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{{short description|'''North London CIO giving to UK arts institutions and Israel-linked charities'''}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = The Manny and Brigitta Davidson Charitable Foundation
| type = CIO
| registration_id = Registered charity 1175058
| founded = 2017-10-10 (registered)
| headquarters = 58 Chatsworth Road, London, NW2 4DD
| area_served = Throughout England And Wales, Israel
| revenue = Â£610,000 (year to 2025-03-31)
}}

'''[[The Manny and Brigitta Davidson Charitable Foundation]]''' is a CIO constituted and registered on 10 October 2017; 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), extract dated 14 October 2026.</ref> The accounts for the year to 31 March 2025 give its principal office as 39 Norrice Lea, London N2 0RD. Its objects cover education, the arts, culture and heritage, including capital projects "in the United Kingdom and Israel", and the relief of need in both countries. Donations were Â£610,000, grants Â£580,600 and net assets Â£35,422 (PDF p.4â€“6).<ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5104810/accounts-and-annual-returns The Manny and Brigitta Davidson Charitable Foundation (1175058): 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: "THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (THE OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC: (A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(I) PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ISRAEL; AND(II) HOLDING, MAINTAINING AND EXHIBITING WORKS OF ART; (B) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, OLD AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT FOR ORGANISATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ISRAEL."<ref name="EXTRACT" />

The register describes its activities as: "The advancement of education, the arts, culture and heritage by providing support for capital and infrastructure projects in the United Kingdon and Israel, and by holding, maintaining and exhibiting works of art.The relief of those in need by reason of youth, old age, ill-health, disability or financial hardship by the provision of support for organisations in the United Kingdom and Israel."<ref name="EXTRACT" />

Register classifications: Education/training, Disability, Arts/culture/heritage/science.<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 The Manny and Brigitta Davidson Charitable Foundation (register, October 2026)
! Trustee !! Appointed !! Chair !! Other trusteeships
|-
| [[Brigitta Davidson]] || 2017-10-10 || || â€”
|-
| [[Gerard Phillip Cohen]] || 2023-04-25 || || [[Sjp Charity Trust Limited]] (1094719)
|-
| [[Jeremy Vaughan Sandelson]] || 2023-04-25 || || â€”
|-
| [[Cheryl Jeanette BRODIE]] || 2023-04-25 || || [[The Bernard Charitable Trust]] (1080437); [[Wellspring]] (1183111)
|-
| [[Harry Krais]] || 2023-07-23 || || â€”
|-
| [[Charlotte Catherine Laure de Pariente]] || 2025-10-23 || || â€”
|}

=== Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive) ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Trustees shown in archived register pages
! Capture date !! Trustees listed !! Source
|-
| 2018-01-04 || [[Jeremy Vaughan Sandelson]]; [[Richard Mark Denton]]; [[Brigitta Davidson]]; [[Emanuel Wolfe Davidson]]; [[Gerard Phillip Cohen]] || <ref name="u579e4053">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20180104203116/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1175058&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 1175058, contact and trustees (capture of 20180104)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 2021-01-05 || [[Richard Mark Denton]] (from 10 October 2017) â€“ also trustee of [[Achisomoch Aid Company Limited]], [[The Noam Primary School Limited]]; [[Ilan Rappaport]] (from 22 May 2018); [[Brigitta Davidson]] (from 10 October 2017); [[Gerard Phillip Cohen]] (from 10 October 2017); [[Lord Jonathan Andrew Kestenbaum]] (from 26 February 2020); [[Jeremy Vaughan Sandelson]] (from 10 October 2017) â€“ also trustee of [[Jewish Community Centre UK]], [[Hampstead Theatre Limited]], [[The Bike Project]]; [[Emanuel Wolfe Davidson]] (chair) (from 10 October 2017) || <ref name="u4817e8c6">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210105210514/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5104810/full-print Register entry 1175058, full print (capture of 20210105)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|-
| 2021-07-04 || [[Ilan Rappaport]] (from 22 May 2018); [[Richard Mark Denton]] (from 10 October 2017) â€“ also trustee of [[Achisomoch Aid Company Limited]], [[The Noam Primary School Limited]]; [[Brigitta Davidson]] (from 10 October 2017); [[Gerard Phillip Cohen]] (from 10 October 2017); [[Lord Jonathan Andrew Kestenbaum]] (from 26 February 2020); [[Jeremy Vaughan Sandelson]] (from 10 October 2017) â€“ also trustee of [[Jewish Community Centre UK]], [[The Bike Project]]; [[Emanuel Wolfe Davidson]] (chair) (from 10 October 2017) || <ref name="u23816314">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210704214627/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5104810/full-print Register entry 1175058, full print (capture of 20210704)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
|}

