United Institutions Charitable Trust
Prestwich trust that lends to other charities at above-market interest and bought a £550,000 investment property in 2024/25
| United Institutions Charitable Trust
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 2007-06-29 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1119871 |
| Headquarters | Prestwich M25 |
| Area served | Lancashire, Israel |
United Institutions Charitable Trust is a trust established by a deed of 7 June 2007 and registered on 29 June 2007; its objects are the Orthodox Jewish religion and education and the relief of poverty "throughout the world", and its register areas are Lancashire and Israel (PDF p.4–5).[1][2] The trustees are Michael Evan Fuerst, who runs it day to day, Ronnie Masar and Ovadya Toporowitch; the principal office is in Prestwich M25 (PDF p.3–4).[1][2] In the year to 31 March 2025 income was £91,598 (2024: £383,755): donations £36,420, synagogue lease income £20,918 and loan interest £34,260. It spent £86,887 on charitable activities, including grants of £63,805, bought an investment property for £550,000, and held funds of £936,458 (PDF p.6, 10–11, 16).[2] The examiner is Howard Schwalbe ACA, Prestwich (6 January 2026).[2]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "1 THE ADVANCEMENT AND FUTHERANCE OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGION AND JEWISH EDUCATION AND THE ALLEVIATION OF POVERTY AMONG THE JEWISH COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.2 THE FURTHERANCE OF SUCH OTHER OBJECTS THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE."[1]
The register describes its activities as: "Support of Religious Education and Charitable Organisations in Israel"[1]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty.[1]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Lancashire, Israel.[1]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[1]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Evan Fuerst | not recorded | — | |
| Ronnie Masar | 2016-01-02 | — | |
| Ovadya Toporowitch | 2016-01-02 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-16 | Ronnie Masar (from 02 January 2016); Michael Evan Fuerst; Ovadya Toporowitch (from 02 January 2016) | [3] |
The accounts give the trustees as M E Fuerst, R Masar and O Toporowitch (PDF p.3).[2]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £226,572 | £354,861 |
| 2022-03-31 | £404,541 | £399,965 |
| 2023-03-31 | £550,091 | £675,193 |
| 2024-03-31 | £383,755 | £455,638 |
| 2025-03-31 | £91,598 | £88,497 |
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 31/03/2014[4]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[5]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[6]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[7]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2019[9]
Funding in Israel
- 2025 grants £63,805: New Track for Youth £16,800 (2024: £29,888); MS Community Trust £8,000; Yeshiva Gedola Nezer Hatorah £7,500; Jewish Teachers Training College £6,450; The Josh Charitable Trust £5,000; Beis Hamedrash Shaarei Tefillah £4,500; grants under £5,000 £12,055; individuals £3,500. No grantee is identified as Israeli (PDF p.16).[2]
Israeli partners
No Israeli partner 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;[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]
- Interest-bearing loans to other charities. The report says "The charity has loans owing from other charities and charged interest above market rate. Loan interest receivable came to £34,260." Other debtors were £437,624 (2024: £702,670), and the borrowers are not named (PDF p.6, 11, 17).[2]
- Trustee's company. M E Fuerst is a director of Longbranch Homes Limited, which lent the charity money at commercial interest; the balance owed to it was £20,764 at the year end, although the balance sheet shows only £3,273 of other creditors besides bank loans (PDF p.11, 17, 19).[2]
- Reserves misstated. The report gives free reserves ("net current assets") as £988,740, which is the 2024 figure; the 2025 balance sheet shows net current assets of £437,241 (PDF p.7, 11).[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. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.[20]
Land and property
The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property.[1] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[21] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[22]
- Investment property bought for £550,000, "confirmed as fair value by a professional RICS valuation (LSH)"; and a lease taken to enable a synagogue to operate, with the upstairs sublet; addresses not stated – Accounts (PDF p.6, 11, 17) (source: [2])
- Leasehold property, Bury Old Road, Prestwich M25 (title MAN329770, leasehold; proprietor added 10/01/2019) – Name-only CCOD match: proprietor recorded under the charity's exact name; the accounts mention a lease taken to enable a synagogue to operate; not verified against a title register (source: [22])
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "United Institutions Charitable Trust" returned 0 contributions in total.[23]
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".[3]
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, charity_other_names), extract dated 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 Charity Commission, United Institutions Charitable Trust (1119871): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Register entry 1119871, full print (capture of 20210116) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ United Institutions Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2014-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ United Institutions Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ United Institutions Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ United Institutions Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ United Institutions Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2018-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200105).
- ↑ United Institutions Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2019-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200702).
- ↑ 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-18 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Sixteen registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)"; the Porter Foundation showed "up to date (1 day late)", The Persian Hebrew Community "up to date (48 days late)", Bernard Kahn Charitable Trust "up to date (33 days late)" and the Rabbi Yisroel Yehudah Peritz Charitable Trust "up to date (3 days late)"; Jassiane Limited showed "Charity reporting is overdue by 623 days"; The Friends of Birzeit University, The Friends of the Or Hachaim Educational Centre for Girls and John Hagee Ministries showed "Removed charity".
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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").
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-18 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-18 charity names returned no matching charity).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'United Institutions Charitable Trust' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1119871 360Giving, queried 16 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-18 screening covered 285 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the seven charitable companies, and trustees, examiners, grantees, subsidiaries and other people and bodies named in the accounts and sources read for this batch; matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually. No forename-and-surname match for any person was found; token matches were surname-only coincidences (for example Weiss, Cohen, Salem and Tauber) or generic words such as "Foundation", "Aid" and "People"; 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 in 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.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 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 the company numbers of the seven charitable companies (09792270, 04952955, 00999987, 06297292, 10610690, 10824802, 11678469), on the subsidiaries named in the accounts (03069403, 03119073, 02779623, 03420847) and on the charities' registered names and named subsidiaries; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "United Institutions Charitable Trust" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).