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'''Borderline.''' The 2018 grant list includes £5,000 to One Family, which supports families bereaved by war and terror attacks.<ref name="ACC" /> No grant to an IDF welfare body is recorded in the accounts cited on this page.
 
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'''Prior scrutiny.''' In February 2024 [[David Miller (Powerbase)|David Miller]], writing for ''PressTV'' (critical), named the foundation among charities that had donated to UK Friends of AWIS, and it is listed on the Powerbase page [[UK AWIS - supporters]]; the accounts for the years concerned were not available for checking.<ref name="IDF_PRESSTV">[[David Miller (Powerbase)|David Miller]], [https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2024/02/01/719268/How-British-charities-aiding-Israeli-genocide-Gaza How British ‘charities’ are aiding Israeli genocide in Gaza] ''PressTV'', 1 February 2024 (critical).</ref>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 05:47, 21 October 2026

Former UK grant-making trust (removed 2022); successor CIO 1187823

The Maurice Hatter Foundation

Type Trust (removed)
Founded 1987-11-24 (registered)
Dissolved 2022-09-07 (removed: Removed; activities continued under CIO 1187823 The Maurice Hatter Foundation)
Registration ID Registered charity 298119
Area served Throughout England, Israel, South Africa
Eshkol Tower, University of Haifa (2011). The foundation's 2024 grants included £1,345,255 to University of Haifa UK, and the archived 2018 accounts of the predecessor trust (298119) record £35,000 to the University of Haifa

The Maurice Hatter Foundation is a UK-based grant-giving charity (charity no. 1187823), registered on 7 February 2020.[1] Originally registered under charity number 298119 on 24 November 1987, the registration was removed (amalgamated) on 7 September 2022, with funds transferred to the new Maurice Hatter Foundation (charity no. 1187823).[2]

Objects and activities

The charity's registered objects read: "THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND TO PAY OR APPLY THE SAME AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AS THEY MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES ONLY."[3]

The register describes its activities as: "The charity seeks to distribute income arising from invested funds to various charitable causes at the discretion of the Trustees. The charity continues to provide particular support to projects related to education, education and social welfare."[3]

Register classifications: Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity.[3]

Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England, Israel, South Africa.[3]

Trustees

Name Role Date Appointed Date Resigned
Maurice Hatter Trustee 12 September 2017
Fausto Furlotti Trustee 07 February 2020
Richard Hatter Trustee 07 February 2020
Piers Barclay Trustee 07 February 2020

Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)

Trustees shown in archived register pages
Capture date Trustees listed Source
2010-07-11 Jeremy Steven Newman; Maurice Hatter; Ivor Connick; Richard Hatter [4]
2011-09-18 Jeremy Steven Newman; Maurice Hatter; Ivor Connick; Richard Hatter [5]
2018-01-04 Maurice Hatter; Richard Hatter; Fausto Furlotti; Piers Barclay [6]
2021-01-09 Piers Barclay (from 04 September 2015); Fausto Umberto Furlotti (from 20 March 2014) – also trustee of The Maurice Hatter Foundation; Richard Hatter (from 23 March 1987) [7]

Finances

Income and expenditure, five most recent reported years
Financial year end Income Expenditure
2019-04-05 £6,211,662 £1,430,929
2020-04-05 £4,179,276 £23,169,465

Source: register annual-return history.[3]

Historical finances (UK Government Web Archive)

Income and spending shown on archived register pages
Financial year end Income (£) Spending (£) Source
05 Apr 2005 603,826 669,414 [8]
05 Apr 2006 864,568 893,411 [8]
05 Apr 2007 1,010,146 1,234,585 [8]
05 Apr 2008 2,630,290 634,393 [8]
05 Apr 2009 694,246 1,209,630 [8]
05 Apr 2012 485,853 1,160,792 [9]
05 Apr 2013 1,462,012 965,154 [9]
05 Apr 2014 2,905,268 1,549,041 [9]
05 Apr 2015 3,339,810 1,609,529 [9]
05 Apr 2016 2,884,440 1,092,952 [9]

Archived accounts

Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:

  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2006[10]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2007[11]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2008[12]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2009[13]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2010[14]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2014[15]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2015[16]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2016[17]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2017[18]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2018[19]
  • Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2019[20]