The accounts record that Emanuel Davidson died on 12 December 2024 (PDF p.6); the register lists Charlotte Catherine Laure de Pariente, appointed on 23 October 2025.<ref name="ACC" /><ref name="EXTRACT" />

== Finances ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
! Financial year end !! Income !! Expenditure
|-
| 2021-03-31 || Â£933,000 || Â£1,117,138
|-
| 2022-03-31 || Â£390,000 || Â£145,114
|-
| 2023-03-31 || Â£90,000 || Â£162,958
|-
| 2024-03-31 || Â£448,000 || Â£480,567
|-
| 2025-03-31 || Â£610,000 || Â£587,145
|}
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 31/03/2019<ref name="uf5717739">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20200105213143/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Accounts/Ends58/0001175058_AC_20190331_E_C.PDF The Manny and Brigitta Davidson Charitable Foundation accounts, year ended 2019-03-31] ''UK Government Web Archive'' (capture of 20200105).</ref>

== Funding in Israel ==
* FY2025 grants (note 5): Royal Academy of Arts Â£250,000; The National Gallery Â£150,000; Youth Aliyah Child Rescue Â£77,000; British Emunah Fund Â£25,000; Royal Free Charity Â£25,000; Jewish Care Â£25,000; JNF Charitable Trust Â£10,000; The Bike Project Â£5,000; other Â£13,600 (PDF p.14).<ref name="ACC" />

=== Israeli partners ===
UK-registered intermediaries only (Youth Aliyah Child Rescue, British Emunah Fund, JNF Charitable Trust); no Israeli place or project 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 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>

== 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'' notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name returned no notices.<ref name="ubc981f88">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Davidson%20Charitable%20Foundation The Gazette: notices matching 'Davidson Charitable Foundation'] ''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="u1ed62b84">[https://api.threesixtygiving.org/api/v1/org/GB-CHC-1175058/grants_received/?limit=100 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1175058] ''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 does not own or lease 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>

=== Parliament ===
Hansard searches for 'Manny and Brigitta Davidson', 'Davidson Charitable Foundation' returned 0 contributions in total.<ref name="HANS">UK Parliament, [https://hansard-api.parliament.uk/search/contributions/Spoken.json?queryParameters.searchTerm=Davidson%20Charitable%20Foundation&queryParameters.take=100&queryParameters.orderBy=SittingDateAsc Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Davidson Charitable Foundation'] ''Hansard'', queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).</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="u4817e8c6" />

== See also ==
* [[JNF Charitable Trust]]

== 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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-The register records that the charity does not own or lease 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 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>
+The register records that the charity does not own or lease 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 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>
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 === 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>
+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-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 ===

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 === Israeli partners ===
-UK-registered intermediaries only (Youth Aliyah Child Rescue, British Emunah Fund, JNF Charitable Trust); no Israeli place or project is named.<ref name="ACC" />
+UK-registered intermediaries only (Youth Aliyah Child Rescue, [[British Emunah Fund]], [[JNF Charitable Trust]]); no Israeli place or project is named.<ref name="ACC" />
 == Activity beyond the Green Line and support for the IDF ==

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 == Funding in Israel ==
-* FY2025 grants (note 5): Royal Academy of Arts £250,000; The National Gallery £150,000; Youth Aliyah Child Rescue £77,000; British Emunah Fund £25,000; Royal Free Charity £25,000; Jewish Care £25,000; JNF Charitable Trust £10,000; The Bike Project £5,000; other £13,600 (PDF p.14).<ref name="ACC" />
+* FY2025 grants (note 5): Royal Academy of Arts £250,000; The National Gallery £150,000; Youth Aliyah Child Rescue £77,000; [[British Emunah Fund]] £25,000; [[Royal Free Charity]] £25,000; [[Jewish Care]] £25,000; [[JNF Charitable Trust]] £10,000; [[The Bike Project]] £5,000; other £13,600 (PDF p.14).<ref name="ACC" />
 === Israeli partners ===
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 === The Gazette ===
-Searches of ''The Gazette'' notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name returned no notices.<ref name="ubc981f88">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Davidson%20Charitable%20Foundation The Gazette: notices matching 'Davidson Charitable Foundation'] ''The Gazette'', searched 14 October 2026.</ref>
+Searches of ''[[The Gazette]]'' notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name returned no notices.<ref name="ubc981f88">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Davidson%20Charitable%20Foundation The Gazette: notices matching 'Davidson Charitable Foundation'] ''The Gazette'', searched 14 October 2026.</ref>
 === Grants recorded by 360Giving ===
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 == Web archive ==
-The [[UK Government Web Archive]] holds 2 archived Charity Commission register pages used in this profile (cited in the sections above).
+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="u4817e8c6" />

