The Manackerman Charitable Trust
British charitable trust supporting Zionist causes in the settler colony
| Manackerman Charitable Trust | |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable trust |
| Founded | 7 July 1982 |
| Founder(s) | Jonathan Marks |
| Dissolved | |
| Registration ID | Charity number: 326147 |
| Status | |
| Headquarters | Manchester, England |
| Location | David Samuels Management Ltd, Rico House, George Street, Prestwich, MANCHESTER, M25 9WS |
| Area served | |
| Services | |
| Registration | |
| Key people | Aryeh Marks, Jonathan Marks, Vanessa Shane Marks |
| Website | |
| Remarks | |
Manackerman Charitable Trust is a British charitable trust registered on 7 July 1982 to benefit charitable purposes and institutions, with significant donations to organisations in the Zionist colony, often termed 'Israel'. Governed by a deed dated 11 May 1982, it operates from Manchester and focuses on grant-making in areas including education, health, poverty relief, and religious activities.[1] The trust's support for settler colony entities exemplifies Zionist sympathies, critiqued as complicity in colonial practices under anti-Zionism, a protected belief as per Miller vs University of Bristol (2024).[2]
With latest income of £153,245 and expenditure of £102,415 for the year ending 31 March 2025, the trust has provided grants to various causes, including those in the Zionist regime.[1]
History
Established by deed on 11 May 1982 and registered as charity 326147 on 7 July 1982, the trust has operated for over four decades, maintaining consistent grant-making activities.[1]
Activities
The trust makes grants to organisations for general charitable purposes, operating in Brent, Bury, Hackney, Salford City, Scotland, and the Zionist entity.[1]
Trustees
The trustees are:
| Name | Role | Date of appointment | Other trusteeships | Reporting status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aryeh Marks | Trustee | 8 January 2014 | None on record | |
| Jonathan Marks | Trustee | None on record | ||
| Vanessa Shane Marks | Trustee | None on record |
No directors as it is a trust, not a company.
Support for Zionist causes
Manackerman Charitable Trust has demonstrated Zionist sympathies through donations to organisations in the settler colony, including Friends of Alyn Orthopaedic Hospital Jerusalem (£5,000), Laniado Hospital (in Netanya, 'Israel'), and Friends of Lubavitch Scotland (£6,000), which supports Chabad activities linked to Jewish supremacist/Zionist networks.[4] Such funding aids the Zionist entity's health and religious infrastructure, raising concerns about perpetuating settler-colonial oppression.
| Recipient | 2017 (£) | 2018 (£) | 2019 (£) | 2020 (£) | 2021 (£) | 2022 (£) | 2023 (£) | 2024 (£) | 2025 (£) | Total (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B J P S | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,000 |
| British Emunah Fund | 5,000 | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 15,000 | 60,000 |
| British Friends of Hala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,000 |
| British Friends of United Hatzolo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | 5,000 |
| Broughton Jewish Opportunities Fund | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 |
| Camp Simcha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,000 | 10,000 |
| Chai Lifeline Cancer Care | 1,800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,800 |
| Friends of Alyn Orthopaedic Hospital Jerusalem | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,000 | 0 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 25,000 |
| Friends of Ezra Israel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 | 125,000 |
| Friends of Lubavitch Scotland | 5,000 | 5,000 | 0 | 6,000 | 0 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 6,000 | 40,000 |
| King David High School (Manchester) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10,000 |
| Laniado Hospital UK | 7,200 | 24,500 | 0 | 20,850 | 14,285 | 6,500 | 6,500 | 0 | 0 | 79,835 |
| League of Jewish Women | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,000 |
| Leket UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,000 |
| Lubavitch Ltd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6,000 |
| Mavoi Satum | 5,000 | 10,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15,000 |
| Project S.E.E.D. Limited | 10,000 | 12,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22,500 |
| Seed UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,000 | 15,360 | 15,000 | 75,360 |
| Shalom Foundation of The Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland | 5,000 | 18,000 | 0 | 25,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48,000 |
| Simcha L'Yeled UK | 0 | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,000 |
| TTT | 2,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,000 |
| The Gertner Charitable Trust | 1,800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,800 |
| UK Toremet Limited | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 0 | 20,000 | 26,000 | 25,000 | 86,000 |
| Whitefield Community Kolel | 1,800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,800 |
| Zichron Menachem | 5,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5,000 |
| Grants under £5,000 | 10,180 | 15,166 | 0 | 18,040 | 21,110 | 8,130 | 19,230 | 6,175 | 5,075 | 96,931 |
| Total grants | 66,780 | 100,166 | 0 | 99,890 | 106,395 | 80,630 | 111,730 | 93,535 | 101,075 | 666,666 |
Note: No grant data is available in the provided disclosures for the year 2019. The table reflects only the years with explicit grant schedules in the attached reports (2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025). Figures are as listed in the notes to the financial statements; "Grants under £5,000" includes multiple small grants not individually itemised.
See also
Friends of Lubavitch Scotland Zionism
External links
MANACKERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST on Charity Commission
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Charity Commission for England and Wales, MANACKERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST - Charity 326147 Charity Commission, accessed February 21, 2026.
- ↑ UK Employment Tribunal, Professor David Miller v University of Bristol Employment Tribunal, February 5, 2024.
- ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, MANACKERMAN CHARITABLE TRUST - Trustees Charity Commission, accessed February 21, 2026.
- ↑ Charity Commission for England and Wales, Manackerman Charitable Trust - Unaudited Financial Statements Charity Commission, March 31, 2023.