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| − | '''[[The GK Trust]]''' is a charitable company (Companies House 05082663) whose memorandum and articles were adopted on 24 March 2004; it was registered as a charity on 14 September 2004.<ref name="FP_GK">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4010621/full-print The GK Trust (1105858): full print] ''Register of Charities'', retrieved 16 October 2026.</ref><ref name="CH_GK">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05082663 THE GK TRUST (05082663)] ''Find and update company information'', overview and [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05082663/officers officers], viewed 16 October 2026.</ref> Its registered office is 923 Finchley Road, London NW11 7PE, the address of its accountants, JKA Accountancy, and its areas of operation are England and Wales, Israel, South Africa and the United States.<ref name="EXTRACT">[[Charity Commission for England and Wales]], ''Register of Charities public extract'' (tables charity, charity_trustee, charity_annual_return_history, charity_area_of_operation, charity_classification, charity_other_names), extract dated 14 October 2026.</ref><ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4010621/accounts-and-annual-returns The GK Trust (1105858): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).</ref> Its objects are to make grants, "in particular for the advancement of Jewish religious education, relief of poverty, distress and sickness in the Jewish Community of South Africa."<ref name="ACC" /> The trustees and directors are [[Gordon Kuper (trustee, The GK Trust)|Gordon Kuper]] (chair) and [[Evan Morris (trustee, The GK Trust)|Evan Morris]]; Companies House records both as directors since 24 March 2004 and as South African nationals, with Evan Morris resident in the United States, and lists [[Rotherwick Directors Limited]] as secretary since 25 March 2009.<ref name="EXTRACT" /><ref name="CH_GK" /> The trustees' report says "The trustees provide grants to a variety of charitable educational establishments encompassing assistance with staffing and curriculum".<ref name="ACC" /> In the year to 31 March 2025 donations were £29,835 (2024: total income £23,475) and spending £41,698 (2024: £21,823), including charitable expenditure of £40,569; the year's deficit was £11,863 and funds fell to £10,094 (2024: £21,957), with cash of £343 and other debtors of £10,631.<ref name="ACC" /> The accounts were approved on 11 December 2025 and signed by G Kuper.<ref name="ACC" /> | + | '''[[The GK Trust]]''' is a charitable company ([[Companies House]] 05082663) whose memorandum and articles were adopted on 24 March 2004; it was registered as a charity on 14 September 2004.<ref name="FP_GK">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4010621/full-print The GK Trust (1105858): full print] ''Register of Charities'', retrieved 16 October 2026.</ref><ref name="CH_GK">[[Companies House]], [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05082663 THE GK TRUST (05082663)] ''Find and update company information'', overview and [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05082663/officers officers], viewed 16 October 2026.</ref> Its registered office is 923 Finchley Road, London NW11 7PE, the address of its accountants, JKA Accountancy, and its areas of operation are England and Wales, Israel, South Africa and the United States.<ref name="EXTRACT">[[Charity Commission for England and Wales]], ''Register of Charities public extract'' (tables charity, charity_trustee, charity_annual_return_history, charity_area_of_operation, charity_classification, charity_other_names), extract dated 14 October 2026.</ref><ref name="ACC">[[Charity Commission]], [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4010621/accounts-and-annual-returns The GK Trust (1105858): accounts and annual returns] ''Register of Charities''; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).</ref> Its objects are to make grants, "in particular for the advancement of Jewish religious education, relief of poverty, distress and sickness in the Jewish Community of South Africa."<ref name="ACC" /> The trustees and directors are [[Gordon Kuper (trustee, The GK Trust)|Gordon Kuper]] (chair) and [[Evan Morris (trustee, The GK Trust)|Evan Morris]]; Companies House records both as directors since 24 March 2004 and as South African nationals, with Evan Morris resident in the United States, and lists [[Rotherwick Directors Limited]] as secretary since 25 March 2009.<ref name="EXTRACT" /><ref name="CH_GK" /> The trustees' report says "The trustees provide grants to a variety of charitable educational establishments encompassing assistance with staffing and curriculum".<ref name="ACC" /> In the year to 31 March 2025 donations were £29,835 (2024: total income £23,475) and spending £41,698 (2024: £21,823), including charitable expenditure of £40,569; the year's deficit was £11,863 and funds fell to £10,094 (2024: £21,957), with cash of £343 and other debtors of £10,631.<ref name="ACC" /> The accounts were approved on 11 December 2025 and signed by G Kuper.<ref name="ACC" /> |
== Objects and activities == | == Objects and activities == | ||
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| − | Gordon Kuper is also a register trustee of [[Friends of Kehillot Yisrael]] (1192031).<ref name="EXTRACT" /> Companies House lists him as an officer of [[UK Friends of the King David Schools Foundation]] (05363640).<ref name="CH_GK" /> Akiva Kahan was company secretary from 2004 to 2009.<ref name="CH_GK" /> | + | [[Gordon Kuper (trustee, The GK Trust)|Gordon Kuper]] is also a register trustee of [[Friends of Kehillot Yisrael]] (1192031).<ref name="EXTRACT" /> Companies House lists him as an officer of [[UK Friends of the King David Schools Foundation]] (05363640).<ref name="CH_GK" /> Akiva Kahan was company secretary from 2004 to 2009.<ref name="CH_GK" /> |
=== Companies House officers === | === Companies House officers === | ||
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=== The Gazette === | === The Gazette === | ||
| − | Searches of ''The Gazette'' for the charity's name returned only Companies House filing lists; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.<ref name="u88c1cc49">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=GK%20Trust The Gazette: notices matching 'GK Trust'] ''The Gazette'', searched 16 October 2026.</ref> | + | Searches of ''[[The Gazette]]'' for the charity's name returned only [[Companies House]] filing lists; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.<ref name="u88c1cc49">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=GK%20Trust The Gazette: notices matching 'GK Trust'] ''The Gazette'', searched 16 October 2026.</ref> |
