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== Controversies and regulatory action == | == 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 each of the 25 batch-25 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none showed one.</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.</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).</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 (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 each of the 25 batch-25 charities, all retrieved on 16 October 2026 and checked for a "Regulatory alerts" notice; none showed one.</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.</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).</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 (a fact-finding statutory class inquiry initially involving 8 charities which "are not being publicly named at this time").</ref> | ||
| − | * '''Grant to a trustee's charity.''' The related-party note records a "Donation to Rosetree Foundation totalling £15,251, which Ann Berger is the CEO". The website of the [[Rosetrees Trust]] names Ann Berger as its chief executive since 2018.<ref name="ACC" /><ref name="ROSETREES">Rosetrees Trust, [https://rosetrees.org.uk/whos-who/ Who's Who] ''rosetrees.org.uk'', viewed 16 October 2026.</ref> | + | * '''Grant to a trustee's charity.''' The related-party note records a "Donation to Rosetree Foundation totalling £15,251, which Ann Berger is the CEO". The website of the [[Rosetrees Trust]] names [[Ann Berger (trustee, The Daniel Falkner Charitable Trust)|Ann Berger]] as its chief executive since 2018.<ref name="ACC" /><ref name="ROSETREES">Rosetrees Trust, [https://rosetrees.org.uk/whos-who/ Who's Who] ''rosetrees.org.uk'', viewed 16 October 2026.</ref> |
* '''Software error printed in the accounts.''' The filed statement of financial activities includes an accounting-software message: "Posting discrepancies were found in the reserve accounts listed below. This is because the brought forward postings in the current year are not equal to the figures carried forward by IRIS at the end of last year"; opening funds are shown as £1,027,865 against a prior-year closing figure of £1,027,866.<ref name="ACC" /> | * '''Software error printed in the accounts.''' The filed statement of financial activities includes an accounting-software message: "Posting discrepancies were found in the reserve accounts listed below. This is because the brought forward postings in the current year are not equal to the figures carried forward by IRIS at the end of last year"; opening funds are shown as £1,027,865 against a prior-year closing figure of £1,027,866.<ref name="ACC" /> | ||
* '''Undated approvals.''' In the filed copy the independent examiner's report date and the balance-sheet approval date are blank.<ref name="ACC" /> | * '''Undated approvals.''' In the filed copy the independent examiner's report date and the balance-sheet approval date are blank.<ref name="ACC" /> | ||
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=== The Gazette === | === 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.<ref name="uc834267b">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Daniel%20Falkner%20Charitable%20Trust The Gazette: notices matching 'Daniel Falkner Charitable Trust'] ''The Gazette'', searched 16 October 2026.</ref> | + | 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.<ref name="uc834267b">[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/all-notices/notice/data.feed?text=Daniel%20Falkner%20Charitable%20Trust The Gazette: notices matching 'Daniel Falkner Charitable Trust'] ''The Gazette'', searched 16 October 2026.</ref> |
=== Grants recorded by 360Giving === | === Grants recorded by 360Giving === | ||
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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="ub5f8d90c" /> | The 2021 archived full print showed the status "Charity reporting is up to date" and "Other regulators: No information available".<ref name="ub5f8d90c" /> | ||
Revision as of 15:36, 20 October 2026
North-west London endowed trust making grants for scientific research, "primarily in Israel, and the UK", which in 2024/25 gave £15,251 to the medical research charity run by one of its trustees
| The Daniel Falkner Charitable Trust
| |
|---|---|
| Type | Trust |
| Founded | 1979-01-26 (registered) |
| Registration ID | Registered charity 277141 |
| Headquarters | London NW11 |
| Area served | Throughout London, Israel |
The Daniel Falkner Charitable Trust is a charitable trust established by a trust deed of 13 December 1978 and registered on 26 January 1979; its address is in London NW11 and its areas of operation are "Throughout London" and Israel.[1][2][3] The accounts say its funds were "largely provided by the late Daniel Falkner" as an expendable endowment, and that it "mainly makes grants to individual scientific researchers primarily in Israel, and the UK and to other similar organisations supporting scientific research, such as Ben Gurion University in Israel".[1] The register lists Geoffrey David Berger FCA, Ann Berger and Rachael Jane Berger (from 11 October 2018) as trustees; the accounts add R D Craig, who resigned on 7 October 2024.[2][1] In the year to 5 April 2025 investment income was £34,129 (2024: £33,942); charitable spending, described as supporting students "in undertaking scientific research", was £42,687 (2024: £54,256); and funds were £1,033,780, almost all in unlisted investments managed by Barclays Wealth Management (£996,738).[1] The accounts were prepared by Grant Harrod Lerman Davis LLP, and the examiner named is Jeremy Harrod.[1]
Objects and activities
The charity's registered objects read: "TO SUCH CHARITIES OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AND IN SUCH MANNER AND SUBJECT TO SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME AT THEIR UNCONTROLLED DISCRETION DETERMINE."[2]
The register describes its activities as: "Mainly provides academic support for individuals and research institutions. In addition, the trustees give grants to other charitable organisations with non scientific objects."[2]
Register classifications: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty.[2]
Areas of operation recorded on the register: Throughout London, Israel.[2]
Trustees
Current trustees, with other charities on which the same register trustee ID appears:[2]
| Trustee | Appointed | Chair | Other trusteeships |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geoffrey David Berger | not recorded | — | |
| Ann Berger | not recorded | — | |
| Rachael Jane Berger | 2018-10-11 | — |