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 | area_served = Throughout England And Wales, Israel
 | revenue = £610,000 (year to 2025-03-31)
 }}
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 == Objects and activities ==
 The charity's registered objects read: "THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO (THE OBJECTS) ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC: (A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(I) PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ISRAEL; AND(II) HOLDING, MAINTAINING AND EXHIBITING WORKS OF ART; (B) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, OLD AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT FOR ORGANISATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ISRAEL."<ref name="EXTRACT" />

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 | headquarters = 58 Chatsworth Road, London, NW2 4DD
 | area_served = Throughout England And Wales, Israel
-| revenue = Â£610,000 (year to 2025-03-31)
+| revenue = £610,000 (year to 2025-03-31)
 }}
-'''[[The Manny and Brigitta Davidson Charitable Foundation]]''' is a CIO constituted and registered on 10 October 2017; 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), extract dated 14 October 2026.</ref> The accounts for the year to 31 March 2025 give its principal office as 39 Norrice Lea, London N2 0RD. Its objects cover education, the arts, culture and heritage, including capital projects "in the United Kingdom and Israel", and the relief of need in both countries. Donations were Â£610,000, grants Â£580,600 and net assets Â£35,422 (PDF p.4â€“6).<ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5104810/accounts-and-annual-returns The Manny and Brigitta Davidson Charitable Foundation (1175058): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).</ref>
+'''[[The Manny and Brigitta Davidson Charitable Foundation]]''' is a CIO constituted and registered on 10 October 2017; 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), extract dated 14 October 2026.</ref> The accounts for the year to 31 March 2025 give its principal office as 39 Norrice Lea, London N2 0RD. Its objects cover education, the arts, culture and heritage, including capital projects "in the United Kingdom and Israel", and the relief of need in both countries. Donations were £610,000, grants £580,600 and net assets £35,422 (PDF p.4–6).<ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5104810/accounts-and-annual-returns The Manny and Brigitta Davidson Charitable Foundation (1175058): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts downloaded 14 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).</ref>
 == Objects and activities ==
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 ! Trustee !! Appointed !! Chair !! Other trusteeships
 |-
-| [[Brigitta Davidson]] || 2017-10-10 ||  || â€”
+| [[Brigitta Davidson]] || 2017-10-10 ||  || —
 |-
 | [[Gerard Phillip Cohen]] || 2023-04-25 ||  || [[Sjp Charity Trust Limited]] (1094719)
 |-
-| [[Jeremy Vaughan Sandelson]] || 2023-04-25 ||  || â€”
+| [[Jeremy Vaughan Sandelson]] || 2023-04-25 ||  || —
 |-
 | [[Cheryl Jeanette BRODIE]] || 2023-04-25 ||  || [[The Bernard Charitable Trust]] (1080437); [[Wellspring]] (1183111)
 |-
-| [[Harry Krais]] || 2023-07-23 ||  || â€”
+| [[Harry Krais]] || 2023-07-23 ||  || —
 |-
-| [[Charlotte Catherine Laure de Pariente]] || 2025-10-23 ||  || â€”
+| [[Charlotte Catherine Laure de Pariente]] || 2025-10-23 ||  || —
 |}
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 | 2018-01-04 || [[Jeremy Vaughan Sandelson]]; [[Richard Mark Denton]]; [[Brigitta Davidson]]; [[Emanuel Wolfe Davidson]]; [[Gerard Phillip Cohen]] || <ref name="u579e4053">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20180104203116/http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/ContactAndTrustees.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1175058&SubsidiaryNumber=0 Register entry 1175058, contact and trustees (capture of 20180104)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
 |-
-| 2021-01-05 || [[Richard Mark Denton]] (from 10 October 2017) â€“ also trustee of [[Achisomoch Aid Company Limited]], [[The Noam Primary School Limited]]; [[Ilan Rappaport]] (from 22 May 2018); [[Brigitta Davidson]] (from 10 October 2017); [[Gerard Phillip Cohen]] (from 10 October 2017); [[Lord Jonathan Andrew Kestenbaum]] (from 26 February 2020); [[Jeremy Vaughan Sandelson]] (from 10 October 2017) â€“ also trustee of [[Jewish Community Centre UK]], [[Hampstead Theatre Limited]], [[The Bike Project]]; [[Emanuel Wolfe Davidson]] (chair) (from 10 October 2017) || <ref name="u4817e8c6">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210105210514/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5104810/full-print Register entry 1175058, full print (capture of 20210105)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
