G R P Charitable Trust

The G R P Charitable Trust is a small grant-making charity (no 255733) set up via a trust deed dated 18th March 1968 by George Richard Pinto. It disburses grants to with a particular focus on Jewish and conservative and zionist recipients.

For example it has supported conservative zionist organisations such as the UK based Anglo-Israel Association and the Israel-Diaspora Trust and the controversial Israel based Jerusalem Foundation which is implicated in construction activity on Israeli occupied territory in East Jerusalem in contravention of international law. In addition it has given money to neoconservative think tanks such as Civitas and the Henry Jackson Society and to other foundations such as Stanley Kalms Traditional Alternatives Foundation and the obscure Institute for Policy Research - both of which have then passed money to neoconservative and neoliberal think tanks such as the Centre for Social Cohesion, Open Europe and the Centre for Policy Studies. Between 2008 and 2013 the Trust gave £26,000 to the Politics and Economics Research Trust a charity that mainly raises funds for the Taxpayers' Alliance. (See below).

Trustees

The Trust is run by a firm called Kleinwort Benson Trustees Limited which also runs a number of other charities most of which appear to be run b members of the extended Pinto family and bear the initials of the person in whose name they were set up. They include the C H (1980) Charitable Trust (no 256283), The A M Charitable Trust (no 260991 - named after Ann Catherine Marks, the sister of George Richard Pinto), The GP Charitable Trust (no 1115903, named after Gladys Pinto and created by her son George Richard Pinto), The Richard Carne Trust (no 264994), The Sir Mark And Lady Turner Charitable Settlement. This has the result that no trustees names appear on the Charity Commission website.