Registration History

  • 24 November 1987: Standard registration under charity no. 298119[21]
  • 07 February 2020: CIO registration under charity no. 1187823.[22]
  • 07 September 2022: Removed (Amalgamated) (charity no. 298119)[21]
  • 07 September 2022: Funds transferred to The Maurice Hatter Foundation (charity no. 1187823)[21]

Grant Recipients

Grant recipients of the Maurice Hatter Foundation in £ sterling
Organisation 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Total
Ambassador's Holocaust Survivors Appeal 20,000 20,000
Ambitious About Autism (formerly Treehouse Trust) 55,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 205,000
America ORT 60,790 60,790
Anglo Israel Cardiovascular Symposium 5,000 5,000
Anne Frank Trust 2,000 2,000
Art Room 10,000 10,000
Autism Speaks 10,000 10,000
Battersea Dogs 8 Cats Home 2,000 2,000
Benedict GmbH 43,006 43,006
British Friends of Haifa University 21,302 351,159 354,083 321,529 56,494 39,127 186,274 601,850 154,367 2,000 2,088,185
British Friends of Or Chadash 5,000 12,500 12,500 30,000
British Friends of The Hebrew University 10,000 2,500 12,500
British Heart Foundation 1,000 1,000
British ORT 10,000 50,000 35,000 25,000 30,000 32,875 92,000 25,000 45,000 25,000 369,875
Chabad HGS 100,000 100,000
Chai Cancer Care 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 75,000
Cherie Blair Foundation for Women 5,000 5,000
Chief Rabbinate Trust 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 8,000 -5,000 28,000
Churchill Centre UK 5,000 1,000 6,000
Civitas Limited 25,000 25,000
Colel Chabad 5,000 5,000
Commonwealth Jewish Council 1,000 1,000
Community Security Trust 5,000 5,000 25,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 15,000 7,500 7,500 7,500 200,000 -50,000 282,500
Covenant & Conversation Trust 30,000 30,000
Delmelza House Children's Hospice 5,000 1,000 3,500 2,000 11,500
Duke of Edinburgh International Award 5,000 5,000
FW de Klerk Foundation 66,298 66,298
Finchley Jewish Primary School Trust 5,000 10,000 5,000 17,000 8,000 10,000 55,000
Friends of WIZO Israel 3,082 3,082
Greenhouse Schools Project Limited 140,000 140,000
Grove End Road - Community Appeal 5,000 5,000 10,000
Halo RPM 10,000 10,000
Healing Foundation 7,500 7,500
Heart Cells Foundation 2,500 2,500
Henry Jackson Society 10,000 10,000 12,000 25,000 7,500 5,000 69,500
Herzlla Foundation South Africa 30,140 30,140
Holocaust Educational Trust 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 10,000 7,500 7,500 7,500 67,500
Holocaust Survivors Initiative 10,000 2,500 12,500
lnstitute for Jewish Policy Research 10,000 10,000
Israel National Therapeutic Riding Association 6,272 70,000 5,000 81,272
Jewish Care 5,000 5,000 5,000 500 18,500 2,500 5,000 5,000 5,000 10,000 10,000 17,500 89,000
Jewish Community Secondary School Trust 25,000 25,000 25,000 25,000 2,500 2,500 5,000 110,000
Jewish Leadership Council 100,000 100,000
Jewlsh Museum, London 5,000 3,500 5,500 14,000
Joseph Harmatz School of Engineering 33,161 33,161
Kfar Silver Youth Renovation Project 1,233,247 1,233,247
Kisharon 250,000 250,000
Kol Nidre Appeal 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 30,000
Lubavitch Foundation 5,000 5,500 500 11,000
Magen David Adorn UK 2,500 2,500
Many Tears Animal Rescue 5,000 5,000 10,000
Mosaic Jewish Primary School 12,500 12,500 25,000
