. ↑ Charity Commission, M D and S Charitable Trust: accounts for the year to 5 April 2008 UK Government Web Archive, capture of 13/07/2011.
  24. ↑ Charity Commission, M D and S Charitable Trust: accounts for the year to 5 April 2009 UK Government Web Archive, capture of 13/07/2011.
  25. ↑ Charity Commission, M D and S Charitable Trust: accounts for the year to 5 April 2010 UK Government Web Archive, capture of 04/01/2013.
  26. ↑ Charity Commission, Charities investigated over poor financial management GOV.UK, 25 July 2023.
  27. ↑ 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).
  28. ↑ 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).
  29. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'M D and S Charitable Trust' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
  30. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-273992 360Giving, queried 15 October 2026.
  31. ↑ 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.
  32. ↑ 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.
  33. ↑ HM Land Registry, UK companies that own property in England and Wales (CCOD) and Overseas companies that own property in England and Wales (OCOD) full extracts, October 2026 release, matched on charitable company numbers, registered names and the names of subsidiaries named in the accounts; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.
  34. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'M D and S Charitable Trust' Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
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