Grant Recipients

Grant recipients of the G R P Charitable Trust in £ sterling
Organisation	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Total
ABF The Soldier's Charity									500											500
Alexandra Wylie Tower Foundation								1,000						2,000	1,000					4,000
A M Charitable Trust																3,000,000				3,000,000
Anglo-Israeli Association	2,000	2,000	10,050	2,000	13,500	4,925	2,125	2,000	2,000	19,245	21,500	5,000	16,350	36,383	39,500	25,000				203,578
Anglo-Jewish Association							6,000	5,000	5,000	6,000										22,000
Arrhythmia Alliance				200																200
Barnabas Foundation	5,000	5,000	10,000																	20,000
Barts and London Charity						5,000			1,500											6,500
Breast Cancer Care UK			100																	100
British Forces Foundation							1,000													1,000
British Friends of Israel Free Loan Association						4,000	4,000													8,000
British Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra	5,000		5,000	5,000	3,000	3,000	3,000	3,000	1,000	1,000	1,000									30,000
British Heart Foundation					2,000				2,000	5,000										9,000
British Library												1,000								1,000
British ORT / ORT UK	20,000					17,000	17,000					20,000								74,000
British Technion Society	350				12,000			14,000		15,000										41,350
Cambridge Middle East and North African Forum																			50,000	50,000
Cancer Research Campaign					3,000				3,000					20,000						26,000
Canterbury Catherdral Trust Fund			2,000																	2,000
Chicken Shed Theatre Company	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	500	1,000						7,500
Civitas			25,000		1,000	1,250	1,000	1,250	2,000	4,500	5,500	15,500	5,500	8,000	8,000					78,500
Coldstream Guards Charitable Fund									500					1,000	500					2,000
Combat Stress												1,500								1,500
Community Security Trust	3,000	3,000	3,000	3,000		3,000	3,000	3,000	3,000	3,000	3,000	3,000	3,000	3,000	3,000					42,000
Council of Christians and Jews	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000		6,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000	5,000					71,000
Coventry Cathedral	250																			250
Downs Syndrome Association								1,000												1,000
East Kent Hospice											100									100
Eton College												10,000								10,000
Evalina Children's Society		12,000																		12,000
Fairbridge						500														500
Fitzwilliam Museum Development Trust								10,000												10,000
Fresh Hope Trust	5,000							5,000												10,000
Friends of Boys Town Jerusalem			5,000										5,000							10,000
Friends of Courtauld Institute	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,500	1,500	1,500	4,500			1,500	1,500	2,000	2,000	2,000					22,000
Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem						10,000	10,000		10,000			15,000		15,000						60,000
Givingworks										1,000										1,000
Gurkha Regimental Trust / Gurkha Welfare Trust	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	2,000	1,000	1,000	1,000					16,000
Haifa University / British Friends of Haifa University	500	500	500	500	500	500	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000		1,000					11,000
Help the Heroes											2,000									2,000
Hemihelp																				0
Henry Jackson Society							2,500			30,000	50,000	30,000	30,000	30,000						172,500
Hertford House Trust									5,000											5,000
Institute for Policy Research		5,000				3,000	3,000		2,000			6,000	5,000	10,000		1,000				35,000
Israel-Diaspora Trust						5,000	2,500													7,500
Jewish Israel													10,000							10,000
Jewish National Fund UK												1,000								1,000
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra												1,000								1,000
Jerusalem Foundation		14,300	14,000	14,000		1,000		31,000	50,000	57,000			40,000						384,333	605,633
Jewish Care	20,000	20,000	20,000			20,000	20,000			20,000				20,000						140,000
Kent Community Foundation											500									500
King Edward VII Hospital Sister Agnes	100	100	100	100	100	100	200	100	200	200	200	200	200	200	200					2,300
Magen David Adom UK								10,000		10,000										20,000
March of the Living UK												500								500
Moorfields Eye Hospital Development Fund			5,000																	5,000
National Gallery														2,500						2,500
New Heritage Foundation																		50,000		50,000
Norwood Ravenswood Child Care									2,000			2,000		2,000						6,000
On Course Foundation												100								100
Oxford Centre for Hebrew & Jewish Studies	50,000	50,000	50,000	80,000	100,000	50,000	52,000	102,000			77,000		50,000							661,000
Oxford Playhouse Trust						500														500
Personal Support Unit												500								500
Philharmonia Trust Limted	500																			500
Pilgrims Hospice in East Kent		100																		100
Politics and Economics Research Trust				5,000	5,000	5,000	2,000	6,000	3,000	10,000	10,000									46,000
Prostate Cancer UK									500											500
Public Memorials Appeal												500								500
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI)										200										200
Royal British Legion / Royal British Legion Poppy Factory			500	500	500	400	1,000	1,000	1,000	5,000	5,000		5,000	6,000	10,000					35,900
Royal School for Deaf Children - Margate	100																			100
Simon Marks Jewish Primary School Trust	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000				40,000	55,000
Social Affairs UN												10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000					40,000
Social Affairs Unit - Standpoint											10,000									10,000
Soil Association	1,500																			1,500
Spotlight Appeal	100	100	100	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	500	1,000	2,000					5,600
St Clements Church | St Clements Church Tower Appeal			50							100										150
St Peter's Trust for Kidney Bladder and Prostate Research	1,500																			1,500
Stroke Association					100															100
Technion UK												20,000	20,000	20,000						60,000
Thames Diamond Jubilee								3,000												3,000
Three Faiths Forum							1,000													1,000
Tikva UK											1,000									1,000
Traditional Alternatives Foundation				25,000			25,000	25,000	25,000											100,000
Trinity College Cambridge				10,000				5,000												15,000
UK Friends of the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers						2,000	2,000		2,000			2,000	2,000							10,000
UK Tormet Limited																500,000				500,000
Umbrella Centre HB												500								500
United Jewish Israel Appeal			10,000			10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000										60,000
University of Cambridge													2,500							2,500
Wallace Collection	5,150	5,000	5,000	17,500	12,500		75,000	75,000		450				6,500						202,100
Weizmann Institute Foundation								14,000	14,000		10,000	20,000		20,000						78,000
West London Synagogue												2,000				200,000				202,000
Woolfe Institute				500																500
World Jewish Relief	10,000																			10,000
Yad Vashem UK Foundation						200														200
Youth Aliyah - Child Rescue									15,000											15,000
Total:	138,550	125,600	173,900	172,000	162,400	155,575	248,525	341,550	168,900	206,395	207,000	178,500	215,550	223,583	84,200	3,726,000	0	50,000	474,333

Data sources: 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023

Trust deed, trustee and Israel-related grants (filed documents)

The trust was created by a settlement deed dated 18 March 1968. The settlor was George Richard Pinto, banker, of 7 Lennox Gardens, London SW1, and the trustee was Kleinwort Benson (Trustees) Limited of Aldermanbury House, Aldermanbury Square, London EC2. The settlor paid £31,000 to the trustee to hold on charitable trusts, and the deed names the trust "The G.R.P. Charitable Trust". The sole trustee is a corporate trustee: Kleinwort Benson Trustees Limited until 2016–17, then SG Kleinwort Hambros Trust Company (UK) Limited. From 2018 the trust's year ends on 5 October. The 2018 and 2019 accounts record that the A M Charitable Trust is a related party because the two trusts have a common trustee.