Mossbourne Community Academy 7,540 7,540
Movement for Reform Judaism 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 7,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 36,000
National Theatre 5,000 5,000
Nightingale Hammerson 5,000 100,000 105,000
Nightingale House 10,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 7,000 15,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 67,000
Norwood Ravenswood 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,200 10,000 10,000 12,500 25,000 12,500 110,200
One Family 5,000 5,000 10,000
Or Chadash 6,210 6,210
Prostate Action 21,260 7,500 3,000 31,760
Prostate Cancer UK 17,500 5,000 15,000 7,500 7,500 7,500 60,000
Ray Tye Medical Foundation 48,193 67,943 116,136
Reform Foundation Trust 5,000 5,000
Responsible Action 5,000 5,000
Royal Marines Charitable Trust Fund 5,000 5,000 10,000
Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) 3,500 3,500
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital 75,000 100,000 100,000 275,000
Royal Opera House Foundation 13,000 13,000
Sacks Morasha Jewish Primary School 2,500 2,500
Social Mobility Foundation 5,000 5,000
Society for the Lower Galilee 18,000 18,000
South of England Foundation (Charlton Athletic Community Trust) 76,390 75,000 75,000 100,000 250,000 251,000 125,000 952,390
Southampton University 362,910 362,910
Stop Ivory 5,000 5,000
Traditional Alternatives Foundation 25,000 25,000 50,000
Train for Employment 10,000 10,000
Treehouse Trust 50,000 50,000
UK Friends ofthe Association for the Wellbeing ofIsraeVs Soldiers 5,000 2,500 7,500
United Jewish Israel Appeal 13,000 13,000 2,000 10,000 38,000
United Synagogue 10,000 6,197 10,000 6,600 5,300 5,000 5,000 2,500 5,000 5,000 60,597
University College Hospital Charity Fund (Dr Walker) 50,000 127,915 127,915 127,915 127,915 561,660
University College Hospital Charity Fund (Hatter Cardiovascular Institute) 50,000 50,000 50,000 102,250 80,000 79,310 140,871 279,628 122,153 155,094 100,000 100,000 1,309,306
University College London Academy 100,000 50,000 150,000
University College London Development Fund 100,000 50,000 50,000 200,000
University College London Hospital - Hatter Cardiovascular Oncology Fellowship 201,000 201,000
University College London Intellectual Property 10,000 50,000 60,000
University College London / University College London Hospitals 100,000 60,000 51,000 30,000 500,000 227,915 428,915 231,752 204,680 1,834,262
University of Cape Town 61,420 47,710 57,607 166,737
University of Haifa 35,000 1,179,823 1,214,823
Weizmann UK 10,000 10,000 2,500 22,500
West London Synagogue of British Jews 5,000 7,168 5,000 500 2,367 4,481 2,596 2,500 5,195 2,500 37,307
Woolf Institute 23,385 23,385
Work Avenue Foundation 100,000 100,000
World Jewish Congress 3,267 3,267
World Jewish Relief 10,250 10,000 12,500 10,000 3,250 3,000 5,000 5,000 7,500 5,000 5,000 75,000 100,000 251,500
World ORT 40,263 339,275 113,844 188,398 350,007 206,960 78,848 335,213 1,652,808
International policy research 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 20,000
Other Grants 27,807 26,962 27,346 31,692 26,683 33,450 28,229 23,762 17,750 28,500 290,904 103,000 150,100 78,500 894,685
Total Grants 391,735 1,067,214 1,076,756 1,053,566 931,283 961,128 1,372,139 1,442,620 928,665 713,170 660,217 1,273,819 1,494,238 2,066,047 1,249,762 355,680 17,038,039

