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{{short description|'''Golders Green Sassoon family trust holding £843,745 of property, which spent £17,568 of £363,087 of income in 2024'''}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Mr W and Mrs I Carrant Charitable Trust
| type = Trust
| registration_id = Registered charity 1116746
| founded = 2006-11-10 (registered)
| headquarters = London NW11
| area_served = Throughout England And Wales, Israel
| revenue = £98,644 (year to 2025-03-31)
}}

'''[[Mr W and Mrs I Carrant Charitable Trust|The Mr W and Mrs I Carrant Charitable Trust]]''' was established by a trust deed dated 25 July 2006 (10 November 2006 in the accounts) and registered on 10 November 2006; register areas are England and Wales and Israel.<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/4026054/accounts-and-annual-returns Mr W and Mrs I Carrant Charitable Trust (1116746): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).</ref> Its objects are Orthodox Jewish religious education and faith and the relief of poor, sick and feeble Jewish people anywhere in the world.<ref name="EXTRACT" /> The trustees are [[Mark Sassoon]], who runs it day to day, [[Benjamin Sassoon]], [[Stephen Goldberg]] (spelt "Goldgerg" on the register) and [[Joseph Pearlman]], with an address in London NW11; the examiner is [[Pasha & Co]] of London NW11 (PDF p.2, 4).<ref name="EXTRACT" /><ref name="ACC" /> The trust passes funds to beneficiaries "as soon as they are in hand", but in 2024 it received £363,087 and spent £17,568; in the year to 31 March 2025 income was £98,644 (rent £22,530) and spending £80,542, and funds were £874,129, mostly land and buildings at cost of £843,745 (PDF p.4, 7–8, 11).<ref name="ACC" />

== Objects and activities ==
The charity's registered objects read: "1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ORTHODOX JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION.2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ORTHODOX JEWISH FAITH.3) THE RELIEF OF THE POOR SICK AND FEEBLE AMONGST MEMBERS OF THE JEWISH FAITH IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND4) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE."<ref name="EXTRACT" />

The register describes its activities as: "MAKES GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALSMAKES GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS"<ref name="EXTRACT" />

Register classifications: Education/training, Disability, 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 Mr W and Mrs I Carrant Charitable Trust (register, October 2026)
! Trustee !! Appointed !! Chair !! Other trusteeships
|-
| [[Stephen Goldgerg]] || not recorded ||  || —
|-
| [[Mark Sassoon]] || not recorded ||  || [[Rabbi Yisroel Yehudah Peritz Charitable Trust]] (1069225); [[The Dombey-Pulgram Charitable Legacy]] (1147068); [[The Judah and Pearl Jakosky Memorial Fund]] (1151521); [[The Lowy-Denes Charitable Foundation]] (1078746); [[The Minner-Scheidemann Charitable Trust]] (1099049)
|-
| [[Benjamin Sassoon]] || 2015-04-01 ||  || [[The Dombey-Pulgram Charitable Legacy]] (1147068); [[The Judah and Pearl Jakosky Memorial Fund]] (1151521); [[The Lowy-Denes Charitable Foundation]] (1078746)
|-
| [[Joseph Pearlman]] || 2015-04-01 ||  || [[Entindale Limited]] (277052); [[Rabbi Leib Lopian Memorial Fund]] (279480); [[Rabbi Yisroel Yehudah Peritz Charitable Trust]] (1069225); [[Rowanville Limited]] (267278); [[Sylvella Charity Limited]] (279710); [[The Annie Schiff Charitable Trust]] (265401); [[The Dombey-Pulgram Charitable Legacy]] (1147068); [[The Judah and Pearl Jakosky Memorial Fund]] (1151521); [[The Lowy-Denes Charitable Foundation]] (1078746); [[The Minner-Scheidemann Charitable Trust]] (1099049)
|}

=== Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive) ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Trustees shown in archived register pages
! Capture date !! Trustees listed !! Source
|-
| 2012-01-23 || [[Mark Sassoon]]; [[Stephen Jonathan Goldgerg]] || <ref name="ud26993ef">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20120123065353/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1116746&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 1116746, contact and trustees (capture of 20120123)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 2012-01-26 || [[Mark Sassoon]]; [[Stephen Jonathan Goldgerg]] || <ref name="u9d0394c4">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20120126192031/https://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1116746&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 1116746, contact and trustees (capture of 20120126)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 2018-01-04 || [[Joseph Pearlman]]; [[Mark Sassoon]]; [[Stephen Jonathan Goldgerg]]; [[Benjamin Sassoon]] || <ref name="u8d292ffd">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20180104233616/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1116746&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 1116746, contact and trustees (capture of 20180104)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 2021-01-14 || [[Joseph Pearlman]] (from 01 April 2015) – also trustee of [[The Orthodox Jewish Aid Society]], [[The Rabbi Solomon D Sassoon Memorial Fund]], [[The Minner-Scheidemann Charitable Trust]], [[The Dombey-Pulgram Charitable Legacy]], [[The Else Meindl Memorial Trust Fund]], [[The Annie Schiff Charitable Trust]], [[The Judah and Pearl Jakosky Memorial Fund]], [[Torah & Chesed Limited]], [[Rabbi Yisroel Yehudah Peritz Charitable Trust]], [[Rabbi Leib Lopian Memorial Fund]], [[Centre for Advanced Rabbinics]], [[Entindale Limited]], [[Rowanville Limited]], [[Sylvella Charity Limited]], [[The Lowy-Denes Charitable Foundation]]; [[Stephen Goldgerg]]; [[Benjamin Sassoon]] (from 01 April 2015) – also trustee of [[The Dombey-Pulgram Charitable Legacy]], [[The Judah and Pearl Jakosky Memorial Fund]], [[The Lowy-Denes Charitable Foundation]]; [[Mark Sassoon]] – also trustee of [[The Minner-Scheidemann Charitable Trust]], [[The Dombey-Pulgram Charitable Legacy]], [[The Judah and Pearl Jakosky Memorial Fund]], [[Rabbi Yisroel Yehudah Peritz Charitable Trust]], [[The Lowy-Denes Charitable Foundation]] || <ref name="u03e28399">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210114153425/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/4026054/full-print Register entry 1116746, full print (capture of 20210114)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|}

