The Sieratzki Charitable Trust
Knightsbridge family trust whose main grant is to Tel Aviv University
| The Sieratzki Charitable Trust
| |
|---|---|
| Logo |  Tel Aviv University (July 2024), the trust's largest grant recipient in FY2024 (£152,500) |
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 2008-11-20 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1126815 |
| Headquarters | London SW1X |
| Area served | Israel, Throughout London |
| Key people | Dr Harry Sieratzki (chair) |
The Sieratzki Charitable Trust is a trust (deed of 11 August 2008) registered on 20 November 2008; register areas are Israel and London.[1] The register lists trustees Dr Harry Sieratzki (chair), Professor Bencie Woll and Luba Selzer; the accounts name the chair as Dr Jechil Sieratzki MRCP, and its address is in London SW1X (PDF p.3).[1][2] Its objects are general charitable purposes. In the year to 10 August 2024 income was £231,235 (2023: £12,815), including a trustee's donation of £167,500 with Gift Aid of £41,875; donations to 28 charities totalled £221,230 (2023: £59,892) and funds £1,182,046 (PDF p.4–5, 7, 12).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE OR CARRY OUT SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "The Charity's objects are to advance, promote or carry out such charitable purposes as the trustees in their absolute discretion from time to time think fit."[1]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Israel, Throughout London.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Harry Sieratzki | 2008-08-11 | Yes | — |
| Professor Bencie Woll | 2019-03-01 | — | |
| Luba Selzer | 2021-06-23 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-07-05 | Martin Paisner; Jechil Salomon Sieratzki; Barbara Sieratzki | [3] |
| 2012-01-14 | Martin Paisner; Harry Sieratzki; Barbara Sieratzki | [4] |
| 2018-01-04 | Martin Paisner; Harry Sieratzki; Barbara Sieratzki | [5] |
| 2021-01-12 | Bencie Woll (from 01 March 2019) – also trustee of The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical Philosophical and Philological Studies; Harry Sieratzki (chair) (from 11 August 2008); Martin Paisner CBE Ma Llm (from 11 August 2008) – also trustee of The Lily and Marcus Sieff Charitable Trust, Ben Gurion University Foundation, The Stuart Young Foundation, New Israel Fund, Holocaust Educational Trust, The Maurice and Vivienne Wohl Philanthropic Foundation, The Rayman Hanbury Charitable Trust, Ohel Sarah UK, The Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation, British Friends of Edith Wolfson Hospital, Shaare Zedek UK, The Phillips Family Charitable Trust, Teale Charitable Trust | [6] |
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-08-10 | £49,587 | £20,310 |
| 2021-08-10 | £41,089 | £46,641 |
| 2022-08-10 | £61,013 | £90,642 |
| 2023-08-10 | £12,815 | £62,825 |
| 2024-08-10 | £231,235 | £224,343 |
Source: register annual-return history.[1]
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
Funding in Israel
- FY2024 donations £221,230: Tel Aviv University £152,500 (2023: £120), British Friends of Hebrew University Jerusalem £32,000, British Friends of Ben Gurion University £17,120, British Friends of Bar Ilan University £5,250, Belsize Square Synagogue £4,300, Western Marble Arch Synagogue £1,904, BF of ZAKA £1,800, BF Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance £1,000, London Center for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism £1,000, World Jewish Relief £750, Friends of Yad Sarah £500, Sarah Herzog Memorial Hospital £500, New Israel Fund £250, Magen David Adom UK £250, Aleh Charitable Foundation £250 and Israel Guide Dog £120, among others (PDF p.12–13).[2]
- Several recipients have Powerbase profiles: British Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, New Israel Fund and Magen David Adom UK (pilot), Ben Gurion University Foundation (batch 5), Israel Guide Dog Centre UK (batch 6), The British Friends of the Bar-Ilan University (batch 7), Friends of Yad Sarah (batch 8) and UK Friends of Herzog Hospital (batch 10, for the hospital); "Aleh Charitable Foundation" is an other name of British Friends of Aleh (this batch).[1] Identity rests on the names.
Israeli partners
Tel Aviv University (P.O. Box 39040, Tel Aviv), paid directly – 69% of grants.[2][9] Its UK fundraising charity, Tel Aviv University Trust, has a batch-1 profile.
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 |
|---|---|
| The main recipient is in Tel Aviv, inside the 1949 armistice lines.[9] | Low – Tel Aviv |
| Other Israeli recipients are named without places.[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;[10] 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.[11][12][13][14] 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.[15]
- Name discrepancy. The register gives the chair's name as "Dr Harry Sieratzki", the accounts as "Dr Jechil Sieratzki" (PDF p.3).[1][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).[16] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[17]
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.[18]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[19]
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.[20]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased.[21]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Sieratzki Charitable Trust", "Sieratzki" returned 0 contributions in total.[22]
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
- Tel Aviv University Trust
- British Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Ben Gurion University Foundation
- The British Friends of the Bar-Ilan University
- Friends of Yad Sarah
- UK Friends of Herzog Hospital
- British Friends of Aleh
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 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), extract dated 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Charity Commission, The Sieratzki Charitable Trust (1126815): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 15 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ Register entry 1126815, contact and trustees (capture of 20100705) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Register entry 1126815, contact and trustees (capture of 20120114) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Register entry 1126815, contact and trustees (capture of 20180104) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Register entry 1126815, full print (capture of 20210112) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ The Sieratzki Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2009-08-10 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110918).
- ↑ The Sieratzki Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2010-08-10 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110918).
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Tel Aviv University, Contact us english.tau.ac.il, retrieved 15 October 2026 ("Tel Aviv University, P.O. Box 39040, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel").
- ↑ 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-11 charities, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. The pages showed reporting status (for example "Charity reporting is up to date (39 days late)" for British Friends of Rambam Medical Centre, "(4 days late)" for British Friends of Aleh and "(11 days late)" for Urgent Projects).
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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, export dated 14 October 2026, downloaded October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-11 charity names found no matching Scottish registration (the only hits were unrelated names such as J R Gibb Charitable Trust and Boleskine Community Care).
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 15 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-11 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Sieratzki' The Gazette, searched 15 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1126815 360Giving, queried 15 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-11 screening covered 386 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 of related companies named in the accounts (GS Property Management Services, Igerville, Housefresh, Vitalina, Rochester Developments and Delapage), and trustees, examiners, donors and grant recipients named in the accounts read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; the only token matches were generic words in organisation names ("Trust", "Fund", "Israel", "Republic") and surname-only coincidences (Cohen, Levy, Friedman, Green, Said); lists downloaded October 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Sieratzki" Hansard, queried 15 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).