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{{short description|'''Grant-making trust with Â£26 million of funds, three-quarters of which must benefit charitable purposes in Israel'''}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust
| type = Trust
| registration_id = Registered charity 288293
| founded = 1984-01-30 (registered)
| headquarters = The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust Office, 853 Finchley Road, London, NW11 8LX
| area_served = Israel
| key_people = [[Carole Berman]] (chair)
| revenue = Â£689,925 (year to 2025-03-31)
}}

'''[[The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust]]''' was established by deed on 14 October 1983 (scheme of 29 November 1999) and registered on 30 January 1984; Israel is its only register area.<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), extract dated 14 October 2026.</ref> The accounts for the year to 31 March 2025, audited by Xeinadin Audit Limited, give its principal address as 853 Finchley Road, London NW11 8LX, and name eight trustees, including members of the Sorkin and Goldkorn families, with Ms N Shoffman as administrator; the trust's solicitors are Geoffrey Goldkorn Stokoe Partnership. One quarter of its income may be applied to charitable purposes within or outside the UK and the remainder "for the benefit of such charitable purposes or charitable institutions within the State of Israel"; it retains a consultant in Israel. Investment income was Â£689,925; it held a quoted portfolio of Â£20,760,274 and freehold investment property valued at Â£3,710,000, and unrestricted funds were Â£25,948,675. Grants paid were Â£285,314 to 26 institutions (2024: Â£492,865) (PDF p.2, 5â€“6, 10â€“11, 25â€“26).<ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/288293/accounts-and-annual-returns The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust (288293): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).</ref>

== Objects and activities ==
The charity's registered objects read: "FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS WITHIN OR OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR DISCRETION DETERMINE. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE CLAUSE 3 OF DEED DATED 14TH OCTOBER 1983.)"<ref name="EXTRACT" />

The register describes its activities as: "The Trust supports projects and causes which will improve and enrich the lives of all parts of society. It expects to become involved in a wide range of activities, able to provide several forms of support and will consider the funding of capital projects, and running costs. It is non-political and non-religious in nature."<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, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

Areas of operation recorded on the register: 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 The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust (register, October 2026)
! Trustee !! Appointed !! Chair !! Other trusteeships
|-
| [[Carole Berman]] || not recorded || Yes || â€”
|-
| [[Anthony Foux]] || not recorded || || â€”
|-
| [[Geoffrey Goldkorn]] || not recorded || || [[The Goldkorn Family Foundation]] (1122000); [[The Israel-diaspora Trust]] (286131)
|-
| [[Angela Lucille Sorkin]] || not recorded || || [[Sorkin Family Charitable Trust]] (1125171)
|-
| [[Alexander Michael Sorkin]] || 2012-01-30 || || [[The Marcus Margulies Charitable Trust]] (1156856); [[The Stella and Alexander Margulies Charitable Trust]] (220441)
|-
| [[Benjamin Goldkorn]] || 2012-01-30 || || â€”
|-
| [[Jacob Sorkin]] || 2016-07-13 || || â€”
|-
| [[Joshua Segal]] || 2025-03-24 || || â€”
|}

=== Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive) ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Trustees shown in archived register pages
! Capture date !! Trustees listed !! Source
|-
| 2010-07-06 || [[Alexander Michael Sorkin]]; [[Angela Sorkin]]; [[Geoffrey Goldkorn]]; [[Lesley Doris Berman]]; [[Michele Foux]]; [[Carole Berman Sujo]] || <ref name="ubc9f2ff8">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20100706100453/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/SHOWCHARITY/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=288293&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 288293, contact and trustees (capture of 20100706)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 2012-01-21 || [[Angela Sorkin]]; [[Geoffrey Goldkorn]]; [[Lesley Doris Berman]]; [[Carole Berman]]; [[Anthony Foux]] || <ref name="ud8b58a1c">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20120121171240/https://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=288293&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 288293, contact and trustees (capture of 20120121)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 2014-05-06 || [[Alexander Michael Sorkin]]; [[Angela Sorkin]]; [[Geoffrey Goldkorn]]; [[Carole Berman]]; [[Anthony Foux]]; [[Benjamin John Goldkorn]] || <ref name="u3b28f268">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140506175434/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=288293&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 288293, contact and trustees (capture of 20140506)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 2018-01-04 || [[Alexander Michael Sorkin]]; [[Angela Sorkin]]; [[Geoffrey Goldkorn]]; [[Carole Berman]]; [[Anthony Foux]]; [[Benjamin Goldkorn]] || <ref name="u4bbfc6d7">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20180104021455/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=288293&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 288293, contact and trustees (capture of 20180104)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 2021-07-06 || [[Angela Lucille Sorkin]] â€“ also trustee of [[Sorkin Family Charitable Trust]]; [[Alexander Michael Sorkin]] (from 30 January 2012) â€“ also trustee of [[The Marcus Margulies Charitable Trust]], [[The Stella and Alexander Margulies Charitable Trust]], [[Shaare Zedek UK]]; [[Jacob Sorkin]] (from 13 July 2016); [[Anthony Foux]]; [[Geoffrey Goldkorn]] â€“ also trustee of [[The Israel-diaspora Trust]], [[The Israel Children's Centers]], [[The Goldkorn Family Foundation]]; [[Carole Berman]] (chair); [[Benjamin Goldkorn]] (from 30 January 2012) || <ref name="u3b004da8">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210706223656/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/288293/full-print Register entry 288293, full print (capture of 20210706)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|}

== Finances ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
! Financial year end !! Income !! Expenditure
|-
| 2021-03-31 || Â£502,521 || Â£635,354
|-
| 2022-03-31 || Â£482,553 || Â£414,326
|-
| 2023-03-31 || Â£495,244 || Â£449,228
|-
| 2024-03-31 || Â£629,509 || Â£610,152
|-
| 2025-03-31 || Â£689,925 || Â£429,243
|}
Source: register annual-return history.<ref name="EXTRACT" />

=== Historical finances (UK Government Web Archive) ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Income and spending shown on archived register pages
! Financial year end !! Income (Â£) !! Spending (Â£) !! Source
|-
| 31 Mar 2005 || 722,675 || 1,788,907 || <ref name="ueca35ad0">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20100706100449/http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/SHOWCHARITY/RegisterOfCharities/FinancialHistory.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=288293&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 288293, financial history (capture of 20100706)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 31 Mar 2006 || 708,827 || 910,037 || <ref name="ueca35ad0" />
|-
| 31 Mar 2007 || 582,187 || 704,565 || <ref name="ueca35ad0" />
|-
| 31 Mar 2008 || 681,146 || 711,268 || <ref name="ueca35ad0" />
|-
| 31 Mar 2009 || 641,071 || 1,137,164 || <ref name="ueca35ad0" />
|-
| 31 Mar 2010 || 431,033 || 939,774 || <ref name="u63230d4a">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140506175436/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/FinancialHistory.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=288293&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 288293, financial history (capture of 20140506)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 31 Mar 2011 || 489,305 || 690,171 || <ref name="u63230d4a" />
|-
| 31 Mar 2012 || 494,509 || 494,503 || <ref name="u63230d4a" />
|-
| 31 Mar 2013 || 508,043 || 429,546 || <ref name="u63230d4a" />
|-
| 31 Mar 2014 || 448,485 || 404,675 || <ref name="u00fd1acf">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20180104021720/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/FinancialHistory.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=288293&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 288293, financial history (capture of 20180104)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 31 Mar 2015 || 426,984 || 444,482 || <ref name="u00fd1acf" />
|-
| 31 Mar 2016 || 527,875 || 772,524 || <ref name="u00fd1acf" />
|}

