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{{short description|Former UK corporate trustee for the Kantor charitable foundations, dissolved following UK sanctions on its sole director}}

'''Kantor Trustees Ltd''' was a private limited company incorporated in England and Wales on 25 January 2017 and dissolved on 30 July 2024. It served exclusively as the corporate trustee for two UK-registered charities founded by [[Dr Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor]] ([[Moshe Kantor]]): the [[Kantor Foundation]] (charity number 1173549) and the [[Kantor Charitable Foundation]] (charity number 1173550).<ref>https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10582483</ref>

The company was established to act as the sole trustee for Kantor’s major UK philanthropic vehicles, which supported Jewish communal projects, Holocaust education, and cultural initiatives in the UK and internationally. All three directors listed on the company were closely connected to [[Moshe Kantor]] and his family.

== Directors ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Correspondence address !! Role !! Position !! Date of birth !! Appointed on !! Resigned on !! Nationality !! Country of residence !! Occupation
|-
| [[Viatcheslav Kantor|Dr Viatcheslav Kantor]] || Third Floor, 20 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7AN || Director || Sole active director || September 1953 || 25 January 2017 || — || Israeli || United Kingdom || Retired
|-
| [[Liubov Kantor]] || Third Floor, 20 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7AN || Director (resigned) || Director || March 1975 || 25 January 2017 || 26 May 2022 || Israeli || United Kingdom || None
|-
| [[Michael Abraham Levy|Lord Michael Abraham Levy]] || Third Floor, 20 Old Bailey, London, EC4M 7AN || Director (resigned) || Director || July 1944 || 25 January 2017 || 7 April 2022 || British || United Kingdom || None
|}

[[Dr Viatcheslav Kantor]] remained the sole director and controlling mind of the company until its dissolution.

== Dissolution and impact of sanctions ==

Following the UK government’s imposition of sanctions on [[Moshe Kantor]] in April 2022 (due to his alleged close ties to the Putin regime), the [[Charity Commission for England and Wales]] launched formal inquiries into both Kantor charities. Because [[Kantor Trustees Ltd]] was the sole corporate trustee, the sanctions effectively paralysed the charities’ governance.

All other directors resigned in 2022. With no remaining trustees and bank accounts frozen, the [[Charity Commission for England and Wales]] appointed Interim Managers. In April 2026 the Commission concluded that both charities were no longer viable and ordered their winding-up. After settling all liabilities, approximately £1.388 million was redistributed to other charitable causes aligned with the original objects of the foundations.

[[Kantor Trustees Ltd]] itself was formally dissolved on 30 July 2024, bringing an end to its role as trustee for Kantor’s UK philanthropic activities.



[[Category:Companies established in 2017]]
[[Category:Companies dissolved in 2024]]
[[Category:Charitable trusts in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Companies based in London]]
[[Category:Sanctioned entities]]
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