Data sources: Maurice Hatter Foundation Annual Accounts: 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023

Israeli partners

Haifa University; Hebrew University friends; One Family; UK medical charities.[23]

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.

Evidence of activity beyond the 1949 armistice line
Finding Confidence
Hebrew University Mt Scopus context exists in other research; these FY2018 lines do not specify campus projects. low

Support for the IDF: No IDF funding is stated in the FY2018 grant list. One Family (IDF bereaved families support) received £5,000 in 2018.[23]

Support for the Israeli military

Borderline. The 2018 grant list includes £5,000 to One Family, which supports families bereaved by war and terror attacks.[23] No grant to an IDF welfare body is recorded in the accounts cited on this page.

Prior scrutiny. In February 2024 David Miller, writing for PressTV (critical), named the foundation among charities that had donated to UK Friends of AWIS, and it is listed on the Powerbase page UK AWIS - supporters; the accounts for the years concerned were not available for checking.[24]

Controversies and regulatory action

  • Removed from the register; activities appear to continue under CIO 1187823 (same name). No Gazette insolvency notice was found. FY2019 archived PDF was a scan with failed text extraction; figures above are from FY2018 archived accounts.

Other registers and records

Scotland and Northern Ireland

No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (full register download of 14 October 2026 searched by name).[25] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[26]

The Gazette

Searches of The Gazette notice feeds (all notices, insolvency and company) for the charity's name found no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice; results were limited to Companies House filing lists.[27]

Grants recorded by 360Giving

No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[28]

Sanctions screening

The names of current and archived trustees and Companies House officers were screened against the UK Sanctions List and the OFSI Consolidated List. No match on full name was found; only coincidental surname matches. Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor (UK sanctions ID RUS1127) does not appear among this charity's trustees or officers.[29]

Land and property

The register records that the charity owns and/or leases land or property.[3] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[30] Candidate titles and addresses (CCOD dataset and register/accounts data):[31]

  • Leasehold investment property at 141 Moorgate, London (valued £3.5m in FY2018 archived accounts); register recorded land ownership before removal – Archived accounts FY2018 PDF p.5 (source: archived accounts)

Parliament

A search of Hansard for 'Maurice Hatter Foundation' returned 0 contributions in total.[32]

Web archive

The UK Government Web Archive holds 5 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".[7]

Contact Info

Address:

ONSLOW HOUSE
ONSLOW STREET
GUILDFORD
SURREY
GU1 4TL
  • Phone: 01483407100
  • Email: ADMIN@MH-FOUNDATION.ORG

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Governance, Maurice Hatter Foundation, Charity Commission. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  2. ↑ The Maurice Hatter Foundation Governance, Charity Commission, retrieved 18 April 2024.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 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.
  4. ↑ Register entry 298119, contact and trustees (capture of 20100711) UK Government Web Archive.
  5. ↑ Register entry 298119, contact and trustees (capture of 20110918) UK Government Web Archive.
  6. ↑ Register entry 298119, contact and trustees (capture of 20180104) UK Government Web Archive.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Register entry 298119, full print (capture of 20210109) UK Government Web Archive.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Register entry 298119, financial history (capture of 20100711) UK Government Web Archive.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Register entry 298119, financial history (capture of 20180104) UK Government Web Archive.
  10. ↑ The Maurice Hatter Foundation accounts, year ended 2006-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110918).
  11. ↑ The Maurice Hatter Foundation accounts, year ended 2007-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110918).
  12. ↑ The Maurice Hatter Foundation accounts, year ended 2008-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110918).
  13. ↑ The Maurice Hatter Foundation accounts, year ended 2009-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110918).
  14. ↑ The Maurice Hatter Foundation accounts, year ended 2010-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110918).
  15. ↑ The Maurice Hatter Foundation accounts, year ended 2014-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200107).
  16. ↑ The Maurice Hatter Foundation accounts, year ended 2015-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200704).
  17. ↑ The Maurice Hatter Foundation accounts, year ended 2016-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200704).
  18. ↑ The Maurice Hatter Foundation accounts, year ended 2017-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200704).
  19. ↑ The Maurice Hatter Foundation accounts, year ended 2018-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200704).
  20. ↑ The Maurice Hatter Foundation accounts, year ended 2019-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200704).
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 The Maurice Hatter Foundation Governance 298119, Charity Commission. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  22. ↑ The Maurice Hatter Foundation Governance 1187823, Charity Commission. Retrieved 18 April 2024.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Charity Commission, The Maurice Hatter Foundation (298119): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities, viewed 14 October 2026 (no current accounts on the live register; archived accounts cited where available – see Archived accounts).
  24. ↑ David Miller, How British ‘charities’ are aiding Israeli genocide in Gaza PressTV, 1 February 2024 (critical).
  25. ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, CharityExport-14-Oct-2026.csv, downloaded 14 October 2026; keyword search of charity names for the batch found no matching Scottish registration (the only hit for "breakthrough" was Breakthrough Breast Cancer SC039058, unrelated).
  26. ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 14 October 2026 (keyword searches for each batch charity name returned zero results).
  27. ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Maurice Hatter Foundation' The Gazette, searched 14 October 2026.
  28. ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-298119 360Giving, queried 14 October 2026.
  29. ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV, version of 12 October 2026); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv, last updated 3 June 2026). Screening of 405 names (current and archived trustees and Companies House officers of the 25 batch-1 charities) carried out 14 October 2026.
  30. ↑ HM Land Registry, 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 CCOD / OCOD datasets (October 2026 release), not from paid title registers.
  31. ↑ 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 – no title registers were purchased.
  32. ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching 'Maurice Hatter Foundation' Hansard, queried 14 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints).
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