=== Archived accounts ===
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the [[UK Government Web Archive]]:
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2006<ref name="ucd732e4e">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20110918233739/https://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends93/0000288293_AC_20060331_E_C.PDF The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2006-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20110918).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2007<ref name="u47793589">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20110918233717/https://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends93/0000288293_AC_20070331_E_C.PDF The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2007-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20110918).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2008<ref name="u23ee40e0">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20110918233746/https://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends93/0000288293_AC_20080331_E_C.PDF The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2008-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20110918).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2009<ref name="u8ba7200c">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140507012657/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends93/0000288293_AC_20090331_E_C.PDF The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2009-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20140507).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2010<ref name="u9a5337dd">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140507012650/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends93/0000288293_AC_20100331_E_C.PDF The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2010-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20140507).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2011<ref name="u46ebba88">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140507012649/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends93/0000288293_ac_20110331_e_c.pdf The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2011-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20140507).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2012<ref name="u7ae580e6">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140507012641/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends93/0000288293_AC_20120331_E_C.pdf The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2012-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20140507).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2013<ref name="uaf890d42">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140507012651/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends93/0000288293_AC_20130331_E_C.pdf The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2013-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20140507).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2014<ref name="u6fa06281">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200108115811/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends93/0000288293_AC_20140331_E_C.PDF The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2014-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200108).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015<ref name="ud9fc14e9">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200108113403/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends93/0000288293_AC_20150331_E_C.PDF The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2015-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200108).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016<ref name="u0e92702f">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200108113400/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends93/0000288293_AC_20160331_E_C.PDF The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2016-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200108).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017<ref name="ud1e1d63d">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200108112929/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends93/0000288293_AC_20170331_E_C.PDF The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2017-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200108).</ref>
* Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2018<ref name="u8e5b6820">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200108113355/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends93/0000288293_AC_20180331_E_C.PDF The Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2018-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200108).</ref>

== Funding in Israel ==
* Commitments described in the FY2025 report include CHAI Lifeline Â£17,500 a year; a Shaare Zedek fellowship programme for two Palestinian physicians, Â£90,000 over three years; a Hebrew University doctoral fellowship at the Givat Ram campus, $20,000 a year; a Hebrew University sustainable-food PhD programme, $140,000; a Jerusalem Foundation/Hebrew University programme to "train East Jerusalemites as social workers", Â£187,776; Hillel â€“ The Right to Choose Â£12,500 a year; the Jahalin Honey Project Â£15,000; Ben Gurion University Â£25,000 a year for two years; and Yemin Orde Â£25,000 plus a swimming-pool cap of $950,000 (PDF p.6â€“8).<ref name="ACC" />
* Post-balance-sheet commitments of July 2025 include Magen David Adom Â£50,000, Shaare Zedek Â£44,000, Hebrew University Â£20,000, the Arava Institute's Gaza water relief for "Displaced Gazans" $20,000 and Clean Shelter's Gaza desalination unit $21,000 ("partner: New Israel Fund") (PDF p.9).<ref name="ACC" />

=== Israeli partners ===
Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Shaare Zedek Medical Center; Jerusalem Foundation; Ben Gurion University; Yemin Orde; Arava Institute; Clean Shelter with the New Israel Fund; Magen David Adom.<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
|-
| Post-year commitments of $20,000 (Arava Institute) and $21,000 (Clean Shelter) are for water relief for displaced people in Gaza, named in the accounts; these are humanitarian projects, not settlements.<ref name="ACC" /> || High â€“ Gaza humanitarian projects (verified place; not settlements)
|-
| The social-worker programme is for young people from East Jerusalem and is delivered "at the Hebrew University"; the campus is not stated.<ref name="ACC" /> || Not established â€“ East Jerusalem beneficiaries, place of delivery not stated
|-
| The Jahalin Honey Project trains Jahalin women in beekeeping; no place is stated.<ref name="ACC" /> || Not established
|-
| The Givat Ram campus named for the doctoral fellowship is in West Jerusalem.<ref name="ACC" /> || Low
|}

'''Support for the IDF:''' The trustees agreed Â£25,000 in June 2024 for the Yemin Orde Graduate Support Programme, "which aids alumni during military service and higher education" (PDF p.7).<ref name="ACC" /> No direct IDF 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 every charity in batches 1â€“7 (175 pages, all retrieved successfully on 15 October 2026) and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" section. Alerts appeared only for Mifal Hachesed Vehatzedokoh (1139320), Ezer Viznitz Foundation (1161881), BC Trust (1155555), Vyoel Moshe Charitable Trust (327054) â€“ all named in the cheque-cashing class inquiry â€“ and The Gevurath Ari Torah Academy Trust (1003102).</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 Â£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 (re-fetched 14 October 2026).</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), both retrieved 15 October 2026.</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, retrieved 15 October 2026 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").</ref>
* '''Grants not itemised.''' Note 7 gives only the total of grants paid; recipients appear only in the narrative report, as commitments (PDF p.6â€“9, 25).<ref name="ACC" />
* '''Trustee and solicitors.''' Trustee G Goldkorn shares his name with the trust's solicitors, Geoffrey Goldkorn Stokoe Partnership; note 21 states that no grants were made to related parties, and the accounts do not say whether the firm was paid (PDF p.2).<ref name="ACC" />
* '''Links to other profiled charities.''' Trustee Alexander Michael Sorkin is recorded on the register as a trustee of The Marcus Margulies Charitable Trust (1156856).<ref name="EXTRACT" /> The trust agreed Â£25,000 for the Israel Guide Dog Centre's Trainer Academy (PDF p.6).<ref name="ACC" />
* '''Typographical error.''' A comparative figure is printed as "(2043: Â£55,754)" (PDF p.10).<ref name="ACC" />