+| 2021-01-05 || [[Richard Mark Denton]] (from 10 October 2017) – also trustee of [[Achisomoch Aid Company Limited]], [[The Noam Primary School Limited]]; [[Ilan Rappaport]] (from 22 May 2018); [[Brigitta Davidson]] (from 10 October 2017); [[Gerard Phillip Cohen]] (from 10 October 2017); [[Lord Jonathan Andrew Kestenbaum]] (from 26 February 2020); [[Jeremy Vaughan Sandelson]] (from 10 October 2017) – also trustee of [[Jewish Community Centre UK]], [[Hampstead Theatre Limited]], [[The Bike Project]]; [[Emanuel Wolfe Davidson]] (chair) (from 10 October 2017) || <ref name="u4817e8c6">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210105210514/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5104810/full-print Register entry 1175058, full print (capture of 20210105)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
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-| 2021-07-04 || [[Ilan Rappaport]] (from 22 May 2018); [[Richard Mark Denton]] (from 10 October 2017) â€“ also trustee of [[Achisomoch Aid Company Limited]], [[The Noam Primary School Limited]]; [[Brigitta Davidson]] (from 10 October 2017); [[Gerard Phillip Cohen]] (from 10 October 2017); [[Lord Jonathan Andrew Kestenbaum]] (from 26 February 2020); [[Jeremy Vaughan Sandelson]] (from 10 October 2017) â€“ also trustee of [[Jewish Community Centre UK]], [[The Bike Project]]; [[Emanuel Wolfe Davidson]] (chair) (from 10 October 2017) || <ref name="u23816314">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210704214627/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5104810/full-print Register entry 1175058, full print (capture of 20210704)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
+| 2021-07-04 || [[Ilan Rappaport]] (from 22 May 2018); [[Richard Mark Denton]] (from 10 October 2017) – also trustee of [[Achisomoch Aid Company Limited]], [[The Noam Primary School Limited]]; [[Brigitta Davidson]] (from 10 October 2017); [[Gerard Phillip Cohen]] (from 10 October 2017); [[Lord Jonathan Andrew Kestenbaum]] (from 26 February 2020); [[Jeremy Vaughan Sandelson]] (from 10 October 2017) – also trustee of [[Jewish Community Centre UK]], [[The Bike Project]]; [[Emanuel Wolfe Davidson]] (chair) (from 10 October 2017) || <ref name="u23816314">[https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20210704214627/https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5104810/full-print Register entry 1175058, full print (capture of 20210704)] ''UK Government Web Archive''.</ref>
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 ! Financial year end !! Income !! Expenditure
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-| 2021-03-31 || Â£933,000 || Â£1,117,138
+| 2021-03-31 || £933,000 || £1,117,138
 |-
-| 2022-03-31 || Â£390,000 || Â£145,114
+| 2022-03-31 || £390,000 || £145,114
 |-
-| 2023-03-31 || Â£90,000 || Â£162,958
+| 2023-03-31 || £90,000 || £162,958
 |-
-| 2024-03-31 || Â£448,000 || Â£480,567
+| 2024-03-31 || £448,000 || £480,567
 |-
-| 2025-03-31 || Â£610,000 || Â£587,145
+| 2025-03-31 || £610,000 || £587,145
 |}
 Source: register annual-return history.<ref name="EXTRACT" />
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 == Funding in Israel ==
-* FY2025 grants (note 5): Royal Academy of Arts Â£250,000; The National Gallery Â£150,000; Youth Aliyah Child Rescue Â£77,000; British Emunah Fund Â£25,000; Royal Free Charity Â£25,000; Jewish Care Â£25,000; JNF Charitable Trust Â£10,000; The Bike Project Â£5,000; other Â£13,600 (PDF p.14).<ref name="ACC" />
+* FY2025 grants (note 5): Royal Academy of Arts £250,000; The National Gallery £150,000; Youth Aliyah Child Rescue £77,000; British Emunah Fund £25,000; Royal Free Charity £25,000; Jewish Care £25,000; JNF Charitable Trust £10,000; The Bike Project £5,000; other £13,600 (PDF p.14).<ref name="ACC" />
 === Israeli partners ===
@@ Line 95: / Line 95: @@
 == 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>
+* 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 1–7 (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) – all named in the cheque-cashing class inquiry – 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 £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>
 == Other registers and records ==
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 === Land and property ===
-The register records that the charity does not own or lease 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>
+The register records that the charity does not own or lease 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 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>
 === Parliament ===