Donations were £138,050 in 2004–05, £253,525 in 2010–11 and £342,550 in 2011–12. They rose to £3,726,000 in the year to 5 October 2020, including £3,000,000 to the A M Charitable Trust and £500,000 to UK Toremet Limited. In the period to 5 October 2023 they were £474,333 (2022: £50,000). The 2023 accounts say that "the charity's activities are ceasing".

Israel-related donations, years to 5 April (2005–2017) and to 5 October (2018–2023) (£)

Recipient	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2023
Jerusalem Foundation		14,300	14,000	14,000			31,000	50,000	57,000			40,000	36,000			384,333
United Jewish Israel Appeal			10,000			10,000	10,000	10,000	10,000			10,000	10,000
Anglo-Israel Association	2,000	2,000	10,050	2,000	13,500	2,125	2,000	2,000	19,245	21,500	5,000	16,350	36,383	39,500	25,000
British Technion Society / Technion UK	350				12,000		14,000		15,000		20,000	20,000	20,000
Weizmann Institute Foundation							14,000	14,000		10,000	20,000		20,000
Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem						10,000		10,000			15,000		15,000
Magen David Adom UK							10,000		10,000
Youth Aliyah – Child Rescue								15,000
UK Friends of AWIS						2,000		2,000			2,000	2,000
British Friends of Israel Free Loan Association						4,000
Israel Diaspora Trust						2,500
(Friends of) Boys Town Jerusalem			5,000				5,000					5,000
Israel Guide Dogs													5,000
British Friends of (the) Israel Philharmonic Orchestra	5,000		5,000	5,000	3,000	3,000	3,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000
British Friends of Haifa University	500	500	500	500	500	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000
Jewish National Fund UK											1,000

Sources: the accounts for each year. 2016 figures are from the 2016 accounts, read from the copy held by the UK Government Web Archive, and their comparatives in the 2017 accounts; 2019 figures are from the 2019 accounts and their comparatives in the 2020 accounts. The 2010 accounts are a poor scan. They list the Jerusalem Foundation, UJIA (£10,000), the Friends of the Hebrew University, UK Friends of AWIS and others, but most amounts cannot be read reliably, so 2010 is left out of the table. Accounts for the year to 5 April 2016 and the periods to 5 October 2021 and 2022 have not been obtained.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line

Finding	Confidence
The accounts do not tie the Jerusalem Foundation donations (£640,633 in the years tabled) to named projects, so whether any were spent in East Jerusalem is not shown.	Not established
No other itemised donation is to a recipient located beyond the Green Line.	Not established

Total incoming resources in 2015–16 were £247,713 (2014–15: £210,414); its largest donation that year was £30,000 to the Henry Jackson Society.

Support for the IDF: £2,000 a year to UK Friends of AWIS in 2010–11, 2012–13, 2015–16 and 2016–17 (£8,000 in total; the 2010 accounts also list AWIS, amount illegible). That charity's registered objects are "THE RELIEF OF NEED AND SUFFERING OF SERVING AND DISCHARGED ISRAELI SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES". Grade: High for the recipient's purpose.

Support for the Israeli military

Grants. The trust gave £2,000 a year to UK Friends of AWIS, whose registered objects are the relief of need and suffering of serving and discharged Israeli soldiers and their families, in 2010–11, 2012–13, 2015–16 and 2016–17 (£8,000 in total).

Prior scrutiny. In February 2024 David Miller, writing for PressTV (critical), named the trust among about twenty charities that had donated to UK Friends of AWIS, and it is listed on the Powerbase page UK AWIS - supporters. No Charity Commission inquiry or warning concerning the trust was found.

Contact

The G R P Charitable Trust

14 St. George Street,

London, W1S 1FE

Tel: 020 3207 7091