=== Grants recorded by 360Giving === | === Grants recorded by 360Giving === | ||
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=== Sanctions screening === | === Sanctions screening === | ||
| − | The charity's name, its current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees and officers named in the accounts read for this profile and (for charitable companies) its Companies House officers were screened against the UK Sanctions List and the OFSI Consolidated List. No match was found.<ref name="SANC">[[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]], ''UK Sanctions List'' (CSV); [[Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation]], ''Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets'' (ConList.csv). Batch-26 screening covered 224 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers, examiners and other people and organisations named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies; the only hits were generic words in company names (such as "Company Directors Limited") and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 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-26 screening covered 224 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers, examiners and other people and organisations named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies; the only hits were generic words in company names (such as "Company Directors Limited") and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.</ref> |
=== Land and property === | === Land and property === | ||
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== Web archive == | == 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="u6bf62cc8" /> | The 2021 archived full print showed the status "Charity reporting is up to date" and "Other regulators: No information available".<ref name="u6bf62cc8" /> | ||
Revision as of 15:37, 20 October 2026
Charitable company whose two directors are recorded as South African nationals, operating in Israel, South Africa and the United States; it spent £40,569 on charitable activities in 2024/25 without naming any recipient, and its filed accounts contain no examiner's report
| The GK Trust
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Charitable company |
| Founded | 2004-09-14 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 1105858; company 05082663 |
| Headquarters | 923 Finchley Road, London NW11 7PE (the address of its accountants, JKA Accountancy) |
| Area served | Throughout England And Wales, Israel, South Africa, United States |
| Key people | G Kuper (chair) |
The GK Trust is a charitable company (Companies House 05082663) whose memorandum and articles were adopted on 24 March 2004; it was registered as a charity on 14 September 2004.[1][2] Its registered office is 923 Finchley Road, London NW11 7PE, the address of its accountants, JKA Accountancy, and its areas of operation are England and Wales, Israel, South Africa and the United States.[3][4] Its objects are to make grants, "in particular for the advancement of Jewish religious education, relief of poverty, distress and sickness in the Jewish Community of South Africa."[4] The trustees and directors are Gordon Kuper (chair) and Evan Morris; Companies House records both as directors since 24 March 2004 and as South African nationals, with Evan Morris resident in the United States, and lists Rotherwick Directors Limited as secretary since 25 March 2009.[3][2] The trustees' report says "The trustees provide grants to a variety of charitable educational establishments encompassing assistance with staffing and curriculum".[4] In the year to 31 March 2025 donations were £29,835 (2024: total income £23,475) and spending £41,698 (2024: £21,823), including charitable expenditure of £40,569; the year's deficit was £11,863 and funds fell to £10,094 (2024: £21,957), with cash of £343 and other debtors of £10,631.[4] The accounts were approved on 11 December 2025 and signed by G Kuper.[4]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "TO MAKE GRANTS FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT, AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS IN THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF SOUTH AFRICA."[3]
The register describes its activities as: "The advancement of Jewish religious education, relief of poverty, distress and sickness in the Jewish Community of South Africa."[3]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities.[3]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout England And Wales, Israel, South Africa, United States.[3]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[3]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| G Kuper | not recorded | Yes | Friends of Kehillot Yisrael (1192031) |
| Evan Morris | not recorded | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
| Capture date | Trustees listed | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-01-14 | Evan Morris; G Kuper (chair) – also trustee of Friends of Kehillot Yisrael | [5] |
Gordon Kuper is also a register trustee of Friends of Kehillot Yisrael (1192031).[3] Companies House lists him as an officer of UK Friends of the King David Schools Foundation (05363640).[2] Akiva Kahan was company secretary from 2004 to 2009.[2]
Companies House officers
Companies House lists 7 current and former officers of the charitable company (05082663), 3 of them active.[6] Officers recorded as resident outside the UK: Evan Morris (United States, active).[6]
Appointments of these officers to overseas companies registered in the UK (FC) or on the Register of Overseas Entities (OE):
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | £32,537 | £20,467 |
| 2022-03-31 | £15,163 | £30,357 |
| 2023-03-31 | £49,672 | £38,274 |
| 2024-03-31 | £23,475 | £21,823 |
| 2025-03-31 | £29,835 | £41,968 |
Source: register annual-return history.[3]
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2015[8]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2016[9]
- Accounts for the year ended 31/03/2017[10]
Funding in Israel
- Year to 31 March 2025: charitable expenditure of £40,569 (2024: £20,699), described as grants to charitable educational establishments; no recipient or place is named.[4]
Israeli partners
No recipient is named.[4]
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.