== Finances ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
! Financial year end !! Income !! Expenditure
|-
| 2021-03-31 || £35,461 || £45,004
|-
| 2022-03-31 || £20,432 || £15,619
|-
| 2023-03-31 || £26,069 || £22,369
|-
| 2024-03-31 || £363,087 || £17,568
|-
| 2025-03-31 || £98,644 || £80,542
|}
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 31/03/2009<ref name="u475a774e">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20120123065347/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends46/0001116746_AC_20090331_E_C.PDF Mr W and Mrs I Carrant Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2009-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20120123).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2014<ref name="uaa30d6a7">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200104153820/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends46/0001116746_AC_20140331_E_C.PDF Mr W and Mrs I Carrant Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2014-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200104).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015<ref name="u2d18bd67">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200104153819/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends46/0001116746_AC_20150331_E_C.PDF Mr W and Mrs I Carrant Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2015-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200104).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016<ref name="u394ba562">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200104154308/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends46/0001116746_AC_20160331_E_C.PDF Mr W and Mrs I Carrant Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2016-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200104).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017<ref name="ua548ec78">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200104153302/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends46/0001116746_AC_20170331_E_C.PDF Mr W and Mrs I Carrant Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2017-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200104).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018<ref name="u1ef9424b">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200104154307/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends46/0001116746_AC_20180331_E_C.PDF Mr W and Mrs I Carrant Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2018-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200104).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2019<ref name="u9efc69fb">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200704033006/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends46/0001116746_AC_20190331_E_C.PDF Mr W and Mrs I Carrant Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2019-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200704).</ref>

== Funding in Israel ==
* No spending in Israel is reported; FY2025 charitable payments of £53,256 are not itemised, and the accounts do not mention Israel (PDF p.11).<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-17 charities, all retrieved successfully on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section; none was shown for any of them. Seventeen registered charities showed "Charity reporting is up to date (on time)"; Starscope Limited showed "up to date (23 days late)", UK Friends of Tzohar "up to date (18 days late)" and The Mr W and Mrs I Carrant Charitable Trust "up to date (3 days late)"; BFON Trust showed no reporting-status line; Yeshiva Gedola Zichron Michoel, Friends of Reb Sender Dominitz, Emerald Benevolence Ltd and Academic Study Group 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>
* '''Property costs counted as charitable spending.''' Of the £80,542 reported as charitable activities in 2025, £25,486 was property costs (repairs, management fees, rates, insurance, legal fees and loan interest) and £53,256 charitable payments, none of them named (PDF p.11).<ref name="ACC" />
* '''Income retained.''' In the year to 31 March 2024 the trust spent £17,568 of £363,087, a surplus of £345,519, despite its stated policy of passing funds on as soon as received (PDF p.4, 7).<ref name="ACC" />
* '''Company wording for a trust.''' The report says the trustees "are members of the company and guarantee to contribute £1 in the event of a winding up", although the charity is a trust (PDF p.4).<ref name="ACC" />
* '''Late filing.''' The register shows the latest accounts as received 3 days late.<ref name="ALERTS" />

== 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-17 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=Starscope&pageNumber=1 Register of charities search API] ''CCNI'', searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-17 charity names returned no matching charity).</ref>

=== The Gazette ===
Searches of ''[[The Gazette]]'' for the charity's name returned Companies House filing lists and notices about the places Aston on Carrant and Carrant Brook, none of which was established to concern this charity; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.<ref name="u874e24bf">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Carrant%20Charitable%20Trust The Gazette: notices matching 'Carrant 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="u3ac6d4d2">[https://api.threesixtygiving.org/api/v1/org/GB-CHC-1116746/grants_received/?limit=100 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1116746] ''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.<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-17 screening covered 231 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, Companies House officers of the eight charitable companies, and trustees, examiners 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 Rotenberg, Weiss, Levy and Cohen) or generic words such as "Ltd", "International", "Group" and "Team"; 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.<ref name="HLRWEB">[[HM Land Registry]], [https://search-property-information.service.gov.uk/ 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 [[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 eight charitable companies (01359053, 03753983, 14462057, 08290018, 08287696, 05628065, 05229139, 11091095) and on the charities' registered and other names; title numbers listed are candidates only – no title registers were purchased.</ref>
* Land and buildings £843,745 at cost, producing rent of £22,530; bank loans secured by fixed charges over the charity's assets; addresses not stated – Accounts (PDF p.8, 11–13) (source: <ref name="ACC" />)

=== Parliament ===
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Carrant Charitable Trust", "Carrant" returned 1 contribution in total; those not listed above were not established to concern this charity.<ref name="HANS">UK Parliament, [https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/search/contributions/Spoken.json?queryParameters.searchTerm=%22Carrant%20Charitable%20Trust%22&queryParameters.take=100&queryParameters.orderBy=SittingDateAsc Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "Carrant 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="u03e28399" />

== 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]]