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{{short description|'''Feiner and Cohen family trust in Golders Green with property, syndicate and overseas investments; its £70,421 of grants are not itemised'''}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Elem Charitable Trust
| type = Trust
| registration_id = Registered charity 1094325
| founded = 2002-10-24 (registered)
| headquarters = London NW11
| area_served = Throughout England And Wales, Israel
| key_people = [[Leo Feiner]] (chair)
| revenue = £87,717 (year to 2025-09-30)
}}

'''[[Elem Charitable Trust]]''' is an unincorporated trust registered on 24 October 2002; its objects are the promotion of the Orthodox Jewish faith and the relief of poverty, and its register areas are England and Wales and Israel (PDF p.3).<ref name="EXTRACT">[[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.</ref><ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/3994212/accounts-and-annual-returns Elem Charitable Trust (1094325): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).</ref> The register lists [[Leo Feiner]] (chair), [[Margareta Feiner]], [[Sholem Feiner]], [[Chana Ethel Cohen]] and Rabbi [[Abraham Maurice Cohen]] as trustees, although the accounts say Leo Feiner and A M Cohen resigned on 1 October 2024; the principal address is in London NW11 (PDF p.3).<ref name="EXTRACT" /><ref name="ACC" /> In the year to 30 September 2025 investment income (rents, property syndicates and interest) was £87,717 and grants to institutions £70,421; funds were £1,173,047, including investment property of £777,999 after additions of £219,999 (PDF p.6–8, 10).<ref name="ACC" /> The examiner is A Heller FCA, London Accounting Group Ltd (30 July 2026).<ref name="ACC" />

== Objects and activities ==
The charity's registered objects read: "THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND THE INCOME THEREOF UPON TRUST TO PAY THEREFROM ALL THE PROPER COSTS AND EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE TRUSTEES IN ESTABLISHING AND ADMINISTERING THE CHARITY AND THE TRUST FUND AND SUBJECT THERETO SHALL PAY OR APPLY THE INCOME THEREOF TO SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN SUCH MANNER AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AS THEY SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE WITH POWER FOR THE TRUSTEES AT ANY TIME AND FROM TIME TO TIME TO PAY OR APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL OF THE TRUST FUND AS IF IT WAS INCOME."<ref name="EXTRACT" />

The register describes its activities as: "Receives donations and Investment income and donates to other organisations"<ref name="EXTRACT" />

Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

== Trustees ==
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:<ref name="EXTRACT" />

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Trustees of Elem Charitable Trust (register, October 2026)
! Trustee !! Appointed !! Chair !! Other trusteeships
|-
| [[Chana Ethel Cohen]] || not recorded ||  || —
|-
| [[Abraham Maurice Cohen]] || not recorded ||  || —
|-
| [[Leo Feiner]] || not recorded || Yes || —
|-
| [[Margareta Feiner]] || not recorded ||  || —
|-
| [[Sholem Feiner]] || not recorded ||  || [[Community Services Projects]] (1148951); [[The Hiddur C.i.o.]] (1188015); [[The Realm Charitable Trust]] (283144)
|}

=== Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive) ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Trustees shown in archived register pages
! Capture date !! Trustees listed !! Source
|-
| 2021-01-05 || [[Chana Ethel Cohen]]; [[Margareta Feiner]]; [[Abraham Maurice Cohen]]; [[Leo Feiner]] (chair); [[Sholem Feiner]] – also trustee of [[Community Services Projects]], [[The Hiddur C.i.o.]], [[The Realm Charitable Trust]] || <ref name="u1148fa9f">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210105175124/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/3994212/full-print Register entry 1094325, full print (capture of 20210105)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|}

== Finances ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
! Financial year end !! Income !! Expenditure
|-
| 2021-09-30 || £43,127 || £67,264
|-
| 2022-09-30 || £83,152 || £63,213
|-
| 2023-09-30 || £49,213 || £64,108
|-
| 2024-09-30 || £75,482 || £63,939
|-
| 2025-09-30 || £87,717 || £71,369
|}
Source: register annual-return history.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

=== Archived accounts ===
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the [[UK Government Web Archive]]:
* Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2014<ref name="ub2ffb983">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200105014604/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends25/0001094325_AC_20140930_E_C.PDF Elem Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2014-09-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200105).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2015<ref name="u2583ba43">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200105013608/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends25/0001094325_AC_20150930_E_C.PDF Elem Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2015-09-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200105).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2016<ref name="u312b9c5f">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200105014051/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends25/0001094325_AC_20160930_E_C.PDF Elem Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2016-09-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200105).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 30/09/2017<ref name="u24d1b7db">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200105012449/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends25/0001094325_AC_20170930_E_C.PDF Elem Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2017-09-30] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200105).</ref>

== Funding in Israel ==
* No spending in Israel is identified; the 2024/25 grants of £70,421 are not itemised (PDF p.6).<ref name="ACC" /> Israel is a register area.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

=== Israeli partners ===
No partner is named.<ref name="ACC" />

== 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.