| Finding | Confidence |
|---|---|
| No place in Israel is named.[4] | Not established |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[4]
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;[11] 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.[12][13][14][15] 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.[16]
- No examiner's report. The filed accounts contain the directors' audit-exemption statement but no independent examiner's report.[4]
- Expenditure figures differ. The accounts give total spending of £41,698; the register records £41,968 for the same year.[4][3]
- Unnamed recipients and donor. No grant recipient or place is named. The related-party note records donations from G Kuper without stating the amount.[4]
- Inconsistent text. The report describes the governing document as "a deed of trust" which "constitutes a limited company", and the staff note refers to the years ended 31 March 2024 and 2023.[4]
Other registers and records
Scotland and Northern Ireland
No entry was found on the Scottish Charity Register for this charity (register export dated 14 October 2026, searched by name).[17] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[18]
The Gazette
Searches of The Gazette for the charity's name returned only Companies House filing lists; no insolvency, winding-up or strike-off notice naming the charity was found.[19]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[20]
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.[21]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[3] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[22]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "The GK Trust", "GK Trust" returned 0 contributions in total.[23]
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".[5]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ Charity Commission, The GK Trust (1105858): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Companies House, THE GK TRUST (05082663) Find and update company information, overview and officers, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 Charity Commission for England and Wales, Register of Charities public extract (tables charity, charity_trustee, charity_annual_return_history, charity_area_of_operation, charity_classification, charity_other_names), extract dated 14 October 2026.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 Charity Commission, The GK Trust (1105858): accounts and annual returns Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 ("PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Register entry 1105858, full print (capture of 20210114) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Company 05082663: officers Companies House, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ ROTHERWICK DIRECTORS LIMITED: appointments Companies House, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ The GK Trust accounts, year ended 2015-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ The GK Trust accounts, year ended 2016-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ The GK Trust accounts, year ended 2017-03-31 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200106).
- ↑ Charity Commission, Register of Charities, charity overview page (register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/ followed by the organisation number) for each of the 25 batch-26 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none showed one.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Serious concerns over use of £22 million triggers investigation by charity regulator GOV.UK, 14 May 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator opens next phase of investigation into 105 charities connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 1 September 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator announces next charities to be investigated as part of inquiry connected to company cashing cheques GOV.UK, 4 December 2025.
- ↑ Charity Commission, Regulator concludes investigation into 4 charities as class inquiry continues GOV.UK, 9 September 2026, with Statement of the results of a class inquiry (same date).
- ↑ Charity Commission, Charity regulator opens inquiry into charities working in illegal Israeli settlements GOV.UK, 5 August 2026 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-26 charity names found no matching Scottish registration.
- ↑ Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, Register of charities search API CCNI, searched 16 October 2026 (keyword searches for each of the 25 batch-26 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'GK Trust' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-1105858 360Giving, queried 16 October 2026.
- ↑ Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, UK Sanctions List (CSV); Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation, Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets (ConList.csv). Batch-26 screening covered 224 name strings: the 25 charity names and their other names, current register trustees, trustees named on archived register pages, trustees, officers, examiners and other people and organisations named in the accounts and websites read for this batch, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies; the only hits were generic words in company names (such as "Company Directors Limited") and surname-only matches, which were rejected; no person matched. Screened 16 October 2026.
- ↑ HM Land Registry, Search for land and property information GOV.UK – the service returned HTTP 403 (bot protection) to automated access in 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.
- ↑ UK Parliament, Hansard search API: contributions matching the exact phrase "GK Trust" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).