Historical trustees (UK Government Web Archive)
The archived register full print of January 2021 lists Robert David Craig LLM, AKC as a trustee from 13 December 1978, and Ann Leonora Judith Berger BSc APMI as also a trustee of The Geoffrey Berger Charitable Trust.[8] The current register records "16 March 2023: Funds received from 1059991 THE GEOFFREY BERGER CHARITABLE TRUST".[3]
Finances
| Financial year end | Income | Expenditure |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-04-05 | £42,434 | £65,696 |
| 2022-04-05 | £32,719 | £94,827 |
| 2023-04-05 | £42,839 | £38,070 |
| 2024-04-05 | £33,942 | £55,261 |
| 2025-04-05 | £34,129 | £47,506 |
Source: register annual-return history.[2]
Archived accounts
Accounts no longer on the live register were found in the UK Government Web Archive:
- Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2009[9]
- Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2016[10]
- Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2017[11]
- Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2018[12]
- Accounts for the year ended 05/04/2019[13]
Funding in Israel
- Year to 5 April 2025: charitable spending of £42,687 (2024: £54,256), described as grants to "individual scientific researchers primarily in Israel, and the UK" and to organisations "such as Ben Gurion University in Israel"; no grantee or amount per grantee is named.[1]
Israeli partners
Ben Gurion University is named as an example; individual researchers are not named.[1]
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 |
|---|---|
| The accounts name Ben Gurion University "in Israel" as an example of the organisations funded, without a campus, project or amount.[1] | Medium (institution named as an example; no campus or amount) |
Support for the IDF: No IDF or military funding is stated.[1]
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;[14] 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.[15][16][17][18] 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.[19]
- Grant to a trustee's charity. The related-party note records a "Donation to Rosetree Foundation totalling £15,251, which Ann Berger is the CEO". The website of the Rosetrees Trust names Ann Berger as its chief executive since 2018.[1][20]
- Software error printed in the accounts. The filed statement of financial activities includes an accounting-software message: "Posting discrepancies were found in the reserve accounts listed below. This is because the brought forward postings in the current year are not equal to the figures carried forward by IRIS at the end of last year"; opening funds are shown as £1,027,865 against a prior-year closing figure of £1,027,866.[1]
- Undated approvals. In the filed copy the independent examiner's report date and the balance-sheet approval date are blank.[1]
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).[21] No entry was found on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland register (API name searches returned zero results).[22]
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.[23]
Grants recorded by 360Giving
No grants received or made by this charity are recorded in 360Giving data.[24]
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.[25]
Land and property
The register records that the charity does not own or lease land or property.[2] No title registers were purchased; the HM Land Registry interactive search blocked automated access.[26]
Parliament
Hansard exact-phrase searches for "Daniel Falkner Charitable Trust", "The Daniel Falkner Charitable Trust" returned 0 contributions in total.[27]
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".[6]
External links
- No current official website.
Notes
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Charity Commission, accounts and annual returns (277141) Register of Charities; latest accounts downloaded 16 October 2026 (scanned document; text read by OCR, so some printed digits are unclear; "PDF p." = page of the PDF file).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Charity Commission, The Daniel Falkner Charitable Trust (277141): full print Register of Charities, retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ Register entry 277141, contact and trustees (capture of 20100706) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Register entry 277141, contact and trustees (capture of 20120127) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Register entry 277141, full print (capture of 20210115) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Register entry 277141, full print (capture of 20210704) UK Government Web Archive.
- ↑ Charity Commission, The Daniel Falkner Charitable Trust (277141): full print UK Government Web Archive, capture of 15/01/2021.
- ↑ The Daniel Falkner Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2009-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20110712).
- ↑ The Daniel Falkner Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2016-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20190903).
- ↑ The Daniel Falkner Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2017-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20190903).
- ↑ The Daniel Falkner Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2018-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20190903).
- ↑ The Daniel Falkner Charitable Trust accounts, year ended 2019-04-05 UK Government Web Archive (capture of 20200108).
- ↑ 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-25 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").
- ↑ Rosetrees Trust, Who's Who rosetrees.org.uk, viewed 16 October 2026.
- ↑ Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, Scottish Charity Register download OSCR, export dated 14 October 2026; keyword search of the 25 batch-25 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-25 charity names returned zero results).
- ↑ The Gazette: notices matching 'Daniel Falkner Charitable Trust' The Gazette, searched 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 360Giving API: grants received by GB-CHC-277141 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-25 screening covered 459 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, every person and organisation linked in the profiles, and the Companies House officers of the charitable companies and of the related companies Renco Properties, Conlatuse and Landmead; the only hits were generic words (the word "QA" in the names of corporate formation agents) 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 "Daniel Falkner Charitable Trust" Hansard, queried 16 October 2026 (Spoken and Written endpoints; quoted-phrase search).