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
! Finding !! Confidence
|-
| No place in Israel is named.<ref name="ACC" /> || Not established
|}

'''Support for the IDF:''' No IDF or military funding is stated.<ref name="ACC" />

== 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;<ref name="ALERTS">[[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".</ref> 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.<ref name="CC_CHEQUE1">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/serious-concerns-over-use-of-22-million-triggers-investigation-by-charity-regulator Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator] ''GOV.UK'', 14 May 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE2">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-opens-next-phase-of-investigation-into-105-charities-connected-to-company-cashing-cheques Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques] ''GOV.UK'', 1 September 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE3">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-announces-next-charities-to-be-investigated-as-part-of-inquiry-connected-to-company-cashing-cheques Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques] ''GOV.UK'', 4 December 2025.</ref><ref name="CC_CHEQUE4">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-concludes-investigation-into-4-charities-as-class-inquiry-continues Regulator concludes investigation into 4 charities as class inquiry continues] ''GOV.UK'', 9 September 2026, with [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/statement-of-the-results-of-a-class-inquiry/statement-of-the-results-of-a-class-inquiry Statement of the results of a class inquiry] (same date).</ref> 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.<ref name="CC_SETTLE">[[Charity Commission]], [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/charity-regulator-opens-inquiry-into-charities-working-in-illegal-israeli-settlements 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").</ref>
* '''Trustee loans and unexplained debtor.''' Other creditors include "Feiner loans" of £102,762 repayable on demand, the balance owed to trustee S Feiner; other debtors of £200,000 (2024: £130,000) are not explained; £101,396 of unlisted investments is held outside the UK in a country not stated (PDF p.7, 9–10, 12).<ref name="ACC" />
* '''Recipients and reserves.''' The grants are not itemised, and the report says "The charity does not maintain a reserve policy" (PDF p.3, 6).<ref name="ACC" />
* '''Register out of date.''' Two trustees who the accounts say resigned on 1 October 2024 are still on the register.<ref name="ACC" /><ref name="EXTRACT" />

== Other registers and records ==
=== Scotland and Northern Ireland ===
No entry was found on the [[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator|Scottish Charity Register]] for this charity (register export dated 14 October 2026, searched by name).<ref name="OSCR">[[Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator]], [https://www.oscr.org.uk/download/charity-register Scottish Charity Register download] ''OSCR'', export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-18 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.</ref> No entry was found on the [[Charity Commission for Northern Ireland]] register (API name searches returned zero results).<ref name="CCNI">[[Charity Commission for Northern Ireland]], [https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/api/charity-search/results?searchText=Kishorit&pageNumber=1 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).</ref>

=== 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.<ref name="u84059fdc">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Elem%20Charitable%20Trust The Gazette: notices matching 'Elem Charitable Trust'] ''The Gazette'', searched 16 October 2026.</ref>

=== Grants recorded by 360Giving ===
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.<ref name="u26cc9062">[https://api.threesixtygiving.org/api/v1/org/GB-CHC-1094325/grants_received/?limit=100 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1094325] ''360Giving'', queried 16 October 2026.</ref>

=== 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.<ref name="SANC">[[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.</ref>

=== Land and property ===
The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property.<ref name="EXTRACT" /> No title registers were purchased; the [[HM Land Registry]] interactive search blocked automated access.<ref name="HLRWEB">[[HM Land Registry]], [https://search-property-information.service.gov.uk/ 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 [[Corporate and Commercial Ownership Data|CCOD]] / [[Overseas Companies Ownership Data|OCOD]] datasets (October 2026 release), not from paid title registers.</ref> Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):<ref name="CCOD">[[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.</ref>
* Investment property £777,999 (additions £219,999), producing rents of £34,020; addresses not stated – Accounts (PDF p.7–8, 10) (source: <ref name="ACC" />)

=== Parliament ===
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Elem Charitable Trust" returned 0 contributions in total.<ref name="HANS">UK Parliament, [https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/search/contributions/Spoken.json?queryParameters.searchTerm=%22Elem%20Charitable%20Trust%22&queryParameters.take=100&queryParameters.orderBy=SittingDateAsc Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Elem Charitable Trust"] ''Hansard'', queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).</ref>

== 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".<ref name="u1148fa9f" />

== External links ==
* No current official website.

==Notes==
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[[Category:Orthodox Jewish charities]]
[[Category:Jewish charities in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Charities based in London]]
[[Category:Israel]]
[[Category:Charities]]