The Manny and Brigitta Davidson Charitable Foundation
North London CIO giving to UK arts institutions and Israel-linked charities
| The Manny and Brigitta Davidson Charitable Foundation
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|---|---|
| Logo |  Burlington House, home of the Royal Academy of Arts, London (2014). The foundation granted £250,000 to the Royal Academy of Arts in FY2025 |
| Type | CIO |
| Founded | 2017-10-10 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1175058 |
| Headquarters | 58 Chatsworth Road, London, NW2 4DD |
| Area served | Throughout England And Wales, Israel |
The Manny and Brigitta Davidson Charitable Foundation is a CIO constituted and registered on 10 October 2017; register areas are England and Wales and Israel.[1] The accounts for the year to 31 March 2025 give its principal office as 39 Norrice Lea, London N2 0RD. Its objects cover education, the arts, culture and heritage, including capital projects "in the United Kingdom and Israel", and the relief of need in both countries. Donations were £610,000, grants £580,600 and net assets £35,422 (PDF p.4–6).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (THE OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC: (A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(I) PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ISRAEL; AND(II) HOLDING, MAINTAINING AND EXHIBITING WORKS OF ART; (B) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, OLD AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT FOR ORGANISATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ISRAEL."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "The advancement of education, the arts, culture and heritage by providing support for capital and infrastructure projects in the United Kingdon and Israel, and by holding, maintaining and exhibiting works of art.The relief of those in need by reason of youth, old age, ill-health, disability or financial hardship by the provision of support for organisations in the United Kingdom and Israel."[1]
Register classifications: Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brigitta Davidson | 2017-10-10 | — | |
| Gerard Phillip Cohen | 2023-04-25 | Sjp Charity Trust Limited (1094719) | |
| Jeremy Vaughan Sandelson | 2023-04-25 | — | |
| Cheryl Jeanette BRODIE | 2023-04-25 | The Bernard Charitable Trust (1080437); Wellspring (1183111) | |
| Harry Krais | 2023-07-23 | — | |
| Charlotte Catherine Laure de Pariente | 2025-10-23 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
The accounts record that Emanuel Davidson died on 12 December 2024 (PDF p.6); the register lists Charlotte Catherine Laure de Pariente, appointed on 23 October 2025.[2][1]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £933,000 | £1,117,138 |
| 2022-03-31 | £390,000 | £145,114 |
| 2023-03-31 | £90,000 | £162,958 |
| 2024-03-31 | £448,000 | £480,567 |
| 2025-03-31 | £610,000 | £587,145 |
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 31/03/2019[6]
Funding in Israel
- FY2025 grants (note 5): Royal Academy of Arts £250,000; The National Gallery £150,000; Youth Aliyah Child Rescue £77,000; British Emunah Fund £25,000; Royal Free Charity £25,000; Jewish Care £25,000; JNF Charitable Trust £10,000; The Bike Project £5,000; other £13,600 (PDF p.14).[2]
Israeli partners
UK-registered intermediaries only (Youth Aliyah Child Rescue, British Emunah Fund, JNF Charitable Trust); no Israeli place or project is 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.
| Finding | Confidence |
|---|---|
| No place in Israel is named.[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 insolvency notice naming this charity was found, and its register entry shows no regulatory alert;[7] 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.[8][9][10][11] 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.[12]
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).[13] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[14]
The Gazette
Searches of The Gazette notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name returned no notices.[15]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[16]
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.[17]
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.[18]
Parliament
Hansard searches for 'Manny and Brigitta Davidson', 'Davidson Charitable Foundation' returned 0 contributions in total.[19]
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".[4]
See also
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 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), extract dated 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Charity Commission, The Manny and Brigitta Davidson Charitable Foundation (1175058): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ Register entry 1175058, contact and trustees (capture of 20180104) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Register entry 1175058, full print (capture of 20210105) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Register entry 1175058, full print (capture of 20210704) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ The Manny and Brigitta Davidson Charitable Foundation accounts, year ended 2019-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025 (re-fetched 14 October 2026).
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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").
- ↑ 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-6 charities found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-6 charity name returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Davidson Charitable Foundation' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1175058 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-6 screening covered 429 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), Companies House officers of the charitable companies, and trustees, officers and related persons named in the accounts read for this batch (including archived accounts); matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually (all candidate hits were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps); lists downloaded October 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Davidson Charitable Foundation' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).