== 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 (full register download of 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'', CharityExport-14-Oct-2026.csv, downloaded 14 October 2026; keyword search of charity names for the batch-6 charities 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=Kennedy%20Leigh&pageNumber=1 Register of charities search API] ''CCNI'', searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch-6 charity name returned zero results).</ref>

=== The Gazette ===
Searches of ''The Gazette'' for "Kennedy Leigh" returned notices from 1935 and 1965 that pre-date this 1983 trust and are not connected with it; no notice naming the charity was found.<ref name="u6c64eef0">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Kennedy%20Leigh The Gazette: notices matching 'Kennedy Leigh'] ''The Gazette'', searched 14 October 2026.</ref>

=== Grants recorded by 360Giving ===
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.<ref name="u6a06491c">[https://api.threesixtygiving.org/api/v1/org/GB-CHC-288293/grants_received/?limit=100 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-288293] ''360Giving'', queried 14 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-6 screening covered 429 name strings: the 25 charity names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages and archived full-print register pages (UK Government Web Archive), Companies House officers of the charitable companies, and trustees, officers and related persons named in the accounts read for this batch (including archived accounts); matching on surname plus forename tokens, reviewed manually (all candidate hits were surname-only coincidences or generic word overlaps); 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'' â€“ the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access on 14 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)'' full extract, October 2026 release, matched on charitable company numbers and registered names; title numbers listed are candidates only â€“ no title registers were purchased.</ref>
* Freehold investment property valued at Â£3,710,000 by Bidwells (cost Â£850,000); address not stated â€“ Accounts (PDF p.26); the trust is unincorporated, so no CCOD company match is possible (source: accounts)

=== Parliament ===
Hansard searches for 'Kennedy Leigh Charitable Trust', 'Kennedy Leigh' returned 0 contributions in total.<ref name="HANS">UK Parliament, [https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/search/contributions/Spoken.json?queryParameters.searchTerm=Kennedy%20Leigh&queryParameters.take=100&queryParameters.orderBy=SittingDateAsc Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Kennedy Leigh'] ''Hansard'', queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).</ref>

== Web archive ==

The [[UK Government Web Archive]] holds 6 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 (on time)" and "Other regulators: No information available".<ref name="u3b004da8" />

== See also ==
* [[The Marcus Margulies Charitable Trust]]
* [[Israel Guide Dog Centre UK]]

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

==Notes==
<references/>

[[Category:Jewish charities in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Charities based in London]]
[[Category:Israel]]
[[Category:Grant-making foundations in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Charities]]

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 == Funding in Israel ==
 * Commitments described in the FY2025 report include CHAI Lifeline £17,500 a year; a Shaare Zedek fellowship programme for two Palestinian physicians, £90,000 over three years; a Hebrew University doctoral fellowship at the Givat Ram campus, $20,000 a year; a Hebrew University sustainable-food PhD programme, $140,000; a Jerusalem Foundation/Hebrew University programme to "train East Jerusalemites as social workers", £187,776; Hillel – The Right to Choose £12,500 a year; the Jahalin Honey Project £15,000; Ben Gurion University £25,000 a year for two years; and Yemin Orde £25,000 plus a swimming-pool cap of $950,000 (PDF p.6–8).<ref name="ACC" />
 * Post-balance-sheet commitments of July 2025 include Magen David Adom £50,000, Shaare Zedek £44,000, Hebrew University £20,000, the Arava Institute's Gaza water relief for "Displaced Gazans" $20,000 and Clean Shelter's Gaza desalination unit $21,000 ("partner: New Israel Fund") (PDF p.9).<ref name="ACC" />

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