The Maurice and Pearl Esterkin Charitable Trust

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Family grant-making trust with a policy of "not responding to any correspondence", whose 2024/25 grants of £18,794 are given only by category

The Maurice and Pearl Esterkin Charitable Trust

Type Trust
Founded 1994-04-18 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1036504
Headquarters London N2
Area served Manchester City, Trafford, Israel


The Maurice and Pearl Esterkin Charitable Trust is a charitable trust established by a settlement of 18 February 1994, amended on 30 March 2004, and registered on 18 April 1994; its register address is in London N2, and the register lists Manchester, Trafford and Israel as its areas of operation.[1][2] The register lists six trustees: Ginette Esterkin, Nigel Jeffrey Esterkin and, from 30 April 2018, Michelle Sweetland, Maurice Esterkin, David Esterkin and Alex Esterkin.[2] The report says "The trustees travel widely in the UK and abroad", that the charity "does not make grants to people or organisations who apply speculatively" and that it has a "policy of not responding to any correspondence".[3] In the year to 5 April 2025 donations were £37,500 (2024: £14,500); grants were religious organisations £5,951, medical and health £4,745, education and training £1,585 and relief of poverty £6,513, a sub-total of £18,794, with miscellaneous costs of £1,450 and total spending of £20,244; with a revaluation gain of £14,997 funds rose from £74,046 to £106,299.[3] The examiner's report is from Matravers of Altrincham, with an illegible signature and no date; the trustees' report was signed by N J Esterkin on 9 January 2026.[3]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "TO APPLY THE INCOME TO OR FOR THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF SUCH BODIES, ASSOCIATIONS OR ORGANISATIONS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT."[2]

The register describes its activities as: "Such charitable objects as the trustees in their absolute discretition think fit."[2]

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Religious Activities.[2]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Manchester City, Trafford, Israel.[2]

Trustees

Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[2]

Trustees of The Maurice and Pearl Esterkin Charitable Trust (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Ginette Esterkin not recorded North Cheshire Jewish Nursery Property Trust (1110468)
Nigel Jeffrey Esterkin not recorded Hale and District Hebrew Congregation Ltd (1180143); Wilbraham Road (Manchester) Trust Limited (1094271)
Michelle Sweetland 2018-04-30 —
Maurice Esterkin 2018-04-30 —
David Esterkin 2018-04-30 —
Alex Esterkin 2018-04-30 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2010-07-16 Eugene Barry Esterkin; Ginette Esterkin; Nigel Esterkin [4]
2011-09-20 Eugene Barry Esterkin; Ginette Esterkin; Nigel Esterkin [5]
2021-01-07 Maurice Esterkin (from 30 April 2018); Nigel Jeffrey Esterkin – also trustee of Hale and District Hebrew Congregation Ltd, Wilbraham Road (Manchester) Trust Limited; Michelle Sweetland (from 30 April 2018); David Esterkin (from 30 April 2018); Ginette Esterkin – also trustee of North Cheshire Jewish Nursery Property Trust; Alex Esterkin (from 30 April 2018) [6]

Ginette Esterkin is also a register trustee of the North Cheshire Jewish Nursery Property Trust (1110468); Nigel Jeffrey Esterkin of Hale and District Hebrew Congregation Ltd (1180143) and the Wilbraham Road (Manchester) Trust Limited (1094271).[2] Archived register pages of 2010 and 2011 also list Eugene Barry Esterkin.

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-04-05 £25,000 £28,952
2022-04-05 £35,000 £24,633
2023-04-05 £22,500 £32,214
2024-04-05 £14,500 £15,736
2025-04-05 £37,500 £20,244

Source: register annual-return history.[2]

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 05/04/2008[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2015[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2016[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2017[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2018[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2019[13]

Funding in Israel

  • Year to 5 April 2025: grants of £18,794 by category only; no recipients or places are named.[3]

Israeli partners

No Israeli partner is named. The register lists Israel among the areas of operation.[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 in Israel is named.[3] Not established

Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[3]

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;[14] 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.[15][16][17][18] 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.[19]
  • Garbled and outdated report. The report's sentence on the year's result is garbled, its reserves figure of £71,694 is the 2024 figure, the analysis of funds contradicts itself, and the examiner's report cites "section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993", which has been repealed.[3]
  • No recipients named. Grants are given only by category, and none is linked to a place.[3]

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, searched by name).[20] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[21]

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.[22]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[23]

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.[24]

Land and property

The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[2] No title registers were purchased.[25]

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Maurice and Pearl Esterkin Charitable Trust", "Pearl Esterkin Charitable Trust" returned 0 contributions in total.[26]

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".[6]

External links

  • No current official website.

Notes

  1. ↑ Charity Commission, The Maurice and Pearl Esterkin Charitable Trust (1036504): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 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, charity_other_names), extract dated 14 October 2026.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Charity Commission, accounts and annual returns (1036504) Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 (scanned document; text read by OCR, so some printed digits are unclear; "PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  4. ↑ Register entry 1036504, contact and trustees (capture of 20100716) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 1036504, contact and trustees (capture of 20110920) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Register entry 1036504, full print (capture of 20210107) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ The Maurice and Pearl Esterkin Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2006-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110918).
  8. ↑ The Maurice and Pearl Esterkin Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2008-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110918).
  9. ↑ The Maurice and Pearl Esterkin Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2015-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  10. ↑ The Maurice and Pearl Esterkin Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2016-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  11. ↑ The Maurice and Pearl Esterkin Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2017-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  12. ↑ The Maurice and Pearl Esterkin Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2018-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  13. ↑ The Maurice and Pearl Esterkin Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2019-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200103).
  14. ↑ 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 each of the 25 batch-24 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; only Dalaid (1064655) showed one.
  15. ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
  16. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
  17. ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
  18. ↑ 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).
  19. ↑ Charity Commission, Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements GOV.UK, 5 August 2026 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").
  20. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-24 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
  21. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-24 charity names returned zero results).
  22. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Esterkin' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  23. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1036504 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  24. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-24 screening covered 264 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers and other people named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies; the only hits were generic words (such as "Trust", "Foundation", "Company Limited" in the names of corporate formation agents) and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.
  25. ↑ 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.
  26. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Esterkin" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
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