The Rofeh Trust

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Dunitz family grant-making trust in Golders Green with a £470,000 property and £0.9 million of investments, naming no grantees

The Rofeh Trust

Type Trust
Founded 1999-10-05 (registered)
Registration ID Registered charity 1077682
Headquarters London NW11
Area served Throughout England And Wales, Israel


The Rofeh Trust was registered on 5 October 1999; register areas are England and Wales and Israel.[1] Its trustees are Martin Charles Dunitz, Ruth Naomi Dunitz, Vivian Wineman, Sir Henry Bernard Eder QC and Katya Bertha Dunitz, with a principal address in London NW11 (scanned forms, PDF p.1).[1][2] Its activity is "TO MAKE GRANTS FOR GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES" (PDF p.3). In the year to 31 March 2025 income was £166,997 (donations £106,250, rent £38,616, investment income £22,131), grants £156,832 and funds £1,459,213, including property of £470,000 and listed investments of £924,026 (PDF p.8–9).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "TO OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS OR OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECT OR OBJECTS IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT TO SUPPORT OR ESTABLISH."[1]

The register describes its activities as: "Making grants for general charitable purposes and religious activities."[1]

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Religious Activities.[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]

Trustees of The Rofeh Trust (register, October 2026)
Trustee Appointed Chair Other trusteeships
Ruth Dunitz not recorded —
Henry Bernard Eder QC not recorded —
Martin Charles Dunitz not recorded —
Vivian Wineman not recorded The Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies (293643); The Next Century Foundation (328704); United Religions Initiative UK (1200822); Wineman Charitable Trust (274241)
Katya Bertha Dunitz 2022-03-01 —

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2010-07-08 Vivian Wineman; Henry Bernard Eder; Ruth Dunitz; Martin Charles Dunitz [3]
2011-09-21 Vivian Wineman; Henry Bernard Eder; Ruth Dunitz; Martin Charles Dunitz [4]
2018-01-04 Vivian Wineman; Henry Bernard Eder; Ruth Dunitz; Martin Charles Dunitz [5]
2021-01-11 Henry Bernard Eder QC; Martin Charles Dunitz; Vivian Wineman – also trustee of The Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies, Wineman Charitable Trust, The Council of Christians and Jews, The Next Century Foundation, Bod Heritage; Ruth Dunitz [6]

Vivian Wineman is also a register trustee of The Institute for Polish-Jewish Studies (293643), The Next Century Foundation (328704), United Religions Initiative UK (1200822) and Wineman Charitable Trust (274241).[1]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2021-03-31 £109,833 £146,229
2022-03-31 £186,706 £166,242
2023-03-31 £111,339 £184,052
2024-03-31 £181,217 £163,175
2025-03-31 £166,997 £164,416

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 31/03/2006[7]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2007[8]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2008[9]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2009[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2010[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2014[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2019[16]

Funding in Israel

  • FY2025 grants £156,832 (2024: £155,363); the accounts name no recipients and no place in Israel is mentioned (PDF p.8, 16).[2] Israel appears only as a register area of operation.[1]

Israeli partners

Not 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.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
Finding Confidence
No place 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;[17] 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.[18][19][20][21] 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.[22]
  • No grantees named. Grants of £156,832 are not broken down by recipient, and the related-party section of the form is blank (PDF p.13, 16, 21).[2] The independent examiner's report, by P Tanna of Magus Chartered Accountants, is dated 11 December 2025 (PDF p.23).[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, searched by name).[23] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[24]

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.[25]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[26]

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.[27]

Land and property

The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased.[28] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[29]

  • Freehold land and buildings / investment property £470,000; rental income £38,616; address not stated – Accounts (PDF p.8–9, 17–18) (source: [2])

Parliament

Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Rofeh Trust" returned 0 contributions in total.[30]

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]

See also

External links

  • No current official website.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 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.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Charity Commission, The Rofeh Trust (1077682): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
  3. ↑ Register entry 1077682, contact and trustees (capture of 20100708) UK Government Web Archive.
  4. ↑ Register entry 1077682, contact and trustees (capture of 20110921) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 1077682, contact and trustees (capture of 20180104) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Register entry 1077682, full print (capture of 20210111) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ The Rofeh Trust accounts, year ended 2006-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110921).
  8. ↑ The Rofeh Trust accounts, year ended 2007-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110921).
  9. ↑ The Rofeh Trust accounts, year ended 2008-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110921).
  10. ↑ The Rofeh Trust accounts, year ended 2009-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110921).
  11. ↑ The Rofeh Trust accounts, year ended 2010-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110921).
  12. ↑ The Rofeh Trust accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  13. ↑ The Rofeh Trust accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  14. ↑ The Rofeh Trust accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  15. ↑ The Rofeh Trust accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200104).
  16. ↑ The Rofeh Trust accounts, year ended 2019-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200703).
  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 each of the 25 batch-14 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Nineteen registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)"; Friends of the Israel Cancer Association showed "up to date (13 days late)" and The Bertie Black Foundation "up to date (82 days late)"; British Friends of Neve Shalom, Mesila UK, The Friends of Ohr Akiva Institutions and Etz Chaim Foundation showed "Removed charity".
  18. ↑ 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).
  22. ↑ 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").
  23. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-14 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
  24. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-14 charity names returned zero results).
  25. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Rofeh Trust' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
  26. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1077682 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
  27. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-14 screening covered 282 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the eight charitable companies, directors of the dissolved Etz Chaim Foundation company and of Mesila UK Limited, related companies and charities named in the accounts (including Bestgreat Ltd, Jonvan Properties, One Shakespeare Limited, Beauland Limited, Tifereth Benevolent Fund Limited and Torah Temimah Trust) and trustees, examiners and donors named in the accounts read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person or company was found; the only token matches were surname-only coincidences (for example Cohen and Jones); lists downloaded October 2026.
  28. ↑ 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.
  29. ↑ 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 (including the dissolved Etz Chaim Foundation, 04773267) and on the charities' registered names; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.
  30. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Rofeh Trust" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).
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